Openness, Libraries and Political Transformation

Since mankind developed written documents, libraries have been the places where information and knowledge have been stored. At the same time there have always been struggles about the access to information and knowledge. Within a digitized world libraries have to re-define their position. The demand...

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Main Author: Nikolaus Hamann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group 2013-11-01
Series:tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique
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Online Access:https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/521
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description Since mankind developed written documents, libraries have been the places where information and knowledge have been stored. At the same time there have always been struggles about the access to information and knowledge. Within a digitized world libraries have to re-define their position. The demand for access for all, made by scientists and researchers as well as the public, presents libraries with a new challenge. This article tries to show how libraries can meet that challenge, what requirements they need to be successful, and where the limits are within bourgeois society.
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Openness, Libraries and Political Transformation
tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique
open access
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freedom of information
openness
capitalism
title Openness, Libraries and Political Transformation
title_full Openness, Libraries and Political Transformation
title_fullStr Openness, Libraries and Political Transformation
title_full_unstemmed Openness, Libraries and Political Transformation
title_short Openness, Libraries and Political Transformation
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topic open access
library
freedom of information
openness
capitalism
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