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ERIC Number: EJ322436
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Who/What/Why Should a Library Educator Be?
Biggs, Mary
Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, v25 n4 p262-78 Spr 1985
Traces movement of library school faculty qualifications from identification of faculty with profession of librarianship to identification with university and faculty colleagues. Special attention is given to impact of Melvil Dewey, Williamson reports, University of Chicago Graduate Library School founding, and American Library Association accreditation criteria. Sixty-nine references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Faculty, Higher Education, History, Library Associations, Library Education, Library Schools, Library Science, Teacher Background, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Qualifications
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Association of American Library Schools; Dewey (Melvil); University of Chicago IL; Williamson (Charles C)