Libraries and librarianship: sixty years of challenge and change, 1945-2005

Changes in the core

Types of libraries

Library cooperation : systems, consortia, and networks

Federal funding, philanthropy, and the Council on Library and Information Resources

Library associations, intellectual freedom, and international relations

Gender and ethnicity

Library buildings and preservation

Library and information science education and library literature

Prominent leaders in the field of libraries and librarianship

Summary and conclusion.