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The Literature of American Library History, 2008–2009
Collections and Technical Services Publications and Papers
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Abstract
Historians of American libraries and librarianship might hesitate to consult the wisdom of former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld as a guide for conducting research. However, the aforementioned quote does provide a useful context for this essay because historical investigations must go beyond what we already know. Research has to delve into the past to recapture the “unknown unknowns” that await our curious probing of dusty documents and forgotten files and help us make better sense of all that has gone before and serves as prologue for the present. This examination seeks to identify, summarize, and emphasize, where appropriate, those writings that appeared during 2008 and 2009 to assist us all in better understanding our shared library past.
Copyright Owner
University of Texas Press
Copyright Date
2011
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Edward A. Goedeken. "The Literature of American Library History, 2008–2009" (2011) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ed_goedeken/5/
This article is from Libraries & the Cultural Record, 46, no. 4 (2011): 412–441, doi: 10.1353/lac.2011.0021.
This is a pre-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in Libraries & the Cultural Record following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available through the University of Texas Press.