In 1962 the School moved to the University of Pittsburgh with support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Again visionaries, in this case, Governor David Lawrence, Chancellor Litchfield, and Vice Chancellor Van Dusen at the University of Pittsburgh decided at the urging of the University Librarian, Lorena Garloch, to establish a library science program at the University of Pittsburgh. The University worked with Carnegie Tech to move the program to Pitt. Recognizing the need for an additional 1,250 librarians in Pennsylvania and 18,000 librarians in the nation, the State legislature voted for an appropriation of $54,000 and Governor Lawrence signed the legislation, noting:

"It is imperative that such a course be offered in Western PA. It is also imperative that it be part of a full-time, broad academic institution such as the University of Pittsburgh, where graduate students may draw upon the vast technical and instructional resources of one of the Nation's outstanding liberal arts schools".

In 1962, the University Administration had the foresight to recognize the importance of the emerging Knowledge Age and hired Allen Kent from Western Reserve University to initiate an information science program, beginning with a doctoral program and incorporating the Knowledge Availability Systems Center to provide the latest information management and retrieval technologies to local businesses. Mr. Kent also oversaw the computer services and the University library, serving as the first university Chief Information Officer. This program grew to incorporate a master's program and then an undergraduate program in 1979. The School has enhanced our programs through specializations such as school library/media centers, biomedical informatics, archives and records management, geoinformatics, book arts, digital libraries, and a School-wide program in knowledge management.

In 1986 the third key component of the programs was added with the inauguration of a master's program in telecommunications and is widely recognized as the leading program in the country with a cutting edge specialization in wireless systems. In 1989 the School started a lecture series in Information Ethics and later added a course, a website and a Fellows Program - the first and only school to have Information Ethics as a major element in its curriculum. This is the only school with all three major components to conduct research, educate professionals and provide service in all critical areas of the Global Information Highway. The programs also incorporate the very important areas of policies and of Information Ethics, so that we teach not only the "what" and "how" but also the "why." The School is widely recognized around the world for the excellence of all of its programs, and the LIS program is ranked third in North America. Many specializations are also ranked first or in the top four.

We are very happy today to have a history of our School, written by Carol Bleier, an alumna, and edited by Norman Horrocks, a distinguished alumnus and former faculty member of our School. Ms. Jo Butz did a fine job on the book's design, and Dr. Edie Rasmussen developed an excellent index. I would like to thank all four of them for their hard work on making this book such a fine and readable history.

The reason for the great success of the School is the outstanding faculty, staff, students, alumni and other people who have worked to build and support these programs. Our thanks go today to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Museums, our colleagues at Carnegie Mellon, the Elva Smith fund for its generous support, and the many people at the University of Pittsburgh who have built and supported our School.

It is a great pleasure to introduce the outstanding leader of our University, Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg.