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Broken pieces : a library life, 1941-1978

2011

Format:	Book
Author:	Gorman, Michael, 1941-
Title:	Broken pieces : a library life, 1941-1978 / Michael Gorman.
Publisher, Date:	Chicago : American Library Association, 2011.
Description:	xiii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm illustration
Subjects:	Gorman, Michael, 1941- Librarians -- United States -- Biography. Librarians -- England -- Biography.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	Et in arcadia ego, 1941-1945 -- London, 1945-1947 -- On the move, 1948-1952 -- Finchley Catholic Grammar School, 1952-1957 -- Hampstead Public Library, 1957-1960 -- Paris and afterwards, 1960-1962 -- Marriage and library school, 1962-1966 -- BNB, children, cataloguing, and a crisis, 1966-1969 -- BNB, the British Library, 1970-1974 -- Illinois, 1974-1975 -- Back to England, the University of Illinois Library, 1975-1978 -- The Anglo-American cataloguing rules.
LCCN:	2011011676
ISBN:	9780838911044 (alk. paper) 0838911048 (alk. paper)
Other Number:	704391704
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Gorman president of ALA from 2005 to 2006 presents here a sensitive look at his early life, beginning with growing up in London after WWII and culminating in his taking the position of director of technical services at the University of Illinois and his work on the AACR2. In fact, he devotes the last chapter to a time line of AACR2, which library students and bibliophiles will be most interested in. Gorman uses a fine literary hand with this memoir, which is recommended for general readers and librarians particularly catalogers, who will find much to enjoy in the sections on his storied career.--Vnuk, Rebecca Copyright 2010 Booklist

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From his earliest reading memories in wartime Britain through five decades of librarianship, eminent librarian and former ALA President Michael Gorman offers insights from his extraordinary career in this new memoir.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	p. xi
	Preface	p. xiii
Chapter 1	Et in Arcadia Ego, 1941-1945	p. 1
Chapter 2	London, 1945-1947	p. 11
Chapter 3	On the Move, 1948-1952	p. 19
Chapter 4	Finchley Catholic Grammar School, 1952-1957	p. 35
Chapter 5	Hampstead Public Library, 1957-1960	p. 51
Chapter 6	Paris and Afterwards, 1960-1962	p. 75
Chapter 7	Marriage and Library School, 1962-1966	p. 99
Chapter 8	BNB, Children, Cataloguing, and a Crisis, 1966-1969	p. 115
Chapter 9	BNB, the British Library, 1970-1974	p. 139
Chapter 10	Illinois, 1974-1975	p. 157
Chapter 11	Back to England, the University of Illinois, 1975-1978	p. 175
Chapter 12	The Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules	p. 191
	epilogue	p. 205
	notes	p. 209
	index	p. 223

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