Yakima Valley Regional Libraries Plath Forum - 1984, tape 3B.
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1984
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Abstract
Final part of a talk by Dr. Peter Hiatt, entitled Self Knowledge: the Career Development and Assessment Center for Librarians. Dr. Hiatt He served as a branch head librarian in the Elizabeth, New Jersey Public Library System from 1957-59, and later as an instructor at Rutgers while working on his doctorate. A unique position was created for him in 1963 in Indiana, the first ever cooperative hire between a state university (Indiana University) and a state agency (The Indiana State Library). For the Library, he served as a consultant, and ran many continuing education programs and workshops at libraries around the state; for the University, he served as an assistant, later an associate professor at the Graduate Library School on the main Bloomington campus. He received a federal research grant, and became the chief investigator of the Indiana Library Studies Project to study and recommend improvements in library service throughout Indiana in all types of libraries. The two-year project resulted in nineteen report volumes, authored or co-authored by Peter and other experts, and edited by his wife. In 1970, Peter was hired to be the Library Program Director, facilitating education and continuing education opportunities for library personnel in the thirteen member western states at WICHE (Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education) headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. He was recruited in 1974 to his father’s alma mater to head UW’s Graduate Library School (since evolved into the current iSchool). He served terms as President of the American Library Association’s Library Education Division, and as President of ALA’s Adult Services Division. In 1979, he was the recipient of the “Outstanding Service Award” from the Association of American Library Schools. He was the chief investigator of two research grants from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in the use of assessment centers for professional development: phase 1, from 1979-83, and phase 2, from 1990-92. He served two terms, from 1990-97, as a board member, and for a time as board president of the King County Library System’s Board of Trustees. Dr. Hiatt retired from the University of Washington in 1998 as Professor Emeritus.
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Originally recorded on cassette tape, the audio has also been transferred to wav and mp3 formats. 7 minutes and 11 seconds.
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Audio file, Library--Plath Forum, Speeches