Encyclopedia of Library History (Garland Reference Library of Social Science) - Hardcover

Wiegand, Wayne A.; Davis, Donald G. Jr.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824057872 ISBN 13: 9780824057879

Publisher: Routledge, 1994

Synopsis

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

About this title

About the Author:

WAYNE A. WIEGAND is F. Williams Summers Professor, Library and Information Studies, and Professor, American Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee. He has received numerous awards and fellowships.

Donald G. Davies, JR., editor of Libraries & Culture, is the author of several books and serves as emeritus professor at the University of Texas, School of Information. Previously, Dr. Davis worked in the University of California, Berkeley Library.

From Booklist:

International in scope and covering library history from Babylonian clay tablets to MEDLINE, the articles here range from 200 to 6,000 words. The emphasis is on the historical, but there is much information on libraries in the present day. There is a wonderful article on the history of the concept of alphabetical order, along with interesting entries on the Anglo-American Cataloging Code, subject headings, OCLC, gays and lesbians, gender and racial issues in library history, and USIA libraries. The longer entries tend to be on types of libraries (Medical Libraries, Theological Libraries), library functions (Reference Services, Collection Development), or historical periods (Medieval Libraries). There are entries for 60 important libraries around the world, some of which, such as the American Antiquarian Society and the Boston Public Library, are not in the new third edition of the World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services [RBB Ja 1 94]. All articles are signed by their authors, who represent many different countries, and all conclude with bibliographies. Finding aids in the Encyclopedia of Library History include a classified list of articles at the beginning of the book and an index at the end.

How else does this work differ from the World Encyclopedia? Its more than 80 articles on countries of the world are briefer and lack the useful statistics found in the World Encyclopedia, and it lacks the biographies and photographs found in that volume. While it doesn't entirely take the place of the larger World Encyclopedia, it does provide some of the same information. It also has some unique entries, such as Library Literature, Library Philanthropy, Library Staffing Patterns, Library Statistics, and Library Surveys. Sandy Whiteley

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0824057872
• ISBN 13: 9780824057879
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 708