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Beta Phi Mu Award
The Beta Phi Mu Award is an annual prize recognizing an individual for distinguished service to education for librarianship. First bestowed in 1954, Award recipients include various prominent leaders in the field of librarianship. The Award is sponsored by the international honor society Beta Phi Mu (ΒΦΜ or βφμ), founded in 1948 to promote scholastic achievement among library and information science students. Recipients 2020-present *2021. Marcia Rapchak. School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh. *2020. John M. Budd. University of Missouri. 2010-2019 *2019. Mirah J. Dow. Emporia State University. *2018. Clara Chu, University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign *2017. Em Claire Knowles, Simmons College, School of Library and Information Science *2016. Annabel K.Stephens, University of Southern Mississippi *2015. Beverly P. Lynch, University of California, Los Angeles *2014. Beth M. Paskoff, Louisiana State University. *2013. Elizabeth Aversa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolph Hjalmar Gjelsness
Rudolph Hjalmar Gjelsness (October 18, 1894 – August 16, 1968) was a prominent American librarian and literary translator who served as Dean of the University of Michigan's Library Science Department from 1940 to 1964. Additionally, he held positions at a variety of public and university libraries, including the New York City Public Library, the University of Arizona, and the University of California-Berkeley, as well as several others both in the United States and abroad. He also contributed articles to numerous scholarly journals within the library field, including ''Public Libraries'', ''The Library Quarterly'', and the '' Journal of Education for Librarians''. In 1999, ''American Libraries'' named him one of the "100 Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century." Early life and education: 1894–1925 Rudolph Hjalmar Gjelsness was born in the farming community of Reynolds, North Dakota on October 18, 1894.Bentley Historical Library, Rudolph H. Gjelsness Papers 1919-1968: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Lacy Jones
Virginia Lacy Jones (June 25, 1912 – December 3, 1984) was an American librarian who throughout her 50-year career in the field pushed for the integration of public and academic libraries. She was one of the first African Americans to earn a PhD in Library Science and became dean of Atlanta University's School of Library Sciences. Early life Virginia Lacy was born to Edward and Ellen Lacy in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 25, 1912. She spent much of her childhood in Clarksburg, West Virginia. She recalled that growing up her family was "poor, hardworking, proud, and ambitious." She said that books and reading were always a part of her home life. She and her mother made frequent trips to the public library in Clarksburg, which was not segregated. In 1927, Jones moved to St. Louis, Missouri to live with an aunt and uncle. The move could have facilitated the path to a virtually expense-free college education through the Harris Teachers College as she desperately wanted to further her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Library Science Awards
A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a virtual space, or both. A library's collection can include printed materials and other physical resources in many formats such as DVD, CD and cassette as well as access to information, music or other content held on bibliographic databases. A library, which may vary widely in size, may be organized for use and maintained by a public body such as a government; an institution such as a school or museum; a corporation; or a private individual. In addition to providing materials, libraries also provide the services of librarians who are trained and experts at finding, selecting, circulating and organizing information and at interpreting information needs, navigating and analyzing very large amounts of information with a variety of resources. Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gretchen Knief Schenk
Gretchen Knief Schenk (October 1, 1901 – May 16, 1989) was an American librarian, who served as Washington State Library, Washington State Librarian from 1942 to 1945, and as president of the Alabama Library Association from 1949 to 1950. She was inducted into the California Library Hall of Fame in 2013. Early life Gretchen D. Knief was born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Frederick Constantine Knief and Dora Mueller Knief. Her father was a Lutheran minister, who moved the family to southern California in 1923. She attended Milwaukee State Normal School, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Illinois system, University of Illinois Library School. Career Knief's early library jobs included work at the Milwaukee Public Library, the Los Angeles Public Library, the Santa Monica Public Library, and the Siskiyou County Free Library in Yreka, California. In 1939, Knief was the county librarian of Kern County, California, when the coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Miller Hostetter
Anita or ANITA may refer to: Arts * ''Anita'' (1967 film), an Indian film * ''Anita'' (2009 film), an Argentine film * ''Anita'' (2021 film), a Hong Kong film *'' Anita: Swedish Nymphet'', a 1973 erotic film People *Anita (given name), people with the given name Anita Places *Anita, Indiana, a former town in Johnson County, Indiana *Anita, Iowa, city in Cass County, Iowa *Anita, Pennsylvania *Batey Anita Airport, in Consuelo, Dominican Republic *Lake Anita State Park, state park in Cass County, Iowa, US *Santa Anita (other) Science and technology *''Amblypodia anita'', a species of blue butterfly *ANITA grade, a group of plants consisting of the most basal angiosperm lineages *Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna experiment *Sumlock ANITA calculator Storms *Hurricane Anita, an Atlantic hurricane in 1977 *Tropical Storm Anita (other) The name Anita has been used for thirteen tropical cyclones worldwide: one in the North Atlantic Ocean, one in the South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Round Wilson
Louis Round Wilson (December 27, 1876 – December 10, 1979) was an important figure to the field of library science, and is listed in “100 of the most important leaders we had in the 20th century,” an article in the December 1999 issue of ''American Libraries''. The article lists what he did for the field of library science including dean at the University of Chicago Graduate Library School, directing the library at the University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill, and as one of the “internationally oriented library leaders in the U.S. who contributed much of the early history of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.” The Louis Round Wilson Library is named after him. Background Louis Round Wilson was born on December 27, 1876, in Lenoir, North Carolina.Tauber, M. F. (1967). Louis Round Wilson: Librarian and Administrator. New York: Columbia University Press. Wilson was the youngest child of Jethro Reuben and Louisa Jane (Round) Wilson, who wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles C
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was ''Churl, Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinisation of names, Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as ''Carolus (other), Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesse H
Jesse may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jesse (biblical figure), father of David in the Bible. * Jesse (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Jesse (surname), a list of people Music * ''Jesse'' (album), a 2003 album by Jesse Powell * "Jesse", a 1973 song by Roberta Flack - see Roberta Flack discography * "Jesse", a song from the album ''Valotte'' by Julian Lennon * "Jesse", a song from the album ''The People Tree'' by Mother Earth * "Jesse" (Carly Simon song), a 1980 song * "Jesse", a song from the album ''The Drift'' by Scott Walker * "Jesse", a song from the album '' If I Were Your Woman'' by Stephanie Mills Other * ''Jesse'' (film), a 1988 American television film * ''Jesse'' (TV series), a sitcom starring Christina Applegate * ''Jesse'' (novel), a 1994 novel by Gary Soto * ''Jesse'' (picture book), a 1988 children's book by Tim Winton * Jesse, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Jesse Hall, University of Missouri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Shores
Louis Shores (September 14, 1904 – June 19, 1981) was a librarian who worked for the promotion of the library as the center of all learning, in both public and academic institutions. Shores was recognized for his integration of audiovisual materials into library collections. He was named one of the “100 of the most important leaders we had in the 20th century” by ''American Libraries'', and the impact of his vision can be seen today in libraries across the country. Biography Early life Louis Shores was born Louis Steinberg on September 14, 1904 in Buffalo, New York. Shores was the third of five children of Paul and Ernestine (Lutenberg) Steinberg.Shifflett, Lee. (1996) Louis Shores: Defining Educational Librarianship. pp.1-3. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. Both immigrants, Paul was painter specializing in portraits, while Ernestine supported the household as a seamstress. The family moved a couple of times in search of better jobs and education for their family. In 1919 Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Carnovsky
Leon Carnovsky (November 28, 1903 – December 6, 1975) was a librarian and educator who focused much of his time to the survey of libraries in the United States and around the globe. Carnovsky was recognized by American Libraries as being one of the 100 most influential figures in Library and Information Sciences. Personal life Carnovsky was born on November 28, 1903 in St. Louis, Missouri, one of seven children born to Isaac and Jennie Stillman Carnovsky. In early life, Carnovsky found intellectual pursuits to be most interesting, and was encouraged by his parents to continue his intellectual growth, which included frequent trips to the local library.Wedgeworth, R. (1993). World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services (3 ed.). As a young man in the library profession, Leon met Marian Satterthwaite, director of the Enoch Pratt Free Library training class in Baltimore, and was eventually married on August 25, 1939. After her death in January 1965, Leon was remarried in 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
