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Josephine Adams Rathbone (September 10, 1864 – May 17, 1941) was a librarian, library educator, author, and president of the American Library Association in 1931–32.〔James, Edward T., Janet Wilson James, and Paul S. Boyer. ''Notable American Women, 1607-1950; A Biographical Dictionary'', Vol. III, pp. 118-119. Cambridge, Mass: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971.〕 She was born in Jamestown, New York. She began her studies at the University of Michigan from 1887 to 1891, then moved to New York where she graduated from the New York State Library School in 1893 earning the B.L.S. After working for two years as an assistant cataloger at the Pratt Institute Free Library〔 she was appointed "chief instructor" in the Pratt Institute Library School in 1895 under Mary Wright Plummer.〔Brand, Barbara B. ("Pratt Institute Library School: The Perils of Professionalization." ) In Suzanne Hildenbrand (Ed.), ''Reclaiming the American Library Past: Writing the Women In'', pp. 251-278. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing, 1996.〕 When Plummer went to the New York Public Library to establish its Training Class in 1911, Rathbone was appointed vice-director of the Pratt Institute school, a position she held until she retired in 1938. Rathbone was active in state and local professional associations serving as secretary of the New York State Library Association and president of the New York Library Club.〔New York Library Club. http://nylibraryclub.org/〕 In 1931-1932 she was president of the American Library Association (ALA).〔 ==Books== *''Libraries to See in Greater New York''. 1916. *''Viewpoints in Travel; An Arrangement of Books According to Their Essential Interest.'' Chicago: American library Association Pub. board, 1919. *''Shelf Department.'' Chicago: American Library Association Pub. board, 1930. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Josephine Adams Rathbone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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