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Russell Shank
Russell Shank (September 2, 1925 – June 26, 2012) was an American librarian. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II earning the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
After military service Shank studied electrical engineering at the University of Washington and earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1946. He went on to receive a bachelor's in librarianship in 1949, also from the University of Washington.
Shank earned a master's in business administration from the University of Wisconsin and a doctorate in library science from the Columbia University School of Library Service.
Shank served as an assistant university librarian at the University of California Berkeley from 1959 to 1964 and was a member of the faculty of the Columbia University library school.
He was the first director of libraries at the Smithsonian Institution from 1968 to 1977. Among his achievements was hiring Johannes (John) Hyltoft, Chief of Conservation at the Folger Shakespeare Library, to set up and oversee the Smithsonian’s new rare book and document conservation laboratory.
In 1977, Shank was named chief librarian at the University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) where he served until he retired from that position in 1989. Shank was also a professor emeritus in UCLA's School of Library and Information Science.
Shank was president of two divisions of the American Library Association: the Information Science and Automation Division (1968–1969) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (1972–1973). He was elected President of the American Library Association for 1978-1979.
Shank was instrumental in forming FEDLINK (the Federal Library and Information Network). He advocated to make Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights part of American Library Association policy.
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Russell Shank
Russell Shank (September 2, 1925 – June 26, 2012) was an American librarian. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II earning the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
After military service Shank studied electrical engineering at the University of Washington and earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1946. He went on to receive a bachelor's in librarianship in 1949, also from the University of Washington.
Shank earned a master's in business administration from the University of Wisconsin and a doctorate in library science from the Columbia University School of Library Service.
Shank served as an assistant university librarian at the University of California Berkeley from 1959 to 1964 and was a member of the faculty of the Columbia University library school.
He was the first director of libraries at the Smithsonian Institution from 1968 to 1977. Among his achievements was hiring Johannes (John) Hyltoft, Chief of Conservation at the Folger Shakespeare Library, to set up and oversee the Smithsonian’s new rare book and document conservation laboratory.
In 1977, Shank was named chief librarian at the University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) where he served until he retired from that position in 1989. Shank was also a professor emeritus in UCLA's School of Library and Information Science.
Shank was president of two divisions of the American Library Association: the Information Science and Automation Division (1968–1969) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (1972–1973). He was elected President of the American Library Association for 1978-1979.
Shank was instrumental in forming FEDLINK (the Federal Library and Information Network). He advocated to make Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights part of American Library Association policy.