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Sharma, Ravindra N. – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1976
Justin Winsor was one of the giants in the field of librarianship who used his intelligence and energy to create better, more accessible libraries. His innovative work was done during the last half of the nineteenth century, primarily at Boston Public Library and Harvard University. (LS)
Descriptors: Biographies, History, Librarians, Library Science
Gwinup, Thomas – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1974
Discussion of the criteria of professionalism, and four ways that librarians fail to attain professional status: they are often subordinate to their patrons; the esoteric knowledge in the field is unimpressive; they lack a highly exclusive professional association; and they have a poor public image. (LS)
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Science, Professional Recognition, Status
Wilson Library Bulletin, 1973
Statements on various topics are given by: Carlos Cuadra, Victor Rosenberg, Mary Madden, Liz Pan, Joseph Raben, Pauline Atherton, Joshua Smith, Martha Williams, Charles Bourne, and Robin Lake. (SJ)
Descriptors: Information Science, Information Scientists, Librarians, Library Science
Willey, Patsy – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1971
A deeply personal, religious article conveys the concerns of a librarian in Alaska. (MF)
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Science, Library Services, Social Responsibility
Carroll, Frances Laverne; Friday, Margaret – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1971
The strengthening of a link between public and school libraries is at the heart of the program in West Sussex. (Author)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Librarians, Library Science, Library Services
Elliott, Anna – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1981
Provides a brief history of the life of Melvil Dewey, describing his many accomplishments in several diversified areas. Fourteen references are listed. (CHC)
Descriptors: Cataloging, History, Librarians, Library Education
Lancaster, F. W. – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1983
Arguing that librarianship is an institutionalized profession (i.e., the library, rather than the librarian, has been the focus of attention), this essay notes the process of deinstitutionalization (information brokers, effect of computer technology), the future of the librarian, and education for the profession. Nine footnotes are given. (EJS)
Descriptors: Competence, Futures (of Society), Librarians, Libraries
Freudenthal, Juan R. – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1976
This travel report includes descriptions of university libraries, public libraries, and national libraries in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, and Columbia. (PF)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Librarians, Library Education, Library Science
Scott, Dorothea – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1971
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Needs, Librarians, Libraries
Jaffe, Martin – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1990
Suggests that, although the characteristics of librarianship are definitely those of a profession, in practice many libraries actually operate under a nonprofessional or bureaucratic organizational model. The hypothetical experiences of an entry-level librarian are considered, and an alternative vision of a professional model is offered. (EAM)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Bureaucracy, Career Ladders, Librarians
White, Herbert – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1981
Discusses the problems library schools are facing with the supply and demand for their graduates. Employment areas where there are graduate shortages and surpluses are identified, suggestions for library schools to follow are given, and realistic predictions regarding the situation are provided. Thirteen references are listed. (CHC)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Enrollment Influences, Futures (of Society)
Heim, Kathleen – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1982
Summarizes efforts of females in librarianship over the last decade to achieve equity in library and information professions. Empirical data gathered concerning discrimination, salaries, and education are presented and documentation of women's contributions to the profession, library groups, and coalitions with the women's movement are discussed.…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Feminism, Librarians, Library Administration
Hyman, Richard; Wedgeworth, Robert – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1991
Identifies challenges facing graduate library education and recommends ways to keep library programs from closing, including better defining the profession of librarianship and avoiding isolation by engaging in high-profile, universitywide relationships with other academic departments. Unique characteristics of librarians and librarianship are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Cooperation, Higher Education, Improvement Programs
Backlash, Backwater, or Back to the Drawing Board: Feminist Thinking and Librarianship in the 1990s.
Pritchard, Sarah – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1994
Discusses the feminist perspective of librarianship, including following key issues: salaries, pay equity, and occupational segregation; faculty status, professional education, and recruitment; access to information; technology; and sociology of the workplace. A number of myths relating to this topic are addressed, and a bibliography of 18 recent…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Consciousness Raising, Critical Thinking, Employed Women