Biographies and Analyses
The following print and e-books are available from the USF library in Tampa unless otherwise indicated.
On Important Women in Library History: Biography and Memoir.
Beverly Cleary - American librarian, mid-20th century
Lillian H. Smith - Canadian children's librarian, early 20th century.
On Special Issues Affecting Women in Library History: Analysis and Study
Race in Librarianship
Gender in Librarianship
Miscellaneous Issues in Librarianship
On Important Women in Library History: Biography and Memoir.
Beverly Cleary - American librarian, mid-20th century
- Cleary, B. (1998). A girl from Yamhill: A memoir. New York: Morrow. Available at the USF library in St. Petersburg. Call Number: 813.54 C623g
- Cleary, B. (1995). My own two feet: A memoir. New York: Morrow Junior. Call Number: PS3553.L3914 Z47 1996
- Guerrier, E. and Matson, M. (ed.). (1992). An independent woman: The autobiography of Edith Guerrier. Univ. of Mass. Press. Call Number: Z720.G89 A3 1992. Also available as an E-book.
- Beck, C. (2006). The new woman as librarian: The career of Adelaide Hasse. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. Call Number: Z720H35 B43 2006.
- Baptiste, T. (2009). Madeleine L’Engle. New York, NY: Chelsea House. Call Number: Available through inter-library loan as an E-book.
- Lorde, A. (2004). Conversations with Audre Lorde. Jackson: University of Mississippi. Available at the USF library in St. Petersburg. Call Number: PS3562.O75 Z64 2004
- Veaux, A. de (2004). Warrior poet: A biography of Audre Lorde. New York: W.W. Norton. Available at the USF library in St. Petersburg. Call Number: PS3562.O75 Z66 2004. Also available through inter-library loan as an E-book.
Lillian H. Smith - Canadian children's librarian, early 20th century.
- Osler, R. (ed.); Fasick, A.M. (ed.); and Johnston, M. (ed.). (1990). Lands of pleasure: essays on Lillian H. Smith and the development of children's libraries. Scarecrow Press. Available through inter-library loan as an E-book.
On Special Issues Affecting Women in Library History: Analysis and Study
Race in Librarianship
- Ardizzone, H. (2007). An illuminated life: Belle da Costa Greene's journey from prejudice to privilege. New York: W.W. Norton and Co. Available through inter-library loan from USF Library - St. Petersburg. Call Number: Z720.G83 A89 2007.
- Jones, R.F. (2002). Library service to African Americans in Kentucky, from the Reconstruction era to the 1960s. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co. Call Number: Z711.J64 2002.
- McCook, K. (1998). Women of color in librarianship: An oral history. ALA: Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship. Call Number: Z682.4.M56 W66 1998. Also Available as an E-book.
- McPheeters, A.L. (1988). Library service in black and white, some personal recollections, 1921-1959. Scarecrow Press. E-book Available online.
- Robbins, L.S. (2000). The dismissal of Miss Ruth Brown: Civil rights, censorship, and the American library. Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press. Call Number: Z733.B283 R63 2000. Also available as an E-book.
- Smith, J.C. (1993). Sweet sixteen: black women librarians, 1882-1992. [p. 118-26 in Culture Keepers] Black Caucus of the American Library Assoc. Available through the inter-library loan as an E-book.
- Smith, J.C. (1998). Black women, civil rights, and libraries: Profiles of seven black women librarians. [p.141-50 in Untold Stories]. Champaign, IL: Univ. of Illinois. Available through inter-library loan as an E-book.
Gender in Librarianship
- Baum, C.D. (1992). Feminist thought in American librarianship. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. Call Number: Z648.4.W65 B38 1992
- Canfield, R. (1993). The ALA Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship: An examination of its history and impact. Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. of North Carolina. Available through inter-library loan as an E-book.
- Chambers, S. and Myall, C. (1994). Women and the values of American librarianship. Las Colinas, TX: Ide House. Call Number: Z682.35.P75 C43 1994.
- Fitzpatrick, J.B. (2007). Mrs. Magavero: A history based on the career of an academic librarian. Duluth, MN: Library Juice Press. Call Number: Z720.M195 FS8 2007.
- Grotzinger, L.A. (1994). Women's work: Vision and change in librarianship: Papers in honor of the centennial of the Univ. of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Champaign, Il: Univ. of Illinois. Call Number: Z662.I4 no.196-197.
- Harris, R.M. (1992). Librarianship: The erosion of a woman's profession. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Pub. Co. Call Number: Z682.4.W65 H37 1992.
- Hildenbrand, S. (ed.) (1996). Reclaiming the American library past: Writing the women in. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Pub. Co. Call Number: Z682.4.W65 R43 1996.
- Jorgensen, R.O. (2008). The women librarians of the land-grant colleges in the west and midwest, 1862-1920: A preliminary study. Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. of North Carolina. Available through inter-library loan as an E-book. This source is a MSLS Thesis.
- Kerslake, E. and Moody, N. (2000). Gendering library history. Liverpool: John Moore Univ. Available at the USF library in St. Petersburg. Call Number: Z711.92.W65 G46 2000.
- Passet, J.E. (1994). Cultural Crusaders: Women librarians in the American West, 1900-1917. Albuquerque Univ. of New Mexico Press. Call Number: Z682.4.W65 P37 1994. Also available as an E-book.
- Samek, T. (ed.); Roberto, K.R.; and Lang, M. (2010). She was a bootlegger: Remembering Celeste West. Duluth, MN: Library Juice Press. Call Number: Z720.W67 S48 2010.
- Wadsworth, S. and Wiegand W.A. (2012). Right here I see my own books: The Woman's Building Library at the World's Columbian Exposition. Amherst, MA: Univ. of Massachusetts Press. Available through inter-library loan as an E-book.
- Weingand, D.E. (1982). Women and library management. Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian Press. Call Number: Z682..2.U5 W648 1982.
- Women in libraries. (1981). Brighton, England: John L. Noyce. Available through inter-library loan as an E-book.
Miscellaneous Issues in Librarianship
- Carmichael, J.V. (ed.) (1998). Daring to find our names: The search for lesbigay library history. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. Call Number: Z682.4.G39 D37 1998.