Ross W. Atkinson (1945 – March 8, 2006) was an American

librarian A librarian is a person who works professionally in a library providing access to information, and sometimes social or technical programming, or instruction on information literacy to users. The role of the librarian has changed much over time, ...

and scholar. Atkinson worked at

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

from 1977 until 1983 when he left to become an assistant university librarian for collection development at the

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. In 1988, he moved to

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

where he was an associate librarian for collections until his death. Atkinson was named the 2003 Academic/Research Librarian of the Year by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the

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(ALA). The "Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award" was established in 2007 by the

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(ALCTS), another division of the ALA.The Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award
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Literature

* Alan, Robert; MacEwan, Bonnie (2005), ''Community, Collaboration, and Collections: The Writings of Ross Atkinson'', American librarians 1945 births 2006 deaths {{Library-bio-stub