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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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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spelling | doaj.art-d098e5c6beb942b8998691faa5c1dea42023-09-03T05:59:20ZengPaderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research GrouptripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique1726-670X1726-670X2013-11-0111253554210.31269/triplec.v11i2.521521Openness, Libraries and Political TransformationNikolaus Hamann0Association of Critical Librarians in AustriaSince 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.https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/521open accesslibraryfreedom of informationopennesscapitalism |
spellingShingle | Nikolaus Hamann Openness, Libraries and Political Transformation tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique open access library 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 |
title_sort | openness libraries and political transformation |
topic | open access library freedom of information openness capitalism |
url | https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/521 |
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