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.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Orvin Lee Shiflett, Unknown
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1981
• EAN: 9780893910822
• ISBN: 978-0-89391-082-2
• No. of pages: 308
• Weight: 624 g
• Series: ML Answers the 101 Most-Asked; ML Answers the 101 Most-Asked
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; Library & information services, Library and information services, Librarianship: Philosophy, Values, and Issues