02312cam a2200349 a 45000010008000000030008000080050017000160080041000330100015000740150019000890200015001080400058001230420016001810430021001970500024002180820016002422450094002582600033003523000027003853650016004125040066004285050204004945200807006985200247015056500036017526500029017886500023018176500036018406500031018766500036019077000019019434394677BD-DhUL20170126144205.0071012s1991    ii       b    001 0 eng    a2007042429  aGBA8700362bnb  a8170001242  aDLCcDLCdYDXdBAKERdBTCTAdYDXCPdLCSdDLCdBD-DhUL  aukblcatcopy  an-us---an-cn---00aZ665.2.U6bC76 200800a0202 bPRO10aRenewing professional librarianship :bC. A. Augustine festschrift  /cEdit. G. Devarajan  aNew Delhi :bEss Ess,c1991.  axiv, 121 p. ; c22 cm.  aIRSb150.00  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [155]-165) and index.0 aIntroduction -- Librarian professionalism and professional library education -- "What's the story?" -- The information-library conundrum -- The ebbing of information science -- Restoring the balance.1 a"Can professional librarianship exist, let alone thrive, in the 21st century? Does accreditation protect the profession, or reduce it to a minor component of information science? The prognosis is not good, claims cultural pragmatist Bill Crowley, with worse to follow unless library studies and information studies are viewed as separate cognate areas." "While an information-centric definition may be appropriate for corporate information specialists, academic, public, and school librarians are already suffering the effects of devaluation. The remedy, Crowley says, is to embrace a concept called lifecycle librarianship, the ability to meet crucial public needs "from the lapsit to the nursing home," by honing the library's time-honored role as a vital resource for reading and lifelong learning."8 a"Renewing Professional Librarianship concludes with a series of recommendations for library associations, library and information education educators, and practitioners - and a challenge for the reader to do something with them!"--Back cover. 0aLibrary sciencezUnited States. 0aLibrary sciencezCanada. 0aLibrary education. 0aLibrary schoolsxAccreditation. 0aLibrariansxCertification. 0aLibrariesxAims and objectives.1 aDevarajan, G.