Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Peter Johan Lor -- Introduction / Ismail Abdullahi -- Part 1. Africa. Introduction / Dennis Ocholla -- Public Libraries / Isaac Kigongo Bukenya -- Academic Libraries / Reggie Raju and Jaya Raju -- Special Libraries / Janneke Mostert -- School Libraries / Robert Ikoja Odongo -- LIS Education / Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha and Mabel K. Minishi-Majanja -- Part 2. Asia. Introduction / Abdus Sattar Chaudhry and Chihfeng P. Lin -- Public Libraries / Mei-Hwa Yang -- Academic Libraries / Trishanjit Kaur -- Special Libraries / Anthony W. Ferguson and Chihfeng P. Lin -- LIS Education / Christopher S.G. Khoo, Shaheen Majid, and Chihfeng P. Lin -- Part 3. Australia. Introduction / Stuart Ferguson -- Public Libraries / Chris Jones, Philip Calvert and Stuart Ferguson -- Academic Libraries / Anne Horn, Philip Calvert and Stuart Ferguson -- Special Libraries / Sue Henczel, Gillian Ralph and Julie Sibthorpe -- School Libraries / James E. Herring -- LIS Education / Gillian Hallam and Philip Calvert -- Part 4. Europe. Introduction / Leif Kajberg and Marian Koren -- Public Libraries / Marian Koren -- Academic Libraries / Fr�ed�eric Blin -- LIS Education / Leif Kajberg, Aleksandra Horvat and Esin Sultan O�guz -- Part 5. Latin America. Introduction / Filiberto Felipe Mart�inez-Arellano -- Public Libraries / Elsa M. Ram�irez Leyva -- University Libraries / Filiberto Felipe Mart�inez-Arellano -- School Libraries / Mary Giraldo Rengifo -- LIS Education / Adolfo Rodr�iguez Gallardo -- Part 6. Middle East. Introduction / Sajjad ur-Rehman -- Public Libraries / Hayat Alyaqou -- Academic Libraries / Teresa M. Lesher and Yaser Abdel-Motey -- Special Libraries / Rehman Al-Issa -- School Libraries / Hamad Ibrahim Alomran -- LIS Education / Sajjad ur-Rehman -- Part 7. North America. Introduction / Ismail Abdullahi -- Public Libraries / Carol Brey-Casiano -- Academic Libraries / Barbara I. Dewey -- Special Libraries / Rebecca B. Vargha -- School Libraries / Blanche Woolls -- LIS Education / Irene Owens and Tom Leonhardt -- Global Roles of Library Associations / Michael Dowling and Keith Michael Fiels.

This book presents international librarianship and library science through insightful and well written chapters contributed by experts and scholars from six regions of the world. The role of public, academic, special, school libraries, as well as library and information science education are presented from the early development to the present time. Its lively, readable approach will help the reader to understand librarianship in Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and North America. Edited by Ismail Abdullahi, Professor of Global Li.

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