Thomas J. Galvin
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Thomas J. Galvin (December 30, 1932 – February 18, 2004) was an American librarian and academic. Galvin held a bachelor's degree in English from
Simmons College, ultimately being named associate dean and professor. He was then made dean of the school of library and information science at the University of Pittsburgh
from 1974 to 1985.
Galvin served as president of the American Library Association from 1979 to 1980 and as its executive director from 1985 to 1989.[1]
Galvin became director of the library at the
professor emeritus
by the faculty.
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Awards and honors
- ALISE Award for Professional Contributions to Library and Information Sciences Education (1993)
- Medical Library Association’s Eliot Prize for the most significant contribution to the literature of medical librarianship (1988)[3]
- Best information science book of the year by the American Society for Information Science (1979) for The Structure and Governance of Library Networks with Allen Kent.
References
- ^ "ALA's Past Presidents". American Library Association. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ^ "Obituary / Thomas J. Galvin". SUNY Albany. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Ida and George Eliot Prize". Medical Library Association. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
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