The earlyteachingof Library Science(1951-1981)
Learning andteaching ofthelibrary subjectin1951 at the Facultyof Arts, Chulalongkorn
Universitywas providing as a special education.Instructor was an Americanlibrarian from
Fulbright Foundation, which the project was supported each year for 5 consecutive
years.Subjectsof studyincluded:Fundamental of Library Management, Cataloguing and
Classification of Books, Reference Services, Acquisition of Books, Advance of Cataloguing
and Classification of Books, and Library Administration.
Special course offered to the librarians becamethe beginningofthe establishment of the
Departmentof Library Science in the Faculty of Arts, ChulalongkornUniversity in 1955 for
the diploma degree and thenextendedto the undergraduate education.
In the earlystages oflearninglibraryscience was pertainedtoteach