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Merchants of Light: The Paris Library School, Internationalism, and the Globalization of a Profession
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Witt, Steven – Library Quarterly, 2013
Amid growing isolationism after World War I, the American Library Association transferred its wartime programs to train librarians in Europe and promote the American model of public libraries. Working in collaboration with American philanthropists and members of the French library community, ALA established a permanent library school in Paris that…
Descriptors: Library Services, Public Libraries, Foreign Countries, Professional Associations
LIS Dissertation Titles and Abstracts (1930-2009): Where Have All the Librar* Gone?
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Finlay, Craig S.; Sugimoto, Cassidy R.; Li, Daifeng; Russell, Terrell G. – Library Quarterly, 2012
This article examines the topicality of Library and Information Science (LIS) dissertations written between 1930 and 2009 at schools with American Library Association (ALA)--accredited university programs in North America. Dissertation titles and abstracts were examined for the presence of library-related keywords drawn from the core curricula of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accreditation (Institutions), Professional Associations, Librarians
Bibliography on Library Literature in Japan
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Jones, Adrian – Library Quarterly, 1971
Japanese bibliographies of library literature are reviewed and the history, scope, content and form of bibliographies and indexes covering writings from 1868 to the present are discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Foreign Countries, History, Indexes
The Cultural State of the Fin de Millenaire Library.
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Budd, John M.; Raber, Douglas – Library Quarterly, 1998
Discussion of the relationship between libraries and culture focuses on elements of language and discourse associated with cultural conditions and their implications for librarianship. The conflict between modern and postmodern cultural conditions and thought is examined in a number of library and information science texts. (LRW)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Culture, Foreign Countries, Libraries
Bibliographical Controls for South Asian Studies
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Patterson, Maureen L. P. – Library Quarterly, 1971
The importance of training bibliographical specialists and reference librarians who can supplement and interpret the available printed tools and aid in the development of new tools is emphasized. (AB)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Book Catalogs, Cataloging, Doctoral Dissertations
History of Librarianship, Library History, or Information History: A View from Russia.
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Volodin, Boris F. – Library Quarterly, 2000
For over seven decades, library history in Russia has been considered a Soviet branch of science known as the "history of librarianship" and it has been isolated from the world science community. This article examines the degree to which Russian library historians have been isolated from this community and their initial results in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Science, Library Development, Library History
Soviet-American Library Relations in the 1920s and 1930s: A Study in Mutual Fascination and Distrust.
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Richards, Pamela Spence – Library Quarterly, 1998
Examines the exchange of publications, professional goals, and techniques between Russian and United States libraries and librarians following World War I. Discusses Russian and U.S. initiatives, U.S. librarian attitudes toward the Soviet experiment and Soviet librarianship, and Soviet librarian attitudes toward the U.S. and its library practices.…
Descriptors: Exchange Programs, Foreign Countries, Librarian Attitudes, Librarians
From Revolution to Evolution: The Transformation of the Bibliotheque Nationale into the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, through the Lens of Popular and Professional Reports.
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Wenzel, Sarah G. – Library Quarterly, 1999
Discusses political and cultural battles over the role of a national library in France and the future direction and function of libraries in general. Uses accounts from the press to trace changes in the project as well as ways in which it influenced French librarianship. Contains 34 references. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Change, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)