International and Comparative Librarianship

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International and Comparative Librarianship is written by Peter Johan Lor and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3110267993 (ISBN 10) and 9783110267990 (ISBN 13).

Based on his extensive experience in international librarianship, Peter Johan Lor, South Africa's first National Librarian and a former Secretary General of the IFLA, has written the first comprehensive and systematic overview of international and comparative librarianship. His book provides a conceptual framework and methodological guidelines for the field and covers the full range of international relations among libraries and information services, with particular attention to the international political economy of information, the international diffusion of innovations and policy in library and information services, LIS development and international aid. It concludes with a discussion of the practical relevance and future of international and comparative studies in LIS. See a short interview with Peter Lor on his work https://www.ifla.org/node/92590