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Main Author: Cronin, Blaise
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 2004
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ845521
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  • Pierce Butler's "An Introduction to Library Science: A Tract for Our Times? A Review Article Cronin, Blaise Information Science Education Library Science Epistemology Librarians Books Considers the historic and contemporary import of Pierce Butler's "An Introduction to Library Science". Characterizes the content of each chapter and critically analyses the central theses. Relates Butler's positivistic premises, assumptions and conclusions to the congeries of competing epistemological and ideological standpoints that defines current thinking in library and information science research.