Background
Jackson, William Vernon was born on May 26, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William Olof and Lillian (Scharenberg) Jackson.
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Library Guide for Brazilian Studies
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Aspects of librarianship in Latin America
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William Vernon Jackson
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Bachelor summa cum laude, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1945. Master of Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1952.
Master of Library Science, University Illinois, 1951. Diploma (honorary), University Central Venezuela, 1968.
Career
Teacher York Community High School, Elmhurst, Illinois, 1946—1947. Teaching fellow Harvard University, 1948—1950. Special recruit Library. of Congress, 1951—1952.
Library, assistant professor library science University Illinois, Urbana, 1952—1958, associate professor, 1958—1962, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1963—1965, faculty research fellow, summer, 1963, 1964. Professor library science, director international library information center University Pittsburgh, 1966—1970. Professor library science George Peabody College for Teachers, 1970—1976.
Professor Spanish and Portuguese Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1970—1976. Professor library science University Texas Austin, 1976—1986, associate Institute Latin American Studies, since 1976, professor emeritus, 1986—2000. Visiting lecturer University Minnesota Library.
School, summers 1954-1956, Columbia University School Library. Service, summers 1960, 90, Syracuse University School Library. Science, summer 1962, Simmons College School Library.
Science, summer, 1974, 75, College Librarianship, Aberystwyth, Wales, summer 1977, University Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela, summer 1980, Dominican University Library. Science, summers 1981-1984, 86, 89-98, 2000, 02-05, Pratt Institute School Information and Library. Science, summers 1995-1998, College St. Catherine, summer 1999, 2001, Long Island University Palmer School Library and Information Science, summer 2001, University South Florida 2005.
Visiting professor Inter-American Library. School, University Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, 1960, 68, adviser international executive council, 1961-1963. Consultant State Department, 1956, 59, 61, 62, 67, 77, 2002, 03, 04.
Regional Agency for International Development Office for Central American and Panama, 1965-1966, Agency for International Development Mission to Brazil, 1967-1972, Agency for International Development Mission to Colombia, 1970-1971, United States Information Agency, 1979-1980, 85, 87, 89-92, 94-2000, Organization of American States, 1970-1971. Council Rectors Brazilian Universities, 1972. Consultant research libraries New York Public Library., 1965-1970, Hispanic Foundation, Library.
Congress, Washington, 1964-1965. Fulbright research scholar, France, 1956-1957. Fulbright lecturer University Córdoba (Argentina), 1958, adviser, 1970.
Adviser University San Marcos, Peru, 1962, 75. External examiner University West Indies, Jamaica, 1974-1978. Consultant Bibliothèque Nationale, France, 1979, 81-87.
Official representative 350th anniversary Harvard University, 1986, Library. of Congress Bicentennial, 2000. Senior fellow Dominican University, since 1989. Visiting professor faculty philosophy and letters University Buenos Aires, 1991.
Director various activities on the Quin centennial and libraries in Latin American, 1992. Advisory University Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala, 1992-2005, 08. University del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia, 1993, various university and libraries in El Salvador, 1994-2003, The National Library and Archives School, Mexico City, 1995.
Advisor Francisco Marroquin Foundation, 2002-2006, American University Paris, 2005. President Council Books and Libraries in Latin America, since 1993. Adviser National Pedagogical University, Honduras, 2006.
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Trustee Harriet Evelyn Wallace, Charitable Trust, since 2009. Member American Library Association (chairman international relations round table 1965-1966, trustee endowment funds 1977-1986), Illinois Library. Association, Association Library and Information Science Education, Bibliographical Society of America, Association College and Research Libraries, Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers Spanish and Portuguese, Theatre Library.
Association, Conference on Latin American History, Latin American Studies Association, Seminary on Acquisition Latin American Library Materials (president 1977-1978), Association Caribbean University and Research Libraries, Asociación Paceña de Bibliotecarios (honorary. La Paz, Bolivia), Henry Wade Rogers Society, John Harvard Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Phi Mu (president 1955-1956), Phi Sigma Iota, Sigma Delta Pi (honorary), Phi Lambda Beta (honorary) Clubs: Harvard (Chicago), Caxton (Chicago).
