Background
Young, Peter Robert was born on August 13, 1944 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Ju Chin and Jane Kathrine (Lybrand) Young.
Young, Peter Robert was born on August 13, 1944 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Ju Chin and Jane Kathrine (Lybrand) Young.
AB Philosophy, College Wooster, Ohio, 1966; graduate, George Washington University, 1967; Medical Science Liaison Society Library. Svc., Columbia University, 1968.
Administrative library, American U. Library., Washington, 1968;
head cataloger, reference library, Franklin & Marshall College Library., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1971-1974;
assistant library public services, Rice U. Libraries, Houston, Texas, 1974-1976;
assistant director, Grand Rapids (Michigan) Public Library., 1978;
sales support library, CL Systems Inc., Newtonville, Massachusetts, 1976-1978;
library systems analyst, CL Systems Inc., Newtonville, Massachusetts, 1978-1980;
customer services officer Cataloging Distribution Svc., Library. Congress, Washington, 1980-1984;
assistant chief Marc edit division, Library. Congress, Washington, 1984-1985;
chief Copyright Cataloging division, Library.
Congress, Washington, 1985-1988;
director academic information services, The Faxon Company, Westwood, Massachusetts, 1988-1989;
director Faxon Institute Advanced Studies Scholarly and Science Communication, The Faxon Company, Westwood, Massachusetts, 1989-1990;
executive director, United States National Commission Libraries and Information Science, Washington, 1990-1996;
chief cataloguing distribution service, Library. of Congress, Washington, since 1997. Executive Board Federal Library. and Information Center committee, since 1993. Advisory board Highsmith Press, since 1991.
Co chair library statistics standard revision committee National Standards Information Office, 1989-1993. Library administrators development program U. Maryland. Implementation task force library data National Center Education Statistics United States Office Education, 1988, advisory county education statistics Office Education Research, and Improvement,1990-.
Lecturer in field.
With United States Army, 1968-1970, Vietnam. Member American Library Association (public policy for public libraries committee since 1993, committee research and statistics since 1990, various committees, associations), Chinese American Library. Association (chair pub.rels. committee 1987-1988, president 1989-1990), Ontario Library.
Association (planning committee, delegate member), United States National Commission Libraries and Information Science (statistics task force 1988-1989).
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Married Mary Sue Townsend, March 25, 1978. Children: Kathryn, Timothy;children from previous marriage: Robert, Jonathan.