Sanitizing American Library History: Reflections of a Library Historian
Abstract
Librarianship has a propensity to sanitize its history. As evidence for this statement, this article uses the Library Bill of Rights that the American Library Association adopted in 1939 and the School Library Bill of Rights that the American Association of School Librarians adopted in 1955 as lenses through which to view the profession’s response to selected events in American library history since 1939. By such means, the article attempts to...
Paper Details
Title
Sanitizing American Library History: Reflections of a Library Historian
Published Date
Apr 1, 2020
Journal
Volume
90
Issue
2
Pages
108 - 120
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