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College of Information Science and Technology records
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Held at: Drexel University: Archives and Special Collections [Contact Us]W. W. Hagerty Library, 3300 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Drexel University: Archives and Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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What is now the College of Information Science and Technology (previously the Library and Reading Room, 1892-1914; School of Library Science, 1922-1954, Graduate School of Library Science, 1954-1978; School of Library and Information Science, 1978-1984; College of Information Studies, 1984-1995) was founded in 1892 when the Drexel Institute opened its doors. After being closed by Drexel president Hollis Godfrey in 1914, the library school reopened in 1922 as the School of Library Science. In 1926, the school became one of the first five schools accredited by the American Library Association. The first master's degree in library science was offered in 1949, a master's in information science in 1963, the PhD in 1970, and a master's in information systems in 1995.
The College of Information Science and Technology was founded as the library department when the Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry opened in 1891. The library school was the third school for training librarians in the country. … By the 1950s, the library school was pressed for space in its original home on the second floor of the Main Building. A new building, later named the Korman Center, was built to house the library and library school, as well as Drexel's Reading in Industry Program and an audiovisual center. By 1960, however, space had again become an issue, and the Graduate School of Library Science moved again to the Rush Building in 1962. The move accompanied a split in the administration of the library and the library school, prompted by dean and library director John Harvey's concern that only four other ALA-accredited library schools still used this administrative structure.
The bulk of the collection consists of administrative records of the college, dating mostly from the 1950s through the 1990s. They include annual reports by the dean, materials on the accreditation of the school, personnel files, grant files, files on the school's programs and curriculum, and minutes of faculty meetings from the 1950s through the 1980s and of staff and committee meetings from the 1980s and 1990s. The collection also includes some student records; materials about specific deans, directors, and alumni; a series relating to the Rush Building; publications; publicity materials; photographs; and programs and memorabilia. Some of the folders contain photocopies of notes from Guy Garrison, retired dean of the college, describing their contents and providing historical background. Items selected and collected for transfer to the archives by emeritus dean and retired professor Guy Garrison. Order imposed by archivist.
Most of the collection was transferred by Guy Garrison, Dean and Professor Emeritus, College of Information Science and Technology, 2004. Approximately 2 linear feet are from a separate accession of unknown provenance.
Stephen Janick, Megan Manchester.
Transferred to the archives in 2004 by Guy Garrison.
People
- Andriole, Stephen J.
- Childers, Thomas, 1940
- Fenske, David
- Garrison, Guy Grady, 1927-
- Goodrum, Abby
- Hall, John B.
- Harvey, John F., (John Frederick), 1921-
- Howland, Anne Wallace
- Louise Helms Beck
- Lytle, Richard
- MacPherson, Harriet
- Mancall, Jacqueline C., 1932-
- Tremaine, Marilyn Mantei
- Verner, June
- Vining, Elizabeth Gray
- White, Howard D.
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- Drexel University: Archives and Special Collections
- Finding Aid Author
- Finding aid prepared by Prepared by Megan Manchester.
- Finding Aid Date
- 2005
- Access Restrictions
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Portions of the collection containing confidential personnel records are restricted.
- Use Restrictions
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Consult archivist regarding copyright restrictions.
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