UCLA, GSE&IS

The University of California, Los Angeles, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies will build the infrastructure to develop the California Rare Book School to meet the needs of the western U.S. special library community. A feasibility study conducted in 2002 identified a need for such an educational program. Two groups of students will benefit-those already working in special collections libraries who need the knowledge and skills to describe the materials in these libraries and to preserve and provide access to them, and those in accredited programs of library and information science who seek careers in special collections librarianship. The project will mount the first group of courses in August 2006, and the School's program will be established in 2007. The long-term goal is to have a permanent program in special collections and to expand the number of educated and trained special collections librarians. Match $99,141