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Philosopher of information : oral history transcript : an eclectic imprint on Berkeley's School of Librarianship, 1965-1991
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Philosopher of information : oral history transcript: an eclectic imprint on Berkeley's School of Librarianship, 1965-1991 / 2000Library School oral history series
University of California source of community leaders oral history series
Creator/Contributor:
Wilson, Patrick, 1927-2003, creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
McCreery, Laura, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Abstract:
Childhood and early musical achievements, Santa Cruz, CA; UC Berkeley, 1945-1949, student jobs in the main library, influence
of Richard Teggart; School of Librarianship, 1952-1953, positions as map librarian, South Asia bibliographer for the Modern
India Project; Ph. D. in philosophy at Berkeley, 1960; teaching philosophy at UCLA, 1960-1965; Berkeley's School of Librarianship
(later School of Library and Information Studies), since 1965: deanship of Raynard C. Swank, the Institute of Library Research,
Wilson's deanship, 1970-1975; changing the school and its curricula in an atmosphere of unrest; writing on bibliographical
organization and control, library and information policy, and cognitive authority; serving on Academic Senate committees,
chairing the Committee on Courses of Instruction; thoughts on librarianship as intellectual platform, librarianship as a "science,"
the future of librarianship; honored at Scandinavian conference, 1993.
Date:
2000 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caLibrarians -- California -- Interviews
Library science -- California -- Berkeley
Bibliothécaires -- Californie -- Entretiens
Bibliothéconomie -- Californie -- Berkeley
Librarians
Library science
California
California -- Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley. -- School of Librarianship -- History
University of California, Berkeley. -- School of Library and Information Studies -- History
University of California, Berkeley. -- School of Librarianship.
University of California, Berkeley. -- School of Library and Information Studies.
Swank, Raynard Coe -- 1912-1995
Swank, Raynard Coe -- 1912-1995
Note:
Patrick G. Wilson ; with an introduction by Howard D. White. Interviews conducted by Laura McCreery in 1999. Regional Oral
History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of the Library School oral history series and the University of California, Source of community leaders series.
Audio tape recording of the interviews also available. Shelved as Phonotape 3182 C:1-16.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
biographyHistory.
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume (xi, 240 pages) : portrait ; 29 cm
16 audiocassettes
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.