New School to Meet Librarian Need
By MIKE FANCHER
Emerald N<-wd Editor
Imagine u federal program with
substantial funds for both ma
terials and salaries suffering from
a lack of qualified people to ad
minister it.
Strange as the situation may
sound, this is the problem which
is currently besetting the nation's
libraries.
Due to the increasing interest
in education and libraries and
the resulting availability of fed
eral funds, librarians are in great
demand. To meet this demand
the University has set up a School
of Librarianship.
Academically, there is little to
distinguish the present school
from the oid Department of Li
brary Science ut the University,
hut administratively there is a
major difference, ills name is
Leroy C. Merritt.
Conference Calls
Poverty Specialist
Clyde E DeBerry, poverty spe
cialist at the University, has been
invited to attend a national con
ference to evaluate summer and
fall institute programs of the
Equal Educational Opportunities
Program.
DeBerry directed a summer In
Stitutc on School Desegregation
Training and Research at the Uni
versity this year.
The national conference to
which DeBerry has been invited
will be at Clark College in Atlan
ta, Georgia, Wednesday through
Friday.
Conferees will discuss changes
in Equal Educational Opportu
nities Program policy and exam
ine criteria for determining pro
ject priorities.
The meeting is sponsored by
the Grants and Institutes Pro
gram staff of the Equal Educa
tional Opportunities Program. U.
S. Office of Education, Depart
ment of Health, Education, and
Welfare.
Merritt is dean or the School of
Librarianship, but admittedly his
job is a challenge. More impor
tant to him, however, his job is
"exciting.”
"Days come to an end too
soon," he says, leaving much to
be done.
• Despite the fact that the
courses being taught this year are
basically the same as those of
the old department, there is much
work involved in starting a sepa
rate school.
For instance, Merritt, who
served as Associate Dean of the
School of Librarianship at the
University of California at Berke
ley for five years, must start
thinking about what changes are
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to be made in the future curricu
lum.
At present the courses offered
are considered standard for a li
brary school, but Merritt has some
ideas for improving them.
A current graduate student in
the school can center his inter
est on librarianship in schools,
public libraries or as an academic
librarian. The new dean would
like to allow for more specialized
study if the student desires it.
Merritt also talks of “sort of a
dream I have” for study in the
field of archives administration.
He says no school in the country
gives a full year’s study tie-in be
tween history, political science
and librarianship, but there is a
demand for this.
One reason no other school of
fers this might be because there
are so few accredited schools of
librarianship in the nation. Only
38 schools in the entire country
have been accredited by the
American Library Association.
Merritt would like the Univer
sity’s to be number 40.
Most of what the Association
looks for when accrediting a
school, Merritt says the Univer
sity has. These things include its
own academic office and budget,
a well-organized and taught cur
riculum, large enough an area
for the school, and admission re
quirements which allow the en
trance of only those who will
truly benefit.
The basic thing Merritt feels
the school now lacks is a gradu
ating class, for it’s necessary to
have graduated at least one class
to become accredited.
This means that if all goes
well, earliest accreditation could
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An illustrated lecture on “The
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the 1966-67 World Around Us
film-lecture series at the Univer
sity at 8 p.m. today in 150 Sci
ence.
Admission to the program is
by season ticket or by single ad
mission at the door at 50 cents.
The lecture, illustrated with
documentary color motion pic
tures, will be given by Jack Cur
rey, who has just returned from
the Dominican Republic where he
filmed many current scenes.
Currey was a close associate of
Robert E. Moran, originally book
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assassinated in Guatemala just
before his lecture tour was to
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come in 1968. Since he knows of
one other school which has al
ready applied for accreditation,
Merritt feels that leaves the num
ber 40 spot open for the Univer
sity.
Another first-year activity which
fills much of Merritt’s time is the
proposed home of the school. This
will be the old Browsing Room
on the main floor of the library.
The dean feels the area is
“pretty nearly ideal.” It is right
in the middle of the library oper
ation, and is visible to others in
the University. He feels this alone
will create an interest in the
school.
The site is also ideal for the
librarianship students because
they will be inside their work
shop. In fact, Merritt says, it may
be better located than any in the
country.
The school now has 70 stu
dents which means it could grad
uate 30 or 40 in its first class.
From there, Merritt expects a
growth of 10 per cent each year.
Adding to the newness of the
school are two new faculty mem
bers, Robert E. Kemper- and Caro
line Feller, both associate profes
sors.
With this type of newness it
isn’t hard to see why Merritt is
“excited,” or why he says, “B is
going to be a fine experience, I’m
sure.”
University Passes
$18,000 UA Goal
The University has exceeded
its goal in contributions for the
1966 United Appeal Campaign.
As of early last week Uni
versity gifts totaled $18397.90
for 102 per cent of the goal,
which had been set this year at
$18,000.
This is the fifth consecutive
year that the University has
given more than its goal in
the campaign.
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