Sharp chose the University of Illinois, and the program moved to Urbana. The University of Illinois and the University of Wisconsin were interested in the program, and both universities offered to accept Sharp's program. The Armour facility did not provide enough collection or classroom space that was needed, and finances were becoming tight. Sharp, in turn, became the library school: "Her enthusiasm, her drive, and her unswerving dedication were the determining factors for the school during its formative years in Chicago as well as the following ten years when she directed the Illinois State Library School on the Urbana–Champaign campus." The school in Chicago, operating off of a technical institute model, began taking on a university structure under Sharp's leadership. Once established, the school became the only library science program in the Midwest and the fourth in the United States. Dewey recommended Katharine Sharp, who was finishing up her library science degree program in Dewey's school in Albany, NY. Seeking a director, Gunsaulus, the president of the Institute, asked Melvil Dewey to recommend the best person for the job. The public library had come to be seen by most as a "university of the people," and those who were to become the "best librarians" were those formally educated in the trade. The program has its roots in the Science Program at the Armour Institute of Chicago created in September 1893 as part of the strong cultural movement following the Industrial Revolution to professionally educate men and women for the upcoming twentieth century and for the technical world.
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