The University of California/Los Angeles Department of Library and Information Science has become the 10th ALA-accredited master’s program in library and information science to drop the word “library” from its title. Effective May 1, it will become the Department of Information Studies.
At its most recent review in 1997, the department received encouragement from ALA’s Committee on Accreditation on its proposed name change: “UCLA curriculum reflects a positive response to the needs of a rapidly changing technological and global society and a commitment to continuous growth.”
“Already we are incorporating archives- and records-management courses in our curricula,” Department Chair Michèle Cloonan stated in a UCLA press release. “We’re also moving into digital-asset management and other areas of cultural heritage management.” The school is scheduled for evaluation next in 2004.
The other nine “library”-less ALA-accredited programs are at Florida State, Michigan, Missouri/Columbia, SUNY/Albany, Syracuse, Drexel, Pittsburgh, Tennessee, and Toronto.
Posted May 3, 1999.