Gatekeepers of knowledge :
Zeegers, Margaret.
Gatekeepers of knowledge : a consideration of the library, the book and the scholar in the Western world / Margaret Zeegers, Deirdre Barron. - Oxford [England] : Chandos Publishing, 2010. - 1 online resource (1 ebook (146 pages)). - Ghandos information professional series . - Ghandos information professional series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From the agora to the scriptoria -- From the scriptoria to the printery -- From the printery to the bookshelves -- From the bookshelves to the study -- Scholars of the second millennium.
Throughout its history, the Western library has played a significant role in bringing the book to the hands of Western scholars. This book analyses that history, examining constructs of librarianship, publishing and scholarship within that history as gate keeping access to knowledge. Exploring significant events in the field from the time of the Lyceum to the present day in the development of repositories of books and their access by scholars. Gatekeepers of Knowledge engages in an analysis of those events from a perspective that makes visible the ways in which the production, storage and access of books, have been privileged, while others have been marginalised.
9781780632070 178063207X 1843345064 9781843345060
Libraries--History.--Western countries
Libraries--Social aspects--Western countries.
Learning and scholarship--History.--Western countries
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Library & Information Science--Archives & Special Libraries.
Learning and scholarship.
Libraries.
Libraries--Social aspects.
Western countries.
Electronic books.
Z665
Gatekeepers of knowledge : a consideration of the library, the book and the scholar in the Western world / Margaret Zeegers, Deirdre Barron. - Oxford [England] : Chandos Publishing, 2010. - 1 online resource (1 ebook (146 pages)). - Ghandos information professional series . - Ghandos information professional series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From the agora to the scriptoria -- From the scriptoria to the printery -- From the printery to the bookshelves -- From the bookshelves to the study -- Scholars of the second millennium.
Throughout its history, the Western library has played a significant role in bringing the book to the hands of Western scholars. This book analyses that history, examining constructs of librarianship, publishing and scholarship within that history as gate keeping access to knowledge. Exploring significant events in the field from the time of the Lyceum to the present day in the development of repositories of books and their access by scholars. Gatekeepers of Knowledge engages in an analysis of those events from a perspective that makes visible the ways in which the production, storage and access of books, have been privileged, while others have been marginalised.
9781780632070 178063207X 1843345064 9781843345060
Libraries--History.--Western countries
Libraries--Social aspects--Western countries.
Learning and scholarship--History.--Western countries
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Library & Information Science--Archives & Special Libraries.
Learning and scholarship.
Libraries.
Libraries--Social aspects.
Western countries.
Electronic books.
Z665