Research Catalog

Title

The status of American college and university librarians / edited by Robert B. Downs.

Publication

Chicago : American Library Association, 1958.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Downs, Robert B. (Robert Bingham), 1903-1991
• Association of College and Research Libraries.

Description

iv, 176 pages; 24 cm

Series Statement

ACRL monograph number 22

Uniform Title

ACRL monograph ; no. 22.

Subject

• Librarians > United States
• Librarians
• Academic libraries > United States > Employees
• Academic librarians > United States
• Academic librarians > Faculty status > United States
• Librarians
• librarians
• Academic libraries > Employees
• Academic librarians > Faculty status
• Academic librarians
• United States

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliographical footnotes.

Contents

A new personnel program for Harvard librarians / Paul H. Buck -- The current status of university library staffs / Robert B. Downs -- The dynamics of securing academic status / Arth M. McAnally -- The quest for faculty rank / Lewis C. Branscomb -- The case for faculty status for librarians / Robert M. Pierson -- The college librarian : sociology of a professional specialization / Patricia B. Knapp -- The trend toward academic recognition of college librarians / William H. Carlson -- Are college and university librarians academic? / Robert B. Downs -- Faculty rank for library staff members in medium-sized universities and colleges / Robert H. Muller -- Hercules and Antaeus / Felix Reichmann -- Preparation and status of personnel / Lawrence Thomson -- Faculty rank for professional librarians / Frank A. Lundy -- The college librarian in the academic community / Morris A. Gelfand -- College librarians and the higher learning / Sidney H. Ditzion -- Academic status for university librarians : a new approach / Robert B. Downs -- The status of college librarians / Robert W. McEwen.

LCCN

58011454

OCLC

• ocm00575925
• 575925
• SCSB-1324540

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library