In Resistance to a Capitalist Past: Emerging Practices of Critical Librarianship Lua Gregory and Shana Higgins
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Ruth Horie: an Oral History Biography and Feminist Analysis by Valerie
Ruth Horie: An Oral History Biography and Feminist Analysis By Valerie Brett Shaindlin THESIS Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library and Information Science (MLISc) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa 2018 Thesis Committee: Dr. Noriko Asato Dr. Vanessa Irvin Dr. Andrew Wertheimer (Chair) Ruth Horie: An Oral History Biography and Feminist Analysis 2 Table of Contents Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………...……..…….....5 A Note on Language…………………………...…………………………..….……………..…....6 Abstract……………………………………………………………………...…………….……....8 PART I: Oral History………………………….…………………....……………..….….….….....9 Family History…………….…....…………………………….....……………….……......9 Youth (1950-1968)……….……………....……………………....….……..……….……26 Childhood……………....………………………….…………...…..…………….26 School Years………..…………………………………..…..…………................35 Undergraduate Education (1968-1979)………….……..…………………………..........43 The Hawaiian Renaissance…………………………………………….………...45 Kahaluʻu Flood (1964) and Family Relocation (1974)……………..…...…...…..48 Employment………………………………………………………….……..……51 Graduate Education and Early Career (1979-1991)...........................................................54 Master’s Degree in Library Studies (1979-1981)……….…………………….....54 Employment at the East-West Center (1981-1986)…....……...…...………….....56 Employment at Bishop Museum (1986-1990).....……..……................……........60 University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (1991-2012)...................................................................65 Employment at Hamilton -
College and Research Libraries
ROBERT B. DOWNS The Role of the Academic Librarian, 1876-1976 . ,- ..0., IT IS DIFFICULT for university librarians they were members of the teaching fac in 1976, with their multi-million volume ulty. The ordinary practice was to list collections, staffs in the hundreds, bud librarians with registrars, museum cu gets in millions of dollars, and monu rators, and other miscellaneous officers. mental buildings, to conceive of the Combination appointments were com minuscule beginnings of academic li mon, e.g., the librarian of the Univer braries a centur-y ago. Only two univer sity of California was a professor of sity libraries in the nation, Harvard and English; at Princeton the librarian was Yale, held collections in ·excess of professor of Greek, and the assistant li 100,000 volumes, and no state university brarian was tutor in Greek; at Iowa possessed as many as 30,000 volumes. State University the librarian doubled As Edward Holley discovered in the as professor of Latin; and at the Uni preparation of the first article in the versity of · Minnesota the librarian present centennial series, professional li served also as president. brarHms to maintain, service, and devel Further examination of university op these extremely limited holdings catalogs for the last quarter of the nine were in similarly short supply.1 General teenth century, where no teaching duties ly, the library staff was a one-man opera were assigned to the librarian, indicates tion-often not even on a full-time ba that there was a feeling, at least in some sis. Faculty members assigned to super institutions, that head librarians ought vise the library were also expected to to be grouped with the faculty. -
LHRT Newsletter LHRT Newsletter
LHRT Newsletter NOVEMBER 2010 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 1 BERNADETTE A. LEAR, EDITOR BAL19 @ PSU.EDU Greetings from the Chair BAL19 @ PSU.EDU and librarians. The week As we finalize details we will following Library History inform the membership as to Seminar XII, Wayne how they may participate. Wiegand threw down a challenge. He offered to It is time to turn to finding a contribute $100 to the venue for Library History Edward G. Holley Lecture Seminar XIII (2015). The endowment, and urged all request for proposals is previous LHRT Chairs and included in this newsletter. I Board members to do the invite LHRT members to same. In less than thirty- consider whether your six hours $2,400 was institution might be a good pledged. Ed’s son Jens was site. We are a community of one contributor (both to people with a love for the the fund and to this issue). histories of libraries, reading, His heartfelt message of print culture, and the people, thanks for honoring his places and institutions that are father in this way made me part of those histories. Why proud to be a member of not make a little bit of history LHRT. yourself by hosting this wonderful conference? The LHRT Program Committee is hard at work In the meantime, I will “see” to bring quality sessions to you virtually in January our annual meeting. We meeting in cyberspace, and see will have the Invited many of you in person at Speakers Panel, the ALA’s annual meeting in New Research Forum Panel, and Orleans in June. -
History of Urban Main Library Service
History of Urban Main Library Service JACOB S. EPSTEIN THEMOST IMPORTANT early date for urban public libraries would certainly be 1854, the year the Boston Public Library opened its doors. But as Jesse Shera has noted: “The opening, on March 20,1854, of the reading room of the Boston Public Library. ..was not a signal that a new agency had suddenly been born into American urban life. Behind the act were more than two centuries of experimentation, uncertainty, and change.”l Before the advent of public libraries there were numerous social li- braries, mercantile libraries and other efforts to have a community store of books which could be borrowed or consulted. A common prin- ciple evident in each of them was the belief that the printed word was important and should be made available to the ordinary citizen who could not own all the literature which was of value. Although it was a subscription library, rather than a public library as we think of it today, Benjamin Franklin’s Library Company of Phila- delphia, organized in 1731, was the first library in America to circulate books and the first to pay a librarian for his services. In his Autobiogra- phy, Franklin declared, “These libraries have improved the general conversation of the Americans, made the common tradesmen and farm- ers as intelligent as most gentlemen from other countries, and perhaps have contributed in some degree to the stand so generally made throughout the colonies in defense of their privileges.”2 Here is that recurrent theme of self-improvement that runs throughout the Ameri- can public library movement. -
Disciplining Sexual Deviance at the Library of Congress Melissa A
FOR SEXUAL PERVERSION See PARAPHILIAS: Disciplining Sexual Deviance at the Library of Congress Melissa A. Adler A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Library and Information Studies) at the UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON 2012 Date of final oral examination: 5/8/2012 The dissertation is approved by the following members of the Final Oral Committee: Christine Pawley, Professor, Library and Information Studies Greg Downey, Professor, Library and Information Studies Louise Robbins, Professor, Library and Information Studies A. Finn Enke, Associate Professor, History, Gender and Women’s Studies Helen Kinsella, Assistant Professor, Political Science i Table of Contents Acknowledgements...............................................................................................................iii List of Figures........................................................................................................................vii Crash Course on Cataloging Subjects......................................................................................1 Chapter 1: Setting the Terms: Methodology and Sources.......................................................5 Purpose of the Dissertation..........................................................................................6 Subject access: LC Subject Headings and LC Classification....................................13 Social theories............................................................................................................16 -
The Literature of American Library History, 2003–2005 Edward A
Collections and Technical Services Publications and Collections and Technical Services Papers 2008 The Literature of American Library History, 2003–2005 Edward A. Goedeken Iowa State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/libcat_pubs Part of the Library and Information Science Commons The ompc lete bibliographic information for this item can be found at http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ libcat_pubs/12. For information on how to cite this item, please visit http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ howtocite.html. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Collections and Technical Services at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Collections and Technical Services Publications and Papers by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Literature of American Library History, 2003–2005 Abstract A number of years have elapsed since publication of the last essay of this sort, so this one will cover three years of historical writings on American librarianship, 2003–5, instead of the usual two. We will have to see whether this new method becomes the norm or will ultimately be considered an aberration from the traditional approach. I do know that several years ago Donald G. Davis, Jr., and Michael Harris covered three years (1971–73) in their essay, and we all survived the experience. In preparing this essay I discovered that when another year of coverage is added the volume of writings to cover also grows impressively. A conservative estimate places the number of books and articles published in the years under review at more than two hundred items. -
Bulletinofameric11amer.Pdf
' s*r THE UNIVERSITY r * - - - * ^ & >#*? OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY "> CW\ C > v- 5 wv i EMI BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION VOLUME V JANUARY-NOVEMBER, 1911 AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 78 E. WASHINGTON STREET CHICAGO 1911 CONTENTS 1911 January MISCELLANEOUS March MISCELLANEOUS May MISCELLANEOUS July PROCEEDINGS OF THE PASADENA CONFERENCE September HANDBOOK, 1911 November. .MISCELLANEOUS INDEX A separate detailed index to the Proceedings of the Pasadena Conference is on pages 285-288 and its entries are not repeated here. Affiliated organizations, 309-10 Membership, benefits of, 291 Affiliation of A. L. A. with state library associa- Membership by states, 298 tions, report of committee on, 13-15 Necrology, 358 Bookbinding, report of committee on, 9, 26, New York state library, appeal for material, 45 45-6, 364 Officers, A. L. A., 1911-12, 301 Bostwick, Arthur E., attendance at Alabama Pasadena conference, travel announcements, library meeting, 360 1-2; 17-24; post-conference, 18-23; pro- Budget, A. L. A., 1911, 5 gram, 37-40 Charter, 290 Periodicals, list of library, 310 Chicago mid-winter meetings for 1912, an- Presidents, A. L. A., 299 nouncements of, 360-1 Publishing board, meeting, 6-8; budget, 1911, Clubs, library, 313-14 6-7; list of publications, 306-8 Committees, 1911-12, 303-5 Recorders, A. L. A., 300 Constitution, 291-6 Registrar, A. L. A., 300 Council, meeting of, 10-15; personnel of, 302-3 Secretaries, A. L. A., 300 Dues, 291 Sections, 308-9 Elmendorf, Mrs. H. L., attendance at Michi- State library conferences, A. L. A. at, 359-60 gan, Ohio and New York library meetings, State library associations, list of, 311-13 359 State library commissions, list of, 310-11 Endowment funds, 305 Stereopticon slides for library schools, 45 Executive board meeting, 3-6 Taylor, Mary W., resolution on death of, 9 Federal and state relations, report of com- Thwaites, Reuben G., represents A. -
Summer-2006.Pdf
A OHIO VALLEY EDITORIAL BOARD HISTORY STAFF Senior Editor Compton Allyn Christine L.Heyrman Joseph R Reidy Christopher Phillips Cinri?liiati Muse,im Center University ofDelazuare Ho'u)a,·d University History Advisory Board Depmtment of History j.Blaine Hudson Steve,!J. Ross University ofCincinnati Stepben ATon Uni'versity ofLouisville University ofSouthern Associate Editors University ofCalifornia California R.Douglas Hurt A.Glenn Crotbers Los Angeles at Purdue Unkersity Hany N. eiber&/, Department ofHistory Joan E Casbin University ofealifornia James C.Klotter University ofLouisville Ohio State University at Berkeley Georgetolun College David Stradling R.L.Cayton Steven M. Stowe Andrew Bruce Levine Department of History Miami University Indiana Unruersty University ofCalifornia University ofCincinnati R.David Edmunds at Santa Cruz Roger D.Tate Managing Editors ofTexas Dallas Somerset Community University nt Zane L.Miller John B.Westerji eid H College Ellen T Eslinger University ofCincinnati Ib¢Filson Historical Society Joe W.Trotter,Jn Depaul University Elizbeth A.Perkins Ruby Rogers Carnegie Mdion University CraigT Friend Centre College Cincinnati Museum Centr€ North Carolina State Aitina Waller Editorial Assistant james A.Ramage University Unioersity ofConnecticut Northern Kentucky University Cathy Collopy Department ofHistory University ofCinannati CINCINNATI MUSEUM THE FILSON HISTORICAL CENTER BOARD OF SOCIETY BOARD TRUSTEES OFDIRECTORS Cliair David Bobl C aig Meier President Ronaid D. Brmn jegq KMattbeg,M.D. Henry D Gms* Geoi·ge -
Charles Ammi Cutter
CHAPTER I EARLY LIFE AND HARVARD STUDENT YEARS Early Years Charles Ammi Cutter was a member of a nineteenth century family that can be described as, "solid New England stock." The members had a pride in ancestry "not so much because their forbears were prominent in the social, polit- ical, or financial world, but because they were hard-working, plain-living, clear-thinking, and devout people, with high ideals.,,1 The Cutter fa_ily had its start in America with the arrival in Massachusetts from Newcastle-on-Tyne in Eng- land of the widow, Elizabeth Cutter, and her two sons about 1640. Through her son, Richard, she became the progenitress of descendants who, each in his own way, helped to civilize the colonial wilderness and who played a part in bringing the young nation through its revolutionary birth pains. 2 The Cutters were primarily farmers and merchants but included among their ranks clergymen, physicians, and later, 1 W. P. Cutter, Charles Ammi Cutter, p. 3. 2The principal sources for Cutter genealogical materi als are Benjamin Cutter, A Histor of the Cutter Famil of New England, revised and enlarged by William R. Cutter Bos ton: David Clapp and Son, 1871), passim; William R. Cutter, comp., Genealo ical and Personal Memoirs Relatiri to the Families of the State of Massachusetts 4 vols.; New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1910), III, passim. 1 2 soldiers. For example, Ammi Ruhamah Cutter (1735-1810) served as a physician during the second capture of Louisburg 1 during the French and Indian War. He later distinguished himself as Physician General of the Eastern Department of the Continental Army. -
Charles Ami Cutter
Gwen Kushiyama LIS 610 Historical American Biography CHARLES AMMI CUTTER In the quiet solitude of his New Hampshire residence, Charles Ammi Cutter passed away in 1903 after a long bout with pneumonia. In remembrance of his friend and colleague, Charles A. Cutter, William E. Foster wrote in Cutter’s obituary: While Mr. Cutter’s nature was essentially scholarly, and while he may most be said to have abhorred an inaccuracy in every fiber of his being, it would be a most serious error to conceive of him as a pedant, or as a “Dr. Dryasdust.” (Cutter 1931, 60) To the library community and to anyone who knew him, Charles Cutter was one of the founding figures who established the catalog record’s foundational structure amid his many other valuable contributions to the cataloging field. He brought a sense of respect and leadership to the library profession through his active role in library management, scholarly pursuits, library education, and passive activism within the community. He brought a touch of wit and humor to his relationship with people as an avid dancer and adventurer. The culmination of Cutter’s career and passion, however, centered on his revolutionary, cataloging classification system and his efforts to implement change in the public access of library materials. From humble beginnings in Boston, Charles Cutter forsook the clergy life for the scholarly pursuit of education. The devout Cutter family consisted mainly of farmers with strong religious convictions. Several men in the Cutter family held the forename “Ammi” derived from the biblical meaning of “my people.” Born in 1837 to Hannah (Bigelow) Cutter who soon died two months after childbirth, Charles’ paternal aunts undertook the responsibility to provide him the home, family, and education to grow. -
The Contracting World of Cutter's Expansive Classification
122 48(2) LRTS The Contracting World of Cutter’s Expansive Classification R. Conrad Winke At the centenary of Charles Ammi Cutter’s death, his Expansive Classification (EC) is still the primary scheme used in four libraries, while twenty-three others continue to maintain some portion of their collections in EC. In this study, fifty- seven libraries in the United States, Canada, and England have been identified as past or present EC users. Dates of their adoption and, if applicable, abandon- ment of the scheme are provided. Of the libraries where EC is a legacy scheme, the reasons for abandonment were sought, as well as determining the type of clas- sification to which the library had moved to and whether EC was still employed for certain materials, or whether reclassification had been completed. Librarians at the four libraries still using EC as their primary scheme were interviewed about how revisions are made to the schedules and the practicality of remaining an EC institution. ibrary pioneer Charles Ammi Cutter (1837–1903) has cast a long shadow on Lthe field of cataloging and classification.1 Born in Boston, Massachusetts, March 14, 1837, he graduated from Harvard College in 1855 and from Harvard Divinity School in 1859. While attending the latter institution, he was appointed school librarian. During his time there, he participated in the preparation of a new manuscript catalog of the school’s collection, while also undertaking the rearrangement and reclassification of the collection. After graduation, he decid- ed not to be ordained and instead was appointed assistant librarian in the Harvard libraries, where he assisted the head cataloger from 1860 to 1868. -
American Historical Association
, c c '. ,..'I ANNUAL REPORT II' .' OJ!' THE r 1 • • • AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION l<'OR THE YEAR 1896. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. ., " ..... WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTlNG OFFICE. 1897. , . ~~ " ACT OF INCORPORATION. v-' , .. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hou8o of Reprosentati1Jos of the United States of America in Congre88 a88embled, That Andrew D. White, of Ithaca, in the State of New York; George Bancroft,of 'Vashington, in the District of Colnmbia; Justin Winsor, of Cambridge, in the State of Massachusetts; William F. Poole, of Chicago, in the State of Illinois; Herbert B. Adams, of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland; Clarence W. Bowen, of Brooklyn, in the State of New York; their associates .lnd successors, are hereby cre~ ated, in the District of Columbia, a body corporate and politic, by the name of the American Historical Association, for the promotion of,his torical studies, the collection and preserYation of historical mann scripts, aud for kindred pnrposes in the interest of American history and of history in America. Said Associatiou is authorized to hold real and personal estate in the District of Columbia so far only as may be necessary to its lawful ends to an amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, to adopt a constitution, and to make hy laws not inconsistent with law. Said Association shall have its principal office at Washington, in the District of Columbia, and may hold its annual meetings in such places 3S the said incorporators shall determine, Said Association shall report annually to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution coucerning its proceedings and the condition of historical study iu America.