Report on Six-Year Programs in the United States

Abstract

IN THE FALL of 1974, Guy A. Marco, dean of the Kent State University School of Library Science, appointed an Ad Hoc Committee to Review the SixthYear Program at Kent. The committee, which consisted of Sidney L. Jackson, Kenyon C. Rosenberg, Lubomyr R. Wynar, and A. Robert Rogers, chairman, began its review by gathering information from four sources: a literature survey; a questionnaire to the 23 library schools (with programs accredited by the American Library Association) which had post-master's programs other than doctoral; a questionnaire to alumni of the School of Library Science living in Ohio; and a questionnaire to selected administrators of academic, public, and school libraries in Ohio. The results of the last two questionnaires were primarily of local interest, but the response to the questionnaires sent to library schools indicated a keen interest in seeing a report on what American library schools are doing five years after the publication of J. P. Danton's excellent study.1 Perusal of Library Literature from 1970/71 through April 1975 did not reveal any studies comparable to Danton's but did result in identification of one book and six relevant articles. A major study by J. J. Kortendick and E. W. Stone, based on questionnaires returned by 365 federal librarians, recommended an interdisciplinary approach, concentration on job-related problems, use of innovative instructional techniques, and increased availability of sabbaticals.2 By far the most pro-