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Press
Release
For
Immediate Release:
Friday, June 18, 2010
Contact: Kristin Peterson, public
relations coordinator
(708)
524-6452, [log in to unmask]
Dominican University appoints Ken
Haycock as Follett Chair
River
Forest, IL
–
Dominican University’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science
(GSLIS) has appointed Dr. Ken Haycock as the Follett Chair in Library and
Information Science. Haycock
is the recipient of the American Library Association’s 2010 Beta Phi Mu
Award, presented annually for distinguished service to education in
librarianship, as well as the association’s Herbert and Virginia White
Award for promoting the profession of librarianship. A prolific writer and
editor, he currently serves as regional editor for Library Management
and series editor for Neal-Schuman’s The MBA for the MLIS Bookshelf.
Haycock
has held senior positions in both his native Canada and the United States, including
most recently, as director of the School of Library and Information Science at
San Jose State University, where he was named an outstanding professor; and
director of the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at the
University of British Columbia. He is the recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II
Silver Jubilee Medal for contributions to Canadian society. A past president
the American Association of School Librarians as well as the California Library
Association, Haycock now serves as a member of the ALA Committee on
Accreditation. He is also senior partner at Ken Haycock & Associates, Inc.,
which works with organizations to build capacity for leadership, collaboration
and advocacy.
Haycock
received a bachelor’s degree in political science and a diploma in
education from the University of Western Ontario, a master’s degree in
education from the University of Ottawa, a master’s degree in library
science from the University of Michigan, a master’s degree in business
administration from Royal Roads University, and a doctorate in education from
Brigham Young University.
“Dominican
University is delighted to make this appointment,” noted Dr. Susan Roman,
dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. “Dr.
Haycock is a noted scholar, educator and leader who has been recognized by a
wide variety of professional library organizations and has experience in a
number of library environments. We look forward to his invaluable contributions
to our new doctoral program, to our strategic planning initiatives, and to our
position and profile within the field of educating librarians.”
One of only four chairs in library science in the country, the
Follett Chair is bestowed upon a master researcher and scholar who has achieved
renown in the profession, and is endowed through a gift of the Follett
Corporation.
Accredited
by the American Library Association (ALA), Dominican University’s GSLIS
has been educating future library leaders and information professionals since
the 1930s. The school offers master’s degrees in library and information
science as well as a doctor of philosophy in library and information science.
Founded in 1901, Dominican University is a comprehensive,
coeducational Catholic institution offering 50 undergraduate academic programs
and 34 graduate programs through the Graduate School of Library and Information
Science, the Brennan School of Business, the School of Education, the Graduate
School of Social Work, and the School of Leadership and Continuing Studies, as
well as a doctorate in library science. In the 2010 issue of America’s
Best Colleges, U.S. News & World Report ranked Dominican University in
the top 20 Midwest master’s level universities and one of 15 Midwest
“Great Schools at a Great Price.”
Diane L.
Velasquez
Assistant
Professor
Dominican
University
Graduate
School of Library & Information Science
7900 Division
Street, Crown 332
River Forest,
IL 60305
V:
708-524-6594
F:
708-524-6657
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