UCLA Graduate Catalog 1980-81 - Registrar - UCLA

182 / LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
A reading knowledge of one or two foreign
languages , preferably French, German, Russian and
Spanish.
a) In the case of two foreign languages, minimum
evidence of competency is defined as completion
of three quarters or two semesters (or completion
of quarter Course 3) of study of each language
with minimum grades of C. An examination is
required if the foreign language study was completed
earlier than ten years prior to application.
b) In the case of one foreign language, evidence
of competency is completion of five quarters or four
semesters (or completion of quarter Course 5) of
study of the language with minimum grades of C,
or passing
least 500.
the ETS examination with a score of at
(5) Ability to make applications of a standard programming
language , especially
problems.
to bibliographic
(6) Interviews with two faculty members of the
School, usually jointly as a panel (or with two people
designated as representatives for the School if it
is not possible for the applicant to visit the School).
(7) Three letters of recommendation from persons
qualified to evaluate the candidate's
ceed in advanced graduate study.
ability to suc-
(8) A "statement of interest" identifying the applicant's
proposed area of specialization accompanied
by appropriate evidence of qualifiations for pursuing
a doctoral program in it.
(9) Completion of the following courses, or their
equivalent (normally as evidenced by an M.L.S.
from an ALA accredited program): 400, 403, 404,
410, 411, 420, 430, 441.
Major Fields as Subdisciplines . General Fields of
Emphasis. Each candidate will be expected to
specialize in a subfield in one of three major fields:
(1) Selection, acquisitions, identification, preservation,
and collection development
materials.
of information
(2) Storage, retrieval, interpretation, dissemination,
and utilization of information content of those
materials.
(3) Administration and management of libraries
and information centers.
The School strictly limits the specific subfields
which, at any given point in time, will be accepted
for doctoral work. Initially, these specific subfields
will be as listed below in this section, because they
are the ones in which the present faculty has sufficient
strength and depth to assure adequate
coverage. It must be recognized that, as time goes
on, the character of the faculty will change and new
areas of strength will be developed. Even then,
however, the specific fields will continue to be
carefully delineated and limited in number.
For example, there are three specific subfields on
which initial emphasis will be placed, one in each
of the three major general fields:
(1) Historical and Analytical Bibliography
(2) Systems Analysis and Design for Libraries and
Information Services
(3) Management of Academic Libraries
Foreign Language Requirement . The requirement
is evidence of reading competence in one or two
foreign languages . In case of one foreign language,
the requirement may be met by completing five
quarters or four semesters of study of the language
with minimum grades of C, or by passing the ETS
examination examination with a score of at least
500. In the case of two foreign languages, the
requirement may be met by completing three quarters
or two semesters of study of each language with
minimum grades of C. If the foreign language study
was completed earlier than ten years prior to
application for admission, an examination is
required. Normally, the foreign language requirement
should be completed prior to admission to the
School.
Course Requirements . There are no required
courses in the program, but courses or their equivalent
are required
above).
for admission (see item (9)
Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations. There
will be four Written Qualifying Examinations, in
each of the following areas of study:
Librarianship, covering the aspects of the library as
an institution -international comparison„
administration and management, governing
legislation, the social context of libraries and information
services, interinstitutional cooperation,
special aspects of various types of libraries (public,
academic, school, special), the needs of constituencies,
the profession, the economics of library operation
and service.
Bibliography, covering the aspects of the library as a
collection of books and other forms of recorded
information, including evaluation, selection and
acquisitions of such materials, description and bibliographical
control of them, storage and physical
control of them.
Information Science, covering the aspects of the library,
as a collection of information-reference, formal
(computer) techniques for retrieval, information
systems analysis and design, the economics of
information distribution.
History, covering the growth of library and information
science-the history of printing, bookmaking,
and publishing, the history of libraries, the
history of intellectual access to information.
These will be scheduled during one week in a
quarter. Each examination is expected to require
one full day for completion. If the student fails to
pass one or two of the sections of the four part
examination , they may be repeated. Should the student
fail three sections, all four must be repeated.
The Oral Qualifying Examination: Preparation and
Defense of the Dissertation Proposal. The second formal
requirement of the program is that the student
prepare and defend in an Oral Qualifying Examination
an extensive dissertation proposal. The proposal
must contain (a) an introduction to the problem
to be studied and its general context, (b) a
review of the relevant literature, (c) a description of
the methodology to be used, and (d) a time
schedule of work to be done for completion.
Students are encouraged to start work on their proposals
while taking courses in preparation for the
Written Qualifying Examination. The proposal
should, in most cases, be completed at the same
time or soon after the completion of the written
examination , but it must be completed and accepted
within two years after passing the Written Qualifying
Examination.
The proposal must be reviewed and formally
accepted at an Oral Qualifying Examination by a
committee consisting of at least five members, two
of whom are from outside the School. The student's
adviser chairs the meeting. At least two weeks in
advance, the student must schedule the Oral
Qualifying Examination with his/her committee
and provide each member of the committee with a
reading copy of the proposal and have one additional
copy available.
During the Oral Qualifying Examination, the committee
is expected to require the candidate to evaluate
the significance of the chosen topic of research,
to justify the methodology to be used, to demonstrate
the feasibility of completing the research and
to provide criteria for evaluating whether the
research has been completed.
During the Oral Qualifying Examination, the committee
is expected to test the candidate's knowledge
in the specific field chosen for the dissertation
research by detailed questions concerning the
literature and problem areas within the field. However,
the coverage in the oral examination is not
necessarily limited to the dissertation topic; it may
cover other areas of the field as well.
The committee must decide, by majority vote after
the Oral Qualifying Examination, whether the proposal
as written is accepted, the proposal with
modification is accepted, or the proposal is not
accepted.
The committee must also decide, by majority vote,
whether the Oral Qualifying Examination has been
passed, but if the proposal is not accepted, the Oral
Qualifying Examination may not be passed.
Dissertation Research and Final Oral Exam. The third
formal requirement of the program is that the student
research, write and defend a dissertation, The
student should work closely with the chairperson
of the doctoral committee in doing the dissertation
research and writing the dissertation and should
consult, as necessary, with members of the doctoral
committee and other faculty members.
The dissertation must be reviewed and formally
accepted by the examination committee.
The Final Oral Examination is open to all interested
faculty members and students. They are
encouraged to attend. They may participate in the
examination, but they do not have a vote.
At least two weeks in advance of the Final Oral
Examination, the student must schedule the
examination with the doctoral examination committee
and announce the meeting, distribute copies
of an abstract of the dissertation to all faculty members
and all resident Ph.D. students in the School,
and provide each member of the examination committee
with a reading copy of the dissertation and
have one additional copy available for loan.
The reading copies need not be "perfect copy" as
required for final submission to the Graduate Division.
They must, however, be completed in all substantive
ways, including chapters, etc. They need
not meet the stylistic standards established for a
"perfect draft". (Margins may be incorrect, xerox
copies are acceptable, etc.). A "perfect copy" must,
of course, be prepared and submitted after the Final
Oral Examination. (See Graduate Division publication,
Standards and Procedures for Advanced Degree
Manuscript Preparation.)
The doctoral examination committee must decide
whether the dissertation as written is accepted, the
dissertation with modifications is accepted, or the
dissertation is not accepted. There may be one negative
vote if all members of the committee are certifying;
none if only three are certifying. The doctoral
examination committee must decide, with no more
than one negative vote, whether the candidate has
passed the Final Oral Examination.
Normal Progress Toward the Degree.
(1) From graduate admission
admission to the doctoral
program
to
(2) From graduate admission to
Written Qualifying Examination
(3) (Advancement to Candidacy)
from graduate admission to Oral
Qualifying Examination
Quarters
Expected Maximum
1 3
4 6
5 9