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When and why is a pioneer: history and heritage in library and information science.

From: Library Trends  |  Date: 3/22/2004  |  Author: Rayward, W. Boyd

   All the past we leave behind, 
   We debouch upon a newer mightier world, varied world, 
   Fresh and strong the world we seize, world of labor and the march, 
   Pioneers! O Pioneers! 
 
   --Walt Whitman 

THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY

Underlying this collection of papers is a belief in the value of history in helping us to achieve a reasonably full understanding of current trends of development in what we might call society's "knowledge apparatus" and in the institutional ...

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