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Librarianship and legitimacy : the ideology of the Public Library Inquiry
- Title
- Librarianship and legitimacy : the ideology of the Public Library Inquiry / Douglas Raber.
- Author
- Raber, Douglas, 1949-
- Publication
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | Z731 .R14 1997 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 162 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- Describes the history and significance of the Public Library Inquiry of the late 1940s, which sought "to study and document the conditions, achievements, and weaknesses of public libraries and librarianship."--Page 4.
- Series Statement
- Contributions in librarianship and information science, 0084-9243 ; no. 90
- Uniform Title
- Contributions in librarianship and information science ; no. 90.
- Subject
- Public Library Inquiry (Project) > History
- Public Library Inquiry (Project)
- 1900-1999
- Geschichte 1945-1950
- Public libraries > Aims and objectives > History > United States > 20th century
- Public libraries > Aims and objectives
- Legitimation
- Projekt
- Öffentliche Bibliothek
- Openbare bibliotheken
- Bibliotheekbeheer
- United States
- USA
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-158) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Interpretative Context: Librarianship and Professional Ideology -- 3. The Public Library and the Postwar World -- 4. The Beginnings of the Public Library Inquiry -- 5. Leigh's Proposal -- 6. The Critique of the Public Library -- 7. The Critique of American Culture -- 8. Democracy and the Civic Library -- 9. The Political Strategy -- 10. Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 0313302340
- 9780313302343
- LCCN
- 97009376
- OCLC
- ocm36629939
- 36629939
- SCSB-103078
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library