Louis Shores: Defining Educational Librarianship

Louis Shores was one of the undisputed intellectual leaders of librarianship in the 1960s. His lifelong commitment to his profession centered around his intense belief in the power of libraries to enhance the lives of their patrons. With the zeal of a true believer, he fought to incorporate teaching functions into librarianship and create programs of library education and training. Lee Shiflett's carefully researched and eminently readable account of Shores's fascinating life is an accurate portrait of the complex character and career of this librarian, encyclopedist, poet, social activist, and maverick educator.