Leigh Estabrook |
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Co-Director, Library Research Center Professor, Library & Information Science Professor, Sociology 313 Library & Information Science Bldg |
| Co-Director Leigh Estabrook has extensive knowledge about library issues and survey research drawn from over 30 years as teacher, consultant, speaker, dean, and librarian. She brings this knowledge to her design of surveys and in her experienced moderation of focus groups. Estabrook is also a full-time University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) faculty member with dual appointments in the Graduate School for Library and Information Science (GSLIS) and the Department of Sociology. From 1986 to 2001 she was dean of GSLIS at UIUC. During that time, GSLIS was ranked first among library and information science schools in the United States, and the school began its award-winning distance education component in its professional master's degree program. Professor Estabrook is the author of almost 50 journal articles. She is a frequent consultant to library vendors and academic and public libraries. Among her recent grant-funded projects are a study of "The Book as the Gold Standard for Promotion and Tenure in the Humanities and Social Sciences" funded by the Mellon Foundation and the study "Institute on Outcomes Based Evaluation" funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. She is currently a consultant for the Pennsylvania Office of Commonwealth Libraries to evaluate their LSTA grants. Dr. Estabrook received her PhD from Boston University in sociology, her MS in library science from Simmons College, and her AB in history from Northwestern University. In 2002 she received the Beta Phi Mu Award from the American Library Association for "distinguished service to education for librarianship." In 2003 she was awarded the Association for Library and Information Science Award for professional contributions to library and information science education. | |
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