The Demise of the Library School: Personal Reflections on Professional Education in the Modern Corporate University

by Richard J. Cox

In The Demise of the Library School, Richard J. Cox places the present and future of professional education for librarianship in the debate on the modern corporate university. The book is a series of meditations on critical themes relating to the education of librarians, archivists, and other information professionals, playing off of other commentators analyzing the nature of higher education and its problems and promises.

Genres: Nonfiction

358 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Richard J. Cox is a professor and faculty member of the School of Information Science, University of Pittsburgh.