Böcker av John M. Budd

Information and Consciousness: An Exploration connects information and consciousness in ways that will open up potential inquiry into what information is, how it works, and its relationship to human consciousness.

This book lays out the purpose of libraries and, building upon that: creates a discursive practice within which conversations about essential political issues; details how the analysis of discourse can enable the conversations;sets forth a philosophical framework for the librarians and facilitators of the conversations, and more.

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Written by John M. Budd, one of librarianship's most-respected educators, this book addresses some of the most pressing issues in library and information science. It offers informed insight and perspectives on essential and timely issues facing the profession.

Is higher education in crisis? There are certainly some serious problems facing colleges and universities today. This book examines the internal and external problems facing higher education and offers some specific recommendations-addressing such issues as tenure, curriculum, administration, and funding-that are necessary for the fullest realization of purpose. There has always been a pressing need for intellectual integrity. Faculty and administrators must be honest and truthful and must embrace a unifying purpose that applies to all of higher education. Teaching, learning, and inquiry should come first on every campus. Moreover, these actions should be accomplished through a search for knowledge and truth in just institutions.

Noise, a particularly disruptive force, is investigated, including a look at how libraries and librarians create noise. Budd reviews some of the ways various schools of thought look at libraries, information and communication.

Through intellectually rich and engaging entrees into ethics, democracy, social responsibility, governance, and globalization, he makes the case that librarians who fail to grasp the importance of their heritage will never truly respond to societal change or the needs of the individual user.