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1 online resource (146 pages) |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; CHAPTER ONE SHERA'S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT30; An Unusual Beginning; First Impressions of Librarianship; Humanist College Training; Turns to Librarianship; First Position; Thwarted Library School Plans; Social Science Library Experience; Effects of Shera's Background; CHAPTER 2 SHERA'S MACHINE AND COMPUTER EXPLORATIONS; Early Interest in Machines; Recognition of Computer Needs in Libraries; Early Experiments with Computing Machines; Meetings, Conferences, and Breakthroughs; Reorganizing the American Documentation Institute |
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CHAPTER 3 BRIDGING THE GAP AT WESTERN RESERVEShera's Appointment; A New Vision of Librarianship; Center for Documentation and Communication Research Founded; Disintegration of the Center; Lessons Learned; CHAPTER 4 THE SCHISM BETWEEN INFORMATION SCIENCE AND LIBRARIANSHIP; The Proper Position of Science; The Nature of Professionalism; A Holistic View of Librarianship; Drawbacks of Information Science; The Definition of Information; A Choice for Librarians; The General Information Problem; Symbolic Interactionism; Pragmatism and Anti-intellectualism; CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION |
| Summary |
"A biography of Jesse Hauk Shera, focusing on his role in defining and negotiating the boundaries of library science and information science, followed by a bibliography of his works"--Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Shera, Jesse Hauk, 1903-1982.
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Shera, Jesse Hauk, 1903-1982 -- Bibliography
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| SUBJECT |
Shera, Jesse Hauk, 1903-1982 fast |
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Librarians -- United States -- Biography
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Information scientists -- United States -- Biography
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Information scientists
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Librarians
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United States
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Bibliographies
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1936117754 |
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9781936117758 |
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9781634000079 |
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1634000072 |
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