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Engle, Michael O. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1986
Examines factors of philosophical significance to college librarianship that provide direction for daily decisions: growth of bibliographic instruction--role of metaphysical and metaphorical; need to integrate values of liberal education; understanding of social context--humanistic roots; and understanding of librarian's role of intervenor,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Liberalism, Librarians