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Wright, H. Curtis – 1984
The establishment of the first documentation center in a library school early in 1955 by Jesse Shera, Dean of the Library School at Western Reserve University, has been widely interpreted as his greatest contribution to librarianship. It may have been his greatest folly, however, because information science has subsequently flooded the library…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Communications, Documentation, History
Peer reviewedCortez, Edwin M. – Special Libraries, 1986
Review of the history of education for special librarianship within library education reveals that 70 years of progress in special librarianship has had little impact on the traditional methods and philosophy of library education. Information resources management as a tool for special librarians should be integrated into future library education.…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Graduate Study, Higher Education, History
