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Sullivan, Peggy – American Libraries, 1987
Commemorates this journal's 80th anniversary by providing historical background and comparing issues of early library science with those of today--censorship; library education and administration; technical services; librarian image; copyrights; and outreach programs. Reactions to the founding of the Bulletin of the American Library Association in…
Descriptors: Censorship, Copyrights, Library Administration, Library Education
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Anderson, Dorothy J. – Library Trends, 1987
A review of changing attitudes of library directors toward children's services shows parallels between the rhetoric of 100 years ago and that of today. Library directors interviewed believe children's services are essential to public library survival, the library's critical outreach arm, and dependent on multitalented, politically astute…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Futures (of Society), History, Immigrants
Freedman, Janet – 1989
Current and possible future roles of feminist librarians in the academic community are explored in this paper. The discussion opens with a recounting of past accomplishments of feminist librarians in general--e.g., reversing the Library of Congress use of "women as exceptions" subject headings--and follows with descriptions of recent…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Attitudes, Feminism, Futures (of Society)