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Lester Asheim

Lester Eugene Asheim (1914–1997) was William Rand Kenan, Jr., Professor of Library Science at UNC-Chapel Hill from 1975 to 1984, after serving as dean of the University of Chicago's Graduate Library School and directing two American Library Association offices. He wrote on book selection and international librarianship.

Source: UNC Libraries: Lester Eugene Asheim Papers, 1940s-1990s

1914–1997 · Dates from the Library of Congress · On the Friends’ Local Authors roster → · Library of Congress authority record ↗

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  1. Lester Asheim becomes the School of Library Science's first William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor Asheim, a former dean of the University of Chicago's Graduate Library School and former director of two American Library Association offices, came to UNC in 1975 as the library school's first Kenan Professor and held the chair until 1984.Search the index · UNC School of Information and Library Science: Carolina Information and Library Science, Winter 2001 (SILS' First Seven Decades: Year by Year)
  2. The Lester Asheim Scholarship Fund is endowed at UNC's library school The School of Information and Library Science endowed a scholarship fund in Asheim's name with $30,000; the school later listed it as a doctoral scholarship.Search the index · UNC School of Information and Library Science: Carolina Information and Library Science, Winter 2001 (SILS' First Seven Decades: Year by Year)

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By Lester Asheim

Lester Eugene Asheim papers, 1940s-1990s.

Asheim, Lester, 1914-1997 · 1944

Professional papers of the librarian Lester Asheim, 1914 to 1997, covering the 1940s through the 1990s in about 10,000 items and 22.5 linear feet, in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 4775. Topics include library education in the United States and Brazil, accreditation of library schools, censorship, and libraries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, with the American Library Association, the University of Chicago and the Chapel Hill library school.

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