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Pioneers in Librarianship profiles sixty notable librarians who made significant contributions to the field. Librarians chosen for inclusion in this volume met one or more of these three criteria:
The librarian conceived a new method for improving library services, invented their own method of book cataloging, or devised an administrative system for libraries to operate under. The librarian is historically famous because he/she was notable historically.The librarian was the first woman or minority to make significant achievements within the field of LIS. The achievements of the librarians profiled here are important because they shaped the field. Many of their theories, ideas, and contributions are still being utilized in libraries today.
Librarians profiled here include Melvil Dewey, Carla Hayden, S. R. Ranganathan, Justin Winsor, Charles Coffin Jewett, Katharine Sharp, Pura BelprƩ, Allie Beth Martin, and John Cotton Dana.
The librarian conceived a new method for improving library services, invented their own method of book cataloging, or devised an administrative system for libraries to operate under. The librarian is historically famous because he/she was notable historically.The librarian was the first woman or minority to make significant achievements within the field of LIS. The achievements of the librarians profiled here are important because they shaped the field. Many of their theories, ideas, and contributions are still being utilized in libraries today.
Librarians profiled here include Melvil Dewey, Carla Hayden, S. R. Ranganathan, Justin Winsor, Charles Coffin Jewett, Katharine Sharp, Pura BelprƩ, Allie Beth Martin, and John Cotton Dana.
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Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1. Pura BelprƩ: Librarian, Author, and Puppeteer
- 2. Henry Evelyn Bliss: The Bliss Bibliographic Classification
- 3. Thomas Fountain Blue: The Louisville Free Public Library
- 4. Alfred Kaiming Chiu: Harvard-Yenching Classification System Librarian
- 5. John Young Cole: First Official Historian of the Library of Congress
- 6. Andrea Crestadoro: The Manchester Free Library
- 7. Charles Ammi Cutter: The Cutter Expansive Classification
- 8. John Cotton Dana: Progressive Librarian and Museum Director
- 9. Sadie Peterson Delaney: Librarian and Bibliotherapist
- 10. Melvil Dewey: The Dewey Decimal Classification
- 11. William Isaac Fletcher: The Amherst Librarian
- 12. Herman Howe Fussler: Librarian and Microphotographer
- 13. Amelia Gayle Gorgas: Librarian and Nurse
- 14. Richard James Horatio Gottheil: Middle Eastern Collections Librarian at the New York Public Library
- 15. Samuel Swett Green: The Father of the Library Reference Service
- 16. Abdel Kader Haidara: The Heroic Librarian of Timbuktu
- 17. Mary Evelyn Hall: Pioneering High School Librarian
- 18. James Christian Meinich Hanson: Pioneering Cataloger
- 19. Adelaide Rosalie Hasse: The Superintendent of Documents Classification
- 20. Carla Diane Hayden: Pioneering Librarian of Congress
- 21. Frederick Charles Hicks: Titan of Law Librarians
- 22. William Herbert Ifould: The Librarian Down Under
- 23. Hannah Packard James: The Osterhout Free Library of Wilkes-Barre
- 24. Thomas James: First Librarian of the Bodleian Library
- 25. Charles Coffin Jewett: Trailblazing American Librarian
- 26. Carleton Bruns Joeckel: Library Advocate
- 27. Nita Bernice Kibble: Trailblazing Australian Librarian
- 28. Frederick G. Kilgour: The Online Computer Library Center
- 29. Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya: The Revolutionary Librarian
- 30. Waldo Gifford Leland: The Archivist behind the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
- 31. George Herbert Locke: Transforming the Toronto Public Library
- 32. Flora Belle Ludington: Head Librarian at Mount Holyoke College
- 33. Margaret Mann: Librarian, Cataloger, and Professor
- 34. Allie Beth Martin: Advocate for Library Change
- 35. Frederic Melcher: Trailblazer in Childrenās Librarianship
- 36. Aubertus Miraeus: Librarian by Royal Appointment
- 37. Foster Edward Mohrhardt: The National Agricultural Library
- 38. Anne Carroll Moore: Innovative Childrenās Librarian
- 39. Ralph Munn: Global Librarianship
- 40. Gabriel NaudĆ©: The Cardinalās Librarian
- 41. Margaret Cross Norton: Librarian and Archivist
- 42. Marcia Crocker Noyes: The Medical Library Association
- 43. Sir William Osler: Physician, Medical Historian, and Bibliophile
- 44. Antonio Panizzi: The British Museum in London
- 45. Carlos Victor Penna: Developing Latin American Libraries
- 46. Annette Lewis Phinazee: Trailblazing Cataloger
- 47. Pope Pius XI: Pope and Librarian
- 48. Bartolomeo Platina: Gastronomist and the First Vatican Librarian
- 49. William Frederick Poole: Administrative Librarianship
- 50. Herbert Putnam: Americaās Librarian
- 51. Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan: The Five Laws of Library Science
- 52. Rebecca Browning Rankin: The Municipal Reference Librarian
- 53. Frank Bradway Rogers: The Transformational Medical Librarian
- 54. Arturo Alfonso Schomburg: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library
- 55. Katharine Lucinda Sharp: Armour Institute of Technology
- 56. Alexandre Vattemare: Library Exchange
- 57. Eva Verona: Trailblazing Croatian Cataloger
- 58. Edward Christopher Williams: Trailblazer in Library Education
- 59. Justin Winsor: The Great Academic Librarian
- 60. Mary Elizabeth Wood: The Boone Library School
- About the Author