The Origins of American Academic Librarianship

by Orvin Lee Shiflett

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0893910821
• ISBN13: 9780893910822
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"