Memo from Jo-Ann Pilardi to John Haeger, 1998

V TOWSON UNIVERSITY #- Memo to: v- From: cc: Subject: Date: Provost John Haeger r a Jo-Ann Pilardi, Director, Women's Studies Program Dean Dan Jones, College of Liberal Arts Sara Coulter, Director, Women's Studies Graduate Program Master's in Women's Studies: update and library resources March 27, 1998 Women’s Studies Towson University 8000 York Road Towson, MD 21252-0001 t. 410 830-2660 As you know, the Women's Studies Program is in the process of final approval (we hope) of the Master's degree in Women's Studies. The Proposal recently passed the CLA Curriculum Committee and the Graduate Studies Committee, and it is expected to make the Senate agenda in May. We may have a few non¬ degree students enrolled this fall, though the formal approval for the program from USM and MHEC may not arrive in time to make the program official until the spring 1999 semester. We are excited about its prospects and expect it to fill a much-needed gap in the region. Cook Library is engaged currently in a review of Core Journals for each discipline. Women's Studies is hoping to add and drop a few journals, though there are no expensive ones we can delete from our bare bones list. Because we have been rather weak in women's studies offerings in the social sciences on this campus (unlike on many others), there are no journals yet in the library that specifically address women's issues within, for example, Political Science, Sociology, Law, Economics, and Development. Because the graduate program is an "applied" program (with four Concentrations in Women and Gender in the Workplace, Women's Health, Women in an International Context, and Women and Public Policy), it will require a few basic journals in some of the neglected fields I mentioned above. Journals we do not have presently but that are considered essential in these fields include Women and Politics, Women and Criminal Justice, Violence against Women, and Feminist Economics, to name a few. Another issue of importance is the acquisition of a women's studies database, probably Women's Resources International (very expensive). As you might guess, all Women's Studies Core Journals would be useful to other programs, since we are an interdisciplinary program. Is there any possibility of additional funding from your office to provide for new Core Journals and a database?