Librarianship in the 21st Century has become increasingly fraught with controversies and conflict over collections and spaces, with competing factions within their user communities protesting or championing particular books or events. Michael Dudley introduces major theories of city planning that can better support librarianship in the public interest and within pluralist societies. The presentation will first explain the many commonalities between librarianship and planning before setting out and applying the ways in which planning theory can enrich library practice in challenging times by better defining the oft-debated concept of library neutrality and its different value meanings.

His video is available on the ELA Presentation page.