NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Duffett, Gorman L. – Catholic Library World, 1994
Analyzes a survey of Irish librarians and discusses the development of librarianship in Ireland. Highlights include historical background, Library Association of Ireland, Library Council, Department of Library and Information Studies at University College Dublin (Ireland), National Library of Ireland, and Trinity College Library (Ireland).…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Foreign Countries, Libraries, Library Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Bak, Greg – Libraries & Culture, 2002
Lacking a regional library school in the 1930s, librarians of the Maritime Library Institute (MLI) did not view themselves as inferior to the "trained librarians" of central Canada, but crafted a professional identity through mutual support and shared expertise. This essay discusses creation of the MLI; transforming the Maritime Library…
Descriptors: Credentials, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Librarians
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Whyte, Jean P. – Australian Library Journal, 1987
Reviews the formation of the Australian Institute of Librarians, which was forwarded in 1937 and dissolved in 1949, and the achievements of its founders. Particular attention is paid to the inaugural meeting, conferences, and the importance of branches of the institute. (19 notes with references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Conferences, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Library Associations
Cummings, Martin M., Ed. – 1988
Ten friends and colleagues of Warren J. Haas, former president of the Association of Research Libraries, contributed the nine papers in this Festschrift honoring Haas on the occasion of his 65th birthday and the tenth year of his leadership as president of the Council on Library Resources. The papers, which describe Haas's role in significant…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, International Cooperation, Leadership