DR. ELIZABETH W. STONE LECTURE SERIES

The 19th Annual Elizabeth W. Stone Lecture presented on April 21, 2009 hosted ALA President Camila Alire, who spoke on "Issues and Trends in American Libraries" 

About the Stone Lecture Series

The Elizabeth W. Stone Lecture series is held each spring and the speakers are invited by the Alumni Association. Previous speakers have included esteemed librarians, university presidents, journalists, members of professional associations and government representatives.

The 13th Annual Elizabeth W. Stone Lecture included a special rememberance of Dr. Stone, who passed away on March 6, 2002, at the age of 83. Her presence throughout the years has given the school a sense of continuity, connecting students with the larger CUA SLIS community of alumni. This lecture series strives to bring innovators in the library profession to CUA that demonstrate Dr. Stone's commitment to the life-long development of librarians. To continue Dr. Stone's legacy, donations will be accepted for the Elizabeth W. Stone Scholarship Fund. Please call (202) 319-6926 for further information.

Established in 1990, the Elizabeth W. Stone Lecture Series honors Dr. Elizabeth W. Stone, Dean Emerita of the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), for her service to the school and the library profession. Dr. Stone (M.S.L.S. '61) joined the SLIS faculty in 1961 and was named chair of the Department of Library Science in 1972. Under her leadership, the department became the School of Library and Information Science in 1981 and she served as Dean until 1983.

    Previous Speakers

• 2009 - Camila Alire
   ALA President, "Issues and Trends in American Libraries," April 21, 2009
  Video Presentation
• 2008 - Andrew Pace
  Executive Director for Networked Library Services, OCLC
  "From SLIS to OCLC: An Alumnus Reflects on His Career and the Evolving Profession"
  April 30, 2008,
  Click Here to Watch the Video
  Click Here to View the Powerpoint Presentation
• 2007 - Deanne Marcum
  Associate Librarian for Library Services at the Library of Congress 
  Culture Shock: The Changing Nature of Library Science Education
  Click Here to Watch the Video (requires Windows Media Player for PC or MAC)
• 2005 - Richard Baker
  Historian of the Senate
  History on the Hill:  From Gunpowder Paste to the Nuclear Option 
• 2004 - Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan
  Director of the undergraduate program in Communication Studies in Culture and Communication at New York University.
  "The Anarchist in the Library"
• 2003 - Sanford Berman
  Berman, a CUA SLIS alumnus, has written extensively and especially on increasing access to libraries via attention to subject cataloguing and collection development.
  "Not in My Library: Issues of Workplace Speech and Governance"
• 2002 - Duane E. Webster
  Executive Director for Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
  "Reflections on the Future of Scholarly Communications"
• 2001 - Nancy Kranich
  President, American Library Association
  "Why Do We Still Need Libraries?"
• 2000 - Dr. John Cole
  Director of the Center for the Book, Library of Congress
  "Bicentennial of the Library of Congress"
• 1999 - Dr. Carla Hayden
  Director of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore
  "Institutional Change in a Traditional Library"
• 1998 - Kurt Cylke
  National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress
  "That All May Read"
• 1997 - Henriette Avram
  Library of Congress, Retired
  "On the Fourth Decade of the MARC Format"
• 1996 - Dr. Mathilde V. Rovelstad
  Professor Emerita
  School of Library and Information Science, CUA
  "Temples of Wisdom and Faith: The Picture World of Monastic Libraries of the Baroque Period"
• 1995 - Jeanne Hurley Simon
  Chair, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
  "The Role of the National Commission in American Library Development"
• 1994 - Eileen D. Cooke
  Director, American Library Association Washington Office
  "Lobbying for Libraries: Thirty Years on Capitol Hill"
• 1993 - Hardy R. Franklin, Ph.D.
  Director, The District of Columbia Public Library
  and President, American Library Association
  "Customer Service and the Library: The Crucial Link"
• 1992 - Rev. William J. Byron, S.M.
  President, The Catholic University of America
  "Library Support for Community Service"
• 1991 - Sheilah Kast
  Network Journalist, ABC News
  "The Public's Right to Know in the Information Age"
• 1990 - Rev. Timothy S. Healy, S.J.
  President, New York Public Library
  "The Role of the Public Library in a Democratic Society"