Contemporary literature on the divergence of libraries, archives, and
museums over the course of the twentieth century credits the rise of
distinct professional practices required to handle different physical
forms. This paper explores the extent that librarianship influenced
museum information practices in a predigital era. Instead of divergence,
I find examples where museums adapted library methods to
fit their needs instead of developing their own set of professional
practices. Because museum professionalization placed an emphasis
on discipline-based university training, information work in museums
has been incorporated into nonuniversity technical education and
on-the-job training programs. That this divergence of information
work from academic preparation has fallen along gender lines requires
additional attention.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ISSN
1559-0682
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/89732
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2014.0005
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