Information and Liberation : Writings on the Politics of Information and Librarianship.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowlegments -- Foreword Professor John Gabriel -- Introduction Anthony Olden -- To Inform is to Liberate -- Society and Information: A South Perspective -- Setting the scene (1): Rocking the Boat -- Veterinary Information in Kenya (1979) -- Lessons in Kenyan librarianship: Leadership, Management and the Library worker (1984) -- Rural information in Kenya (1985) -- Agricultural information services in Kenya and Third World needs (1987) -- Libraries, communication &amp -- development in Kenya: the missing political factor (1990) -- Human rights and information in Kenya: a question of political power (1994) -- The mirage of democracy in Kenya (1994) -- Independence in Kenya and the lost opportunity (1998) -- Information relevance, equality and material security-the Kenyan experience (1998) -- Politics of information, information for politics Setting the scene (2): A mere librarian doing research -- The politics of food (1983) -- The other Kenya: underground and alternative literature (1997) -- Information in Kenyan liberation struggle-facts and fiction (2000) -- Voices of resistance: underground publishing in Kenya, 1963-1998 (1990) -- The Battle Continues in a Colder Climate -- Setting the scene (3): No equality of conditions -- The search for social justice -- Black communities and information workers in search of social justice (1999) -- Combating racism in library and information services (2000) -- Struggle against racial exclusion in public libraries (2000) -- Equality: a service development approach (2000- SD, PJ) -- Mainstreaming equality, meeting needs (2003- SD/ ES) -- Create a people-orientated public library service (2004) -- Creating a new library, creating a new library manager (2005) -- Comments on "New direction in social policy" (2005) -- The challenge for libraries in a multicultural society (2007).

Politics of information and resistance -- Capitalism and socialism-has the contradiction been resolved? (1992) -- Returning a stare -- people's struggles for political and social inclusion (2000) -- The professional is political: redefining the social role of public libraries (SD- ES) -- The role of the Library Association -- Never be silent-launch, Nairobi (2006) -- Communications for liberation: launch of Never be silent, London (2006) -- Trade union movement in Kenya &amp -- their communications system (2006) -- Politics of information &amp -- knowledge in Africa (2007) -- Taking a Stand -- Setting the scene [4]: Need for active involvement -- Explaining the stand -- Three questions from bis (2001) -- Interview with Shiraz Durrani 11th May 2004 (Anna Goulding) -- Breaking the culture of silence (2006) -- Three questions from bis (2006) -- Information activism -- Library Association Motions on race and class (1996) -- Comprehensive and Efficient: Standards for modern public libraries, a response (2000) -- Progressive librarians &amp -- activists campaign to save CRE library (2004) -- Study, teaching and learning -- The educational role of public libraries in combating racism and xenophobia (1999) -- Incorporating reflective learning ... in information management (2007) -- Learning by doing: lifelong learning through innovations projects at DASS (2007) -- Changing course content to meet changing needs (2007) -- Ideas into action -- The facts behind the Three Continents Liberation Collection (1993) -- The Black and Minority Ethnic Stock Group in Hackney Libraries (1999) -- Young people in control (SD-DB, 2004) -- Quality Leaders Project-Youth: a search for a relevant information service (2005-06) -- Progressive librarianship in Africa: The PALIAct story (2006) -- Quality Leaders Project (Youth): Report 4 to PHF (2006).

QLP-Y on a journey of a thousand kilometres (2007) -- Filling the youth shaped hole (2007) -- Book Reviews -- Sturges, Paul and Neill, Richard (1990): The quiet struggle. London: Mansell. (1991) -- Foreword to Kinyatti, Maina wa: Mother Kenya (1995) -- Libraries for all-A tool for change? (1999) -- Stop talking, start doing! (2000) -- Black perspective on history of libraries -- a review article (2000) -- Review: Framework of lost opportunities (2003) -- Organize, do not agonise -- Index -- About Shiraz Durrani.

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