Background
Heaney, Henry Joseph was born on January 2, 1935 in Newry, Northern Ireland. Son of Michael and Sarah Anne (Fox) Heaney.
Heaney, Henry Joseph was born on January 2, 1935 in Newry, Northern Ireland. Son of Michael and Sarah Anne (Fox) Heaney.
Bachelor, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1957. Master of Arts, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1970.
Assistant library, Queen's U., Belfast, 1959-1963;
library, Queen's U., Belfast, 1972-1974;
library, Magee University College, Londonderry, 1963-1968;
deputy library, New University of Ulster, Coleraine, 1966-1968;
assistant secretary, Standing Conference of National and University Libraries, Cardiff, Wales, 1968-1972;
library and director School of Librarianship, University College, Dublin, 1974-1978;
library, keeper of Hunterian books and manuscripts, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1978-1998. Member British Library. Board, London, 1989-1995.
Executive Board Standing Conference of National and University Libraries, 1991-1996. Director Consortium of University Research Libraries, London, 1983-1998, chairman, 1995-1997, Company of Biologists, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1992-1998. Trustee National Manuscripts Conservation Trust, London, 1990-1995.
Fellow Royal Society of Edinburgh, Royal Society Arts, Library. Association, Scottish Library. Association (honorary, president 1990).
Member Strathclyde Libraries Club, College.Club of Glasgow (president 1990, 95-98), XIII Club (Glasgow) (president 1987, 95).
Married Mary Elizabeth Moloney, March 19, 1976.