Theses And Dissertations

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  • The theses and dissertations of UW-Madison SLIS graduates are located by the Reference stacks and arranged by the Cutter number of the author names. For example, the call number of C. J Pawley's dissertation is "Thesis P289r."
  • Theses and dissertations from other universities are processed as books and located in the general collection. For example, the call number of Dr. K Eschenfelder's dissertation is "004.678 Es16c" and is shelved in the general stacks.
  • All theses and dissertations are open to check-out, and the loan period is the same as books. Holdings may be located using MadCat. See the List of Ph.D. Dissertations.
  • UW-Madison faculty, students and staff have online access to the full-text (in pdf format) of UW-Madison dissertations starting in 1997. ( Connect to Dissertations)

Student Papers

  • The student papers are a historical collection of early SLIS students' independent study reports, term papers, Bachelor's or Master's theses, ranging from 1930s to 1960s. The collection contains nearly 140 titles.
  • The papers do not circulate outside SLIS Library.
  • The papers are sorted by the Cutter number of the authors.
  • To browse the titles, go to MadCat, select Basic Search, enter "Paper" in the "Search for" box and select "Call Number Browse" from the "Search by" menu.

List of Ph.D. Dissertations

1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s

1960's

    • Ribbens, Dennis N. "The Reading Interests of Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Lanier." (1969-Major Professor: Monroe)
    • Woodworth, Mary L. "School Librarians' Opinions on Research and Research Needs in School Libraries." (1967-Major Professor: Monroe)

1970's

    • Birdsall, William F. "The American Archivists' Search for Professional Identity, 1909?1936." (1973-Major Professor: Clarke)
    • Burt, Lesta N. "Bibliotherapy: Effect of Group Reading and Discussion on Attitudes of Adult Inmates in Two Correctional Institutions." (1972-Major Professor: Monroe)
    • Byron, Lorene S. "A Comparative Evaluation of Two Indexing Languages." (1974-Major Professor: Boll)
    • Deligdisch, Yekutiel. "The Reading Comprehension of Adult New Readers in Relation to Their Ethnic Backgrounds." (1971-Major Professor: Monroe)
    • Duran, Daniel F. "Latino Communication Patterns: An Investigation of Media Use and Organizational Activity among Mexican, Cuban, and Puerto Rican Residents of Chicago." (1977-Major Professor: Monroe)
    • Durrance, Raymond E. "A Comparison of Characteristics of Journal Articles of Laboratory Science and Environmental Science." (1975-Major Professor: Walker)
    • Espirito Santo, Alexandre. "A Measure of the Dimensions of Inter-disciplinarity of Two Applied Sciences: A Scientometric Model." (1975-Major Professor: Walker)
    • Fenster, Valmai R. "The University of Wisconsin Library School, a History, 1895-1921." (1977-Major Professor: Clarke)
    • Head, John W. "The Effect of Bibliographic Format and Content on Subject Retrieval; a Comparative Study of Four Cataloging Styles." (1971-Major Professor: Boll)
    • Hempstead, John O. "Media and the Learner: The Influence of Media-Message Components on Students' Recall and Attitudes toward the Learning Experience." (1973-Major Professor: Walker)
    • Johnson, Edward R. "The Development of the Subject?Divisional Plan in American University Libraries." (1974-Major Professor: Clarke)
    • Kanner, Elliott E. "The Impact of Gerontological Concepts on Principles of Librarianship." (1972-Major Professor: Clarke)
    • Lange, Clifford E. "Communication Behavior and Interpersonal Coorientation between Public Library Directors and Their Board Members." (1972-Major Professor: Bunge)
    • Levenson, Emil M. "Adult Reading Behavior and Ego?Stage Development: An Inquiry into Reading Motivation." (1979-Major Professor: Monroe)
    • Little, Robert D. "A Study of the Relationship between Sources of Funds and Other Selected Factors and Expenditures for Instructional Materials in Wisconsin Public Schools." (1972-Major Professor: Walker)
    • Lynch, Beverly P. "Library Technology; a Comparison of the Work of Functional Departments in Academic Libraries." (1972-Major Professor: Williamson)
    • Sherrill, Laurence L. "The Affective Responses of Ethnic Minority Readers to Indigenous Ghetto Literature: A Measurement." (1972-Major Professor: Monroe)
    • Surprenant, Thomas T. "A Comparison of Lecture and Programmed Instruction in the Teaching of Basic Catalog Card and Bibliographic Index Information." (1979-Major Professor: Clarke)
    • Vondran, Raymond F. "The Effect of Method of Research on the Information Seeking Behavior of Academic Historians." (1976-Major Professor: Krikelas)
    • Whitmore, Harry E. "The Cabinet de Lecture in France, 1800-1850." (1975-Major Professor: Clarke)
    • Williams, Robert V. "Sources of the Variability in Level of Public Library Development in the United States: A Comparative Analysis." (1978-Major Professor: Williamson)
    • Wyllys, Ronald E. "The Measurement of Jargon Standardization in Scientific Writing Using Rank?Frequency ('Zipf') Curves." (1974-Major Professor: Krikelas)

1980's

    • Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri. "Bibliographic Characteristics of Regional Science." (1988 - Major Professor: Walker)
    • Al-Dosary, Fahad. "The Impact of Theory and Method of Research on Information Usage Patterns of Political Scientists." (1986-Major Professor: Walker)
    • Al-Salem, Salem M. "An Investigation of the Relationship between Academic Role and Information Seeking of Adult Education Faculty Members." (1989-Major Professor: Zweizig)
    • Caswell, Jerry V. "Factors governing the Amount of Duplication in Content Derived Keys." (1985-Major Professor: Krikelas)
    • Dalrymple, Prudence Ward. "Information Seeking Behavior in Two Library Catalogs: A Study of the Effect of Feedback Mechanisms on Query Reformulations." (1987-Major Professor: Zweizig)
    • Dresang, Eliza T. "The Effect of Information Provided through Library Materials in Response to User Expressed Needs in a Mainstreamed Classroom." (1981-Major Professor: Monroe)
    • Fu, Tina C. "The Visible and Invisible Hand of Computer Technology in the Library Organization: A Case Study of Academic Libraries in Wisconsin." (1988-Major Professor: Robbins)
    • Hanna, Marcia. "A Test of the Incremental Model of Federal Budgeting: Library of Congress Program Priorities FY 1961-FY 1981." (1988-Major Professor: Robbins)
    • Heim, Kathleen M. "Social Science Data Archives: A User Study." (1980-Major Professor: Krikelas)
    • Hurt, Charlie D., III. "Identification of Important Literature in Quantum Mechanics: Investigation of a Bibliometric and an Historical Approach." (1981-Major Professor: Walker)
    • James, Stephen E. "An Investigation of the Relationship between Public Library Use Patterns and Local Economic Conditions in Twenty Urban Areas: 1960-1979." (1983-Major Professor: Bunge)
    • Johnson, Debra Wilcox. "The Environmental and Structural Variables of Public Libraries Involved in Adult Literacy Education." (1988-Major Professor: Robbins)
    • Johnson, Donald C. "Government Concern for the Development of Libraries: Sanskrit Manuscript Libraries in India, 1858-1937." (1980-Major Professor: Williamson)
    • Neenan, Peter A. "Advocacy and Practitioner Professionalism: An Investigation of Libraries' Disposition toward Social Change Information Advocacy in Relation to their Individual Professionalism. (1981-Major Professor: Monroe)
    • Reed, Lawrence L. "The Development of the Manuscript Collection at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin through 1969." (1983-Major Professor: Clarke)
    • Rochester, Maxine K. "American Influence on New Zealand Librarianship as Facilitated by the Carnegie Corporation of New York." (1981-Major Professor: Williamson)
    • Seavey, Charles A. "Public Library Systems in Wisconsin 1970-1980; an Evaluation." (1987-Major Professor: Zweizig)
    • Tessmer, Kathleen M. "Librarians' Satisfaction with subject Access to Children's Materials Provided by Library Catalogs." (1985?Major Professor: Woodworth)
    • Thomas, Fannette H. "The Genesis of Children's Services as a Formal Entity in the American Public Library: 1875-1906." (1982?Major Professor: Herman)
    • Williams, Helen E. "The Image of Whites in Recommended Fiction for Children and Young Adults Written by Black Writers 1945?1975." (1982?Major Professor: Woodworth)
    • Zuck, Gregory J. "Unstable Environments and Centralization of Decision Making in Large Academic Libraries." (1980?Major Professor: Clarke)

1990's

    • Ahn, Myeonghee. "Retrieval effectiveness between subject descriptor and citation searching in the water resources literature." (1993-Major Professor: Walker)
    • Applegate, Rachel. "User Satisfaction with Information Services: A Test of the Disconfirmation-Satisfaction Model with a Library OPAC." (1995-Major Professor: Bunge)
    • Besant, Michele. "Out Perceptions of difference : a grounded theory study with white lesbian librarians." (1999-Major Professor: Robbins)
    • Brennan, Terrence F. " A grounded theory of the effects of a bibliographic instruction course on adult learning." (1999-Major Professor: Weingand)
    • Caruso, Rose. "Decision-making Strategies in Academic Libraries." (1993-Major Professor: Robbins)
    • Chen, Su-may Sheih, "The Effect of Perceived Leadership Behavior on the Subordinate's Job Satisfaction in Taiwan's Academic Library, (1998-Major Professor: Weingand)
    • Connaway, Lynn S. "The Levels of Decisions and Involvement in Decision-Making: Effectiveness and Job Satisfaction in Academic Library Technical Services." (1992-Major Professor: Johnson)
    • Crawford, Christine, "Intergroup Bias within the Library Profession: Exploring the Attitudes of Public Library Administrators." (1999-Major Professor: Weingand)
    • Cuban, Sondra, "Before days : women in a library literacy program in Hilo, Hawai'i talk story." (1999-Major Professor: Weingand)
    • Fidler, Linda M. "Interactions with Faculty, Peers, and Practitioners in the Information Curriculum as Predictors of Professionals Identity" (1995-Major Professor: Weingand)
    • Goetzfridt, Nicholas, "The Development of Micronesian Libraries: A Study in the Relevance of Problem Contexts' and Theories of Library Development." (1997-Major Professor: Cortez)
    • Himmel, Ethel. "Perceptions and Behaviors of Chief Officers of State Library Agencies as Effective Public Administrations." (1991-Major Professor: Robbins)
    • Hitt, Charles. "Evaluation of Libraries-Media Education 101 at Mankato State University." (1991-Major Professor: Robbins.)
    • Hsieh-Yee, Ingrid. "The Search Tactics of End Users and Search Intermediaries: A Comparative Study." (1990-Major Professor: Zweizig)
    • Jenkins, Christine. "Youth Service Librarians, the American Library Association, and Intellectual Freedom for Young People, 1940-1973: An Historical Investigation." (1995-Major Professor: Hopkins)
    • Khawam, Yves. "Citation Patterns in the Artificial Intelligence Journal Literature: A Study in the Determination of an Interdisciplinary Research Base." (1990-Major Professor: Walker)
    • Kim, Seonghee. "Intelligent Information Retrieval Using Inductive Learning Algorithm and a Back-propagation Neural Network." (1994-Major Professor: Cortez)
    • Kwak, Chul Wan. "Search Patterns Using Online Catalogs." (1995-Major Professor: Cortez).
    • Lai, Ting Ming. "A Comparative Study of the Use of Academic Libraries by Undergraduates between the U.S. and Taiwan." (1990-Major Professor: Zweizig)
    • Lawson, Rhea B. "Organizational Adaptation by the Urban Public Library." (1998 -Major Professor: Zweizig)
    • Liu, Yan Quan. "Analytical comparison of usefulness of the national public library statistics in the United States and P.R. of China." (1999-Major Professor: Zweizig)
    • Lund, Patricia. "Measurable Effects/Effective Measures: An Investigation of the Impact of Output Measures for Public Libraries on Public Libraries." (1990-Major Professor: Zweizig)
    • Maymi-Sugranes, Hector, "The OAS's Programs for Libraries and Archives (from the 1950s to 1970s)" (1996-Major Professor: Cortez)
    • Mitchell, Carol L. "Language Planning as an Instrument of National Policy: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka in Malaysia." (1993-Major Professor: Wiegand)
    • Olson, Hope A., "The Power to Name: A deconstruction of Subject Access in Library Catalogues." (1996-Major Professor: Cortez)
    • Pawley, Christine Jane. "Reading on the middle border : the culture of print in Osage, Iowa, 1870 to 1900." (1996-Major Professor: Wiegand)
    • Samek, Antonia H. "Librarianship and the Alternative Press in Recent History: The Politics of the Cultural Record." (1998-Major Professor: Wiegand)
    • Stavri, Zoë. "Medical Problem Attributes and Information-seeking Questions," (1992-Major Professor: Zweizig.)
    • Varlejs, Jana. "Librarians' Self-Directed Continuing Education Projects." (1996-Major Professor: Robbins)
    • Watson-Boone, Rebecca. "A Qualitative Study of How Librarians at a Public Research-I University Envision Their Work and Work Lives." (1995-Major Professor: Wiegand).
    • Weintraub, Irwin. "A Comparison of the Characteristics of the Research Literatures of Conventional and Sustainable Agriculture" (1990-Major Professor: Walker)
    • Younger, Jennifer A. "The Consequences of Structural Change for the Performance of a University Library." (1990-Major Professor: Robbins)

2000s

    • Becker, Patti C. " Up the Hill of Opportunity: American Public Libraries and ALA during World War II." (2002-Major Professor: Wiegand)
    • Kelsey, Marie E. "The lived experience of Minnesota secondary school library media
      specialists in an era of educational reform : a dual-method
      investigation." (2005-Major Professor: Robbins)
    • Kim, Chang Suk. "Predicting Information Searching Performance with Measures of Cognitive Diversity." (2002-Major Professor: Zweizig)
    • Kim, Yunkeum. "Measuring and Assessing Internet Service Quality at Public Libraries." (2003-Major Professor: Zweizig)
    • Kwon, Nahyun. "Modeling the Factors Affecting Individuals' Use of Community Networks: A Survey Exploration of Community Information and Technology Use Behavior." (2002-Major Professor: Zweizig)
    • Davis, Susan E. "Organization and Influence in Professional Standards Development : the Case of Archival Description." (2003-Major Professor: Wiegand.)
    • Lim, Sook. "Power of systems offices in academic library organizations." (2004-Major Professor: Robbins)
    • Salaba, Athena. "Term Selection Process in Subject Searching:
      End-User Interactions with Information Retrieval Systems and Indexing
      Lanaguages." (2005-Major Professor: Cortez)
    • Slygh, Gyneth Liljeblad. "Shake, Rattle, and Role! : the Effects of Professional Community on the Collaborative Role of the School Librarian." (2000-Major Professor: Zweizig).
    • Wertheimer, Andrew B. "Japanese American Community Libraries in America's Concentration Camps, 1942-1946." (2004-Major Professor: Wiegand).
    • Wiseman, Mary Jane. "What Happens to Reading Skills Over the Summer? : A Study of Children Who Have Completed Grade One." (2000-Major Professor: Hopkins).
    • Yoo, Eun-Young. "Factors Affecting Middle-Aged Women's Health Information Seeking on the Web." (2004-Major Professor: Robbins).
    • Lim, Sook. "Power of Systems Offices in Acdemic [sic] Library Organizations." (2004-Major Professor: Robbins).
    • Newell, Terrance S. "Rethinking Information Literacy Learning Environments : A Study to Examine the Effectiveness of Two Learning Approaches." (2006-Major Professor: Eschenfelder).