Review of Walt Crawford’s Balanced Libraries « Library Too
Review of Walt Crawford’s Balanced Libraries
From Library Too blog
‘It’s nice to read a sustained argument’ I said some time ago. And in
the case of this book, it was very nice.

Balanced Libraries provides a wide-ranging overview of debates in
librarianship. Much of the material is drawn from liblogs, although
there are references from journals and conferences. If it offered
nothing else, the book would be useful for this synthesis; it will
serve as a good introduction to views on issues such as change,
innovation, technology and service development.

In this book, Crawford makes a clear case for a balanced approach to
libraries and librarianship. From the outset he makes it clear that
balance is not to be confused with the status quo, much less with
resistance to change. He is also at pains to make clear that he is not
offering a one size fits all answer to library issues.

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