Background
Fyffe, Richard Coleman was born on June 15, 1956 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. Son of William and Alice Queen Fyffe.
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Richard Coleman Fyffe
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Bachelor, University Connecticut, 1979. Master of Science, Simmons College, Boston, 1984. Master of Arts, University Connecticut, 1998.
Career
Assistant cataloguer North America imprints program American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1982—1983, cataloguer North America imprints program, 1984—1984, senior cataloguer catalogue of America children's books, 1984—1986. Director library Essex Institute, Salem, 1986—2000. Curator literature and cultural archives University Connecticut Libraries, Storrs, 1990—1991, humanities bibliographer, 1992—1996, head collections services, 1996—2000.
Assistant dean for scholarly communications University Kansas Libraries, Lawrence, 2000—2006. Rosenthal library Grinnell College, Iowa, since 2006. Treasurer, board directors BioOne.
Director-at-large ESIG (EPSCoR Science Information Group).
Achievements
Membership
Member of American Library Association, Society Scholarly Public, Society Philosophy & Technology, Library Association Collections and Technology Services, Association College and Research Libraries, Beta Phi Mu, Phi Beta Kappa.
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American
Education
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1979
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1984
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1998
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2006
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1982 - 1983
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1984 - 1984
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1986
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1990 - 1991
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1992 - 1996
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2006
Awards
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Recipient Excellence in Consortial Leadership award, Thomson-Inter-Services Intelligence, 2003. Senior fellow and Visiting scholar, University of California at Los Angeles Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, 1999.Recipient Excellence in Consortial Leadership award, Thomson-Inter-Services Intelligence, 2003. Senior fellow and Visiting scholar, University of California at Los Angeles Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, 1999.