The University of Chicago Graduate Library School (GLS) was established in 1928 to develop a program for the graduate education of librarians with a focus on research.
The faculty of the GLS had a profound effect on the development of public library structure and governance following World War II. {Joeckel, C. B.; Winslow, A. (1948). A National Plan for Public Library Service. Chicago: American Library Association; Richards, John S. (1947). "The National Plan for Public Library Service". ALA Bulletin. 41 (8): 283–293.]
Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, earned the PhD. at the University of Chicago Graduate Library School (GLS).
The Graduate Library SchooI was closed in 1989.
More:
Richardson, J. V. (1982). The Spirit of Inquiry: The Graduate Library School at Chicago, 1921-51. Chicago: American Library Association.
Shera, Jesse H. (Winter 1979). "'The Spirit Giveth Life': Louis Round Wilson and Chicago's Graduate Library School". The Journal of Library History. 14 (1): 77–83.
University of Chicago Graduate Library School - Wikipedia
Other Library Education programs have closed since 1976. [Stieg, Margaret F. (1991). "The Closing of Library Schools: Darwinism at the University". The Library Quarterly. 61 (3): 266–272.}
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Kathleen de la Peña McCook
Distinguished University Professor
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University of South Florida
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