id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-13200 Peterson, Kenneth G. Dictionary of American Library Biography (Book Review) 1978-09-01 3 .pdf application/pdf 1879 152 61 Through the lives and careers of notable librarians, one is led to an understanding and appreci- ation of libraries and library activities as they developed in the life of the nation. In the preface, the editors describe their underlying philosophy as based upon the premise that library history is necessary to our professional self-knowledge, and it is written in the lives of those men and women who have practiced it, have thought and written about it, and have given it vitality and life (p.xxix). cache/crl-13200.pdf txt/crl-13200.txt