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Library and Information Science Journal Prestige as Assessed by Library and Information Science Faculty
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Manzari, Laura – Library Quarterly, 2013
This prestige study surveyed full-time faculty of American Library Association (ALA)-accredited programs in library and information studies regarding library and information science (LIS) journals. Faculty were asked to rate a list of eighty-nine LIS journals on a scale from 1 to 5 based on each journal's importance to their research and teaching.…
Descriptors: Tenure, Reputation, Professional Associations, Information Science
Merchants of Light: The Paris Library School, Internationalism, and the Globalization of a Profession
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Witt, Steven – Library Quarterly, 2013
Amid growing isolationism after World War I, the American Library Association transferred its wartime programs to train librarians in Europe and promote the American model of public libraries. Working in collaboration with American philanthropists and members of the French library community, ALA established a permanent library school in Paris that…
Descriptors: Library Services, Public Libraries, Foreign Countries, Professional Associations
Resources for Scholars: Four Library and Information Science Collections. Part 2: Columbia University and American Library Association.
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Cava, Olha della; And Others – Library Quarterly, 1991
Describes the research resources of two information science collections: (1) the Columbia University School of Library Service, including materials on library science, the history of printing and publishing, and the history of children's literature; and (2) the headquarters library of the American Library Association (ALA), which contains both ALA…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Higher Education, Library Associations, Library Collections