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In 1920, the degree became the Bachelor of Science in Library Science, and beginning in 1924, admittance was granted only to students of senior standing. The Library School was first accredited in 1926, under American Library Association standards. (Lieberman, 1981, p. 440)
Being an educational institution, the library should not be entrusted to persons of merely elementary acquirements. Its conduct requires a larger and more comprehensive educational equipment and outlook than can be had with less than that signified by the bachelor’s degree. The technical curriculum extends through three quarters—short in comparison with the academic curriculum, because the general educational equipment of the librarian is of larger significance than the technical education, but neither is sufficient without the other. Graduates of the School are competent to take charge of a small public library or to take an assistant’s place in any department of the larger libraries. After a reasonable experience in either of these positions, they have shown themselves competent to conduct libraries of medium size with excellent success. (Bulletin, 1921, p. 7)
Dean Henry's statement
of purpose, from 1925 Report to the ALA: We do not, however, try to teach them everything about librarianship, which they will sometime need to know. We try to develop in them a hunger that will urge them on and intelligent power that will direct them much farther than we can go with them, which will make them self dependent and self directing, thus rendering the teacher useless. We do these things in the belief that a teaching institution that does not do this is of little worth, whatever its promise or equipment. (UW Library School, 1925) Dean Henry, regarding his
philosophy of teaching: Photos (from top to bottom): The Library School, from the Tyee yearbook, 1920; William Henry and the Library, from the Tyee yearbook, 1923 |
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Statement
of purpose, 1921 Library School Bulletin:
