Foster Mohrhardt: connecting the traditional world of libraries and the emerging world of information science.

From: Library Trends | Date: March 22, 2004| Author: Cragin, Melissa H. | Copyright information

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Foster Edward Mohrhardt was a librarian in federal libraries for much of his career and served as the director of the National Agricultural Library from 1954 to 1968. Throughout his long library career, he used the freedom of his directorship to participate in a variety of high-level projects across organizations. This role served both to advance the prestige of the National Agricultural Library and to promote his personal goal to develop national and internatio...

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