A chronology of librarianship, 1960-2000

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wilhite Jeffrey M.
Group Author: Smith Josephine Metcalfe.
Published: Scarecrow Press,
Publisher Address: Lanham, Md.
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Item Description: Chronology of librarianship.
Carrier Form: xii, 265 p.: ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 9780810852556 (alk. paper)
0810852551 (alk. paper)
Index Number: G250
CLC: G250.9
Call Number: G250.9/W678
Contents: Continues: A chronology of librarianship / by Josephine Metcalfe Smith. 1968.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction --- chronological tables, 1960-2000.
A Chronology of Librarianship, 1960-2000 continues the work of Josephine Smith in her original Chronology of Librarianship (Scarecrow, 1968). It updates and completes her work up to 2000, paying special attention to the progress made on technological and international fronts that have significantly altered the role and function of the librarian, especially the rise of the internet in the 1990s. The ramifications of this new level of global connectedness and of the new role of the librarian are of primary concern for author Jeffrey M. Wilhite. This book covers all areas of library literature that inform the history of librarianship and ranges over multiple continents. Its broad scope lends itself to wide use by scholars and students of library history and library literature. The chronology is presented in a dictionary format and separated into decades. It is complemented by a comprehensive bibliography and name index. -- Back cover.