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Shadow Libraries: Access to Knowledge in Global Higher Education (International Development Research Centre) by Joe Karaganis; Balzs Bod; Evelin Heidel; Eve Gray; Laura Czerniewicz; Alek Tarkowski; Mirek Filiciak; Lawrence Liang; Pedro Mizukami; Jhessica Reia; Jorge Gemetto; Mariana Fossatti is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>How students get the materials they need as opportunities for higher education expand but funding shrinks.From the top down, Shadow Libraries explores the institutions that shape the provision of educational materials, from the formal sector of universities and publishers to the broadly informal ones organized by faculty, copy shops, student unions, and students themselves. It looks at the history of policy battles over access to education in the post–World War II era and at the narrower versions that have played out in relation to research and textbooks, from library policies to book subsidies to, more recently, the several "open" publication models that have emerged in the higher education sector.From the bottom up, Shadow Libraries explores how, simply, students get the materials they need. It maps the ubiquitous practice of photocopying and what are—in many cases—the more marginal ones of buying books, visiting libraries, and downloading from unauthorized sources. It looks at the informal networks that emerge in many contexts to share materials, from face-to-face student networks to Facebook groups, and at the processes that lead to the consolidation of some of those efforts

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Author

Joe Karaganis; Balzs Bod; Evelin Heidel; Eve Gray; Laura Czerniewicz; Alek Tarkowski; Mirek Filiciak; Lawrence Liang; Pedro Mizukami; Jhessica Reia; Jorge Gemetto; Mariana Fossatti

Publisher

MIT Press; The MIT Press; International Development Research Centre

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781552506080

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Education, Computer Science, Science

Rating

5 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-24