RASD - SERVING THOSE WHO SERVE THE PUBLIC

Authors
HANSEN AM
Citation
Am. Hansen, RASD - SERVING THOSE WHO SERVE THE PUBLIC, RQ, 34(3), 1995, pp. 314-338
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science
Journal title
RQ → ACNP
ISSN journal
00337072
Volume
34
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
314 - 338
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-7072(1995)34:3<314:R-STWS>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The history of the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD) of the American Library Association is traced from the creation of the Adult Services Division and Reference Services Division in 1956-57 through the 1972 merger that formed RASD. This personal account focuses on the origin, structure, and activities of the division and on the individu als whose actions drove the historical development of RASD.