Background
Osburn, Charles Benjamin was born on May 25, 1939 in Pittsburgh.
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Academic Research and Library Resources: Changing Patterns in America (New Directions in Information Management)
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The Social Transcript: Uncovering Library Philosophy (Beta Phi Mu Monograph Series)
( Many glimpses into what might be called library philoso...)
Many glimpses into what might be called library philosophy are scattered throughout the literatures of library history and library and information science, but none has coalesced as yet. Conversely, theories relative to the operation of libraries, rather than relative to why its operations are necessary in the first place, are exceedingly abundant. Not surprisingly, fundamental misunderstandings are shared among public, scholar, and librarian about what the library is and why it exists. Adapting the work of Kenneth Boulding, Osburn presents a cogent, well substantiated explanation of why the library refuses to cede its position as a cultural icon; and how it not only continues but flourishes throughout the trials and errors of civilization. The written record of the human race, as we find it in the great libraries, is a precious heritage of communication and profoundly affects the content of what we have to communicate about. Indeed, we stand on the shoulders of the past through its records. —Kenneth Boulding. On the one hand, the concept of a library reflects a rational social process, its genesis and survival the result of each succeeding generation embracing the same core values as the one before. At the same time, practice in the library is bounded by both the experiences and expectations of the public, and our choice and treatment of topic in our scholarly and professional literature. Not surprisingly, fundamental misunderstandings are shared among public, scholar, and librarian about what the library is and why it exists. Adapting the work of Kenneth Boulding, Charles Osburn presents a cogent, well substantiated explanation of why the library refuses to cede its position as a cultural icon; and how it not only continues but flourishes throughout the trials and errors of civilization.
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The Social Transcript: Uncovering Library Philosophy (Beta Phi Mu Monograph Series) by Osburn, Charles B. (2008) Paperback
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Charles Benjamin Osburn
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Bachelor of Arts, Grove City College, 1961; Master of Arts, Pennsylvania State University, 1963; Master of Sciences, University North Carolina, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1978.
Career
Instructor French Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1963-1966. Assistant professor University Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1966-1969. Humanities bibliographer University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1969-1974.
Assistant director libraries State University of New York-Buffalo, 1974-1976. Assistant university librarian Northwestern University, Evanston, 1976-1980. Dean, university librarian University Cincinnati, 1980-1986.
Dean libraries University Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1986—2001, professor library science, 1986—2001, dean, professor emeritus university libraries, since 2001. Board directors Center for Research Libraries, Chicago, SOLINET, Atlanta, Association Research Libraries, 1987-1993. Member research library advisory counc. to Online Computer Library Center, Dublin, Ohio.
Adjunct professor School Library and Information Studies, University Alabama, Tuscaloosa, since 2001.
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The Social Transcript: Uncovering Library Philosophy (Beta Phi Mu Monograph Series)
( Many glimpses into what might be called library philoso...)
- Academic Research and Library Resources: Changing Patterns in America, Vol. 3
- Academic Research and Library Resources: Changing Patterns in America (New Directions in Information Management)
- The Social Transcript: Uncovering Library Philosophy (Beta Phi Mu Monograph Series) by Osburn, Charles B. (2008) Paperback
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The Social Transcript: Uncovering Library Philosophy (Beta Phi Mu Monograph Series)
Membership
Member American Library Association, Modern Language Association, Association Research Libraries, Phi Sigma Iota, Beta Phi Museum.
Connections
Son of C. Benjamin and Lydia (Harmon) O. Divorced; l child, Christopher Bart. Married Sharon Tuffendsam, June l2, l987.
L stepchild, Bradley Alan Tuffendsam.
