With great support from the Phil Bantin, Director of the IU Archives, and, the Director of the ILS Archives and Records Management Specialization, a larger number of publications from the Department of Information and Library Science (ILS) can now be found online. Gavin Do (current MLS and Archives Specialization student) worked extensively on the project over the summer with Phil Bantin.
What’s there?
In particular, past ILS, SLIS, GLS, and earlier alumni newsletters can now be read through the Indiana University Archives of Institutional Memory (AIM.) The acronyms represent part of our school’s history. SLIS was the School of Library and Information Science (1980-2013), GLS was the Graduate Library School (1966-1980), and earlier issues include from the years of being a Division of Library Science.
Volume 1, Number 1 of the “Alumni Newsletter, Division of Library Science” from 1954 is available. Select: Indiana University – Information and Library Science – Alumni Newsletter – (then on the right side – select: By Issue Date.) The issue represents the time period, including being typed on a typewriter. But, it also mentions a student from Bangkok, Thailand. And, one of our most recent Ph.D. graduates (December 2013) was also from Thailand and now works in Bangkok. Our early connections may have long possibilities for the future.
2014 marks the 50th year of the Ph.D. in Information Science (founded in 1964), the 65th year of an IU graduate degree in Library Science (the M.S. was created in 1949), and the first year as a part of the newly merged School of Informatics and Computing. Thanks to the contributions of Debora Shaw, ILS Chair till her retirement in May 2014 for her contributions with this archive project, and with helping to celebrate the history, merger, and future possibilities of the school.
The Archives of Institutional Memory also includes the alumni newsletters from the School of Informatics and Computing. Their staff is working to add more. The older issues from the Computer Science Department are being sought. If alumni have copies, please feel free to call Rhonda Spencer (812) 855-2666 – or email copies to: spencerr@indiana.edu. ILS is proud to be a part of our new school, and hopes to contribute to the larger SoIC history by supporting the Archives of Institutional Memory.