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Peer reviewedAdams, 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
Babijcuk, R. – Unesco Bulletin for Libraries, 1971
Librarians in the Ukraine have become an indispensable part of the entire scientific and cultural life of the republic and books are now an object of prime necessity in the people's life. (Author)
Descriptors: Books, Community Involvement, Foreign Countries, Libraries
Peer reviewedNeill, S. D. – Canadian Library Journal, 1985
Argues that in an age of information overload, the public library role is to promote books and reading and warns that public libraries that focus on technologies and information services will become cogs in the engine of material progress rather than fulfilling their role as sources of knowledge. (19 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Books, Information Services, Library Materials, Library Role
Asheim, Lester; And Others – Library Journal, 1993
Includes reprints of four articles published in "Library Journal" from 1894-1963: (1) "The Distinctive Value of Books" (Lester Asheim); (2) "The Changing Role of the University Library" (Ralph E. Ellsworth); (3) "It Is a Mistake to Recruit Men" (Ralph Munn); and (4) "Is It Best for Libraries to Buy…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Fiction, Higher Education
Wedgeworth, Robert, Ed.; Dell, Richard, Ed. – 1976
The first American Library Association (ALA) yearbook appears in the ALA's centennial year. The yearbook brings together in alphabetical sequence a series of articles on topics of enduring as well as current interest to the library community. Included are also reports of the activities of the ALA units, affiliate organizations, and other…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Awards, Biographies, Books
Peer reviewedGould, Warwick – Libraries & Culture, 2002
A literary scholar interacts with various other speakers at the Fleur Cowles "Fleur" Symposium 2000 (Austin, TX) and makes his own case for the necessity of physical materials that are always yielding new insights. He rues the apparent denigration of paper materials and the reduction of books even in research libraries and suggests that research…
Descriptors: Books, Librarians, Library Collections, Library Materials
Garland, Kathleen; And Others – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1993
Presents an annotated bibliography of 46 books of interest to school library media specialists in the categories of cataloging and technical services, issues and perspectives, management, resources, the teaching role, and technology. (LRW)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Books, Cataloging, Elementary Secondary Education
