Background
Smith, Eldred Reid was born on June 30, 1931 in Payette, Idaho, United States. Son of Lawrence E. and Jennie (Reid) Smith.
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( Today's research librarian exists within an environment...)
Today's research librarian exists within an environment of rapid and unrelenting change. A wide and increasing variety of technological advances are transforming the communication, organization, and storage of information -- and the librarian's traditional function. This work represents the first analytical discussion of the functional role of the research librarian, as well as the relationship between the research librarian, the scholar, and the record of scholarship. Key points include an in-depth, analytical treatment of the future nature of the research library and the future role of the research librarian; fresh appraisals of research library cooperation and the application of technology to research libraries; and a new look at preservation alternatives within the context of the research library's future. Eldred Smith identifies the essential contribution that the research librarian makes to the scholarly process, as well as how and why the librarian has, throughout history, been unable to fulfill the role completely. He explores the scholar's information-seeking practices, and identifies the reasons why these are at odds with the information-organization practices of librarians. Also probed is the conflict that the librarian feels between preservation and the use of research library collections, discussing how this conflict has influenced research library policy and practice. Smith discusses the new electronic information technology as both a threat to the continuation of the research librarian's historical role and as an opportunity to fulfill that role more completely than in the past. Also discussed are the steps that the research librarian needs to take in order to use the new technologies to advantage, including a major redirection of collection preservation activities. The book concludes with a discussion of the main features of the future research library, which provide for a strengthened relationship between the librarian and the scholar, as well as a more productive and substantive contribution by the research librarian to the scholarly process. Research librarians, academic librarians, academic administrators, and scholarly publishers will find a wealth of information in the pages of this book. It will also serve as an ideal adjunct in any course dealing with the future of libraries and librarianship.
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Smith, Eldred Reid was born on June 30, 1931 in Payette, Idaho, United States. Son of Lawrence E. and Jennie (Reid) Smith.
Bachelor of Arts, University of California-Berkeley, 1956; Master of Arts, University of California-Berkeley, 1962; Master of Library Science, University of Southern California, 1957.
Aquisition reference librarian, Long Beach State College Library, 1957-1959; reference librarian, San Francisco State College Library, 1959-1960; bibliographer, University of California-Berkeley Library, 1960-1965; head search division acquisition department, University of California-Berkeley Library, 1966-1969; head loan department, University of California-Berkeley Library, 1969-1970; associate university librarian, University of California-Berkeley Library, 1970-1972; acting university librarian, University of California-Berkeley Library, 1971-1972; director libraries, also professor, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1973-1976; university librarian, University of Minnesota, 1976-1987; professor, University of Minnesota, 1976-1996. Lecturer School Library Science, U. Washington, 1972. Board directors Center for Research Libraries, 1975-1977.
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Member American Library Association, Association Research Libraries (director 1979-1985, president 1983-1984), Association College and Research Libraries (president 1977-1978, director 1976-1979, committee on academic status 1969-1974, chairman university libraries section 1974-1975).
Married Judith Ausubel, June 25, 1953. Children: Steven, Janet.