Catherine Sheldrick Ross
Catherine Sheldrick Ross | |
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Born | Catherine Louise Sheldrick[1] November 4, 1945 London, Ontario, Canada |
Died | September 11, 2021 London, Ontario, Canada | (aged 75)
Academic background | |
Education | University of Toronto (BA, MA) University of Western Ontario (PhD) |
Thesis | Dark matrix: a study of Isabella Valancy Crawford (1975) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Western Ontario |
Catherine Sheldrick Ross FRSC (November 4, 1945 – September 11, 2021) was a professor and later dean of the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at University of Western Ontario. In 2018, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Personal life
Ross was born to parents Russell and Elsie Sheldrick in London, Ontario,[2] although she spent her summers in New Brunswick.[3] Both her mother and aunt Murielle were teachers.[2][4]
Education and career
Ross earned her undergraduate and master's degree at the University of Toronto before completing her PhD at the University of Western Ontario. Due to budget cuts, Ross was unable to find a career in teaching until 1981 when she joined the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Western Ontario.[5]
In 1995, Ross was awarded the Jesse Shera Award for Research by the American Library Association for her article “If They Read Nancy Drew, So What? – Readers Talk Back."[6]
After reading
In 2013, Ross was the recipient of the NoveList's Margaret E. Munroe Award for her “significant contributions to library adult services.”[11][12] In 2015, her book "Shapes in Math, Science and Nature: Squares, Triangles and Circles" was shortlisted for the Information Book Award by the Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada.[13]
In 2018, Ross was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[5]
Death
Ross died of
Publications
The following is a list of publications:[15]
- Conducting the reference interview: a how-to-do-it manual for librarians (2019)
- Reading still matters: what the research reveals about reading, libraries, and community (2018)
- Shapes in math, science and nature: squares, triangles and circles (2014)
- The pleasures of reading: a booklover's alphabet (2014)
- Communicating professionally: a how-to-do-it manual (2013)
- Squares (1996)
- Triangles: shapes in math, science and nature (1994)
- Circles: shapes in math, science and nature (1992)
- Alice Munro: a double life (1992)
- The amazing milk book (1991)
References
- ^ "Catherine Ross Obituary". Legacy.com.
- ^ a b "Ross, Catherine Sheldrick 1945-". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
- ^ "Meet Our Keynote Speaker: Catherine Sheldrick Ross". lmmontgomery.com. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
- ^ "MURIEL ELIZABETH THOMPSON". inmemoriam.ca. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Catherine Ross named to the Royal Society of Canada". fims.uwo.ca. 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
- ^ "LRRT's Shera Research Awards Recipients". ala.org. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
- ^ "Science in Society Book Award". bookcentre.ca. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
- ^ a b "2002 Reference Service Press Award Winners". rspfunding.com. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
- ^ "Other Awards". fims.uwo.ca. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
- ^ "Catherine Ross honoured for outstanding scholarship". fims.uwo.ca. November 9, 2009. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
- ^ "Catherine Sheldrick Ross". alastore.ala.org. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
- ^ "Dr. Catherine Sheldrick Ross". ala.org. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
- ^ "Winnipeg Children's Literature Roundtable Information Book Awards". mcnallyrobinson.com. August 30, 2015. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
- ^ "Catherine Ross Death Notice". Archived from the original on October 6, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
- ^ "au:Ross, Catherine Sheldrick". worldcat.org. Retrieved April 14, 2019.