Alexander Tscherny, 93, acquisitions librarian at Library of Congress (LC) until his retirement in 1993, died May 7, 2020. He had previously held several positions at LC, as well as the position of junior archivist at the National Archives’ microfilm repository of captured Nazi records. He also worked internationally, including serving as chief of party … Continue reading Tscherny, Alexander
Stephen M. Roberts, 71, associate vice president for university libraries at University of Buffalo, New York, until his 2010 retirement, died September 21. During his 33 years at the university, he established UBdigit, which made the university’s digital collections available, and UB Wings, the first campus-wide information system. His efforts led UB Libraries to receive … Continue reading Roberts, Stephen
Marjorie Lewis, 91, a children’s librarian in schools and public libraries in Montclair, New Jersey; Scarsdale, New York; and London, died December 7. Lewis also wrote three children’s books and coedited Waltzing on Water, an anthology of poetry by women.
Janet M. Hauser, 85, who retired from Glencoe (Ill.) Public Library as children’s librarian in 2010, died December 7.
Frank P. Grisham, 92, died October 9. He served as director of Vanderbilt (Tenn.) University Library from 1968 until 1982, then as executive director of the Southeastern Library Network in Atlanta until his retirement in 1994. Grisham, who established the Vanderbilt Television News Archive in 1968, received many library awards, including the American Library Association’s … Continue reading Grisham, Frank
Ben Emmett Grimm, 96, director of Jersey City (N.J.) Free Public Library until his 1985 retirement, died November 9. He served as 1968-1969 president of the New Jersey Library Association, and after retirement worked as a library consultant.
Alan Cornish, 59, director of library technology services at University of Oregon in Eugene since 2018, died November 5. Prior to joining University of Oregon, he served as automation librarian at Texas A&M University Libraries in College Station; systems librarian at National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland; head of library systems at Washington State University … Continue reading Cornish, Alan
Briana Jarnagin left the Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services November 6.
October 30 Les Valentine retired as university archivist at University of Nebraska Omaha.
Mike Taylor retired December 26 as director of Pender County (N.C.) Library.
Everett Wilkie, 73, head librarian of the Connecticut Historical Society until his 1997 retirement, died December 23. He previously served as bibliographer at Brown University’s John Carter Brown Library in Providence, Rhode Island, and reference librarian at Indiana University’s Lilly Library in Bloomington. Wilkie produced several descriptive bibliographies and research works on French Americana during … Continue reading Wilkie, Everett
“He is so routine-driven that he never considers doing ‘home’ things at the computer lab or ‘computer lab’ things at home,” says his mom, Rebecca Miller. “Being able to do these things at home is not the same to him at all.” In addition, using the computer lab gave Jack a taste of what his … Continue reading A Disproportionate Pandemic
