Public Knowledge, Private Ignorance: Toward a Library and Information Policy

Author:   Patrick Wilson
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Volume:   No. 10
ISBN:  

9780837194851


Pages:   156
Publication Date:   22 June 1977
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Hardback
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Public Knowledge, Private Ignorance: Toward a Library and Information Policy


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An examination of the role of libraries in the utilization of knowledge and in enhancing the informed conduct of life incorporates a review of the goals of library use and library services.

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Author:   Patrick Wilson
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Volume:   No. 10
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.364kg
ISBN:  

9780837194851


ISBN 10:   0837194857
Pages:   156
Publication Date:   22 June 1977
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Where the definition of public knowledge may surprise readers, the second part of the book will frighten them. The depth of private ignorance, ' as Wilson relates it, is like the Mariana Trench, virtually unplumbable, and while we might quibble with some of the suppositions, the weight of the arguments leaves little room for doubt. -College & Research Libraries ?Where the definition of public knowledge may surprise readers, the second part of the book will frighten them. The depth of private ignorance, ' as Wilson relates it, is like the Mariana Trench, virtually unplumbable, and while we might quibble with some of the suppositions, the weight of the arguments leaves little room for doubt.?-College & Research Libraries


?Where the definition of public knowledge may surprise readers, the second part of the book will frighten them. The depth of private ignorance, ' as Wilson relates it, is like the Mariana Trench, virtually unplumbable, and while we might quibble with some of the suppositions, the weight of the arguments leaves little room for doubt.?-College & Research Libraries


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