Miriam Anna Drake

Background

Drake, Miriam Anna was born on December 20, 1936 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Max Frederick and Beatrice Celia (Mitnick) Engleman.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Simmons College, Boston, 1958. Master of Library Science, Simmons College, Boston, 1971. DLS (honorary), Simmons College, Boston, 1997.

Postgraduate, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1959—1960. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Indiana University, 1994.

Career

Associate United Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958-1961. With marketing services Kenyon & Eckhardt, Boston, 1963-1965. Consultant, 1965-1972.

Head research unit libraries Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1972-1976, assistant director libraries, professor library science, 1976-1984. Dean, director libraries, professor Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 1984-2001, professor emerita, since 2001. Retired, 2001

Trustee Online Computer Library.

Center, Inc., 1978-1984, chair, 1980-1983. Trustee Corporation for Research and Education Networking, 1991-1994, United States Depository Library. Council, 1991-1994, Simmons College, 1999-2004.

Trustee, corporator advisory board Engineering Information, 1997-2001. Trustee emerita Simmons College, since 2004. Board directors Women's Commerce Club, 2005-2009.

Achievements

• Miriam Anna Drake has been listed as a noteworthy librarian, educator, journalist consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • User Fees: A Practical Perspective

Membership

Fellow: National Federation Advanced Information Services (honorary). Member: American Library Association (councilor at large 1985-1989, Hugh Atkinson Memorial award 1992), Association Information and Dissemination Centers (president 2001-2003), Special Libraries Association (president-elect 1992-1993, president 1993-1994, Heriot-Watt University Wilson award 1983, John Cotton Dana award 2002), American Society Information Science, American Management Association.

Connections

Married John Warren Drake, December 19, 1960 (divorced December 1985). 1 child, Robert Warren.

Father:

Max Frederick Engleman

Mother:

Beatrice Celia (Mitnick) Engleman

Spouse:

John Warren Drake

child:

Robert Warren Drake