Helen Thornton Geer
Helen Thornton Geer (Janairu 7, 1903 a New Castle, Pennsylvania - Maris 1983 a New Jersey ) ma'aikaciyar ɗakin karatu ce kuma farfesace. Ita ce marubuciyar Charging Systems, [1]wanda ta yi cikakken bayani game da 17 na tsarin kula da wurare daban-daban da aka yi amfani da su a yawancin ɗakunan karatu na jama'a da koleji na Amurka a lokacin.Daga 1947 zuwa 1956,ta yi aiki a matsayin hedkwatar laburare na Ƙungiyar Laburare ta Amirka,Chicago, Illinois. [2]
Ilimi da aiki[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Bayan kammala karatunta daga Kwalejin Wheaton (AB: ENG LIT) a 1926 da Jami'ar Illinois (BS: Kimiyyar Laburare)a 1928, ta shiga Jami'ar Columbia,ta sami MS a kimiyyar laburare (1934).A cikin 1929 ta fara aiki a Reshen Flushing,Laburaren Jama'a na Queens Borough,Birnin New York.A cikin shekaru goma sha biyar masu zuwa,an ƙara mata girma akai-akai,wanda ta ƙare a naɗinta a matsayin shugaban riko na Sashen Kasuwanci da Kimiyya (1942-44).[3]
Bayan ta yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a ɗakin karatu na Harper,Jami'ar Chicago,[4]Geer an nata ma'aikaciyar laburare na hedkwata don Ƙungiyar Laburare ta Amurka,matsayin da ta riƙe daga 1947 har zuwa 1956.[5]Hakanan, ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar Ƙungiyar Laburaren Chicago (1953–54).Daga 1956 zuwa 1958, Helen Geer ta yi aiki a matsayin darekta[6]na The Library Mart,mai ba da shawara kan ayyuka don ɗakunan karatu da masana'anta.
Daga 1964 zuwa 1969,Geer ta kasance abokiyar farfesa a Makarantar Digiri na Kimiyyar Laburare,Jami'ar Rhode Island.[7]
Iyali[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]
Geer ita ce 'yar Isaac Wheeler Geer, fitacciyar mai kula da layin dogo,da Margaret Worth Thornton.Ita ce 'yar'uwar Sir Henry Worth Thornton. 'Yar uwarta,Margaret Worth Geer,ta auri dan majalisar jiha John H. Kleine (R-Lake Forest, Ill.). [8] Ita ce kanwa ta biyu ga jarumar allo na azurfa Edna Goodrich da Shugaban Riko na Elcar Arthur Martin Graffis.
- ↑ Geer, Helen T., Charging Systems. Chicago: American Library Association, 1955.
- ↑ A Biographical Directory of Librarians in the United States and Canada. Council of National Library Associations, 1970 (pg. 382).
- ↑ Cole, Dorothy E. Who’s who in Library Service. Grolier Society, 1955 (pg. 171).
- ↑ ALA Bulletin (pg.2); American Library Association, 1968
- ↑ Dudley, Lavinia P and John J. Smith. Americana Annual: An Encyclopedia of the Events of 1954. Americana Corporation, 1954
- ↑ “Special Libraries.” March 1957; Vol. 48, no. 3
- ↑ “Special Libraries.” November 1964; Vol. 55, No. 9
- ↑ See blog post on Henry Clay Thornton, Margaret Worth Thornton and Sir Henry Worth Thornton at www.thorntonsoky.blogspot.com