Adam Julius Strohm (February 16, 1870 – October 30, 1951) was a Swedish-American librarian. He was born in

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and came to the United States in 1892. He was educated at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, and the

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. Strohm served as chief librarian of the

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from 1912 until his retirement in 1941. Prior to moving to Detroit, he served as librarian at the

. He was recognized as a pioneer of introducing branch libraries to public libraries. Strohm served as president of the

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from 1930 to 1931. Strohm died after a heart attack in

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Publications

Bibliography of Cooperative Cataloguing and the Printing of Catalogue Cards
(1903)
Efficiency of the Library Staff and Scientific Management
Bulletin of the American Library Association, V. 6 (1912)

References

1870 births 1951 deaths Presidents of the American Library Association Swedish emigrants to the United States People from Vänersborg Municipality Uppsala University alumni {{library-bio-stub