The Elizabeth W. Stone Lecture series at the Catholic University of America honors the contributions of the former dean of the School of Library and Information Science. Elizabeth W. Stone joined the faculty at Catholic University of America in 1961,was named chair of the Department of Library Science in 1972, and Dean in 1981.
The first lecturer in 1990 was Timothy S. Healy, S.J. who was former president of Georgetown University and president of the New York Public Library. Lecturers have included scholars, administrators from the Library of Congress, national library association officers, academic library officers, and alumni.
YearLecturerTitleRichard Huffine2025"The Convergence of Data, Information and Knowledge in Practice Today”Martin R. Kalfatovic2024"Finding the Nature of Illumination in Libraries and Museums: Cultural Heritage and the Technology of Culture"Nicholas Alexander Brown2023“Community Engagement & Advocacy in Libraries: How to Thrive in Volatile Times”Julius C. Jefferson Jr.2022“The First Amendment, Race and the Truth: Librarians and Social Justice”Trevor Owens2021“Caring for Digital Collections in the Anthropocene”No lecture2020Kate Zwaard2019“Innovation and Digital Strategy at the Library of Congress”Dave Shumaker 2018How to Predict the Future" Melanie Townsend Diggs2017“Being a ‘beacon of light’ in the face of adversity”Don Collins2016"An Oceanographer's Voyage Into Librarianship"Linda Ueki Absher2015Barbara Stripling2014Blane Dessy2013"The Federal Government's Information Sphere & The Myth of Federal Information Policy"Deanna Marcum2012"Leadership for the Digital Age"Elizabeth Aversa2011"A Passion for Libraries - or - Why We Do What We Do"Clifford Lynch 2010“Scholarship, Cultural Memory and Libraries in the 21st Century”Camila Alire2009"Issues and Trends in American Libraries" Andrew K. Pace2008"From SLIS to OCLC: An Alumnus Reflects on His Career and the Evolving Profession"Deanna Marcum2007"Culture Shock: The Changing Nature of Library Science Education"No lecture2006Richard Baker2005"History on the Hill: From Gunpowder Paste to the Nuclear Option"Siva Vaidhyanathan2004"The Anarchist in the Library"Sanford Berman2003"Not in My Library: Issues of Workplace Speech and Governance"Duane Webster2002"Reflections on the Future of Scholarly Communications"Nancy Kranich2001"Why Do We Still Need Libraries?"John Cole2000"Bicentennial of the Library of Congress"Carla Hayden1999"Institutional Change in a Traditional Library"Kurt Cylke1998"That All May Read" - National Library Service for the Blind and Physically HandicappedHenriette Avram1997"On the Fourth Decade of the MARC Format"Mathilde V. Rovelstad1996"Temples of Wisdom and Faith: The Picture World of Monastic Libraries of the Baroque Period"Jeanne Hurley Simon1995"The Role of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science in American Library Development"Eileen D. Cook1994"Lobbying for Libraries: Thirty Years on Capitol Hill"Hardy R. Franklin1993"Customer Service and the Library: The Crucial Link"William J. Byron, S.J.1992"Library Support for Community Service"Sheilah Kast1991"The Public's Right to Know in the Information Age"Timothy S. Healy, S.J.1990"The Role of the Public Library in a Democratic Society"
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