Joseph Z. Nitecki

The Nitecki Trilogy

Scholarly works in
Philosophy of Librarianship

by J.Z. Nitecki

About the Author:

The Nitecki Trilogy

Metalibrarianship
A Model for
Intellectual Foundations
Of Library Information Science
Copyright 1993 J.Z. Nitecki
Philosophical Aspects
Of
Library Information Science
In Retrospect
Copyright 1995 J.Z. Nitecki
Philosophical Ancestry
Of
American
Library Information Science
Copyright 1997 J.Z. Nitecki

This webbed version of The Nitecki Trilogy is a doctoral student publishing project of the
Texas Woman's University
School of Library and Information Studies.

The project was initiated by joanne twining williams and has been carried out with the author's generous permission. It is at once part of a study of philosophy of librarianship, as well as an effort to facilitate wider discussion of Nitecki's work in the scholarly community. Metalibrarianship develops Nitecki's synthetic model and establishes an intellectual foundation for library information science, Aspects is a compendium of writings in philosophy of librarianship, Ancestry is a handbook that explores the developments of American Library Information Science philosophy.

These capstone works by author J.Z. Nitecki were previously available only in ERIC microform format. Metalibrarianship is a completed work. The Aspects and Ancestry manuscripts are, however, drafts and open to correction. All Copyrights and Cognirights 1993, 1995, 1997 by J.Z. Nitecki.
Please direct comments to the author J.Z. Nitecki,
or to the online publishing coordinator, joanne twining williams.

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About J.Z. Nitecki

Biographical Note

J.Z. Nitecki was born in Poland in 1922 and matriculated from the Polish lyceum in 1939. He joined Polish Armed Forces in France in 1939 and since 1940 till the end of the II World War served in the Polish Navy under British Command. He received BA and MA degrees in philosophy from (Wayne State and Roosevelt Universities) and an MA in library science from the University of Chicago. He is married and has two children.

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Individual membership or institutional representative in ALA, ARL, RLG, OCLC and IFLA.


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