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ALCTS Anniversary Survey: Take a minute to reflect on your time and experience in libraries.
History Highlights
- ALCTS/RTSD Past Presidents Complete listing of those who served in that post.
- "Nineteen Fifty-seven and All That" Paul S. Dunkin looks back at the first year of the new division.
- "Electronics Taking Big Role in Libraries" Esther Piercy shares 1963's future vision for libraries.
Photo Gallery
- Glimpse the past.
6 ALCTS Past Presidents at the 2004 Annual Conference
Coming Soon
- ALCTS FAQs
- Did You Know?
- Trivia
Looking Back: Moments in ALCTS History 1957-2007
Electronics Taking Big Role in Libraries
article that appeared in the Baltimore Sun in 1963 that features Esther J. Piercy, the first editor of LRTS. | MORE
Nineteen Fifty-seven and All That
article in LRTS, spring 1958 by Paul S. Dunkin, LRTS assistant editor for the brand-new Cataloging and Classification Section.
A snapshot of what happened in 1957:
It was the Year of the Great Osmosis. On the very first day the ancient and honorable Division of Cataloging and Classification was swallowed up by something bigger than all of us, the Resources and Technical Services Division. We became a lowly, albeit vocal, section along with three partner sections for acquisitions, serials, and copying methods. | MORE
ALCTS/RTSD Past Presidents
2005-2006
Rosann V. Bazirjian, University Librarian, University of North Carolina - Greensboro; Rosann_bazirjian@uncg.edu
2004-2005
Carol Pitts Diedrichs, Dean, University of Kentucky, Wm T Young Library; diedrichs@uky.edu
2003-2004
Brian E. C. Schottlaender, University Librarian, University of California - San Diego; becs@library.ucsd.edu
2002-2003
Olivia M. A. Madison, Dean of the Library, Iowa State University Library; omadison@iastate.edu
2001-2002
Bill Robnett, Library Director, CSU Monterey Bay, bill_robnett@csumb.edu
2000-2001
Carlen Ruschoff, Director of Technical Services, University of Maryland; ruschoff@deans.umd.edu
1999-2000
Peggy Johnson, Assistant University Librarian, University of Minnesota; m-john@tc.umn.edu
1998-1999
Sheila S. Intner, Silver Spring, MD; shemat@aol.com
1997-1998
Janet Swan Hill, Associate Director, Technical Services, University Colorado Libraries; janet.hill@colorado.edu
1996-1997
Carol E. Chamberlain, Associate Dean, Simmons College; cechamber@earthlink.net
1995-1996
David Farrell, Curator, History of Science and Technology Program, The Bancroft Library, University California - Berkeley; dfarrell@library.berkeley.edu
1994-1995
Robert P. Holley, Professor, Wayne State University; aa3805@wayne.edu
1993-1994
Jennifer A. Younger, Director of Libraries, University of Notre Dame; younger.1@nd.edu
1992-1993
Lizbeth Bishoff, Head, Office of Sponsored Programs, University of Colorado–Boulder; Liz.Bishoff@colorado.edu
1991-1992
Arnold Hirshon, Executive Director, Nelinet Inc; hirshon@nelinet.net
1990-1991
Ruth C. Carter, Mt. Pleasant, SC; rccats13@comcast.net
1989-1990
Nancy R. John, University of Illinois; nrj@uic.edu
1988-1989
Carolyn L. Harris, Deceased: 1994
1987-1988
Marion Reid, Dean, Interim VP for External Affairs, California State University San Marcos Library; mreid@csusm.edu
1986-1987
Judith P. Cannan, Chief, Instructional Design & Training Division, Library of Congress; jcan@loc.gov
1985-1986
Marcia Tuttle, Chapel Hill, NC; mtuttle2@nc.rr.com
1984-1985
William J. Myrick, Jr., New York, NY
1983-1984
Susan Brynteson, University of Delaware Library; susanb@udel.edu
1982-1983
Norman J. Shaffer, Willowbrook, IL
1981-1982
Charlotta C. Hensley, Deceased: 2004
1980-1981
Karen Horny, Dean of Library Services, Southwest Missouri State University, Meyer Library; klh533f@smsu.edu
1978-1979-1980*
William A. Gosling, Curator Children's Literature Collection, University of Michigan; WGOSLING@UMICH.EDU (*Served two-year term because of resignation.)
1977-1978
Norman Dudley, No record available
1976-1977
Paul Fasana, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1975-1976
Dale Bentz, Iowa City, IA; dalembentz@hotmail.com
1974-1975
Doralyn Hickey, Deceased
1973-1974
Dorothy Ladd, Warsaw, VA
1972-1973
Connie Dunlap, Ann Arbor, MI
1971-1972
Barbara Westby, Deceased
1970-1971
C. Donald Cook, Deceased
1969-1970
W. Carl Jackson, Deceased
1968-1969
Carol Raney, Acting President, No record available
Margaret Brown, Elected President, but broke her hip just before Midwinter, Newtown, PA
1967-1968
David C. Weber, Corona Del Mar, CA; DCWeber01@cox.net
1966-1967
1965-1966
Wesley Simonton, Hopkins, MN
1964-1965
Paul Dunkin, No record available
1963-1964
James E. Skipper, Oro Valley, AZ
1962-1963
Dorothy Comins, Deceased
1961-1962
Helen Welch, No record available
1960-1961
Melvin Voigt, Deceased
1959-1960
John Fall, New York, NY
1958-1959
F. Bernice Field, No record available
1957-1958
Edwin Colburn, the first RTSD/ALCTS President, No record available