Broken Pieces A Library Life 19411978 Author:Michael Gorman From his earliest reading memories in wartime Britain through five decades of librarianship, eminent librarian — and former ALA President Michael Gorman offers insights from his extraordinary career in this new memoir. — Gorman relates his personal and professional journey in prose that is by turns charming, opinioned, and — revealing. He made perh... more »aps his most significant contribution to librarianship as editor of the 1978 Anglo-
American Cataloguing Rules, a major development that receives detailed attention here. The debates and
arguments that would shape professional practice for years to come are dramatically presented, with a vivid cast
of characters including leading librarians from two continents. Broken Pieces, Gorman s account of being on
the front lines of many of the most important decisions made in librarianship during his career, is a timely and