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Case Studies in Library Security
Bruce A. Shuman
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Description for Case Studies in Library Security
Paperback. This work employs a familiar vehicle in library literature - the case study - but in a departure from the expected, takes the genre into a new dimension. Shuman uses the conversational narrative as a vehicle for portraying 40 security and safety issues that may arise in libraries. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: GLC; GLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 481.
This book employs a familiar vehicle in library literature—the case study—but in a departure from the expected, takes that time-honored genre into a new dimension. Shuman uses the conversational narrative as a vehicle for portraying 40 security and safety issues that may arise in libraries, disturbing or vexing patrons and library staff members, alike. Unlike the traditional narrative approach of other case study books, in this work, each case is presented as a soliloquy, within a fictional but plausible library situation, whereby the protagonist uses his or her own colorful mode of expression to describe not only what happened, but ... Read more
This book employs a familiar vehicle in library literature—the case study—but in a departure from the expected, takes that time-honored genre into a new dimension. Shuman uses the conversational narrative as a vehicle for portraying 40 security and safety issues that may arise in libraries, disturbing or vexing patrons and library staff members, alike. Unlike the traditional narrative approach of other case study books, in this work, each case is presented as a soliloquy, within a fictional but plausible library situation, whereby the protagonist uses his or her own colorful mode of expression to describe not only what happened, but ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
Number of Pages
225
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781563089367
SKU
V9781563089367
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About Bruce A. Shuman
BRUCE A. SHUMAN is Adjunct Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Texas Woman's University, Denton.
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