The power to name : locating the limits of subject representation in libraries /

The names we give things colour the ways we perceive them. Those in a position to name hold the power to construct others' perceptions and realities. This book looks at the pervasive naming of information that libraries undertake as a matter of course through representation of subjects. It exam...

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Main Author: Olson, Hope A.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht, The Netherlands ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2002]
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