Jh. Bair et Jc. Barrons, THE ACADEMIC ELITE IN LIBRARY-SCIENCE - LINKAGES AMONG TOP-RANKED GRADUATE PROGRAMS, College & research libraries, 58(3), 1997, pp. 233-235
In a national survey of deans, top administrators, and senior faculty,
the ten top-ranked graduate programs in library science were substant
ially linked to one another by hiring one another's graduates. It is s
uggested that this linkage helps these programs to maintain and enhanc
e their prestige.