Changing patterns of scholarship and the future of research libraries / a symposium in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the University of Pennsylvania Library. [Rudolf Hirsch, editor].
| Author/creator | University of Pennsylvania |
| Other author | Hirsch, Rudolf, 1906-1990. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1951. |
| Description | x, 133 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Opening remarks, by G. W. Pepper and C. W. David.--Patterns of research and changing library needs: From the viewpoint of the humanities and social sciences, by C. Branton. From the viewpoint of the natural sciences, by C. Zirkle.--The ever expanding demand for materials and the threatened decline of support: how shall the gap be filled? By K. D. Metcalf.--The research library in contemporary society, a problem of the proper recognition of services rendered, by C. W. White.--The balance of conflicting interests in the building of collections: comprehensiveness versus selectivity, by V. W. Clapp and R. E. Ellsworth.--Libraries and scholarship: should libraries be passive instruments of, or active participants in, research? By H. M. Lydenberg.--What type research librarian? By L. R. Wilson. |
| LCCN | 52006431 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | Z665 .P47 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |