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Dissertation Information for Dorothy Brace Lilley

NAME:
- Dorothy Brace Lilley
- (Alias) Dorothy B. Lilley

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- Columbia University (USA) (1969)

ADVISORS:
- Maurice Tauber

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Alice Bryan
- Jack Dalton

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: Graduate education needed by information specialists and the extent to which it is offered in accredited library schools

Abstract: The investigator conducted a systematic survey in ten scientific
informsation centers, two university libraries and five accredited library
schools to determine the extent to which: (1) patterns of organization
of these information centers differ from each other and from the organization of

the university science libraries; (2) differences in patterns of
organiza tion affect the activities performed and the kind of eduocation
needed; (3) information specialists, librarians and other personnel are
involved in seventy-one activities; (4) thirty-three areas of knowledge
are needed to perform the duties; (5) these areas require formal education
or in-service training only; and, (6) the five accredited library
schools otfer the areas ot knowledge that information specialists need.

These data were supplemented by data from five officers of relevant
professional organizations and nineteen fasculty members who were also

interviews as well as by printed and otherwise available data.

The findings are that three patterns of organization of the centers are

identified, on the basis of heterogeneous characteristics and
factors of production input, that are different from each other and
different from libraries. Differences in organization among the centers.
do not appreciably affect the activities performed and the kind ot edcuation

needed by information specialists from pattern to pattern, but differences
in organisation of information centers and libraries are related
to differences in the kind of education needed by personnel in the two
types of institutions.

Several activities performed contribute to the same function.
Functions of librarians and information specialists are basically the
same. The one fundamental function that unites the librarian and the
information specialist is the switching function.

The pricipal contributions of information specialists seem to
be in their competence in designing and operating nonconventional information
systems and in their search for improved methods for serving the
information needs of scientists. Their principal lacks seem to be in
the knowledge of the uses of reference works, research in information
problems, and in administration, including cost analysis.

The following areas of knowledge are indicated as the basic graduate
programs for information specialists: (1) uses of reference works;
(2) collecting information, for answering qustions immediately; (3) structure of

publishing; (4) information system design; (5) retrieval by logical
operations; (6) research in information problems; (7) information
center administration; (8) coordinating elements of,informations systems;
(9) developing terminology authority; (10) cost analysis; (11) preparation
of current awareness tools; (12)comparison and evaluation of information
systems; and, (13)cataloging.

The library schools offer all of the areas of knowledge that are
indicated for a basic program but in a few schools at the time of this
study the programs lacked either the necessary combinations and concentrations
of areas of knowledge or qualified faculty for certain areas.

Recommendations are that the library schools which intend to
educate information specialists who are to work in scientific information

centers: (1) be heavily funded for competent faculty and laboratory facilities

for teaching the thirteen basic and their related areas of
knowledge; (2) provide for opportunities for students to work with research
scientists; (3) in addition to the academic prerequisite, students be
screened for personality characteristics that seem to be necessary to the
proper functioning of the information specialist; (4) adopt and encourage
a spirit of inquiry in their courses (5) reference and related areas be
subject-oriented, research and technical subjects be general and asministration

be aimed specifically toward the problems of the scientific information
center at this point in time, perhaps becoming more general as
there is an increase in similar centers in other subject areas; and, (6)
that provision be made in the curriculum for anticipating future development in the information field.


MPACT Scores for Dorothy Brace Lilley

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TA = 0
calculated 2008-04-20 14:48:55

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