Overview
Pierce Butler is considered one of library science's greatest intellects. With appendixes including a complete list of Butler's publications, course offerings, graduate students, and selected sermons.
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Author: John V. Richardson, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Inf ,
Pierce Butler
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Imprint: Scarecrow Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.90cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 18.80cm
Weight: 0.567kg
ISBN: 9780810824997
ISBN 10: 081082499
Pages: 366
Publication Date: 01 April 1992
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
...more than just about Butler and the history of book collecting and library education...contributes to the intellectual history of the field. Library Journal ...a model of scholarly research and flawless citation practice...a view of 'deep librarianship' that should be discussed broadly at all levels of the profession. The Journal Of Academic Librarianship ...a well-documented narrative of Butler's life... Bulletin Of The American Society For Information Science ...This work provides much that is new... Library Quarterly ...both scholarly and readable...beautifully presented... Australian Library Journal ...thorough and detailed...precisely the kind of analysis and summary of a career that is so sadly lacking in most other biographies of librarians...should serve as a model. Wilson Library Bulletin
...more than just about Butler and the history of book collecting and library education...contributes to the intellectual history of the field. Library Journal ...a model of scholarly research and flawless citation practice...a view of 'deep librarianship' that should be discussed broadly at all levels of the profession. The Journal of Academic Librarianship ...a well-documented narrative of Butler's life... Bulletin Of The American Society For Information Science ...This work provides much that is new... Library Quarterly ...both scholarly and readable...beautifully presented... Australian Library Journal ...thorough and detailed...precisely the kind of analysis and summary of a career that is so sadly lacking in most other biographies of librarians...should serve as a model. Wilson Library Bulletin
...more than just about Butler and the history of book collecting and library education...contributes to the intellectual history of the field. Library Journal ...a model of scholarly research and flawless citation practice...a view of 'deep librarianship' that should be discussed broadly at all levels of the profession. Journal Of Academic Librarianship ...a well-documented narrative of Butler's life... Bulletin Of The American Society For Information Science ...This work provides much that is new... Library Quarterly ...both scholarly and readable...beautifully presented... Australian Library Review ...thorough and detailed...precisely the kind of analysis and summary of a career that is so sadly lacking in most other biographies of librarians...should serve as a model. Wilson Library Bulletin
Author Information
John V. Richardson, Jr. (Ph.D., Indiana University) teaches at the Graduate School of Library & Information Science, UCLA. He has published the well-received Spirit of Inquiry (1982) and has won numerous awards, including a Newberry Library Fellowship, an NEH grant, several ALISE research awards or grants, and the 1990 Justin Winsor Award for Excellence in Library History Research.
