Background
Smith, Kent Ashton was born on September 3, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Kent Wooliscroft and Dorothy Patten Smith.
Scientific and technical information executive
Smith, Kent Ashton was born on September 3, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Kent Wooliscroft and Dorothy Patten Smith.
Bachelor, Hobart College, 1960. Master of Business Administration, Cornell University, 1962. Postgraduate, American University, 1979.
Management analyst Office of Secretary, Department of Health, Washington, 1962-1965. Administrative officer division research facilities and resources National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1965-1967, assistant executive officer division research facilities and resources, 1967-1968, executive officer division research resources, 1968-1971, assistant director administration The National Library Medicine, 1971-1978, deputy director, 1978—2004, Public Health Services special expert-information scientist, 2000—2002. Consultant National Center for Biotechnology Information, since 2004, Computercraft Corporation, since 2004, Office Science and technical Information Department Energy, since 2005.
Member executive board and bureau International Council of Scientific and Technology Information, Paris, 1983—2001. Vice president United States National Committee of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization-Post Graduate Institute, Washington, 1983—1985. Member executive advisory board Federal Library and Information Center Committee, Washington, 1984—1989.
Executive committee CENDI-Information Consortia, Washington, since 1985. Treasurer International Council of Scientific and Technology Information, Paris, 1986—1989. President National Federal Abstracting and Information Science, Philadelphia, 1988—1989, vice president, 1987—1988.
Chairman Information Policy Committee, 1988—1989, CENDI-Information Consortia, Washington, 2001—2004. Member United States National Commission for CODATA, 1990—2001, Science.gov Alliance, 2002—2004, NISO Blue Ribbon Panel, 2004. President International Council of Scientific and Technology Information, Paris, 1990—1994.
Member panel United States Department Energy information infrastructure National Academy of Sciences, 2000, 07. Reviewer study digital strategy for Library. Congress National Research Council, 2000.
Member panel on National Technology Information Service National Commission Library and Information Science, 2000. Long-range planning panel member The National Library Medicine, 2005—2007. Board member National Technology Information Service Advisory Board, 2006—2010.
Member Department Energy panel on accelerating knowledge diffusion National Academy of Sciences, 2007.
Member Citizens Committee for Public Library. Montgomery County, Bethesda, 1981-1982. Finance director Christ Church, Rockville, Maryland, 1990-1991.
Fellow National Federation Abstracting and Information Services, Medical Library. Association (honorary. President award 1997, ICSTI Distinguished Service award 2001, Joseph Leiter Honorary Lecturship, 2007, sponsor, Funk award for Governmental Relations).
Member American Society for Public Administration (vice chairman 1971-1972), American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Association Science Technology and Medical Publications, American Management Association, American Society Information Service, Association Research Libraries (Alfred Zipf fellow committee chair 2001-2004), Cosmos Club.
Married Mary Margaret Gaffney. Children: Holly L. Smith Volz, Kent W.
