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'''Shiraz Durrani''' is a [[British-Kenyan]] library science professional noted for his writings on the social and political dimensions of information and librarianship. His widely held<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/information-and-liberation-writings-on-the-politics-of-information-and-librarianship/oclc/712061915 |title=Information and liberation : writings on the politics of information and librarianship (eBook, 2008) |publisher=[WorldCat.org] |date= |accessdate=2014-03-15}}</ref> ''Information and liberation : writings on the politics of information and librarianship'' draws on his experiences in librarianship from [[Mau Mau]] period [[Kenya]] to modern-day [[UK]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://escholarship.org/uc/item/5586x95k |title=Review: Information & Liberation: Writings on the Politics of Information & Librarianship by Shiraz Durrani [eScholarship] |publisher=Escholarship.org |date= |accessdate=2014-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=LIBREAS. Library Ideas |url=http://libreas.eu/ausgabe15/texte/012.htm |title=Review of Shiraz Durrani(2008) Information & Liberation: Writings on the Politics of Information and Librarianship. Library Juice Press, 345 pp., $ 45.00, ISBN 9780980200409 - LIBREAS. Library Ideas |publisher=Libreas.eu |date= |accessdate=2014-03-15}}</ref> |
'''Shiraz Durrani''' is a [[British-Kenyan]] library science professional noted for his writings on the social and political dimensions of information and librarianship. His widely held<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/information-and-liberation-writings-on-the-politics-of-information-and-librarianship/oclc/712061915 |title=Information and liberation : writings on the politics of information and librarianship (eBook, 2008) |publisher=[WorldCat.org] |date= |accessdate=2014-03-15}}</ref> ''Information and liberation : writings on the politics of information and librarianship'' draws on his experiences in librarianship from [[Mau Mau]] period [[Kenya]] to modern-day [[UK]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://escholarship.org/uc/item/5586x95k |title=Review: Information & Liberation: Writings on the Politics of Information & Librarianship by Shiraz Durrani [eScholarship] |publisher=Escholarship.org |date= |accessdate=2014-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=LIBREAS. Library Ideas |url=http://libreas.eu/ausgabe15/texte/012.htm |title=Review of Shiraz Durrani(2008) Information & Liberation: Writings on the Politics of Information and Librarianship. Library Juice Press, 345 pp., $ 45.00, ISBN 9780980200409 - LIBREAS. Library Ideas |publisher=Libreas.eu |date= |accessdate=2014-03-15}}</ref> |
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Shiraz Durrani graduated from the University of East Africa in 1968, receiving his library qualifications from the University of Wales. He has worked in both academic and public libraries, as well as an educator of Librarianship students. Shiraz worked at the University of Nairobi Library from 1968 to 1984. He was also an active member of the then underground December Twelve Movement in the late 1970s and 1980s. |
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Following the publication of his articles on the history of Kenyan anti-imperialist, liberation struggle in the national press, Shiraz was forced to flee Kenya and moved to the UK in September 1984. He worked at Hackney Libraries (where he established the Three Continents Liberation Collection at CLR James Library) and Merton public libraries (where he headed up their Innovations Unit) before taking up the post of Senior Lecturer in Information Management in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the London Metropolitan University. There, he set up a number of pioneering initiatives, including the Quality Leaders Project. He ran the “change management and leadership in public library services” module for staff of Barking and Dagenham libraries for the University of East London in 2010. |
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Shiraz’s main interest has been the politics of information and he has written a large number of journal articles on this subject has written many journal articles and given conference papers. His books include Kimaathi, Mau Mau's First Prime Minister of Kenya (reprinted 2009), Never be silent: Publishing and imperialism in Kenya, 1884-1963 (2006) and Information and liberation: writings on the politics of information and librarianship (2008) and Progressive librarianship: perspectives from Kenya and Britain (2014). |
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Shiraz was awarded the Diversity Award by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in 2014 and an MBE for services to libraries in 2003. |
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==Publications== |
==Publications== |
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Shiraz Durrani is a British-Kenyan library science professional noted for his writings on the social and political dimensions of information and librarianship. His widely held[1] Information and liberation : writings on the politics of information and librarianship draws on his experiences in librarianship from Mau Mau period Kenya to modern-day UK.[2][3]
Shiraz Durrani graduated from the University of East Africa in 1968, receiving his library qualifications from the University of Wales. He has worked in both academic and public libraries, as well as an educator of Librarianship students. Shiraz worked at the University of Nairobi Library from 1968 to 1984. He was also an active member of the then underground December Twelve Movement in the late 1970s and 1980s.
Following the publication of his articles on the history of Kenyan anti-imperialist, liberation struggle in the national press, Shiraz was forced to flee Kenya and moved to the UK in September 1984. He worked at Hackney Libraries (where he established the Three Continents Liberation Collection at CLR James Library) and Merton public libraries (where he headed up their Innovations Unit) before taking up the post of Senior Lecturer in Information Management in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the London Metropolitan University. There, he set up a number of pioneering initiatives, including the Quality Leaders Project. He ran the “change management and leadership in public library services” module for staff of Barking and Dagenham libraries for the University of East London in 2010.
Shiraz’s main interest has been the politics of information and he has written a large number of journal articles on this subject has written many journal articles and given conference papers. His books include Kimaathi, Mau Mau's First Prime Minister of Kenya (reprinted 2009), Never be silent: Publishing and imperialism in Kenya, 1884-1963 (2006) and Information and liberation: writings on the politics of information and librarianship (2008) and Progressive librarianship: perspectives from Kenya and Britain (2014).
Shiraz was awarded the Diversity Award by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in 2014 and an MBE for services to libraries in 2003.
Publications
- Information and liberation: writings on the politics of information and librarianship. Library Juice Press, 2008. ISBN 1936117274.
- Social and racial exclusion handbook for libraries, archives, museums and galleries. Social Exclusion Action Planning Network. 2001. ISBN 1903780020.
- Never be silent: publishing & imperialism in Kenya, 1884-1963. Vita Books, 2006. ISBN 1869886054.
References
- ^ "Information and liberation : writings on the politics of information and librarianship (eBook, 2008)". [WorldCat.org]. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ^ "Review: Information & Liberation: Writings on the Politics of Information & Librarianship by Shiraz Durrani [eScholarship]". Escholarship.org. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- ^ LIBREAS. Library Ideas. "Review of Shiraz Durrani(2008) Information & Liberation: Writings on the Politics of Information and Librarianship. Library Juice Press, 345 pp., $ 45.00, ISBN 9780980200409 - LIBREAS. Library Ideas". Libreas.eu. Retrieved 2014-03-15.