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Peer reviewedGenz, Marcella D. – Library Trends, 1998
Examines historical reasons for the reference desk and workers to establish how reference work has been circumscribed, describes how it has evolved, and attempts to define perimeters between tasks and duties of paraprofessionals and professionals. Highlights the Williamson Report (1923) on training for library services and considers how practices…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Librarians, Library Education, Library History
Peer reviewedHemp, Susan J.; Montgomery, Jack G., Ed. – Against the Grain, 1996
The population of state and federal prisons quadrupled between 1971 and 1991, increasing demand for library resources. Outlines the history of prison libraries (1700s-1990s); discusses prison libraries and librarians, law collections, reference services, literacy programs, and funding; and provides a bibliography of prison librarianship covering…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Bibliographies, Law Libraries, Librarians
