This special volume celebrates the development of sci-tech libraries in honor of the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the first library school in the United States. The expert contributors provide a survey of the development of sci-tech libraries as well as some thoughts about their future. This comprehensive volume covers several types of sci-tech libraries, information retrieval, and library education. Library professionals will be fascinated bt the journey of progress detailed in these well-written chapters.
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978-0-86656-745-9 (9780866567459)
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Contents Introduction
Academic Scientific and Technical Libraries: Some 19th and 20th Century Tales
Science and Technology Departments in Public Libraries: A Review of the Past Century
Scientific and Technical Libraries in the Federal Government: One Hundred Years of Service
Corporate Science and Technology Libraries: One Hundred Years of Progress
Information-Retrieval: A 35-Year Personal Perspective
Education for Sci-Tech Librarianship: Retrospect and Prospect
Statistical Data for Stand-Alone Science/Engineering Libraries in the United States and Canada 1984/1985 (Emerson Hilker)
CAD/CAM (Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing): A History of the Technology and Guide to the Literature Part II
