Capturing Our Stories: An Oral History of Librarianship in Transition

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Year of Publication
2017
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202 pp.
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ALA Editions
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Chicago, IL
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9780838914618
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Interviews were digitized and available from the ALA Archives at the University of Illinois 

Contents: 

  • Becoming librarians Library school, cliché, and stereotypes
  • Technology memories
  • Regrets
  • Helping people
  • The collective memory of librarianship
  • A primer on oral history theory and methodology
  • Practical oral history advice 

Interviews include Rita Auerbach, Sanford Berman, Karen Breen, Mary Bushing, Diana Collins, Richard Corson, Connie Corsons, Valerie Feinman, Clark Fogarty, Micki Freeny, Robert Gaines, Anne Gault, Andrew Hansen, Shelia Henderson, Billie Grace Herring, Janet Swan Hill, Irene Hoadley, Gail Hueting, Kathy Kays, Jeannette Larson, Sarah Long, Arlene Luster, Filomena Magavero, Dorothy McGarry, Jay McLaughlin, Bill Mears, Kent Middleton, John Mitchell, Jenifer John Patterson, Peggy Richwine, Dale Rickleifs, Karlan Sick, Ninfa Trejo, Pat Tuohy, and Kenneth Yamashita