WHAT DID LIBRARIANS WANT IN 1945? Many of the same things we want today.

By Brian Mathews. I’m going to post these quotes without any commentary; I think they hold up well on their own. Some background: 70 years ago at an ALA Executive Board Meeting (October 1945) they devoted a morning to discussing the future of librarianship. The conversation was summarized and published in the A.L.A. BULLETIN from February 1946. More...