Herman Henry Bernard Meyer (1864 – January 16, 1937) was an American librarian. Meyer attended the Pratt Institute Library School. He worked in several positions at the Library of Congress, including the Head of the Newspaper and Periodical Division (1907), the Chief Bibliographer (1914-1920), and the Head of the Legislative Reference Service (1921-1935)[1] and initiated the Library's services for the blind.[2][3]
herman, meyer, herman, henry, bernard, meyer, 1864, january, 1937, american, librarian, meyer, attended, pratt, institute, library, school, worked, several, positions, library, congress, including, head, newspaper, periodical, division, 1907, chief, bibliograp. Herman Henry Bernard Meyer 1864 January 16 1937 was an American librarian Meyer attended the Pratt Institute Library School He worked in several positions at the Library of Congress including the Head of the Newspaper and Periodical Division 1907 the Chief Bibliographer 1914 1920 and the Head of the Legislative Reference Service 1921 1935 1 and initiated the Library s services for the blind 2 3 Herman H B MeyerPresident of the American Library AssociationIn office 1924 1925Preceded byJudson Toll JenningsSucceeded byCharles F D BeldenPersonal detailsBorn 1864 10 17 October 17 1864New York City New York USADiedJanuary 16 1937 1937 01 16 aged 72 Alma materPratt InstituteOccupationLibrarianHe was president of the American Library Association from 1924 to 1925 4 References Edit Sparks Claud Glenn 1993 Doyen of Librarians A Biography of William Warner Bishop Scarecrow Press p 72 ISBN 0810827727 Hildenbrand Suzanne 1996 Reclaiming the American Library Past Ablex Publishing p 269 ISBN 1567502334 Report of the Library of Congress PDF Library of Congress 1936 p 2 Retrieved 17 February 2016 ALA s Past Presidents American Library Association Retrieved February 15 2016 External links Edit nbsp Media related to Herman H B Meyer at Wikimedia Commons Non profit organization positionsPreceded byJudson Toll Jennings President of the American Library Association1924 1925 Succeeded byCharles F D Belden nbsp This article about a person involved with library and information science is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Herman H B Meyer amp oldid 1160969250, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
