The Origins of American Academic Librarianship

This book treats academic librarianship as a professional culture, and traces its historical development in relation to the transformation of American higher education from the early 19th Century into the age of the university. It also gives a broad understanding of the status and role of today's academic librarian.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

The late Orvin Lee Shiflett was a professor and chair of the Department of Library and Information Studies at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Orvin Lee Shiflett, Unknown
• Verlag: Bloomsbury
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.1981
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Medien, Kommunikation > Buchhandel, Bibliothekswesen
• EAN: 9780893910822
• ISBN: 978-0-89391-082-2
• Anzahl Seiten: 308
• Altersempfehlung: 7 bis 17 Jahre
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 15.6 x 23.5 cm
• Gewicht (Verpackung): 624 g
• Serie: ML Answers the 101 Most-Asked; ML Answers the 101 Most-Asked
• Themen: Library & information services; Library and information services; Librarianship: Philosophy, Values, and Issues