A CENTURY OF KNOWLEDGE, SERVICE AND DELIVERY: L IBRARY EDUCATION

1911-2011MARIANNE E. GILTRUD, MSLS

FEBRUARY 2 , 2011

The School of Library and Information Science Celebrates Centennial and Thirtieth

Anniversary in 2011

Why Commemorate the Centennial?

1876: American Library Association established1887: Dewey Decimal System and Melvile Dewey July 2, 1911 : First Library Education Class

taught at CUA.1930 : Four Course Certificate offered1931: Raganathan’s Five Law’s Published1937: Department of Library Science Organized1945: Department officially recognized by Board

of Trustees1960’s : Henriette Avram developed MARC

record

The School of Library and Information Science

January 1, 1981: Official Status of School led by Elizabeth Stone

July 13, 1982: The American Libraries Postage Stamp Issued spearheaded by ALA President, Elizabeth Stone

2006: 25th Anniversary Tea

1945-46 Faculty Meeting Minutes

Elizabeth W. Stone

The Present

All Digital All the Time

Web Scale Discovery

Find Us….

CUA SLIS CENTENNIAL http://slis.cua.edu/centennial/

CUA SLIS Alumni on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=29910127169And Linked In:http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=1030557&trk=anet_ug_hm

The Next 100 Years?

Questions?