Michael Joseph Gorman

Background

Gorman, Michael Joseph was born on March 6, 1941 in Witney, Oxfordshire, England. Son of Philip Denis and Alicia F. (Barrett) Gorman. came to the United States 1977.

Education

Student, Ealing School Librarianship, 1964-1966.

Career

Director general services department, University Library University of Illinois, Urbana, 1977-1988; acting university librarian, University Library University of Illinois, Urbana, 1986-1987; professor library administration, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1977-1988; visiting professor, University of Chicago Library School, 1984, 86-88; visiting professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1989-1991; dean library services, California State University, Fresno, since 1988. Visiting lecturer University of Illinois Graduate School Library Science, Urbana, 1974-1975. Bibliographical consultant British Library Planning Secretariat, 1972-1974.

Head cataloguingBrit. National Bibliography 1969-1972.

Achievements

• Michael Joseph Gorman has been listed as a noteworthy library director, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Our Own Selves: More Meditations For Librarians

    (Amid thorny and challenging issues facing librarians toda...)

  • Our Enduring Values: Librarianship in the 21st Century

    (In this thought-provoking work, one of the world's leadin...)

  • The Concise AACR2

    (From the impact of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, ...)

  • Our Enduring Values Revisited: Librarianship in an Ever-Changing World

    (In the almost 15 years since Our Enduring Values was publ...)

  • The Enduring Library: Technology, Tradition, and the Quest for Balance

    (Librarians are experts at selecting, evaluating and disse...)

  • The Concise AACR2

    (This practical guidebook, now in its fourth edition, has ...)

  • The Concise AACR2, 1998 Revision

    (This update is the most accessible and practical guide fo...)

  • Our Singular Strengths: Meditations for Librarians

    (A compilation of 144 comforting and uplifting thoughts ab...)

  • Technical Services Today and Tomorrow

    (Book by Gorman, Michael)

  • The Concise Aacr 2: Being a Rewritten and Simplified Version of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules

    (Book by Gorman, Michael)

  • The Concise AACR2 by Michael Gorman (2004) Paperback

    (4 Updated)

  • Non Solus No. 12 : 1985 short Essays of Modern Interest, Country Histories, Polish Protestant Bible, Codification, Korean Art Books, New Aquisitions, the Year in Retrospect, Development, Members, Events of the library
  • The Concise AACR2 by Michael Gorman (October 1, 2004) Paperback 4 Updated
  • Our Enduring Values Revisited: Librarianship in an Ever-Changing World by Michael Gorman (2015) Paperback
  • The Concise AACR2 by Michael Gorman (2004-10-01)
  • Our Singular Strengths: Meditations for Librarians by Michael Gorman (1997-12-01)
  • (The Concise AACR2) Author: Michael Gorman published on (October, 2004)
  • The Concise AACR2 4 Updated edition by Michael Gorman (2004) Paperback
  • Our Own Selves: More Meditations For Librarians 1st edition by Michael Gorman (2005) Paperback
  • Our Enduring Values: Librarianship in the 21st Century by Michael Gorman (2000) Paperback

Membership

Fellow: Library. Association (England), British Library. Association, Chartered Institute Library and Information Professionals United Kingdom (honorary). Member: American Library Association (member council 1991-1995, since 2002, member executive board 2003-2007, president-elect 2004-2005, president 2005-2006, Margaret Mann citation 1979, Melvil Dewey medal 1992, Highsmith award 2001), Library.

Information and Technology Association (member-at-large executive board 1982-1985, president 1999—2000).

Connections

Married Anne Gillett, March 6, 1962 (divorced 1992). Children: Emma, Alice. Married Anne Christine Reuland, June 6, 2003.

Father:

Philip Denis Gorman

Mother:

Alicia F. (Barrett) Gorman

Spouse:

Anne Christine Reuland

Spouse:

Anne Gillett

child:

Emma Gorman

child:

Alice Gorman