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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 1: Career and Personal Files],
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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],
[Series 8: Unsorted Clippings and Notes],
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Series 9: Artifacts],
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- Series 8: Unsorted Clippings and Notes
- Box 21
- Folder 31: Clippings and Notes, 1976-1977, 1980
- Media, information resources, socialism, computers, information age
- Box 22
- Folder 1: Clippings and Notes, 1977-1980
- Public/private sector, finding aids, telecommunications, bibliography, FCC, National Science Foundation, Information Industry Association, online services, Online information retrieval bibliography
- Folder 2: Clippings and Notes, 1982-1986
- Public/private sector, information technology, information resources management, statistics, computers, national information policy, public affairs information, full-text sources, ALA Washington Office
- Folder 3: Clippings and Notes, 1983-1984
- Federal information policies, publishing, user fees, optical disk, information management, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, databases, federal statistics, data users, REMARC, Federal Library Committee, Library of Medicine, government publications, cutbacks, OMB, copyright and public domain
- Folder 4: Clippings and Notes [Folder 1], 1983-1986
- Professional status of librarianship, federal information policies, downloading information, business in the information industry, history of science, records policy, OCLC, databases, data-sharing
- Folder 5: Clippings and Notes [Folder 2], 1983-1986
- Government information, Cognotes, agricultural libraries, White House Conference on Library and Information Services, OMB Watch, library services to the public, Library of Congress catalogs, ALA Council resolutions, TV shows, computers, classified data, association of public data users, automation, information processing, newspaper indexing, National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services, censorship
- Folder 6: Clippings and Notes, 1984-1987
- Public domain, software, computers, British Library, data archive, automation, statistics, OCLC, ALA Washington Office, lobbying for non-profits, federal information technology, association of public data users, government reference books, title index
- Folder 7: Clippings and Notes, 1984, 1990-1991
- NCLIS, information industry, newspapers online, computers, right to information, archivists
- Folder 8: Clippings and Notes [Folder 1], 1985-1987
- Depository libraries, library technology, intellectual freedom, private sector, Association of Research Libraries, nuclear debate, publishing
- Folder 9: Clippings and Notes [Folder 2], 1985-1987
- Professional literature, government information, Government Printing Office, White House Conference on Library and Information Services, libel, telecommunications, broadcasting, dissemination of information, OMB Watch, Government Information Agency, restrictions, privacy, technology
- Folder 10: Clippings and Notes [Folder 3], 1985-1987
- Information Hotline, press release, privatization, data and databases, federal information, Federal Library and Information Center Committee, Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics, Library of Congress, privacy, royalties, LITA Newsletter, international youth forum, National Research Council
- Folder 11: Clippings and Notes, 1985-1988
- Federal Election Commission, access restrictions, federal statistics, public access, libel
- Folder 12: Clippings and Notes, 1985-1989
- Government Printing Office, filing plan, Library Hotline, databases, fees, privacy, statistics, network, telecommunications, public data, access, federal restrictions
- Folder 13: Clippings and Notes [Folder 1], 1986-1987
- Technology, information public policy, library market, private sector, intellectual property, statistics, library funding, Library Hotline, economics and libraries, censorship, database
- Folder 14: Clippings and Notes [Folder 2], 1986-1987
- Non-profits, Librarian of Congress, copyright, federal statistics, preservation and access, information restrictions, private sector, interlibrary loan, library technology, classified data, information industry, Library Hotline
- Folder 15: Clippings and Notes [Folder 3], 1986-1987
- Library of Congress Information Bulletin (March 3, 1986), Guide to Federal Funding for Social Scientists, Censorship News, Library Hotline, computer security, data and databases, CDs and the Library of Congress, National Security Agency, privacy, federal statistics, ALISE, OCLC, intellectual freedom, Reports of the Committee Preservation and Access, Online Access Guide, OMB Watch, US Government books, information in organizations
- Folder 16: Clippings and Notes, 1988-1991
- Databases, privatization, weather satellite, reference librarians, OMB Watch, government publications, OMB, federal information policy, Library Hotline, LITA Newsletter, census, federal statistics, oceans, user fees, Federal Library and Information Center Committee, federal libraries, privacy, Gwen Moore, National Security Archive, Freedom of Information Act, government research, Government Printing Office
- Box 23
- Folder 1: Clippings and Notes, 1988-1989, 1999-2002
- Consumer information, federal information dissemination, public access computers, copyright, US Media, privacy
- Folder 2: Clippings and Notes, 1992-1994
- Copyright, exhibits, CD-ROM titles, archives, federal documents, university patents, depository libraries, library schools, preservation and access, databases, ALA Washington Office
- Folder 3: Clippings and Notes, 1996-1997
- Alternative library literature, copyright and fair use, academic library spending, Library Hotline, OPAC, private sector, business history, information technology, internet, document delivery
- Folder 4: Clippings and Notes, 2002-2003
- Television, books to servicemembers, archives, Emma Goldman Papers Project, Patriot Act, copyright, access to information, private sector, Iraq War
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Series 1: Career and Personal Files],
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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],
[
Series 6: Publications, Lectures, and Drafts],
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Series 7: Research Files],
[Series 8: Unsorted Clippings and Notes],
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Series 9: Artifacts],
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