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Life in a Professional School

This piece delves into the history and development of library and information science (ILS) education, tracing its origins from Melvil Dewey's early systems to the establishment of formal library schools and modern ILS programs. Highlighting key milestones such as the founding of the School of Library Science in 1931 and the rise of information science post-WWII, it discusses the evolving role of ILS professionals in today's digital landscape. It emphasizes the need for rigorous education, community building, and a commitment to lifelong learning among future professionals.

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Life in a Professional School

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  1. Life in a Professional School Fall 2010

  2. How/when did it all start? MelvilDewey • 1876 • ALA • Library Journal • Dewey Decimal Classification System • 1883 • Columbia and later Albany in 1888

  3. How/when did it start in NC? • 1904: Wilson began offering summer courses in librarianship • “A library school is needed, where librarians, like lawyers and doctors and teachers, may secure expert professional training… to tap the vast reservoir of human knowledge.” • 1931: School of Library Science opened, with the first class graduating in 1932 • 1950: MSLS began to be offered • 1980: First PhD graduate Louis Round Wilson

  4. And what about information science? • Bush, Vannevar. “As We May Think." Atlantic Monthly, 176(1):101-108, 1945 • Information explosion during and after WWII • Solution: The MEMEX

  5. The MEMEX • Coping with the growing amount of data • Personal information repository • Random access, extensibility, ability to add new data

  6. A walk through history • ASIS&T founded in 1937 as the American Documentation Institute • 1950s & 60s – Transition to information science • 1980s – Library schools become ILS schools • 1992 – The Web is born

  7. Today and tomorrow… • Digital libraries • User-centered design • Human-computer interaction • Information architecture • Social media • Information retrieval • Knowledge management • Personal information management • Digital curation What about the day after tomorrow???

  8. For the future, we need ILS professionals • But what do we mean by: • A professional? • An ILS professional?

  9. The professional… • Is an expert problem solver

  10. The professional… • Occupies a position of TRUST

  11. The professional… • Builds community

  12. The professional… • Is a change agent

  13. ILS professions include… • Librarians of all types

  14. ILS professions include… • Archivists & Records Managers

  15. ILS professions include… • Information/Knowledge Managers

  16. ILS professionals include… • Systems Analysts

  17. ILS professionals include… • Web designers • Database designers

  18. Becoming a professional involves… • Formal education

  19. Becoming a professional involves… Commitment to lifelong learning

  20. Becoming a professional involves… Active participation in professional associations

  21. Student organizations at SILS ILSSA – ILS Student Association IS Undergraduates Empowered (ISSUE) Doctoral Student Association (DSA) Art & Museum Professionals (AMLISS) Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) Librarians (ALA) Archivists (SCOSAA) Special Librarians (SLA)

  22. Your formal education at SILS …Plus 8 electives

  23. Another view of the program 780 992 Evaluation MS Paper 490 890 Electives 520/521 509/501/513 461 500 582 585 Organization Collection/Retrieval Info Tech Info Behaviors Design Management THE FOUNDATION

  24. Some core values at SILS • Collegiality, collaboration, and teamwork • Academic integrity • Social responsibility

  25. Collegiality, collaboration, teamwork • Team assignments in classes • Use of resources in the School: library, lab • Sharing what you already know

  26. Academic integrity • UNC Honor Code/system, http://honor.unc.edu/ • Using others’ work: plagiarism • Online tutorial available: http://www.lib.unc.edu/instruct/plagiarism/ • Re-using your own work: self-plagiarism, “double-dipping”

  27. Social responsibility • Service learning at UNC: http://www.unc.edu/apples/ • Volunteer efforts • Project Homestart • Habitat for Humanity • Devoting your professional efforts to work that is “worthwhile” Project Homestart, Chapel Hill, NC Habitat for Humanity, Orange County, NC

  28. If you don’t know, ASK! • One another • Individually or via listserv • Your instructors • Your advisor • The office staff • Lara Bailey • Wake Harper • Me • 210 Manning Hall • wildemuth@unc.edu

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