While not everyone welcomed Butler's new approach, most especially C. Seymour Thompson, it has had a permanent influence on the research agenda of the field, and the new term "library science" became the generally adopted name for the academic study of librarianship.
While not everyone embraced Butler's new approach, most notably C. Seymour Thompson, it has had a lasting impact on the research agenda of the field, and the term "library science" became the widely used name for the academic study of librarianship.