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May 21, 2008
Keith Mages, Doctoral Student, University of Pennsylvania
“The Bellevue Classification Scheme: The Cultural Commentary of a Nursing Library Classification System”
Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, History of Nursing Seminar Series | Visit site »
Time: 12:15 p- 1:30 p.m.
Place: Room 115 Fagin Hall (*Please note room change*)
This paper analyzes the Bellevue School of Nursing Library and the meaning of its unique classification system developed specifically to organize the texts that represented early 20th century nursing print culture. It explores how the organization and classification of disciplinary print materials works to produce and disseminate nursing’s perceived professional and cultural spheres.