Gerald R. Shields

Gerald R. Shields
BornNovember 24, 1925
DiedNovember 10, 2005
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin
Occupation(s)Librarian and educator

Gerald R. Shields (1927 – November 10, 2005)[1] was a librarian, editor, cartoonist and educator.

Shields retired as Assistant Dean of the School of Information and Library Studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo.[2]

Education

Shields received a master of arts in library science from the University of Wisconsin.[2]

Career

Shields was the editor of feature articles in Public Libraries, the journal of the Public Library Association.[2] He served twelve years on the American Library Association (ALA) Council and was chair of the Professional Ethics Committee.[2] He was the founding editor of American Libraries (1968-1973) and the Ohio Library Association Bulletin.[2] He also drew cartoons under the name Jerrybilt.

Awards

  • 1984 New York Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Award.[2]

Bibliography

  • The FBI Creates An Awareness of Librarian Ethics: An Opinionated Historical (Allerton Park Institute, 1989) Review ISBN 0878450858
  • Librarianship: The New Alternatives and the Old Bundle of Tricks Library Trends 32 (3) Winter 1984. pages 349-356
  • Freedom of access to library materials, with John S. Robotham (Neal-Schuman, 1982) ISBN 0918212316
  • Children's Library Services: School or public? (Rowman & Littlefield, 1974) [3] ISBN 9780810806887
  • Budgeting for accountability in libraries; a selection of readings with John Gordon Burke (Scarecrow Press, 1974) ISBN 0810806878

References

  1. ^ "Gerald Shields (Obituary)". American Libraries. 37 (1): 71. January 2006.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Gerald R. Shields Bio - Ethics and the Librarian" (PDF). Ethics and the Librarian. p. 120. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1974: January-June, Book 1974". Library of Congress. 1976. Retrieved 11 December 2015.


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