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Mostly in the Line of Duty: Thirty Years with Books
H. Liebaers
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Description for Mostly in the Line of Duty: Thirty Years with Books
hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
IT ALL STARTED with the American Library Association (ALA) which wanted to celebrate its centenary in 1976 at its headquarters in Chicago. With five American librarians and non-librarians I was invited to give a centennial paper. I declined the flattering offer because I had left the profession and had no time to do any research. I added innocently, however, that I would be delighted to speak out of personal experience, for instance on the impor tance of American librarianship in my professional life. This pro posal was accepted; I delivered the lecture and my text was printed in Libraries and ... Read more
IT ALL STARTED with the American Library Association (ALA) which wanted to celebrate its centenary in 1976 at its headquarters in Chicago. With five American librarians and non-librarians I was invited to give a centennial paper. I declined the flattering offer because I had left the profession and had no time to do any research. I added innocently, however, that I would be delighted to speak out of personal experience, for instance on the impor tance of American librarianship in my professional life. This pro posal was accepted; I delivered the lecture and my text was printed in Libraries and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789024722280
SKU
V9789024722280
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Ref
99-15
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