Transformational Discourse: Ideologies of Organizational Change in the Academic Library and Information Science Literature

Examines discourses in the academic and information science literature that attempt to justify and promote, to criticize and resist, or to explain and interpret transformational social change. Surveys literature about organizational change in academic libraries and builds a syncretic interpretation...

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Published in:Library trends 1998-04, Vol.46 (4), p.635-667
Main Author: Day, Mark Tyler
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Libraries
Cultural Centers
Discourse Analysis
Electronic Libraries
Higher Education
Ideology
Information Science Education
Library management
Library science
Library Science Literature
Literary criticism
Literature
Literature Reviews
Management of change
Organizational Change
Qualitative Research
Rhetoric
Social Change
Social Theories
State Agencies
State of the art reviews
Western Civilization
Workstations
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Summary:Examines discourses in the academic and information science literature that attempt to justify and promote, to criticize and resist, or to explain and interpret transformational social change. Surveys literature about organizational change in academic libraries and builds a syncretic interpretation to overcome some of the traditional problems of qualitative research. (Contains 213 references.) (Author/LRW)
ISSN:0024-2594
1559-0682