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By Cara Bertram; Claire Drone-Silvers
Collection Overview
Title: Anita R. Schiller Papers, 1959-2010
Predominant Dates:1970-1989
ID: 97/1/82
Primary Creator: Schiller, Anita R. (1926-2021)
Extent: 22.7 Cubic Feet
Arrangement: Arranged by topic, then alphabetical or chronological thereunder.
Date Acquired: 07/06/2021
Subjects: Bibliographic Data Bases, Copyright, Electronic Resources, Equality Award, Fair Use (Copyright), Feminist Task force, Srrt, Government Documents Round Table (GODORT), Government Publications, Honorary Membership, Information Technology, Intellectual Freedom, Library Technology, Research, Salaries, Schiller, Anita R., Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT), Status of Women, Women Librarians
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Papers of Anita R. Schiller, librarian at the University of California San Diego and ALA Honorary Member (1959-2010), including correspondence, career and personal files, conference materials and presentations, publications and reviews, notes, course materials, clippings, and project and research files concerning copyright, intellectual property, fair use, salary and pay equity, statistics, women in libraries, government documents and information, databases, access and restrictions, private and public sectors, automation, library technology, cable and telecommunications, computers, Library of Congress, National Archives, Office of Management and Budget, document delivery and interlibrary loans, information policy and resources, University of California San Diego, the Liphart Elections Archives, Council on Library Resources, California Council for the Humanities, Schiller's Honorary Membership, ALA Equality Award, professional association memberships and documents.
Biographical Note
Anita R. Schiller was born in 1926 in New York. Schiller earned a master’s degree in library science from Pratt Institute. She worked at the University of Illinois Library and as a visiting scholar at Rutgers University before working at the University of California San Diego in 1970. At UCSD, she served as a reference librarian, social science bibliographer, and data services librarian until she retired in 1991. In 1968, Schiller published “Characteristics of Professional Personnel in College and University Libraries,” a landmark study on the pervasive patten of gender inequality within the library profession. She continued to study salary disparities between male and female librarians through the 1970s. Schiller was an active member of ALA, serving on ALA Council, the SRRT Feminist Task Force, the Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship, and the President's Task Force on Better Salaries and Pay Equity for Library Workers. In 1985, she received the ALA Equality Award and in 2007 receive an ALA Honorary Membership. Schiller died in 2021.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The American Library Association Archives
Access Restrictions:
This series has restrictions. Please contact the Archives for further information.
Due to the technical requirements to access audiovisual materials, advance notice of 2 to 3 weeks is required to access audiovisual items onsite. Please contact the Archives for further information.
Acquisition Source:
Dan Schiller & Zach Schiller
Appraisal Information:
Removal of duplicates and publications available within the archives/library.
PDF Box/Folder List
Box and Folder Listing
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Series 2: Conference Materials and Proceedings],
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Series 3: Notes and Outlines],
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Series 4: Professional Associations and Organizations],
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Series 5: Project Files],
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Series 6: Publications, Lectures, and Drafts],
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Series 7: Research Files],
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Series 8: Unsorted Clippings and Notes],
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Series 9: Artifacts],
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- Series 1: Career and Personal Files
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Agreements and Contracts, 1971-1986
- Access Restriction: Restricted. Items after 1985 open at 2031.
- Folder 2: ALA Certificate for Distinguished Service, 1976
- Folder 3: ALA Equality Award - Photograph of Anita Schiller Receiving Award, 1985
- Folder 4: Beta Phu Mu Membership Certificate, January 29, 1960
- Folder 5: California Council for the Humanities, 1990
- Folder 6: California Council for the Humanities, 1991
- Folder 7: California Council for the Humanities - Elected to Council, 1991
- Folder 8: California Council for the Humanities - Speech, 1991
- Folder 9: Card Catalog - Characteristics of Professional Personnel in College and University Libraries, 2006
- Folder 10: Correspondence and References to Work [4 folders], 1971-1989
- Folder 11: Correspondence, 1974-1978
- Folder 12: Correspondence, 1981-1992
- Folder 13: Correspondence - Libraries and the Political Economy of Information, 1985-1986
- Folder 14: Correspondence - ALA Membership, 1986, 1992
- Folder 15: Correspondence - California State Library Foundation, 1987
- Folder 16: Correspondence - Emeritus Status, 1990-1994
- Folder 17: Correspondence - National Endowment of the Humanities, 1991
- Folder 18: Correspondence - University of Illinois, 1992
- Folder 19: Correspondence - Newsletters and Listservs, 1997
- Folder 20: Correspondence, 2002
- Folder 21: Diploma - Pratt Institute, 1959
- Folder 22: Honorary Membership [ALA], 2006-2007
- Folder 23: Honorary Membership [ALA], 2007
- Folder 24: Honorary Membership [ALA] - Photographs, 2007
- Folder 25: Library Humor
- Folder 26: Library Research Center [University of Illinois] - GSLIS Centennial, 1992
- Folder 27: Library Research Center [University of Illinois] - A Selected Bibliography of Reports by the Library Research Center, 1961 to 1989
- Folder 28: Lipow, Anne - Work and in Memoriam Materials, 1979, 2004-2005
- Folder 29: National Information Policies Course - University of California Los Angeles and Rutgers University, 1978-1982
- Folder 30: Nominations/Letters of Recommendation by Anita Schiller
- Access Restriction: Restricted
- Folder 31: Nominations/Letters of Recommendation by Anita Schiller - Patricia Glass Schuman, 2007
- Access Restriction: Restricted
- Folder 32: PEN Los Angeles Award - Anita and Herbert Schiller, 1982
- Folder 33: Performance Review, 1976-1988
- Access Restriction: Restricted. Items after 1985 open at 2031.
- Folder 34: Promotion, Tenure, and Application Materials, 1971-1982
- Folder 35: References to Review of Published Work
- Folder 36: Resumes and Publication Lists, 1988
- Folder 37: Resumes and Publications
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Retirement - Correspondence, 1991
- Folder 2: Retirement - Memory Book and Cards
- Folder 3: Rutgers University Class, 1978
- Folder 4: Rutgers University Class - Outline and Reading List, 1978
- Folder 5: Rutgers University Class - Readings, 1978-1980
- Folder 6: Schiller, Dan, 1988, 2004
- Course materials
- Folder 7: Schiller, Herbert, 1980
- Course materials
- Folder 8: Schiller Family Documents, Research, and Correspondence, 1986-1990
- Folder 9: University of California Los Angeles, 1986
- Folder 10: University of California San Diego Library, 1975-1976, 1985-1986
- Folder 11: University of California San Diego Library - Tracings A Newsletter for the UCSD Library, 1975-1976
- Folder 12: Voigt, Melvin J. - Memorial, 2000
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Series 4: Professional Associations and Organizations],
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Series 5: Project Files],
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Series 6: Publications, Lectures, and Drafts],
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Series 7: Research Files],
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Series 8: Unsorted Clippings and Notes],
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Series 9: Artifacts],
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