Background
Shera, Jesse Hauk was born on December 8, 1903 in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles H. and Jessie (Hauk) Shera.
Shera, Jesse Hauk was born on December 8, 1903 in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles H. and Jessie (Hauk) Shera.
Graduate Library School, University of Chicago, 1947-1951, associate Graduate School Library Science.
Assistant cataloger Miami University Library, 1927-1928. Bibliographer Scripps Foundation for Research in Population Problems, 1928-1940. Chief census library project Library of Congress, 1940-1941.
Assistant chief, central information division O.S.S., 1941-1944.
Assistant director University of Chicago Library, 1944-1947. Assistant professor Graduate Library School, University of Chicago, 1947-1951, associate professor, 1951-1952.
Dean school library science Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1952-1970, professor, dean emeritus, from 1972. Brazilian lecturer Institute Bibliography and Documentation, 1957.
Visiting professor Graduate School Library Science, University Texas, Austin, 1970-1971, U. Arizona, summer 1973, U. Kentucky, summer 1974, University of Minnesota, spring 1977.
Lecturer seminar on library education Liverpool (England) Polytechnic, 1974, U. Prize ring (The), 1979. Member President's Committee Employment of the Handicapped, 1969-1980, President's Committee Library Research and Education. United States delegate United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization International Conference, Paris., 1950, International Conference on Bibliographical Classification, Dorking, England, 1957.
Board educators United Educators, Incorporated.
Director Center Documentation and Communication Research, Western Reserve University, 1960-1971.
Member Special Libraries Association (honorary life), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association American Library Schools (president 1964-1965), English-Speaking Union, American Library Association (honorary life. Clubs: Cliff Dwellers, Caxton, Rowfant.
Married Helen M. Bickham, 1928. Children: Mary Helen, Edgar Brookins.