Background
Mosher, Paul H. was born on January 3, 1936 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Harold Clarke and Leona (Hostetler) Mosher.
consultant research library administrator author
Mosher, Paul H. was born on January 3, 1936 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Harold Clarke and Leona (Hostetler) Mosher.
Bachelor, Portland State University, 1961; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1969.
Management analyst, Legislation Counsel Committee, Salem, Oregon, 1958-1960;
director Upward Bound Program, U. Washington, Seattle, 1962-1963;
assistant professor of history, U. Washington, Seattle, 1966-1975;
assistant director collection development, Stanford University Libraries, California, 1975-1979;
associate director collection development, Stanford University Libraries, California, 1979-1984;
director research services, Stanford University Libraries, California, 1984-1985;
deputy director libraries, Stanford University Libraries, California, 1985-1988;
vice provost, director libraries, adjunct professor of history, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1988. Visiting professor Trinity College of Hartford, Connecticut in Rome, 1971, 72, 73. Consultant University of Chicago, 1978, Lilly Endowment, 1979, University of Minnesota Library, Minneapolis, 1980, U. Alaska and Alaska State Library, Fairbanks and Juneau, 1982-1984, U. Alaska, Juneau, 1983-1984, Swedish Delaware for Science and Technology Information, Uppsala, Stockholm, Umeå, Goteborg, Lund, Linkoping, Sweden, 1984, University of Pacific, 1984, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1985, New York Public Library, 1985, 86, Fred Meyer Charitable Trust, 1986, 89, Oregon State Library Foundation, 1986, New Mexico State University, 1988, University of Southern California, 1989, Chgo.Pub.
Library, 1989, Michigan State University, 1991, U. de Montreal, Canada, 1991, McGill University, 1992. Consultant external review of library California State University-Long Beach, 1981. Research Libraries Group vice chairman collection management and development committee, 1979-1985, board directors, 1988-1991, member Executive Committee, 1990-1991.
Chairman Research Libraries Group Task Force on the RLG Conspectus, 1982-1985,Board of Governors 1982-1988, board directors since 1992, chair board, since 1992, member Association Research Libraries advising committee to North America collections inventory project, 1983-1986, commission on research collections, 1989-1991, commission on preservation, 1992-1993, access to research consultant committee, since 1993. Instructor School Library and Information Science, University of California-Berkeley, 1980. Visiting scholar U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1987.
Member university library committee Brown University, 1989-1992. Advisory council Drexel University College of Information Studies, 1989-1994. Fellow Royal Society Arts, Manufacture Commerce.
Member American Library Association (member resources and technical services division, chairman, chief collection development officers of large research libraries 1978-1979, chairman resources section 1980-1981, chairman nominating committee 1983-1984, councillor, board directors 1986-1987, chairman publications committee 1987-1988, association councillor-at-large 1988-1992, member planning committee 1987-1989, 90-92, self-study steering committee, since 1992), Association College and Research Libraries (standards and accreditation committee 1981-1983, planning committee western European specialists section 1980-1984), Medieval Association Pacific (councillor 1977-1980), Balch Institute for Ethics Studies (board directors 1988-1992). Clubs: Cosmos (Washington), Grolier (New York City).
Married Judith Johnston, 1958 (divorced 1969). 1 child, Colin; married Jennie Nicolayev, February 23, 1981 (divorced 1989). 1 child, Katherine Alexandra.