Elizabeth Dorothy Futas (May 8, 1944–February 6, 1995) was the head of the University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Library and Information Science from 1986–1995. Earlier in her career, Dr. Futas worked as a cataloger for the Ford Foundation in New York and as a reference librarian at

Queens College Queens College (QC) is a public college in the Queens borough of New York City. It is part of the City University of New York system. Its 80-acre campus is primarily located in Flushing, Queens. It has a student body representing more than 170 ...

. She had also held faculty positions at

Rutgers University-New Brunswick Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was a ...

, Emory University and the University of Washington in Seattle, among other institutions. Her text on Collection Development is widely regarded.

Legacy

Futas is best known for her collections development polices and procedures. The American Library Association offers an annual award to librarians in Futas' name titled Futas Catalyst for Change Award.Futas Award
ALA. Retrieved January 16, 2008.

Works

Collection Development Policies and Procedures
(1995) Oryx Press,
Developing public library collections, policies, and procedures : a how-to-do-it manual for small and medium-sized public libraries
Neal-Shuman (1991)
Library Acquisition Policies and Procedures
(1984) Oryx Press,
The Library Forms Illustrated Handbook
(1984) Neal-Schuman, * Dissertation
Communication and information patterns in the emerging, interdisciplinary area of women's studies
Rutgers University (1980)

References

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