Librarianship: The Erosion of a Woman's Profession (Book Review)

Abstract

I. Pressing for Change from Within: The Professionalization Movement. 1. In Pursuit of Status. 2. The Struggle for Control. 3. Higher Education and Licensing: Strategies for Status-Seeking Occupations. 4. Self-Doubt and Self-Blame. 5. Image Management: Marketing the Female Professions. 6. Unions and Associations: Who Speaks for the Workers? -- II. Environmental Pressures Affecting Librarianship. 7. Technology and the Deskilling of Women's Work. 8. Information for Sale: Profit Versus Public Good -- What Happened to the Librarians? 9. A Question of Values.