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University of Washington Graduate School of Library and Information Science records, 1905-2016

Overview of the Collection

Creator
University of Washington. Information School
Title
University of Washington Graduate School of Library and Information Science records
Dates
1905-2016 (inclusive)
Quantity
33.32 cubic feet, (37 boxes, including 4 audio cassettes, 1 sound disc, 1 3.5 inch floppy disk, 10 vhs, 8 cds, 3 minidvs, 1 vertical file, and 1 oversized folder)
Collection Number
UW Resource No. 00261
Summary
Administrative records of the Information School
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

No user access copy is available for audio cassettes, floppy disk, sound disc, VHS, or CDs. Users may be able to obtain a reproduction of the media for a fee. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Request at UW

Languages
English
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Historical Note

The School of Librarianship was established at the University of Washington in 1911 and has been accredited continuously by the American Library Association since 1926. The School was the first librarianship program established west of the Mississippi and the first to establish a law librarianship program (in 1939.) On August 23rd, 1983 the School adopted the Graduate School of Library and Information Science as its new title. The School offered two new programs in the Fall of 2000, a B.S. in Informatics and a Ph.D. in Information Science, in addition to moving its quarters to Mary Gates Hall. The School officially changed its name to the "Information School" on July 1st, 2001 and became the UW's sixteenth separately organized school and college. Previously, the School had been located within the Graduate School.

As a leading member of the iSchool movement, the UW is a model for other information schools around the globe. The UW iSchool's approach to information instruction and scholarship builds on the traditional roles filled by information professionals and infuses this with a strong emphasis on the technologies through which information is increasingly delivered. By tackling key social and technical problems in the information field, the iSchool has become an important link between users of information and designers of information systems, connecting society with the information it needs.

(Source: UW iSchool website; Accessed: September 2023)

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Content Description

Biographical features, historical features, faculty writings, correspondence, course materials, lecture files, conference files, committee files, agendas, minutes, clippings, newsletters, magazines, reports, grant files, awards, subject files, ALA accreditation, course syllabi, photographs, posters, brochures, and flyers.

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Other Descriptive Information

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Public Records—not subject to copyright. Copying, quotation, publication and other uses are unrestricted if records are open for public release.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 9 accessions.

  • Accession No. 95-044, University of Washington Graduate School of Library and Information Science Records, 1976-1984
  • Accession No. 95-247, University of Washington Graduate School of Library and Information Science Records, 1983-1985
  • Accession No. 97-049, University of Washington Graduate School of Library and Information Science Records, 1965-1992
  • Accession No. 03-051, University of Washington Graduate School of Library and Information Science Records, 1913-2003
  • Accession No. 03-064, University of Washington Graduate School of Library and Information Science Records, 1960-2002
  • Accession No. 19-001, University of Washington Graduate School of Library and Information Science newsletters, 1981-2015
  • Accession No. 19-013, University of Washington Graduate School of Library and Information Science records, 1988-2002
  • Accession No. 23-027, University of Washington Graduate School of Library and Information Science records, 1905-2015
  • Accession No. 25-039, University of Washington Graduate School of Library and Information Science records, 1950-2016

Processing Note

Minimally processed.

Related Materials

The UW Information School website has been regularly captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine since 2014. The snapshots can be viewed here: https://wayback.archive-it.org/4366/*/https://ischool.uw.edu/

The Calling Bullshit website, created by Carl Bergstrom & Jevin West, has been regularly captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine since 2020. The snapshots can be viewed here: https://wayback.archive-it.org/4366/*/https://callingbullshit.org/

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Library schools--Washington (State)--Seattle rchives
  • University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)

Other Creators

  • Personal Names

    • Bengtson, Betty G
    • Benne, Mae
    • Chisholm, Margaret E
    • Eisenberg, Michael
    • Hiatt, Peter
    • Lieberman, Irving
    • Shaw, Spencer G
    • Van Orden, Phyllis

    Corporate Names

    • University of Washington. Graduate School of Library and Information Science (creator)
    • University of Washington. Graduate School of Library and Information Science--Archives
    • University of Washington. School of Library and Information Science (creator)
    • University of Washington. School of Library and Information Science--Archives
    • University of Washington. School of Library and Information Science--Curricula
    • University of Washington. School of Library and Information Science--Faculty


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