Sources: Libraries and Librarianship: Sixty Years of Challenge and Change, 1945–2005

Abstract

Contents: Changes in the core -- Types of libraries and library cooperation -- Library cooperation : systems, consortia and networks -- Federal funding, philanthropy, and the Council on Library and Information Resources -- Library associations, intellectual freedom, and international relations -- Gender and ethnicity -- Library buildings and preservation -- Library and information science education and library literature -- Prominent leaders in the field of libraries and librarianship -- Summary and conclusion.