Four Decades of Service in an Incredible Profession

Abstract

Purpose

This chapter presents a personal reflection on the attention to community needs and inclusiveness in libraries.

Methodology/approach

Personal experiences and insights of the author serve as the framework for this discussion.

Findings

Tracing the course of the author’s four-decade career, the author identifies the growth in the focus on service to communities and their specific needs by libraries.

Citation

Purnell, J.N. (2016), "Four Decades of Service in an Incredible Profession", Celebrating the James Partridge Award: Essays Toward the Development of a More Diverse, Inclusive, and Equitable Field of Library and Information Science (Advances in Librarianship, Vol. 42), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 69-75. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0065-283020160000042007