One of the more important happening in the last six months has been the publication of
Caribbean Libraries in the 21st Century: Changes, Challenges, and Choices.
This publication provides a multicultural, multiethnic perspective on the state of and development of libraries, library services and librarianship in the Caribbean region. It is only the 3rd such publication and this is by far the most comprehensive and inclusive. It incorporates twenty-five articles by forty contributers. I co-author a chapter in this work. Its an imporatant contribution to the literature of librarianship of and in the Caribbean region. Have a look at the TOC.
The editors Cheryl Peltier-Davis and Shamin Renwick received an Acurialean Award for the publication.
Caribbean Libraries in the 21st Century: Changes, Challenges, and Choices.
This publication provides a multicultural, multiethnic perspective on the state of and development of libraries, library services and librarianship in the Caribbean region. It is only the 3rd such publication and this is by far the most comprehensive and inclusive. It incorporates twenty-five articles by forty contributers. I co-author a chapter in this work. Its an imporatant contribution to the literature of librarianship of and in the Caribbean region. Have a look at the TOC.
The editors Cheryl Peltier-Davis and Shamin Renwick received an Acurialean Award for the publication.
Greetings from the Virgin Islands! I have not read this publication as it has been on back order on amazon. My first thought is, are the smaller Caribbean libraries represented; I find that there is a host of information related to NALIS and UWI affiliate libraries, but not very much on the Dominica,St. Kitts, Antiqua/Barbuda, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, etc. While I truly appreciate reading about what is going on with the larger library systems, it would also be great to hear about best practices in smaller communities. If anyone has read the book and would respond to my comment it would be appreciated.
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