Academic Who's Who

The Academic Who's Who is a book. It was a spin off from the main Who's Who by the same publisher. The first edition of The Academic Who's Who for 1973 to 1974 was published by Adam & Charles Black in London in 1973, and distributed in New York by R. R. Bowker. ^[1] The second edition for 1975 to 1976 was published by Adam & Charles Black in London in 1975, and distributed in Detroit by Gale Research. The subtitle of the Academic Who's Who is University Teachers in the British Isles in the Arts, Education and Social Sciences. The second edition contained biographies of almost seven thousand academics. ^[2] The Glasgow Herald said the first edition was "valuable". ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. For a scan of the first edition, see Google Books: .
2. "Some recent additions to the Library", ACU Bulletin of Current Documentation, Issues 12-41, page 30 (Association of Commonwealth Universities) Google Books
3. "Academic Who's Who", Glasgow Herald, City Edition, 10 February 1973, p 8, col 2
4. For other reviews of The Academic Who's Who, see (1973) 49 International Affairs 529 (RIIA) JSTOR; "Academic Who's Who" (1978) 8 British Studies Monitor 53 ; The Library Journal Book Review 1973, p 1 ; "The Academic Who's Who 1973–1974" (1974) 70 Book Review Digest 3; "Reference" (1973) 10 Choice 593; (1976) 13 Choice 296 (Issues 1 to 7); (1976) 101 Library Journal 2268; "Dictionary of academics", ACU Bulletin of Current Documentation, Issues 1–11, p 20 ; (1973) British Book News 286 . For other commentary, see Elizabeth M Moys, Manual of Law Librarianship, BIALL, 1976, pp 410 & 411, Second Edition, GK Hall, 1987, pp 373 & 381 ; Bohdan S Wynar (ed), "641. The Academic Who's Who 1975–1976" in American Reference Books Annual 1977, Libraries Unlimited, 1977, vol 8, p 311 ; "Educators and Scholars" (1975) 2 Readers Advisory Service 60 (Issues 76 to 150); (1973) 1 Reference Services Review 9; Ronald H Fritze, Brian E Coutts and Louis Andrew Vyhnanek, Reference Sources in History: An Introductory Guide, ABC-CLIO, Second Edition, 2004, p 208.