{"product_id":"the-politics-of-professionalism-juris-dilevko-9781936117048","title":"The Politics of Professionalism: A Retro-Progressive Proposal for Librarianship","description":"This book presents a retro-progressive proposal for the education of librarians: the removal of library education from the jurisdiction of universities, which in recent decades have become increasingly corporatized, internalizing market-based concepts such as performance metrics and \"audit culture\" to the extent that, ideologically speaking, they are indistinguishable from corporations. The author presents a detailed, alternative model for library education, building upon Ralph Waldo Emerson's idea of a librarian as a \"professor of books.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Juris Dilevko\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1936117045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936117048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Library Juice Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 294","brand":"Juris Dilevko","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074244964607,"sku":"9781936117048","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8cac47c7-8762-4f9e-8488-52188574d792.jpg?v=1685452634","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-politics-of-professionalism-juris-dilevko-9781936117048","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}