Sponsored by the Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America, this volume features ...

A broad, comparative history of librarianship, this intriguing work goes beyond the standard focu...

Wiegand examines the development of ALA from 1876 to 1917 in this masterful tale. He looks at the...

Wiegand details the socioeconomic characteristics of turn-of-the-century library professionals an...

This work records the accomplishments of the leaders of library science with 51 thoroughly resear...

Drawing from rare archival materials researched over a period of 15 years, preeminent Dewey histo...

First Published in 1994. This book focuses on the historical development of the library as an ins...

Part of Our Lives challenges the conventional idea that public libraries are valuable mostly beca...

Examines four emblematic small-town libraries in the US Midwest from the late nineteenth century ...

Part of Our Lives challenges the conventional idea that public libraries are valuable mostly beca...

Women readers, editors, librarians, authors, journalists, booksellers, and others are the subject...

'Wayne A. and Shirley A. Wiegand tell the comprehensive story of the integration of southern publ...

On May 1, 1893, the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago opened its gates to an expectant publ...

Filling a huge void in the history of education, American Public School Librarianship provides es...

How civil liberties triumphed over national insecurity