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Bernier, Anthony – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2019
The overarching assessment of youth services rendered by Leslie Edmonds in 1987 remains largely true today: that its most influential force remains not research, or evidence, or constant professional improvement or addressing field-based challenges, but "superstition." Research in youth services pedagogy, likewise, offers a perpetually…
Descriptors: Youth, Library Services, History, Librarians
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Labaree, Robert V.; Scimeca, Ross – Library Quarterly, 2008
The authors develop a framework for addressing the question of truth in librarianship and in doing so attempt to move considerations of truth closer to the core of philosophical debates within the profession. After establishing ways in which philosophy contributes to social scientific inquiry in library science, the authors examine concepts of…
Descriptors: Library Science, Library Services, Ethics, Librarians
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Johnson, Wendell G. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2011
The job of the contemporary reference librarian has a virtual component unimaginable a generation ago. Today's library professional can obtain an MLS (or equivalent) online with a minimal residency requirement. Not only the degree, but also library sources, and indeed patrons, have become virtual. Both books and periodicals can be consulted by…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Special Libraries, Public Libraries, Reference Services
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
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Jackson, Sidney L. – Journal of Education for Librarianship, 1971
Descriptors: College Libraries, History, Librarians, Library Science
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Rayward, W. Boyd – Library Trends, 1976
Touches selectively upon points of contact between the librarianship of the old world and of the new in order to indicate modes of interrelation and channels of influence through which different kinds of effects have been produced. (Author)
Descriptors: History, International Relations, Librarians, Library Science
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Colson, John Calvin – Library Trends, 1976
Examines the ways in which some American librarians and others have viewed the progress of American librarianship, 1876 to 1976. (Author)
Descriptors: Historiography, History, Librarians, Library Science
Hubbard, Taylor E. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1984
Chronicles rise of American trade publishing industry from end of Civil War to present. Topics covered include prominent publishers, publishing philosophy, careers in publishing, pre-World War I developments, librarianship and library education, new publishers, assertion of rights by authors, development of American economy, and impact of…
Descriptors: Authors, History, Librarians, Library Role
Harris, John – 1970
The history of librarianship in Ghana began in 1944 when Miss Fegan, an experienced librarian, was assigned by the British Council to run a training course for library assistants at the Achimota College Library. The subsequent development of libraries, library schools, and librarianship in Ghana is traced. To become a professional librarian in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History, Librarians, Library Education
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
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Holley, Edward G. – Library Trends, 1976
History of librarians--definitions, qualifications, numbers, current status, and statistical data. (LS)
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, History, Job Analysis, Librarians
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Adams, Thomas R. – College and Research Libraries, 1984
Discussion of way in which books have functioned within framework of American librarianship highlights acquisition of books (libraries attempting to fill needs of everyone in geographical area, libraries devoted to filling needs of self-selected part of society, libraries devoted to collecting particular subject), and role of private collector of…
Descriptors: Archives, Books, History, Librarians
Churchwell, Charles D. – 1975
This essay analyzes and explains the movements, events, and influences that made distinctive contributions to the development of education for librarianship between 1919 and 1939. Special attention is given to the proposals of Charles C. Williamson, Emma Baldwin, and Ernest J. Reece. Also considered are the activities of the Committee on Library…
Descriptors: Higher Education, History, Librarians, Library Associations
Sharr, F. A. – Libr Assn Rec, 1970
Traces the major developments in libraries from ancient times and concludes that another major development is overdue--the establishment of an organized body of scientific principles as a foundation for the study of librarianship as an intellectual discipline at first-degree level, for the development of pure and applied research, and for the…
Descriptors: History, Information Science, Intellectual Disciplines, Librarians
Holley, Edward G. – American Libraries, 1979
The library profession's attitude regarding national and international issues, and issues within the profession during the last decade are recalled. (MBR)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Historical Reviews, History, Librarians
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