Focuses on the professional life and experiences of Don W. Krummel, professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Addresses the essence of libraries and librarianship through interviews with Krummel that discussed the influences on his career and as an historian of librarianship. (Author/LRW)

Discussion of history as a major research methodology in library and information science highlights the current status and nature of library history; rhetoric and history; historical significance of local history and larger perspectives; primary and secondary information sources; library biography; and publishing library history. Thirty-four…