The poster was a collaborative effort of the three authors to celebrate and document the critical history of the Library and Information Science Library at the University of Illinois.unpublishednot peer reviewe

D'Arpa, Christine

Moynihan, Lucy M.

Searing, Susan E.

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In 1944, during the middle of the Second World War, the Library School Library officially opened, serving the 29 on-campus students enrolled in the School of Library Science.  Today, 65 years later, the Library and Information Science Library continues to support the needs of more than 800 students and faculty at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the wider University of Illinois community, and GSLIS alumni and LIS professionals from around the world.  Within the walls of its physical space, generations of library students have studied, collaborated on group projects, written papers, cried over cataloging assignments, and mined the unparalleled resources of the LIS library.  A collection like this is not the result of serendipity.  Rather, it represents the tireless and brilliant efforts of several generations of LIS librarians at the University of Illinois.  They have produced one of the most significant LIS collections in the world by collecting from the past and the present to make the future more intelligible.  There is nothing like this collection.  Today, under the indefatigable leadership of Susan Searing, and the generous stewardship of Sandra Wolf, the LIS Library leaves its physical space in the University library for cyberspace. The works, words, and histories of librarianship will remain available in-print and online.  Read them.  Whatever else we may be, we have always been at our best when we have understood ourselves as “pioneers.”  I never attended UIUC, but visited the library dozens of times in conjunction with research at the ALA Archives.  One of the library's strengths was its world class collection of rare, if not unique, grey materials and international newsletters and journals. The LIS library at UIUC was a magnificent special collection that served the research interests of students, faculty, as well as researchers from all over the world. Andrew Wertheimer Assistant Professor and Chair Library and Information Science Program University of Hawaii 1941 1944 1945 1947 1953 1956 1958 1959 1960 1963 1964 1967 1965 1969 1971 1973 1974 1975 1977-78 1979 1980 1981 1982 1982 1985 1996 1995 1994 1993-94 1997 1999 2005 1996 1995 1998 2000 2002 2003 2007 2009 Frances E. Hammitt becomes first full-time Library School Librarian at Illinois.  Library is in room 306 of the Main Library. Alan Turing’s Colossus computer breaks the German Enigma code. 1943 The Library School Library moves to room 328 where it is closed to the public; a demonstration library run by a single librarian with modest student help. So you see that we are pioneers. Jeanette Drake (class of 1907) to Dean Frances Simpson The Library and Information Science Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Celebrates 65 years of Service “As We May Think,” Vannevar Bush.  Betty Ruth Crane, a student, is hired as the first professional assistant at the Library School Library.  First tape recorder sold “S” (school) collection moved to library. ALA council adopts the Library Bill of Rights.  Library School Library moves back into room 306; 100,000 volumes. 1948 ILLIAC I built at the University of Illinois; RCA introduces the 45rpm record. 1949 "Not Censorship But Selection,” Lester Asheim. ca. 1954 University Archives, UIUC Library School Library is fully staffed (74 hours per week) by the librarian, professional assistant, and a clerical assistant; 77 hours per week of student assistance. 1954 1948 The Rolodex patented.  “Desk Set” with Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. 1957 The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) formed in response to Sputnik. Library renamed Library Science Library after the school changed its name. Mar, the Xerox model 914-plain-paper copier, makes its debut. With funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Institute for Scientific Information publishes the first issue of Genetics Citation Index and the prototype of Science Citation Index relying on computer indexing.  “S” collection moved to Education and Social Science Library IBM introduces the mainframe computer, IBM 360; teletypewriter (TTY) invented, enabling the deaf to call each other and type conversations.  1964 FORTRAN is created; JCR Licklider publishes, “Libraries of the Future;” Nancy Larrick, “The All-White World of Children’s Books” in Saturday Review. Texas Instruments introduces the first hand-held calculator. 1966 OCLC founded Researchers at Stanford send the first e-mail message across ARPANET. MEDLINE becomes operational; WorldCat created; the floppy disc invented; first laser printer made by Xerox. The compact disc (CD) introduced. 1972 “Invisible Women: The Children’s Librarian in America,” Margo Sasse in Library Journal. Extensive serial cancellations due to budget shortfall. Library Science Library no longer a Demonstration Library. Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf publish a paper outlining the protocols of the Internet. Their Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) was updated in 1978. 1974 University of Illinois Library automates cataloging. Passage of U.S. Copyright Act and introduction of photocopy machines changes nature of reserve collection. University of Illinois Library automates circulation. Library School moves to David Kinley Hall; Library School Library remains in rooms 306-308 in the Main Library. 1976 Sony Walkman and Post-It Notes introduced. IBM sells first PC first; Library School becomes the Graduate School of Library and Information Science :-)  is used for the first time; Mary Niles Maack, “Toward a History of Women in Librarianship: A Critical Analysis with Suggestions for Further Research,” Journal of Library History 1980 “Current Contents” service begins.  LIS Library open 82 hours per week. Apple unveils its Macintosh personal computer. 1984 Microsoft introduces its first version of windows. ALCTS News, first digital publication to be cataloged for LIS collection 1992-93 Intel introduces its Pentium Processor; Betsy Hearne, "Cite the Source: Reducing Cultural Chaos in Picture Books, Part One” and, "Respect the Source: Reducing Cultural Chaos in Picture Books, Part Two" in School Library Journal. 1993 Pamphlet collection eliminated The Library School leaves David Kinley Hall for its own building at 501 E. Daniel. World Wide Web 1994 1994-95 LISA on CD-ROM Approximately 25,000 volumes in the LIS Library GSLIS begins the LEEP (Library Education Experimental Program); GPS (Global Positioning System) becomes fully operational LIS Library’s website goes live MARC 21; DVD players come on the market 1997 Elizabeth R. Cardman, “Interior Landscapes: Personal Perspectives on Professional Lives: The First Generation of Librarians at the Illinois Library School, 1893–1907” (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996). Virtual New Bookshelf debuts on the LIS Library Web page Google founded LIS Library becomes the first campus library to offer electronic reserves online. “The Intellectual Foundation of Information Organization,” Elaine Svenonius. Apple introduces the i-Pod; Wikipedia launched; USA PATRIOT Act 2001 “MARC Must Die,” Roy Tennant in Library Journal 22nd edition of the Dewey Decimal Classification published Library-wide implementation of Discover open URL linking 2005 You Tube Amazon introduces the Kindle The LIS Library celebrates 65 years of service and retires its physical space. Sandra Wolf Susan Searing 

"So you see that we are pioneers": The Library and Information Science Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Celebrates 65 Years

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"So you see that we are pioneers": The Library and Information Science Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Celebrates 65 Years

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