[SLA-SF] Frederick G. Kilgour, Innovative Librarian, Dies at 92

[Thomas, Bruce]

>From The NYT:

 

Frederick G. Kilgour, Innovative Librarian, Dies at 92 

By MARGALIT FOX

Published: August 2, 2006

Frederick G. Kilgour, a distinguished librarian who nearly 40 years ago
transformed a consortium of Ohio libraries into what is now the largest
library cooperative in the world, making the catalogs of thousands of
libraries around the globe instantly accessible to far-flung patrons,
died on Monday in Chapel Hill, N.C. He was 92.

 

Link to full text:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/02/us/02kilgour.html

 

 

Bruce Thomas, Librarian

"Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it
should end there." 

- Clare Booth Luce

 

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