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Music, Culture and the Library
Sanna Talja
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Description for Music, Culture and the Library
Hardback. Discusses the variable conceptions of art, culture and civilization, and their effects in the formation of library institutions and examines differences and tensions in art, culture and civilization discourses to build a picture of the moral narratives influencing library and cultural institutions. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: GLM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
Does it matter whether your users prefer Mozart to Madonna? the Beatles to Beethoven? While these questions are far from novel to the library profession, rarely does their significance extend beyond the arena of policy debate. In leisurely and thoughtful prose, Sanna Talja raises the discourse to a higher level, inviting us to witness the evolution of music collections in public libraries. She considers the variable conceptions of art, culture, and civilization and their effect in the formation of the library institution. Users' interpretations are compared with the main principles of collections work, and the results are applied towards an understanding of the library's unique position in society.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810840263
SKU
V9780810840263
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Ref
99-15
About Sanna Talja
Sanna Talja works as a researcher on the Academy of Finland's Research Programme in Media Culture.
Reviews for Music, Culture and the Library
Music, Culture, and the Library is a very good book. It targets a neglected topic, is clearly written, rigorously researched, and ambitious in its scope.
The Library Quarterly
Sophisticated placement of familiar questions of library collection policy within the wider context of alternative social attitudes toward art and culture...highly pertinent to local issues...nice book.
Patrick Wilson, Professor Emeritus, School of Information Management and Sytems, University of California, Berkeley If only every type of library received a cultural discussion as thoughtful and instructive as this one, we'd begin to understand more deeply the multiple and complex roles libraries currently fill in contemporary societies. Congratulations to Sanna Talja for penetrating analysis of music libraries that ought to have a ripple effect throughout LIS research and practice.
Wayne A. Wiegand, Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Co-Director, Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America
The Library Quarterly
Sophisticated placement of familiar questions of library collection policy within the wider context of alternative social attitudes toward art and culture...highly pertinent to local issues...nice book.
Patrick Wilson, Professor Emeritus, School of Information Management and Sytems, University of California, Berkeley If only every type of library received a cultural discussion as thoughtful and instructive as this one, we'd begin to understand more deeply the multiple and complex roles libraries currently fill in contemporary societies. Congratulations to Sanna Talja for penetrating analysis of music libraries that ought to have a ripple effect throughout LIS research and practice.
Wayne A. Wiegand, Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Co-Director, Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America