John Y. Cole
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Occupation(s) | Historian of the Library of Congress (2016-present) |
John Y. Cole (born July 30, 1940) is an American librarian, historian, and author. He was the founding director of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress and in 2016 became the first official historian of the Library of Congress.
Education and career
John Young Cole was born in
From 1946 to 1966, Cole was chief of the library branch of the U.S. Army Intelligence School, stocking the library's collection on foreign intelligence from books in the Library of Congress surplus books program.[5]
Cole was hired at the Library of Congress in 1966 as an administrative assistant.
Cole served as the executive director for the Center of the Book from 1977 to 2016.[5][6] Under his leadership, the Center began the popular National Book Festival, opened the Young Readers Center to encourage reading by young people, and created the Library of Congress Literacy Awards, providing recognition and financial prizes for organizations that promote increased literacy.[5]
In 2016, Cole was named the first Historian of the Library of Congress.[7] The position is dedicated to research and documentation of the history of the Library of Congress.[7]
He has received a variety of awards, notably the first "Champion for Literacy" award, presented by the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy in 2016,[8] and the 2000 Joseph W. Lippincott Award, presented by the American Library Association for distinguished service to librarianship.[9] The Lippincott Award statement praised Cole for having "exposed the American people to the power of the written word through dozens of national reading and library promotion projects including the landmark Read More About It series on CBS Television."[9]
Since 2003 Cole and his wife, Director of the
Selected bibliography
- Cole, John Young; Congress, Library of (1979). For Congress and the Nation : a chronological history of the Library of Congress through 1975. OCLC 2633473.
- Cole, John Young (1993). Jefferson's legacy : a brief history of the Library of Congress. Library of Congress. OCLC 26502795.
- Cole, John Young; Congress, Library of (1995). On these walls : inscriptions and quotations in the buildings of the Library of Congress. The Library. OCLC 31295109.
- Cole, John Young; Cole, John Y.; Reed, Henry Hope; Small, Herbert (1997). The Library of Congress : the art and architecture of the Thomas Jefferson Building. W. W. Norton & Company. OCLC 37694014.
- Cole, John Young; Aikin, Jane (2004). Encyclopedia of the Library of Congress : for Congress, the nation & the world. Library of Congress. OCLC 57558633.
- Cole, John Y. (2017). America's greatest library : an illustrated history of the Library of Congress. OCLC 974677704.
References
- ^ "Cole, John Young, 1940-". Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Distinguished Alumni". University of Washington Information School. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ Jacobsen, Elizabeth (15 June 2004). Intellectual Biography of John Y. Cole. p. 22. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ JSTOR 20720645.
- ^ a b c d e f "My Job at the Library: The Library's First Official Historian". Library of Congress blog. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ S2CID 161747506.
- ^ a b "Cole Named Library of Congress Historian; Jackson Appointed Director of Center for the Book". Fine Books & Collections. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Barbara Bush Foundation Presents First Ever "Champion for Literacy" Award to Library of Congress Historian John Cole". Barbara Bush Foundation. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ a b "John Cole Receives 2000 Lippincott Award from the American Library Association". Library of Congress. 4 May 2000. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "The Nancy E. Gwinn and John Y. Cole Endowment". Smithsonian Libraries. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ James, Sheryl. "Alumni profile: Nancy Gwinn". University of Michigan School of Information. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ McCarthy, Debbie (Fall 2015 – Winter 2016). "Private Support Funds Training to Transform Library Catalog System" (PDF). The Library Associate. University of Wyoming Libraries: 14. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
External links
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Interview with John Y. Cole about Year of the Young Reader, All About Kids! TV Series #20 (1989)