The White House announced April 18 that President Bush expects to nominate Robert S. Martin, professor and interim director of the Texas Woman’s University School of Library and Information Studies in Denton, to head the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Martin was director and librarian of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission from 1995 to 1999, and served as a professor and associate dean of special collections at Louisiana State University from 1991 to 1995. A graduate of Rice University in Houston, Martin has a master’s degree from the University of North Texas in Denton, and a doctorate in library science from the University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill.
IMLS, established by Congress and signed into law by President Clinton in 1996, administers federal library and museum programs formerly housed in the Department of Education. Under the legislation, the directorship alternates every four years between individuals with special competence in library service and museum service.
Posted April 23, 2001.