School of Library, Archival and Information Studies fonds. 1956-2001.

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School of Library, Archival and Information Studies fonds. 1956-2001.

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The fonds consists of correspondence, handwritten notes, documents, reports, draft proposals, public service announcements, flyers, various publications of the School and its students, news clippings, photographs, slides, audio cassettes, a videocassette and display materials. The records include significant information on the plans and decisions for the School of Librarianship and the first decade of the School.

29 cm of textual records and other material.

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University of British Columbia. School of Librarianship

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University of British Columbia. School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies

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The School of Librarianship opened in 1961. The School was founded by Samuel Rothstein and he became the Schools first Director, with strong support provided by UBC President Norman MacKenzie and University Librarian Neal Harlow. The School offered a one-year post-graduate Bachelor of Library Science program. Housed in the upper north wing of the UBC Main Library, the School opened with an enrolment of 30 students and four full-time faculty members. For a very long time, the School was Western C...