Pura Belpré

female, deceased (1982)
librarian, writer, Puerto Rican, Puppeteer, American
Pura Belpré, was the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City, and also a writer, collector of folktales, and puppeteer. There is a d...
Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

female, deceased (1935)
mental illness, American, Breast cancer patients, The Yellow Wallpaper, non-fiction, Feminist…librarian
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a prominent American non-fiction writer, short story writer, novelist, commercial artist, lecturer, and social...
Fred Kilgour

Fred Kilgour

male, deceased (2006)
Information scientist, librarian, Harvard University alumni, American, from North Carolina, From Columbus, Ohio
Frederick Gridley Kilgour (January 6 1914-July 31 2006) was an American librarian and educator known as the founding director of OCLC (Online...
Judith Krug

Judith Krug

female
University of Pittsburgh alumni, University of Chicago alumni, from Chicago, speaker, University of Pittsburgh, PEN/Newman's Own…librarian, Reference Librarian
Judith Fingeret Krug is a United States librarian. She has been the Director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom...
Roch Carrier

Roch Carrier

male, 72 years old
Crémazie, Il est par là, le soleil, French Quebecer, Quebec writer, Acadie, Volkswagen Blues…National Librarian of Canada, librarian
Roch Carrier, OC, (born 13 May 1937) is a celebrated Canadian novelist and author of "contes" (a very brief form of the short story). He is among...

Patrick Wilson

male
professor, University of California, Berkeley, University of California Press, Documents, Information scientist, dean…librarian
Patrick Wilson was a noted librarian, information scientist and philosopher who served as a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and...
Peter Lyman

Peter Lyman

male, deceased (2007)
librarian, information science, American, Stanford University alumni, Brain tumour death, Information scientist
G. Peter Lyman (September 13 1940, San Francisco – July 2 2007, Berkeley, California) was an American professor of information science who taught at...
Ken Roberts

Ken Roberts

male, 63 years old
librarian, Canadian, children's writer
Ken Roberts (born 1946) is a Canadian children's writer who lives in Brantford, Ontario.
Margaret Herrick

Margaret Herrick

female, deceased (1976)
University of Washington, librarian, American, From Spokane, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Margaret Herrick, (September 27, 1902-June 21, 1976) was the librarian and director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Herrick is...