Sidny Ditzion and the Study of Library History

with a Special Reference to Ditzion's “The Anglo-American Library Scene”

Abstract

　This article consists of three major parts.
( 1 ) Sidney Ditzion in the history of the American library history
( 2 ) A summary of “The Anglo-American library Scene”
( 3 ) Sidney Ditzion and the study of library history
　In the first section, the writer summarizes the history of the American public library, and tries to discusses the position and significance of the Ditzion's Arsenals of a Democratic Culture (1947) in the historiography of the American library history.
　In the second section, the writer gives a summary of “The Anglo-American Library Scene”, Library Quarterly (Vol. 16, 1946, pp. 281-301), which then appeared in the first chapter of Arsenals in a shorter form.
　In the last section, the writer gives some consideration to the significance of Ditzion in relation to the social conditions and American history, especially intellectual history.