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Important to the volume are the impacts of technological advances and globalization on the role and function of the librarian. Reference and Research Book News 20091101 Josephine Smith's Chronology of Librarianship, published in 1968, covered the field from the first century C.E. to 1959. Jeffrey M. Wilhite's Chronology of Librarianship: 1960-2000, starts up where Smith left off. Each year's treatment is arranged by category ( Contemporary Events, ALA, Library of Congress, etc.). Just about anything that might be of interest in the library world is included. For each event, Wilhite supplies a one-or two- sentence description and a source. American Libraries 20091001 The author should be commended for his remarkable diligence and rigor in locating such eclectic information. Booklist 20091001 This book is a must purchase for every institution in the United States that teaches library and information studies. It would also be a valuable acquisition for referenc departments in public and in some special libraries. Technicalities 20100301

Important to the volume are the impacts of technological advances and globalization on the role and function of the librarian. Reference and Research Book News Josephine Smith's Chronology of Librarianship, published in 1968, covered the field from the first century C.E. to 1959. Jeffrey M. Wilhite's Chronology of Librarianship: 1960-2000, starts up where Smith left off. Each year's treatment is arranged by category ( Contemporary Events, ALA, Library of Congress, etc.). Just about anything that might be of interest in the library world is included. For each event, Wilhite supplies a one-or two- sentence description and a source. American Libraries The author should be commended for his remarkable diligence and rigor in locating such eclectic information. Booklist This book is a must purchase for every institution in the United States that teaches library and information studies. It would also be a valuable acquisition for reference departments in public and in some special libraries. Technicalities

Important to the volume are the impacts of technological advances and globalization on the role and function of the librarian. * Reference and Research Book News * Josephine Smith's Chronology of Librarianship, published in 1968, covered the field from the first century C.E. to 1959. Jeffrey M. Wilhite's Chronology of Librarianship: 1960-2000, starts up where Smith left off. Each year's treatment is arranged by category ( Contemporary Events, ALA, Library of Congress, etc.). Just about anything that might be of interest in the library world is included. For each event, Wilhite supplies a one-or two- sentence description and a source. * American Libraries * The author should be commended for his remarkable diligence and rigor in locating such eclectic information. * Booklist * This book is a must purchase for every institution in the United States that teaches library and information studies. It would also be a valuable acquisition for reference departments in public and in some special libraries. * Technicalities * Important to the volume are the impacts of technological advances and globalization on the role and function of the librarian. Reference and Research Book News Josephine Smith's Chronology of Librarianship, published in 1968, covered the field from the first century C.E. to 1959. Jeffrey M. Wilhite's Chronology of Librarianship: 1960-2000, starts up where Smith left off. Each year's treatment is arranged by category ( Contemporary Events, ALA, Library of Congress, etc.). Just about anything that might be of interest in the library world is included. For each event, Wilhite supplies a one-or two- sentence description and a source. American Libraries The author should be commended for his remarkable diligence and rigor in locating such eclectic information. Booklist This book is a must purchase for every institution in the United States that teaches library and information studies. It would also be a valuable acquisition for reference departments in public and in some special libraries. Technicalities

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Jeffrey M. Wilhite is associate professor of bibliography and government documents reference librarian at the University of Oklahoma. He is a co-author of International Biographical Directory of National Archivists, Documentalists, and Librarians, 2nd ed. (Scarecrow, 2000).

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