Background
Lynch, Mary Elizabeth Dykstra was born on May 21, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Arrived in Canada, 1964. Daughter of Edward and Marietta R. (Kuiper) Heerema:.
educator library and information scientist
Lynch, Mary Elizabeth Dykstra was born on May 21, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Arrived in Canada, 1964. Daughter of Edward and Marietta R. (Kuiper) Heerema:.
Bachelor, Calvin College, 1960; Master of Library Science, Dalhousie U., Halifax, Nova Scoti, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, Sheffield (England) University, 1986.
Head cataloguer, Dalhousie U. Library., 1970-1974;
assistant professor School Library. Svc., Dalhousie U., 1974-1978;
associate professor, Dalhousie U., 1978-1982;
associate professor School Library. and Information Studies, Dalhousie U., 1983-1986;
professor, Dalhousie U., 1987-1997;
professor emeritus, Dalhousie U., since 1997. Senior audiovisual library National Film Board of Canada, Montreal, 1982-1983, cons.1977-1983.
Consultant Council Mins. Education, Toronto, Ontario, 1984-1985, art historyinfo. program Jean Paul Getty Trust, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1988-1994. Member of advisory board School Health Records Science, Halifax Infirmary, 1984-1997, Library.
Technician Programme, Kings Regional Vocational School, Nova Scoti, 1987-1990. Member Canada Commision on Cataloguing, 1986-1994. Member working group on Studies. for subject access National Archives of Canada, 1987-1993.
Member Canada Advisory Com.for International Organisation for Standardization, Technology Commission, Information and Documentation, since 1991. Member of national information highway advisory county of Canada, 1994-1995, 96-97. Research officer U. Sheffield (England), 1996-1997.
President Citadel North Neighbourhood Association, Halifax, 1988. Board directors CANARIE (Canadian Network for Advancement of Research, Industry & Education), 1996-1998, international consultants committee World Information and Comm. Report, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, since 1998.
Member Canada Library. Association (representative Canada commission on cataloguing 1986-1994), Canada Association for Information Science, American Society for Information Science, Nova Knowledge, Canada Classification Research Group, Indexing and Abstracting Society Canada (founding executive member 1977-1978, regional director 1980-1982), International Society for Knowledge Organisation.
Daughter of Edward and Marietta R. (Kuiper) Heerema: m. Michael F. Lynch, Aug.12, 1995. Children from previous marriage: Mark Edward, Jeffrey Garth.