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Standing on forgotten shoulders – who was Butler Wood?

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Title:

Standing on forgotten shoulders – who was Butler Wood?

Author(s):

Bob Duckett

Journal:

Library Review

Year:

1995

Volume:

44

Issue:

2

Page:

6 - 27


ISSN:

0024-2535


DOI:

10.1108/00242539510080146

Publisher:

MCB UP Ltd

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Abstract:

The library services we provide today are built on the skill, energy and vision of earlier generations of librarians; yet most of these pioneers remain unknown. Examines the career of Butler Wood, librarian at Bradford for 50 years, 41 of them as chief librarian. In addition to the successful development of a major municipal library, he developed art gallery and museum services; was a founder member and contributor to many literary, historical and cultural organizations; he influenced the development of reference and rural libraries; and he contributed to the growth of the library profession itself. An appreciation of this visionary scholar/ administrator can provide inspiration today.

Keywords:

Information services, Librarianship, Libraries


Article Type:

Literature review


Article URL:

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00242539510080146

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