The philosophy of librarianship involves upholding core values such as intellectual freedom, equitable access to information, privacy protection, and diversity in collections and services. Librarians strive to serve as unbiased information intermediaries, promoting literacy, education, and lifelong learning while advocating for the public good. Central to their philosophy is the belief in the inherent worth and dignity of all individuals and their right to access information and pursue knowledge.
the brief history of librarianship
The Journal of Academic Librarianship was created in 1975.
mindedness...........
Philosophy means the love of wisdom.
John M. Christ has written: 'A study of relationships between the terms of social science and the subject headings of library science' 'Toward a philosophy of educational librarianship' -- subject(s): Academic libraries, Library science, Philosophy
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T. Landau has written: 'Encyclopaedia of librarianship' 'Who's who in librarianship and information science'
Epistemology: eg. "What do meanings, meaning?" This, and metaphysics are the first two subsets of philosophy.
Philosophy initially emerged as an attempt to discover the meaning of existence. Why are we here? Why do we exist? Why does the cosmos exists? These were the questions that initiated philosophy and these are the questions that still drive it...
Blog philosophy is when you create a blog about theories and ideas. You can view some samples of blog philosophy at the Philosophy Talk, Typepad website.
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love of learning