Background
Watson-Boone, Rebecca A. was born on March 7, 1946 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Roger S. and Elizabeth Boone.
(Library personnel managers, SLIS recruiters, college and ...)
Library personnel managers, SLIS recruiters, college and university guidance counselors, along with those considering LIS as a career, gain behind-the-scenes perspectives on the lives of real liberal arts-educated librarians who have chosen this service-oriented profession.In this seminal research, Watson-Boone, independent researcher and former academic librarian, investigates the relationship in the College Alumni Librarians Study (CALS surveys 431 librarians who graduated from eight liberal arts colleges (Carleton, Denison, Earlham, Grinnell, Kalamazoo, Lawrence, Macalester, and Swarthmore) from 1962-2000. Following up related studies and connecting to broader library career issues, this study complements prior quantitative studies with a qualitative approach covering 39 years.Library personnel managers, SLIS recruiters, college and university guidance counselors, and those considering LIS as a career gain behind-the-scenes perspectives on the lives of real liberal arts-educated librarians who have chosen this service-oriented profession.This study analyzes responses and shares the experiences of the subjects in their own words to capture: insights about schools' and families' influence on career choice; how librarians in general assess their careers; what life and work are really like for LIS professionals; and, ways librarians' functions have changed over 40 years. The study's findings describe values and attitudes that are similar to the overall population of LIS practitioners, answering the question, "Exactly who or what are librarians?"
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researcher Library & information studies educator
Watson-Boone, Rebecca A. was born on March 7, 1946 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Roger S. and Elizabeth Boone.
Student, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, 1967. Bachelor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1968. Master of Library Science, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1971.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1995.
Assistant reference library Princeton University, New Jersey, 1970-1976. Head central reference department University Arizona, Tucson, 1976-1983, associate dean College Arts and Sciences, 1984-1989. Co-director Placitas Community Library., New Mexico, 2007—2010.
Loaned executive Arizona Board Regents, 1988-1989. President Center for Study of Information Professionals, 1995—2002.
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Member American Library Association (division president 1985-1986, councilor 1988-1992), Association Library and Information Science Education, New Mexico Library. Association.
Married Dennis David Ash, 1967 (divorced 1975). Married Frederick Kellogg, 1979 (divorced 1988). Married Peter G. Watson-Boone, May 26, 1989.