William F. Birdsall
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Halifax
billbirdsall@accesswave.ca
William F. Birdsall was most recently Executive Director of Novanet, a consortium of Nova Scotia, Canada academic libraries. Formerly he held a number of senior university library administrative positions including University Librarian, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
His book, Myth of the Electronic Library, was published in the U.S. (1994) and Japan (1996). He recently co-edited with Karen Adams, Understanding Telecommunications and Public Policy: a Guide for Libraries (1998). They are currently editing a volume on Access to Information in the Digital World.
Book chapters published include Citizenship and Participation in the Information Age. He has also published articles on the politics of librarianship, professionalism, information and telecommunications public policy, public policy processes, and the right to communicate.
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