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Alice Isabel Hazeltine
1878–1959
Best known for shaping library services for young readers, this American librarian and editor helped bring stories and reading guidance to generations of children and teens. Her work blended practical library leadership with a lasting love of books.
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Library Work with Children
by Alice Isabel Hazeltine
About the author
Born in 1878, she built her career around libraries, reading, and education. Alice Isabel Hazeltine was an American librarian, writer, and editor who became especially associated with work for children and young people. She served on the faculty of Columbia University's School of Library Service, where she taught and helped train future librarians.
She also edited collections of stories for children and teenagers, and her books continued to circulate in multiple editions for many years. Among her best-known work is Library Work with Children, which reflects her interest in making libraries more useful, welcoming, and thoughtfully organized for younger readers.
Archival records at Columbia note that she worked as Assistant Professor of Library Work With Children from 1927 to 1943, and they preserve papers connected with her professional life. She died in 1959, leaving behind a body of work closely tied to the growth of children's library service in the United States.