A CONFLICT OF CULTURES - PLANNING VS TRADITION IN PUBLIC-LIBRARIES

Authors
RABER D
Citation
D. Raber, A CONFLICT OF CULTURES - PLANNING VS TRADITION IN PUBLIC-LIBRARIES, RQ, 35(1), 1995, pp. 50-63
Citations number
73
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science
Journal title
RQ → ACNP
ISSN journal
00337072
Volume
35
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
50 - 63
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-7072(1995)35:1<50:ACOC-P>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The Public Library Development Program represents a form of organizati onal culture that may conflict in many significant ways with more trad itional public library organizational cultures. These diverse cultures manifest very different professional ideologies, strategies, and epis temologies. This essay explores the nature of the conflicts that may a rise when these diverse cultures confront one another.