<P> `` Library school '' is a term which has been used to describe an institution of higher learning specializing in the professional training of librarians . The first library school in the United States was established by Melvil Dewey ( the originator of the Dewey decimal system ) in 1887 at Columbia University . Since then many library schools have been founded in the United States and Canada , with Canada 's first formal librarianship program established at McGill University in 1904 . The development of library schools in other countries began in 1915 , when librarians ' schools were founded at Leipzig and Barcelona ( currently , as a faculty of the Universitat de Barcelona , the latter is the oldest library school in Europe ) . Many others were founded during World War II . The University of Chicago Graduate Library School became the first library school to confer a master 's degree in library science , which is now the standard professional degree , and later became the first to give a doctoral degree in the field . Other prominent American library schools are located at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . </P>
<P> `` Library school '' is a term which has been used to describe an institution of higher learning specializing in the professional training of librarians . The first library school in the United States was established by Melvil Dewey ( the originator of the Dewey decimal system ) in 1887 at Columbia University . Since then many library schools have been founded in the United States and Canada , with Canada 's first formal librarianship program established at McGill University in 1904 . The development of library schools in other countries began in 1915 , when librarians ' schools were founded at Leipzig and Barcelona ( currently , as a faculty of the Universitat de Barcelona , the latter is the oldest library school in Europe ) . Many others were founded during World War II . The University of Chicago Graduate Library School became the first library school to confer a master 's degree in library science , which is now the standard professional degree , and later became the first to give a doctoral degree in the field . Other prominent American library schools are located at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . </P>
who established the first training program for librarians
who established the first training program for librarians
Melvil Dewey
Melvil Dewey