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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 -
THE LIBRARY of CONGRESS: a DOCUMENTARY HISTORY Guide to the Microfiche Collection
CIS Academic Editions THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY Guide to the Microfiche Collection Edited by John Y. Cole With a Foreword by Daniel J. Boorstin The Library of Congress The Library of Congress: A Documentary History Guide to the Microfiche Collection Edited by John Y. Cole CIS Academic Editions Congressional Information Service, Inc. Bethesda, Maryland CIS Staff Editor-in-Chief, Special Collections August A. Imholtz, Jr. Staff Assistant Monette Barreiro Vice President, Manufacturing William Smith Director of Communications Richard K. Johnson Designer Alix Stock Production Coordinator Dorothy Rogers Printing Services Manager Lee Mayer Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Library of Congress The Library of Congress. "CIS academic editions." Bibliography: p. Includes indexes. 1. Library of Congress--History--Sources. 2. Libraries, National--United States--History--Sources. I. Cole, John Young, 1940- . II. Title. III. Series. Z733.U6L45 1987 027.573 87-15580 ISBN 0-88692-122-8 International Standard Book Number: 0-88692-122-8 CIS Academic Editions, Congressional Information Service, Inc. 4520 East-West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 USA ©1987 by Congressional Information Service, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America Contents FOREWORD by Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress vii PREFACE by John Y. Cole ix INTRODUCTION: The Library of Congress and Its Multiple Missions by John Y. Cole 1 I. RESOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF THE LIBRARY Studying the Library of Congress: Resources and Research Opportunities, by John Y. Cole 17 A. Guides to Archival and Manuscript Collections 21 B. General Histories 22 C. Annual Reports 27 D. Early Book Lists and Printed Catalogs (General Collections) 43 E. -
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Brief of Minutes ACRL Board of Directors Meeting in Chicago ing areas and the other, non-Spanish speaking January 31, 1956 areas. Hotels at Miami Beach were discussed brief- Present were officers, directors and invited ly by Mr. Hamlin, who had just been to Flor- guests. President Vosper presided. ida (see "Notes from the ACRL Office" in the Julia Bennett reviewed the scope of the March issue). He reviewed ACRL policy for Postal Classification Bill. She hoped for favor- balanced conference of recreation, social con- able congressional action in the near future. tact, and intellectual fare. There was every The report of the Nominating Committee opportunity for recreation at Miami Beach was read (for nominees, see the list, with bio- without scheduled events. A proposed trip to graphical information, in the March issue of Cuba following the conference was described. C&RL). This had been approved the previous day at Mr. Hamlin reported the developments an informal meeting of ACRL officers on con- which led to the New York Times grant of ference arrangements. The Cuban tour had $5,000 to finance the purchase of the news- been cleared with ALA officers. Circles of In- paper's back file on microfilm by college li- formation could be comfortably accommo- braries. ACRL is to match this with a similar dated in the Hotel Seville. Two sessions on sum for the same purpose. About 26 applica- adjacent days were recommended. An ACRL tions for U. S. Steel grants last November had luncheon would be held after one of these ses- specified need for the New York Times on sions. -
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. -
In Resistance to a Capitalist Past: Emerging Practices of Critical Librarianship Lua Gregory and Shana Higgins
In Resistance to a Capitalist Past: Emerging Practices of Critical Librarianship Lua Gregory and Shana Higgins Introduction In previous work, we’ve explored capitalism and neoliberal ideology in relation to oppression and inequalities, how consciousness raising as defned by Paulo Freire and Ira Shor can lead to informed action, and how the intersections of critical pedagogy and core values such as social responsibility, diversity, and the public good, can contextualize social justice work within the practice of librarianship.1 In this chapter, we revisit capitalism, by examining its inextricable historical connections to the proliferation of libraries and the growth of librarianship as a profession in the United States in the late nineteenth century. We fnd that the rise of capitalism and the “efciency movement” during the Progressive Era (1890–1920) led to a replicating of libraries in the image and model of corporations, and the creation of an educational system that favored practicality and connections to the market, within which we locate historical tensions between theory and practice. Tis chapter is neither historiography nor discourse analysis, but perhaps borrows from both. Our goal is to illuminate the economic and ideological contexts from which the library profession in the United States fourished, and has continued to be implicated. Despite the close alignment of American li- brarianship with a hegemonic economic ideology, there have been critical and 1 Lua Gregory and Shana Higgins, Information Literacy and Social Justice (Sacramento, CA: Library Juice Press, 2013). Te Politics of Teory and the Practice of Critical Librarianship resistant voices within the profession throughout the past century. -
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 -
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. -
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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. -
Bibliographical Essay on the History of Scholarly Libraries in the United States, 1800 to the Present by Harry Bach
ILLINOI S UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN PRODUCTION NOTE University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library Large-scale Digitization Project, 2007. University of Illinois Library School IZn2Jo5Iz2J y OCCASIONAL PAPERS no. 54 January 1959 cVW r . -I-•2 Number 54 Bibliographical Essay on the History of Scholarly Libraries in the United States, 1800 to the Present by Harry Bach Head, Acquisition Department San Jose State College, San Jose, California It has been stated that modern American library history has received only sporadic attention as a subject for investigation, that although there is an adequate supply of source materials to draw upon, no one has yet fashioned out of these materials a critical history of American librarianship. 98 An examination of the literature will show that neither a comprehensive study of the history'of public libraries nor of university libraries is available at the present time. "The lack, " as Rothstein points out, "has cost the profession dearly. Even a casual survey of the literature of librarianship, , he continues, "reveals the shocking degree of duplication and naivetd that stem from an in- sufficient awareness of previous efforts. t98 "Only through a series of histories of individual libraries, " say Wilson and Tauber, "will it be possible to write a comprehensive chronicle of university libraries and their role in higher edu- cation. Careful historical studies, based upon sound scholarship and keen in- sight, should go a long way in producing a body of data needed to prepare a definitive study of the American university library. ,131 This paper proposes to make a discriminative inventory and assessment of the literature dealing with the history of scholarly libraries. -
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 135 389 IR 004 500 TITLE Repert to The
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 135 389 IR 004 500 TITLE Repert to the Librarian of Congress from the Task Force on Goals, Organization, and Planning. INSTITUTION Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 28 Jan 77 NOTE 872p. RIMS PRICE MF-31.67 HC-$46.21 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Administrative Organization; Administrative Policy; *Library Administration; Library Planning; *Library Services; Library Surveys; *Program Descriptions; *Program Improvement; *Use Studies 1LENTIFIERS *library cf Congress AESTRACT The Task Force on Goals, Organization, and Planning, established in January 1976 to review the operations of the Library of Congress (IC), recommends changes to improve the effectiveness and efficiency cf the institution. Suggestions are made without regard to' budgetary restraints. Major recommendations included in Part I concern the areas of: (1) service to Congress, (2,) basic responsibilities,(3) national role,(4) collections and information services, (5) the library researcher,(6) collection development, (7) bibliographic and collection control,(8) cultural and educational. programs, (9) staff development and communication, (10) planning and management, and ill) service opportunities. Part II consists of the working papers used and generated by the Task Force, and reports of meetings and procedures. Reports of the following subcommittees appear in Part III:(1) Area Studies;(2) Automation and Reference Service;(3) Bibliographic Access;(4) Bibliographic Role of the Library.;(5) Collections, Development, and Preservation;(6) Cultural Role of the Library;(7) rocuments;(a) loan and Photoduplication Services; (9) Serials; (10) Services to Congress;(11) Services to Librarians; (12) Staff as Users; and (13) Training and Career Aevelopment. Part IV, advisory group reports, will be a separate entry when available.