THE LIBRARIAN AS CUSTODIAN; OR, A POLICEMAN'S LOT … ?

Abstract

It is a great pleasure and a signal distinction to be invited to contribute to this issue in honour of Geoffrey Woledge, formerly Librarian of the British Library of Political and Economic Science. I served my initial training in university librarianship under his guidance at the London School of Economics, and I remember clearly and with gratitude the example he set to his staff. He was always ready to consider suggestions for improving the book stock or service to readers—no matter how hare‐brained—from any member of staff, junior or senior; each suggestion received careful, cool and practical consideration before being accepted or rejected, and credit was always given where it was due, not then—or even now—a particularly universal custom. I would like to think he will approve the sense of what follows, but I am certain that it will not satisfy his high standards of elegant, straightforward English composition, and for that I can only offer apologies in advance.

Citation

BLOOMFIELD, B.C. (1984), "THE LIBRARIAN AS CUSTODIAN; OR, A POLICEMAN'S LOT … ?", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 40 No. 2, pp. 144-151. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026762