University of Chicago Graduate Library School

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.[1] Housed for a time in the Joseph Regenstein Library, the GLS closed in 1989 when the University decided to promote information studies instead of professional education.[2][3] GLS faculty were among the most prominent researchers in librarianship in the twentieth century. Alumni of the school have made a great impact on the profession including Hugh Atkinson, Susan Grey Akers, Bernard Berelson, Michèle Cloonan, El Sayed Mahmoud El Sheniti, Eliza Atkins Gleason, Frances E. Henne, Virginia Lacy Jones, Bill Katz[4] Judith Krug, Lowell Martin,[5] Miriam Matthews, Kathleen de la Peña McCook, Errett Weir McDiarmid, Elizabeth Homer Morton, Benjamin E. Powell, W. Boyd Rayward, Charlemae Hill Rollins, Katherine Schipper, Ralph R. Shaw, Spencer Shaw, Frances Lander Spain, Peggy Sullivan, Maurice Tauber and Tsuen-hsuin Tsien.

In February 2016, Carla Hayden (PhD, 1987) was nominated by President Obama to serve as Librarian of Congress. She was confirmed in July 2016.[6]

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, 2020 Official Portrait (50298151842)
  1. ^ Association of American Library Schools. New Frontiers in Librarianship; Proceedings of the Special Meeting of the Association of American Library Schools and the Board of Education for Librarianship of the American Library Association in Honor of the University of Chicago and the Graduate Library School, December 30, 1940. [Chicago]: The Graduate library school, the University of Chicago, 1941.
  2. ^ "Chicago GLS to close". Library Journal. 114: 111. February 15, 1989.
  3. ^ Stieg, Margaret F. (1991). "The Closing of Library Schools: Darwinism at the University". The Library Quarterly. 61 (3): 266–272. doi:10.1086/602365. S2CID 144038790.
  4. ^ "Bill Katz Dies; Author, Reference Expert, Teacher". Library Journal. October 22, 2004.
  5. ^ Varlejs, Jana (2023). "Lowell Martin: The Shaping of a Public Library Leader". Libraries: Culture, History and Society. 7 (1): 46–65. doi:10.5325/libraries.7.1.0046. S2CID 257263606.
  6. ^ McGlone, Peggy (July 13, 2016). "Carla Hayden confirmed as 14th librarian of Congress". Washington Post.