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Wright, H. Curtis – 1984
The establishment of the first documentation center in a library school early in 1955 by Jesse Shera, Dean of the Library School at Western Reserve University, has been widely interpreted as his greatest contribution to librarianship. It may have been his greatest folly, however, because information science has subsequently flooded the library…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Communications, Documentation, History
Rothstein, Samuel – Library Journal, 1985
Discusses six theories or explanations for the remarkable persistence of criticism of library schools: conservatism, backgrounds of library school deans and directors, library educators, importance of socialization in professional education, the library student personality, and attitudes toward librarianship. An anthology of 97 years of criticism…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, History
Peer reviewedCronin, Blaise; Crawford, Holly – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Deans/directors at top-ranked library and information science (LIS) programs in North America are assessed in terms of their scholarly salience. Citation analysis suggests that most LIS deans are not scholars of note. No correlation was found between decanal citation counts and programmatic rankings. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrators, Citation Analysis, College Administration
Download full textGarrison, Guy – 1992
In recognition of the centennial of the College of Information Studies at Drexel University (Pennsylvania), the history of the school is reviewed by a former dean, with reference to anecdotes and exemplary events. Drexel opened in 1891 and began its library science training program the following year. The founding years through 1921 were followed…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Bachelors Degrees, Curriculum Development, Educational History
Peer reviewedMaack, Mary Niles – Library Trends, 1986
Examines roles of women in library education in three time periods: 1887-1923, 1924-1950, 1951-1985. Topics discussed include missionaries and mentors, library school founders, institutions offering graduate library schools, advanced degrees and publishing activity of women, women faculty, North American library school deans, and women presidents…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, College Administration, College Faculty, Females
Peer reviewedTjoumas, Renee; Blake, Virgil L. P. – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1992
The opinions of library school faculty in public and school librarianship regarding journal prestige show wide divergence in their rankings. Public library faculty rank research journals more highly, in agreement with deans' assessments; and school library faculty rank general interest journals more highly. Implications for tenure and promotion…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Comparative Analysis, Faculty Promotion, Higher Education
