Eugène Morel

Eugène Morel (June 21, 1869 – March 23, 1934) was a French librarian, writer and literary critic. One of the founders of the Association of French Librarians, Morel contributed greatly to the development of French libraries and librarianship in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Biography

Morel graduated as a lawyer from the faculté de droit of the University of Paris in 1869.[1] After a brief literary career he became an assistant librarian at the Bibliothèque nationale in 1892. He was elected president of the Association of French Librarians in 1918, which he helped to found in 1906.[2]

Morel’s main contributions to the profession of librarianship include a redefining of the librarian’s role and career. He also predicted the development of libraries in his book La Librairie Publique.[2] As a pilot project, he introduced the Dewey Decimal Classification System in 1911 to the Levallois-Perret Library.[2] He also supported the development of L'Heure Joyeuse, the first public library for children in France, founded in Paris in 1923.[3]

Bibliography

Librarianship
Fiction

References

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  2. 1 2 3 Gaëtan Benoît, Eugène Morel: pioneer of public libraries in France, Litwin Books, 2008
  3. ↑ Maack, Mary Niles (1993). "L'Heure Joyeuse, the first Children's Library in France". The Library Quarterly 63 (3). JSTOR 4308835.

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