Libraries and National Security: A Review of the Evidence and a Proposed New Strategic Direction
Mohammed Nasser Al-Suqri,
Salim Said Alkindi,
Naifa Eid Saleem
et al.
Abstract:The article aims to identify and discuss the various roles that libraries hold with regard to national security and to use the findings to propose a more clearly delineated future role for the global and national communities which reconciles these diverse and sometimes conflicting roles. The review of literature revealed that the roles of libraries with regard to national security fall mainly into two categories. That which has received most attention, mainly in the U.S. context, involves co-operation with th… Show more
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