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List Of Famous Librarians
This is a list of notable librarians and people who have advanced libraries and librarianship. Also included are people primarily notable for other endeavors, such as politicians and writers, who have also worked as librarians. List of people known for contributions to the library profession A-E * Ada Adler * Mary Eileen Ahern * Camila Alire * Edna Allyn – first librarian of the Hawaii State Library * Lester Asheim * Ashurbanipal II * Sarah B. Askew – pioneered the establishment of county libraries in the United States *Basil Atkinson *Derek Austin * Winifred Austin – pioneer of UK Library for the blind *Henriette Avram – MARC standards developer * Antoine Alexandre Barbier *John Davis Barnett – Canada *John J. Beckley – first Librarian of Congress; politician * Pura Belpré – librarian and author * Sanford Berman * Bob Berring – law librarian * John Carlo Bertot – library educator, researcher, editor of ''The Library Quarterly'' * Anastasius Bibliothecarius * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Librarian
A librarian is a person who works professionally in a library providing access to information, and sometimes social or technical programming, or instruction on information literacy to users. The role of the librarian has changed much over time, with the past century in particular bringing many new media and technologies into play. From the earliest libraries in the ancient world to the modern information hub, there have been keepers and disseminators of the information held in data stores. Roles and responsibilities vary widely depending on the type of library, the specialty of the librarian, and the functions needed to maintain collections and make them available to its users. Education for librarianship has changed over time to reflect changing roles. History The ancient world The Sumerians were the first to train clerks to keep records of accounts. ''"Masters of the books"'' or "keepers of the tablets" were scribes or priests who were trained to handle the vast amount and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
