Professional Development Academies in Education

Professional Development Programs in Information Studies

UCLA’s School of Education & Information Studies is home to two departments. Each is a leader in their field, helping to pioneer what's next in the Education and Information worlds.

UCLA Ed&IS faculty are at the forefront of their fields, addressing issues of equality, access and social justice in the fields of education and information. Their scholarship has an international reputation for excellence and commitment to addressing the most critical issues facing our society.

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Department of Education 2023 Information Sessions

Department of Information Studies Programs

Department of Information Studies 2023 Information Sessions

Learn more about the undergraduate and graduate academic programs we offer, when program information sessions are being offered and how to apply.

Department of Information Studies

Beverly Lynch

California Rare Book School

Senior Fellows Program

Professor, Department of Information Studies

Founding Director, California Rare Book School

M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

B.S., Litt.D. North Dakota State University

Lynch, Beverly P. (2010) Professional Associations and Library Education. RBM 11 (1) 32-46.

Lynch, Beverly P. (2008) Library Education: Its Past, Its Present, Its Future. Library Trends 56 (4) 931-953

Lynch, Beverly P. et al (2007) Attitudes of presidents and Provosts on the University Library.  College & Research Libraries 68 (3) 213-227.

Lynch, Beverly P. (2006) Significance of Libraries inEvaluating and Accreiting Universities in the U.S. 14th COBISS Users’ Conference, Maribor, Slovenia Published in translations: Pomen Knjiznic pri evalvacijal in akreditacijah universerz v, ZDA. Organizacija Znanja 11 (4) 136-145.

Yang, W. & Lynch B.P. (2005) On Knowledge Management and the Role of the Library in the Process of Knowledge Management in CLIEJ (Chinese Librarianship: an International Electronic Journal) 21 (Jjune)