02367cam a2200373 a 4500 4394677 BD-DhUL 20170126144205.0 071012s1991 ii b 001 0 eng 2007042429 GBA870036 bnb 8170001242 DLC DLC YDX BAKER BTCTA YDXCP LCS DLC BD-DhUL ukblcatcopy n-us--- n-cn--- Z665.2.U6 C76 2008 020 PRO Renewing professional librarianship : C. A. Augustine festschrift / Edit. G. Devarajan New Delhi : Ess Ess, 1991. xiv, 121 p. ; 22 cm. IRS 150.00 Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-165) and index. Introduction -- Librarian professionalism and professional library education -- "What's the story?" -- The information-library conundrum -- The ebbing of information science -- Restoring the balance. "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." "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. Library science United States. Library science Canada. Library education. Library schools Accreditation. Librarians Certification. Libraries Aims and objectives. Devarajan, G. ddc BK 155849 155849 0 0 ddc 0 020_000000000000000_PRO 0 NFIC 287114 DUL DUL GEN 2001-04-17 Purchased 020 PRO 393452 2017-01-26 1 2017-01-26 BK