Argues that librarians have to realize the importance of their heritage to respond to societal changes and and the needs of the individual user.

Product Description: This landmark work traces the heritage of thought, from the beginnings of modern science in the seventeenth century, until today, that has influenced the profession of library and information science. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Hayy bin Yaqdhan is the story of a man who spends the first fifty years of his life on an equatorial island without ever coming into contact with another human being. Despite his isolation, he learns truths about himself, the world and God though his own observations and intuition...read more

Product Description: The purpose of this book is to examine the library and the librarian as they communicate with their raison d'etre, the user. Drawing from several literatures--those of communication, information theory, philosophy and linguistics--John M...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)