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University Of Tennessee Library Lectures, 1982-1984 (No. 34-36)

University of Tennessee Library Lecture Series

The University of Tennessee Library Lecture Series was initiated by William H. Jesse, Director of Libraries from 1943 to 1970, as a means of providing a "fonnal treatment of major library problems." Since its inception in 1949, a distinguished librarian or scholar has been invited to address current problems as well as to identify future trends in libraries. In the thirtyfourth lecture, Kenneth G. Peterson cautions that the application of new technologies in academic libraries threatens to change traditional values in librarianship. He suggests methods for maintaining a balance between the traditional values and the new technology.

The prestigious Lecture …

University Of Tennessee Library Lectures, 1979-1981 (No. 31-33)

University of Tennessee Library Lecture Series

The thirty-first lecture, delivered by Michael Gorman, joint editor of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition, discussed the impact of the revised rules. Gorman predicted the new rules would, by restoring standardization of bibliographic control and acting as a catalyst in the process of change, inaugurate a new era of library cooperation.

Richard De Gennaro, in the thirty-second lecture, addressed the chronic fiscal crisis in libraries. He predicted that librarians will need to deal with the imbalance between commitments and resources by facing economic realities. Library goals must be shifted from building large local collections to developing physical and electronic …

University Of Tennessee Library Lectures, 1976-1978 (No. 28-30)

University of Tennessee Library Lecture Series

Copyright has been a much debated issue of the mid-1970s. Julius Marke here addresses the inherent conflict between the rights of the creator and the needs of the users of intellectual property. He identifies the problems of libraries as disseminators of information and the possible impact of new federal copyright legislation.

In lecture twenty-nine, Doralyn Hickey defines a central problem in American librarianship as a struggle "with the dilemma of providing relevant collections and services while at the same time preserving the materials entrusted to its care so they may be available for serious research and investigation by future generations." …

University Of Tennessee Library Lectures, 1973-1975 (No. 25-27)

University of Tennessee Library Lecture Series

In 1973, the University of Tennessee Library departed from the tradition of inviting a distinguished librarian or library educator to deliver the annual Library Lecture. To mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the series, a distinguished library user was asked to address the library community from the viewpoint of one whom the library serves. Historian Robin W. Winks of Yale University presents an eloquent, even classic argument for the library's role as collector and repository of society's records.

Dr. Morris Philipson, publisher and scholar, assesses the complex economic and intellectual interdependencies of scholar, publisher, and university administrator in the twenty-sixth lecture. …

University Of Tennessee Library Lectures, 1970-1972 (No. 22-24)

University of Tennessee Library Lecture Series

In basing his consideration of the age-old problems of book selection and collection development on "the first work to deal with the whole aspect of setting up a library," Dr. Harrer gives a pleasing scholarly tone to his up-to-the-minute treatment of today's university concerns.

Dr. McAnally's interest in the problems of effective interlibrary loan service has been evidenced in his publications and in his work as chairman of the Association of Research Libraries' Interlibrary Loan Study Committee. He presents an expert's report of what has been done in this aspect of interlibrary cooperation, the inherent problems, and the need for …

University Of Tennessee Library Lectures, 1967-1969 (No. 19-21)

University of Tennessee Library Lecture Series

Dr. Jerrold Orne, Librarian, The University of North Carolina, delivered the nineteenth lecture, "Librarianship TodayCrisis or Change," on April 4, 1967. In a sense, Dr. Orne provided the theme for this collection; that is, change should be considered the natural result of growth and ought not be feared as a critical disruption.

The twentieth lecture, "Twentieth Century Scholarship and the Research Library: A Marriage of Convenience," was given by John H. Berthel, Librarian, The Johns Hopkins University, on May 7, 1968. Mr. Berthel reminded us of the necessity for intensive dialogue between scholarship and the research library in the face …

University Of Tennessee Library Lectures, 1964-1966 (No. 16-18)

University of Tennessee Library Lecture Series

Lecture number sixteen was presented on March 24, 1964, by Mr. James T. Babb, at that time Librarian of Yale University. Mr. Babb related his own experiences when he spoke on "The Public Relations Activity of a University Librarian." The timeliness of this presentation was of particular importance since the University of Tennessee Library Development Program had been in existence only a few years.

Dr. David Kaser, Director of Joint University Libraries, delivered the seventeenth lecture on March 30, 1965. In his paper, "Academic Science and the University Library," Dr. Kaser discussed the development of science libraries and the need …

University Of Tennessee Library Lectures, 1961-1963 (No. 13-15)

University of Tennessee Library Lecture Series

The proliferation of scientific literature, with its consequent problems for science libraries, was the subject of the lecture given by l\lrs. Dorothy M. Crosland on April 21, 1961. Mrs. Crosland, drawing upon her experience as Director of Libraries at the Georgia Institute of Technology, described "The Growing Giant: The Science-Technology Library."

The fourteenth lecture was presented on May 7, 1962, by Dr. Ralph E. Ellsworth, Director of Libraries, University of Colorado. Dr. Ellsworth's theme is well expressed in his title, "The University Library in Violent Transition."

On March 26, 1963, Dr. William S. Dix, Librarian of Princeton University, lectured on …

University Of Tennessee Library Lectures, 1958-1960 (No. 10-12)

University of Tennessee Library Lecture Series

On April 17, 1958, Dr. Benjamin Edward Powell, Librarian of Duke University, in the tenth lecture of the series discussed Sources of Support for Libraries in American Universities. To his audience that evening and to the readers of this volume, Dr. Powell has given ample evidence of his knowledge and research of the subject.

Dr. Louis Shores, Dean of the Library School at Florida State University, was invited to deliver the eleventh lecture on April 15, 1959. The choice of his subject, The Undergraduate and His Library, and the timeliness of presentation were particularly fitting since The University of Tennessee …

University Of Tennessee Library Lectures, 1955-1957 (No. 7-9)

University of Tennessee Library Lecture Series

Lecture No.7 was presented on May 13, 1955, by Mr. Jack Dalton, at that time Librarian of The Alderman Library, University of Virginia, and now Director of ALA's International Relations Office. An outstanding exponent of the value of a liberal education and one of the foremost philosophers in the field of librarianship, Mr. Dalton was the logical choice to speak on "Liberal Education, Specialization, and Librarianship."

"The Research Library in Transition," Lecture No.8, was a particularly apt title, descriptive as it was of The University of Tennessee Library at the time. Dr. Herman H. FussIer, Director of Libraries and Professor …

University Of Tennessee Library Lectures, 1952-1954 (No. 4-6)

University of Tennessee Library Lecture Series

Dr. Robert B. Downs, Director of the Library and of the Library SchOOl at the University of Illinois and at that time president-elect of the American Library Association, spoke on April 21, 1952. A recognized authority on library resources, he was the logical choice to speak on the development of research collections in university libraries.

Dr. Lester Asheim, Dean of the Graduate Library School at the University of Chicago, spoke on the study of reading effects for the fifth lecture, Monday, March 23, 1953. Still most timely in its relation to the problems of intellectual freedom and censorship, it presents …

University Of Tennessee Library Lectures, 1949-1951 (No. 1-3)

University of Tennessee Library Lecture Series

At the time of the first lecture, April 11, 1949, there was considerable interest at the University in different methods of organizing materials for use. Accordingly, Dr. Maurice F. Tauber, Professor, School of Library Service, Columbia University, was asked to speak on some phase of classification in university libraries today. Dr. Tauber is well known as a specialist in this field, having done research in it at the University of Chicago, where he received the Ph.D. degree. He has held the following library positions: Head, Catalog Department, Temple University; Chief, Preparations Division, University of Chicago; and Assistant Director in charge …