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Direct linkJohnson, 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
Peer reviewedColson, 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
Download full textHarris, Michael H. – 1972
The intention of this essay is to serve as a guide to the literature treating the historical development of the American public library. It also provides a selective analysis of the literature dealing with the role of the public library. An extensive selected bibliography is included along with an appendix which is a short critical essay on the…
Descriptors: Chronicles, History, Library Role, Library Science
Harris, Michael – Library Journal, 1973
The intention of this article is to serve as a guide to the literature treating the historical development of the American public library. (A fuller version of this article is ERIC document ED 071 668.) (22 references) (Author/SJ)
Descriptors: Chronicles, History, Library Role, Library Science
Harris, John – 1970
The beginning and development of libraries in Nigeria are reviewed. Particular areas discussed include: libraries before mid-century, librarians before mid-century, the difficulties of birth, libraries as instruments of power, early library men, the Lagos Library, the Carnegie Corporation, World War II, Elliot Commission, Lagos Public Library,…
Descriptors: Conferences, Foreign Countries, History, Librarians
Bishop, William Warner; And Others – Library Journal, 1992
Reprints four articles originally published between 1919 and 1967 in "Library Journal." Topics include changing ideals in librarianship, the changing nature of library work (Paul Dunkin), attracting adolescents to the library (Mary Hinant), and the social outlook of the librarian (Marilla Waite Freeman). A sidebar reviews the 1966…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Book Reviews, Change, History
Leal, Ralph A. – 1974
An overview of libraries in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) is presented, beginning with an analysis of the role played by Lenin in shaping the development of the library system in that country. There follows a historical survey of libraries in the Soviet Union, with an emphasis on the period from 1955 to 1975. Certain aspects…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Centralization, Government Libraries, History
