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Buckland, Michael – Information Processing & Management, 1996
Addresses three issues of library science in the United States during the 20th century: (1) use of European documentation efforts; (2) the "information science versus library science" argument; and (3) technological innovation in librarianship. Also examines the role of technology in library science at the University of Chicago's…
Descriptors: Documentation, Information Science, Library Schools, Library Science
Mukherjee, Ajit Kumar – 1969
Emphasis in this manual is placed on the changing pattern of librarianship, and deals with the fundamental principles and functions of the special library as well as an over-view of the techniques of documentation and information storage and retrieval. Chapters covered include: (1) Modern Librarianship and Contemporary Culture; (2) Special…
Descriptors: Documentation, Librarians, Library Education, Library Schools
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
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1972
The successful development of documentation and library services depends on the availability of sufficient qualified personnel. Unesco has therefore given high priority in its program to the question of professional training and will assist its member states in their efforts to train sufficient numbers of documentalists and librarians. To this…
Descriptors: Books, Documentation, Education, Educational Programs

Kaegbein, Paul; Rusch, Diann D. – Journal of Education for Librarianship, 1982
Profiles the library and information landscape in the Federal Republic of Germany and presents an overview of primary, secondary, and higher education as well as of the various educational "tracks" leading to professional library careers in West Germany. Three figures and a 45-item reference list accompany the text. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Documentation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government, Foreign Countries
Cohen, Nathan M.; Denison, Barbara; Boehlert, Jessie C. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
During the last decade, research has become increasingly important to the profession of librarianship. Seven library schools now have doctoral programs, foundation grants have stimulated and supported scores of major projects, and the research method has been recognized as an accepted technique for solving library problems. The increasing volume…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Doctoral Dissertations