A memorial service for Robert S. Taylor, dean emeritus of the Syracuse University
School of
Information Studies (iSchool), will be held Friday, April 24, at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel.
Taylor, a resident of Syracuse, died Jan. 1. He was 90.
Remembrances will be delivered by iSchool Dean Elizabeth D. Liddy; University of
Washington iSchool Dean Emeritus and Professor Michael Eisenberg; University of Illinois
iSchool Professor Emerita Pauline Cochrane; Taylor's former assistant, Connie Webb; Russ
Tarby, his biographer and a Syracuse-area writer; family member Dan Golden; friend and
professor of music at Onondaga Community College Kevin Moore; and iSchool Director of
Alumni Relations and former student Barbara Settel.
Friends, students and colleagues are invited to attend; parking will be available in the Irving
Garage. Individuals should inform the attendant that they are attending the Taylor
memorial service. A reception will follow in the lobby of Hinds Hall.
Dean of the SU School of Information Studies from 1972-81, Taylor made the bold decision
to change the school name from "library science" to the more comprehensive, "information
studies," which set the school on course to be a leader among its peers and a pioneer in
establishing the new academic field of information studies.
Among his other accomplishments, Taylor established the first M.S. in information resource
management and wrote seminal works in the field that continue to shape today's
discussions. He was recognized in 1972 with the American Society for Information Science's
Best Book Award for "The Making of a Library" (John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1972) and was
recognized in 1992 by the American Society for Information Science with its highest
recognition, the Award of Merit.
The iSchool is accepting contributions to the Fay and Robert Taylor Scholarship Fund,
which provides partial scholarship and financial assistance to a deserving graduate student
in the M.S. in Library and Information Science program. Donations can be sent to: Fay and
Robert Taylor Scholarship Fund, 343 Hinds Hall, School of Information Studies, Syracuse
University, Syracuse, NY 13244.
All are invited to share a remembrance on a tribute website at http://ischool.syr.edu/taylor.
