Title: Marion Reid Papers, 1986-1989
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject title and chronologically thereunder
Biographical Note
Marion Reid was born on October 27, 1944, in Baltimore. Maryland. She began her library career as a student assistant at the Illinois State Natural History Survey Library. After obtaining her MILS, joined the Louisiana State University Libraries staff. Reid received a Council on Library Resources Fellowship in 1974. In 1989, Reid became one of the founding faculty members at the California State University San Marcos campus. She was instrumental in developing the university library, retiring as Kellogg Library dean on September 9, 2009.
Reid also held several leadership positions in the RTSD/ALCTS, including Vice President (1986/87), President (1987/88), and Past President (1988/89). During Reid’s tenure, the organization successfully navigated both fiscal crisis and staff turnover and changed its name from Resources and Technical Services Division (RTSD) to Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS).
Sources:“RTSD and ALCTS: A Personal History Through the Eyes of Our Leaders” by Miriam Palm, [url=https://www.ala.org/alcts/sites/ala.org.alcts/files/content/about/misshist/ch1_0838984312history.pdf]https://www.ala.org/alcts/sites/ala.org.alcts/files/content/about/misshist/ch1_0838984312history.pdf[/url]
[i]STEPS Magazine, [/i]“Life at the Library: Dean Marion Reid Retires after 20 Years of Service” [url=https://news.csusm.edu/steps-magazine--life-at-the-library-dean-marion-reid-retires-after-20-years-of-service/]https://news.csusm.edu/steps-magazine--life-at-the-library-dean-marion-reid-retires-after-20-years-of-service/[/url]
“Reid, Marion T.” in [i]Who’s Who in Library and Information Services[/i], ed. Joel M. Lee, Robert J. Beran, and Sandra Whiteley, (Chicago: American Library Association, 1982), 408.
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