Inventory of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science Alumni Association Records, 1979-1990
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Title: Graduate School of Library and Information Science Alumni Association Records
Date (inclusive): 1979-1990
Record Series number: 703
Creator: University of California, Los Angeles.
Extent:
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections. University Archives.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections, University Archives Reference Desk for paging information.
Abstract: These files contain records of the treasurers of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science Alumni Association
for years 1979-1990. They are composed of correspondence, administrative files, membership and officer records, reports (financial
statements), bank account records, invoices and receipts, and miscellaneous. The UCLA/GSLIS Alumni Association was incorporated
in 1972, its membership extends back to the first graduating class in 1961.
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[Identification of item], Graduate School of Library and Information Science Alumni Association Records (Record Series number
703). Department of Special Collections, University Archives, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Library Services was founded in 1958 and the first graduating class
was in 1961. Although the UCLA/GSLIS Alumni Association was incorporated in 1972, its membership extends back to the first
graduating class in 1961. In 1973 the School of Library Service (SLS) was renamed Graduate School of Library and Information
Science (GSLIS). In 1993, threatened by Chancellor Young's "Professional Schools Restructuring Initiative," the Graduate School
of Education merged with the GSLIS program to create the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSEIS). Currently,
the official name of the association is "University of California, Los Angeles Information Studies Alumni Association." The
stated purpose of the Alumni Association is: To guide and advance the educational interests of students and alumni of the
Graduate School of Library and Information Science and the Department of Information Studies, and to maintain among the alumni
a spirit of fellowship and service to librarianship. To assist the advance of the students of the school by guidance, gifts,
grants, scholarships and loans for this purpose. To promote the continuing professional education of the alumni.
Contains records of the treasurers of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science Alumni Association for years
1979-1990. They are composed of correspondence, administrative files, membership and officer records, reports (financial statements),
bank account records, invoices and receipts, and miscellaneous. Several records provide membership and officer names, as well
as other historical information.
Arranged in the following sub-series:
- Sub-series 1: Correspondence
- Sub-series 2: Administrative Files
- Sub-series 3: Membership and officer records
- Sub-series 4: Reports (financial statements)
- Sub-series 5: Bank account records
- Sub-series 6: Invoices and receipts
- Sub-series 7: Miscellaneous