University of North Alabama - Diorama Yearbook (Florence, AL)

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Collier Library Staff RUTH DACUS, Head Librarian, A.B., Winthrop College; B.S., in L.S., George Peabody College MARATHA L. GRIFFIN, Assis- MRS. MARY BELL HERNDON, tant Librarian, B.S., B.S. in L.S., George Peabody College. Assistant Librarian, B.S., Ten- nessee Polytechnic Institute; B.A. in L.S., George Peabody College. MRS. MILDRED LENTZ, Asso- ciate Librarian, B.S., Florence State University; M.A., (L.S.) George Peabody College. DONALD A. TURNER, Assistant Librarian, B.S., Auburn Univer- sity; M.A., M.A. (L.S.), Univer- sity of Alabama. 23

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Library Science Department FANNIE SCHMITT, DEPARTMENT Chairman, Associate Professor of Li- brary Science, B.S., M.A., University of Alabama; M.A. (L.3.), George Peabody College. The Department of Library Science at Florence State University was estab- lished in 1953. It offers a minor of eighteen semester hours which meets re- quirements for certification in school library service by the Alabama State Department of Education. In addition to the basic eighteen hour program, nine hours of elective courses are offered, making a total of twenty-seven hours. The program is based directly upon the recommendations of the American Library Association for undergraduate professional library educa- tion. Students completing this eighteen-hour program are prepared to serve as school librarians and to fill certain professional positions in other types of libraries as candidates for the master ' s degree in library science in one year. Continued increase in demand for librarians for all types of libraries has resulted in steady increase in enrollment in this department. 22

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Department of Mathematics And Basic Engineering Of I Y- ' : DR. JOHN L. LOCKER, Department Chairman, Professor of Mathe- matics, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Auburn University. 1 The Department of Mathematics and Basic Engineering provides programs and courses in mathematics as preparation for careers in business and in- dustry, for graduate study, for teaching mathematics in the secondary schools, and for satisfaction of mathematics requirements in other aca- demic and professional curricula. The department offers both a major and a minor in mathematics. The basic engineering program is designed to provide one or two years of basic engineering preparation normally required by most professional en- gineering schools. 24