The Library World Volume 68 Issue 6

Abstract

THE earliest libraries in any kind of community were run by interested members of the community with enthusiasm but no special training. Their communities asked them for very little more than they could get or do for themselves but did not care to find the time for, and because the librarian was one of their own, but no longer functioning fully in their world, the members of the community tended to have, however loyally or gently, a lower opinion of the man and consequently hisoffice. For the failed academic or businessman this was little less than just, but it was quite unjust to the profession of librarianship.

Citation

(1966), "The Library World Volume 68 Issue 6", New Library World, Vol. 68 No. 6, pp. 153-176. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009514