Margaret A. Chaplan
Labor and Industrial Relations Librarian
Associate Professor of Library Administration
Campus Address:
Library Labor and
Industrial Relations
145 ILIR
504 E. Armory, MC-504
Champaign, Il 61820
Telephone: 217-333-7993
E-mail: chaplan@uiuc.edu
Division: Social Sciences
Major Responsibilities:
Responsible for all the operations and services of the Labor and
Industrial Relations Library, including administration of the unit,
reference and information services, collection development, and original
cataloging of labor materials.
Publications and creative works:
Invited lectures and invited conference presentations:
- "Mapping Laborline Thesaurus terms to Library of Congress Subject
Headings; final report." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Committee of Industrial Relations Librarians, East Lansing, Michigan, May
12, 1994.
- "Academic Budget Cuts and Downsizing Plans." Paper presented at the
College and University Business Libraries Roundtable, Special Libraries
Association annual meeting, Cincinnati, June 7, 1993.
Publications:
Articles in journals:
- Chaplan, Margaret A. 1995. "Mapping Laborline Thesaurus Terms to
Library
of Congress Subject Headings: Implications for Vocabulary Switching."
Library Quarterly 65(1): 39-61.
Book reviews or abstracts of another author's work:
- Chaplan, Margaret A. 1993. review of European Labor Unions, edited by
Joan Campbell. RQ 33(1): 125.
Electronic publishing:
- Development of content and editorial work on the ILIR library web
page.
Service to Disciplinary and Professional Societies or Associations
Membership in professional organizations
- Special Libraries Association
- chair, Bylaws Committee of the Business and Finance Division
- member, Awards Committee of the Illinois Chapter
- Committee of Industrial Relations Librarians
Education
- B.A., history, Rosary College, 1964
- M.A., Graduate Library School, University of Chicago, 1966
