Abner Vicentini: a pionner of Brazilian librarianship

• Autor(a) principal: Cunha, Murilo Bastos da
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Direito Civil (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/rdbci/article/view/1612
• topic: Abner Vicentini 1929-1976; Bibliotecário; Biblioteconomia; Biobibliografia; Abner Vicentino 1929-1976; Librarian; Librarianship; Bio-bibliography

This biographical essay analyzes the professional trajectory of Abner Vicentini (23/08/1929–9/08/1976), a   Brazilian librarian. Abner Vicentini was president of  the Library  Association  of  São  Paulo  (1958-1961), professor  of Library  Science at   the   University  of Brasilia (1964-1971), advisor of   the   International Federation for  documentation, FAO  consultant for  the implementation  of  the  National Library of   Agriculture and   the   National System Agricultural   Information   and Documentation (1975-1976). He also held management positions in several libraries such   as Technological Institute   of   Aeronautics (1952-1953), the   Aeronautics Technological Center (1954-1963), the University of  Brasilia (1964-1971), Ministry of  Mines and Energy (1972-1975). Abner Vicentini was a great promoter of the Universal Decimal Classification and editor of the first Brazilian  edition  of  the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR-1), published in 1969.