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ices to faculty and students.” Three months, 
1970.

Andrew J. Eaton, Director of Libraries, Wash­
ington University, St. Louis. “For study of 
three aspects of university library administra­
tion: modern management techniques and 
their applicability, financial support for pri­
vate institutions, and interlibrary cooperation 
in metropolitan areas.” Three months, 1969.

James Govan, Librarian, Swarthmore College. 
“For examination of innovative programs in 
university libraries in the areas of automa­
tion, audio-visual materials, and staff subject 
specialists, for possible application of these 
in a large college library.” Three months, 
1970.

Tyrus G. Harmsen, College Librarian, Occi­
dental College. “To study the future of lib­
eral arts college libraries through visits to 
selected institutions and through independ­
ent study.” Three months, 1969.

Miles M. Jackson, Jr., Director of Libraries, 
Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga. (on leave 
at present as a Fulbright lecturer in Teheran, 
Iran). “For study and review of recent de­
velopments in library administration and 
services in institutions of higher education 
within the United States.” Three months, 
1970.

Irving Lieberman, Director, School of Librari- 
anship, University of Washington. “To study 
the changes in library and information sci­
ence education as evidenced in some of the 
existing programs in the United States and 
Canada, with particular emphasis on cur­
riculum, advanced degree work, and physi­
cal facilities.” Three months, 1969.

Ellsworth G. Mason, Director of Library Serv­
ices, Hofstra University. “For an investiga­
tion into significant successes in handling the 
major problems that result from rapid ex­
pansion in research libraries.” Seven months, 
1969-70.

Miss Luella R. Pollock, Librarian, Reed Col­
lege. “To study computer methods and pro­
gramming as applied to a medium to small 
library system.” Six months, 1970.

Eldred Smith, Head, Search Division, Acquisi­
tions Department, General Library, Universi­
ty of California at Berkeley. “To investigate 
the current and potential use of specialist 
librarians—their qualifications, the services 
they provide, how they fit into and affect 
the library organization—in a selected group 
of major academic research libraries.” Fall 
1969-Spring 1970.

Mrs. Jessie Carney Smith, University Librarian, 
Fisk University. “For a survey of Negro col­
lege libraries, with particular emphasis on 
the special Negro collections that are in some 
of these libraries.” Twelve months, 1969-70.

David Weber, Associate Director of Libraries, 
Stanford University. “For an investigation of 
university trends and prospects for their li­
braries, conducted through discussions with 
faculty, administrators, and librarians, and 
by a program of reading on higher educa­
tion.” Three to four months, 1970.

Robert Wedgeworth, Assistant Chief Order Li­
brarian, Brown University. “To attempt to 
identify and analyze the operations of Ameri­
can and West European booksellers who of­
fer, or plan to offer, foreign publications on a 
blanket order as this may be applied to li­
braries of various sizes and types; the in­
vestigation to involve visits to foreign book­
sellers.” Three and one-half months, 1969.■■

P IT T  L IB R A R Y  
S C H O O L  R E O R G A N IZ E D ; 

T W O  A C A D E M IC
D E P A R T M E N T S  C R E A T E D

The University of Pittsburgh’s graduate 
school of library and information sciences has 
been reorganized and two academic depart­
ments have been created within the existing 
administrative framework of the school. A de­
partment of information and communication 
science, culmination of the school’s increasing 
commitment since 1963 to the teaching of in­
formation/communication science courses as a 
vital area of professional study in modern li- 
brarianship, has been established with Profes­
sor Allen Kent as Chairman. A department of 
library science, with Dr. Frank B. Sessa as 
Chairman, has been formed and assigned re­
sponsibility for research and instruction in the 
fundamental concepts and more traditional ap­
plications of librarianship. Previously, the school 
has functioned as a single unit, without de­
partmentalization of internal functions.

“The size and complexity of the graduate 
school of library and information sciences has 
grown to such an extent,” explained Dr. Har­
old Lancour, Dean of the graduate school, 
“that it became clear an administrative division 
was essential to achieve the needed simplifica­
tion of our operations. The departmental or­
ganization is a recognized academic arrange­
ment giving suitable status to those responsible 
for developing academic programs and desir­
able visibility to major activities of the school.” 
The division does not imply that two different 
degrees will be awarded. Regardless of the 
field of specialization the student chooses while 
in the master’s program, the Master of Library 
Science degree will be awarded upon comple­
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