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Passet, Joanne E. "Quest for a Profession: The Origins of Library Education in Indiana," School of Library and Information Sciences, Indiana University, July 1988. Advisor: David E. Kasser (23, 11, 22)
This study investigated the origins of library education in Indiana and the circumstances that led to the establishment, and subsequent closure, of the state’s first library school. Hoagland, a clubwoman and genteel reformer interested in library development, established a library school in Indianapolis in 1905. It closed in 1912 after repeated failures to secure state funding. The study concluded that while Hoagland’s administration was not faultless, the primary reasons for the school’s demise were Hoagland’s reform tactics and the uncongenial educational and political environment within which it existed.
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