1. Dr. John V. Richardson Jr. UCLA Professor of Information Studies 4 th Kaser Lecture, Lilly Library, 2009

2. “In most things, to understand the present and anticipate the future, it is important to know something of the past, and so it is with [our own field]”

3. Sociology at Ohio State University Relevance Criminology by Simon Dinitz (distinguished teaching) Sociological Theory by Laurel Richardson (no relation) Librarianship at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College Practical Wiley J. Williams (interned at JUL’s Documents Dept.) Frances Cheney (my reference instructor)

5. Going on for the Doctorate: University of Kentucky: Documents and ILL Taught LIS 636 “Government Publications” SLIS faculty: Ellen Altman (Rutgers; moved to IU) Mike Harris (IU) Tom Waldhart (IU) Wayne Cutler (History at UTA)

7. SLIS faculty (*indicates committee members): Altman* Altman Bennett Fry Kaser* Kaser Pratt Shepherd Whitbeck*

8. The Period, 1978-1988 (great time) The Period, 1988-1998 (not so great) The Period, 1998-2008 (better time)

9. Just Show Me Your Publications Municipal Government Reference Sources (1978) Calligraphy (1981) and Dozens of book reviews

11. National, if not international reputation Refereed Journal Articles

15. The Entrepreneurial Professoriate Need for extra-mural grants Research Centers Rise of the i-School movement

18. Intersection of three concentric circles 1) Information resources (bibliography) 2) Information technology (internet/WWW) 3) Information processes (cataloging & classification) Information Ecology

21. This topic intersects: anthropology, archeology, astronomy, biography and history, folklore, geography, geology, and linguistics

22. Undergraduate Course at UCLA 180 entitled “Information Ecology”Information Ecology PhD Seminar proposed for 2009/2010 academic year