Carolyn Lynnet Harris (1947 – January 15, 1994) was an American library conservationist. She received a B.A. in Art History in 1969 and a Masters of Library Science in 1970, both from the

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Career

Harris was educated at the

and began her career as a manuscript cataloguer at the University of Texas's

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, where she worked from 1973 to 1980. From 1981 to 1987, she was the head of

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’ Preservation Division. After teaching in Columbia University's preservation and conservation library science program, she was named program director in 1990. When the program closed in 1992, she moved it to the University of Texas at Austin. From 1992 to 1994, she was director and a senior lecturer of the Preservation and Conservation Studies at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Texas at Austin. She published extensively throughout her career and was president of the Resources and Technical Services Division of the

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from 1988 to 1989. Her writings in the field of conservation and preservation won her the Jon Brubaker Award from the Catholic Library Association in 1983 and The Rex Dillow Award in 1990.

Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award

The

Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award The Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award (known informally as the Banks/Harris award), is awarded by the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the American Library Association. The award was ...

was established to honor

Paul N. Banks Paul Banks (April 15, 1934 – May 10, 2000) was Conservator and Head of the Conservation Department and Laboratory at the Newberry Library from 1964 to 1981. He left the Newberry Library in 1981 to establish the first United States degree-grantin ...

and Carolyn Harris, early leaders in library preservation by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the

Death

Harris died on January 15, 1994 in

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at the age of 46.

Selected bibliography

* * *Harris, C. L. (1986). “Preservation of library materials.” ''The ALA yearbook of library and information services'', 11. Chicago: American Library Association. *Harris, C. L. (1990). “Education for preservation administration: Part 1 -- the role of the conservation education program of Columbia University's school of library service.” ''Conservation Administration News'', (42)8-9, 24. *Harris, C. L. (1990). Education for preservation administration: Part 2—the role of the conservation education program of Columbia university's school of library service. ''Conservation Administration News'', (43)4-5, 29. * * * * * * *Harris, C. L. (2000). “Selection for preservation.” ''Preservation''. Chicago: American Library Association. *

References

*Graham, Peter
“Carolyn Harris ALA Memorial Resolution.”
American Library Association, February 1994. Accessed on June 7, 2007.
“Obituaries: Carolyn Harris, 46.”
Columbia University Record 19(18). February 25, 1994. Accessed on June 7, 2007.

Abbey Newsletter 17(7). December 1993. Accessed on June 7, 2007.

External links

University of Texas School of Information

ALA Association for Library Collections and Technical Services
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