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Book SynopsisHow does the disintegration of the Soviet system help us to understand the character of library and information institutions and practices within post-soviet space today? Which aspects of the traditional Soviet 'information order' have disappeared from the contemporary world of libraries and information institutions and which aspects have remained, perhaps to be refigured as critical features of newly emerging national and global projects? This volume brings together diverse reflective essays, reports and empirical analyses of the changing character of the post-soviet library world to address these questions. Individual contributions from Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, the New Republic of Kosovo, and the post-soviet successor states of Eurasia all provide different perspectives on LIS.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors. About the Authors. Preface. Introduction. Two steps forward, one step back: Ideological and historical aspects of library and information science education in independent Ukraine. The library in a multiethnic urban environment: The experience of the department of national literatures of the Russian national library (Saint Petersburg). Bulgarian librarianship: Surviving change through international cooperation. Digital libraries need digital librarians. Libraries and librarianship in Czech Republic. From the old-fashioned library to the public library: Changes in the cultural functions of Polish academic libraries. Acceptance of social marketing concepts by selected Romanian librarians: Culture and context. Implementing organizational change in the regional public library in Prishtina, Kosovo. Libraries and ecology in post-soviet Russia. Internet as an information resource in Eurasia. Why study up? The elite appropriation of science, institution, and tourism as a development agenda in Maramure?, Romania. Advances in library administration and organization. Advances in library administration and organization. Copyright page. Author Index.
