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Author:

Smith, A. Arro, author.

Title:

Capturing our stories : an oral history of librarianship in transition / A. Arro Smith ; foreword by Loriene Roy.

Publisher:

Neal-Schumanan imprint of the American Library Association,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xviii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Librarians--Biography.
Capturing Our Stories Oral History Program of Retiring/Retired Librarians.
Librarians--Interviews.
Librarians--Attitudes.
Librarians--Effect of technological innovations on.
Retirees--Interviews.
Library science--History--20th century.
Libraries--History--20th century.
Collective memory.
Oral history.
Oral histories.

Other Authors:

Roy, Loriene, writer of foreword.

Notes:

Oral history interview subjects: Rita Auerbach, Sandy Berman, Karen Breen, Mary Bushing, Diana Collins, Connie Corson, Richard Corson, Valerie Feinman, Nancy Fogarty, Micki Freeny, Robert Gaines, Anne Gault, Andrew Hansen, Sheila Ross Henderson, Billie Grace Herring, Janet Swan Hill, Irene Hoadley, Gail Hueting, Kathy Kaya, Jeanette Larson, Sara Ann Long, Arlene Luster, Filomena Magavero, Dorothy McGarry, Jaye McLaughlin, Bill Mears, Kent Middleton, John N. Mitchell, Jenifer John Patterson, Peggy Richwine, Dale Ricklefs, Karlan Sick, Ninfa Trejo, Patricia Tuohy, and Kenneth Yamashita. Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-190) and index.

Contents:

Becoming a librarian -- Cliché and stereotypes -- Technology memories -- Regrets -- Helping people -- The collective memory of librarianship -- A primer on oral history theory and methodology -- Practical oral history advice.

ISBN:

0838914616
9780838914618

LCCN:

2016027171

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)