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Biography/History
The Department of Library Science was made a department in the School of Education in 1956,
with Donald Woods as chairperson. The Department of Library Science was transferred from the
School of Education to the College of Letters & Science in 1965. The University of
Wisconsin Board of Regents authorized the creation of the School of Library and Information
Science in February 1966, and in the fall, the first graduate library science program began.
The first official library science degrees from SLIS were bestowed in June 1967. From 1966
until 1970 the school offered two programs: Master of Arts in Library Science and Master of
Science in Information Science. The information science degree was integrated into the
library science degree in 1973, and the school was renamed the School of Library Science.
The school received ALA accreditation in July 1976. In spring 1981, the program became the
School of Library and Information Science once again. In February 1984, the school's
master's degree was officially changed to Master of Library and Information Science. The
school began offering a bachelor's degree in Information Studies and a bachelor's degree in
Science and Information Resources in 1995. In 2001, the school changed its name once more,
this time to the School of Information Studies.
Chairs, Directors, and Deans of the School and its Predecessors
1956-1961 |
Donald A. Woods (Department Chair)
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1962-1965 |
Eloise Rue (Department Chair)
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1965-1966 |
Rachel Schenk (Acting Director)
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1966-1971 |
Frank Schick (Director)
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1971-1974 |
Robert Little (Acting Director)
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1974-1976 |
Doralyn Hickey (Director)
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1976-1977 |
Doralyn Hickey (Dean)
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1977-1979 |
Frederick Olson (Acting Dean)
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1979-2002 |
Mohammed Aman (Dean)
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2002-2005 |
Thomas A. Walker (Interim Dean)
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2005-2010 |
Johannes Britz (Dean)
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2010-2011 |
Hope A. Olson (Interim Dean)
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2011-2012 |
Dietmar Wolfram (Interim Dean)
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2012-2014 |
Wooseob Jeong (Interim Dean)
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2014-2020 |
Tomas A. Lipinski
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2020- |
Mark Harris (Interim Dean)
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