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Uniting a profession: The Australian Institute of Librarians 1937-1949
Jean P Whyte
ISBN 9780868045658 (pbk) Jean Whyte was an inspiring educator and a giant intellect within the library profession. For many years she researched the history of the professional association - founded in 1937 as the Australian Institute of Librarians - and amassed a huge collection of primary material. When Jean's health declined, David J Jones took up the challenge of completing the history. Uniting a profession is a fascinating analysis of the successes and failures of an Australian professional association and of the dynamic leaders of the library profession of the time. This work casts new light on libraries and librarians during twelve critical years of library progress and development in Australia. It meticulously chronicles events, provides pen portraits of the key figures, and is a corporate biography of an association which began modestly and led to an association, which seventy years later, has international stature. The recommended retail price in Australia is $42.50 (GST incl). The overseas airmail price is $AUD60.00 (GST excl).
Jean Primrose Whyte AM (1928-2003) was an inspiring educator and a giant intellect within the library profession. In 1959, after working at the Public (now State) Library of South Australia, Whyte joined the University of Sydney, first as reference librarian and then as associate librarian (reader services). In 1972 she moved to Canberra as director, information, reference and research at the National Library of Australia. Finally, in 1975 she became the foundation professor in the Graduate School of Librarianship, Monash University, from which she retired as an emeritus professor in 1988. For many years she researched the history of the professional association - founded in 1937 as the Australian Institute of Librarians. Dr David J Jones is one of Australia's best-known writers on libraries and librarianship. His other books include histories of the State Library of New South Wales and of Pustaka Negeri Sarawak in Malaysia. David works at the State Library of New South Wales and is an internationally-recognised library building consultant. He was awarded ALIA's Fellowship in 2003. |
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