Harry S. Martin III (born 1943) is an American academic. Educated at

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

, the

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The university is composed of seventeen undergraduate and graduate schools and colle ...

, and the

University of Minnesota Law School The University of Minnesota Law School is the law school of the University of Minnesota, a public university in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school confers four law degrees: a Juris Doctor (J.D.), a Master of Laws (LL.M.), a Master of Science in Pa ...

, Martin served as Ess Librarian and professor of law at Harvard. A specialist on Art law, Artificial intelligence and law,

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, and Library Administration, he received the

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lifetime achievement award in 2012. As head law librarian at Harvard from 1981 to 2008, Martin helped move the

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into the

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age. He also directed the

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law library from 1976 to 1981, and served on the Board of the AALL. Martin is currently adjunct professor of law at the

University of Texas-Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public university, public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 stud ...

. He has been active in the

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, and he released important materials on the

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while at Harvard.

Personal life

Martin is married with two children.

References

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