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Libraries and librarians

Joanna Cole (author) - magic school bus author and professional librarian - article is very stubby, and could use some more discussion of reception, publications, etc.
Library Journal - the journal is one of the biggest and olest journals about librarianship, but considerable gaps
Beatrice Aboyade - Nigerian Library pioneer [1], [2], [3], [4].
Jorge Aguyo - Cuban library pioneer, [5], [6], [7]
Carlos_Victor_Penna - Argentine Library planner, considerable gaps in the article
J.M. Akita - first archivist of Ghana, [8], [9], [10], [11]
National_Archives_of_Ghana - national archive, little to no significant coverage as a topic in the article- sources: [12], [13]
Keitaro Amano
- For more international topics of note, see World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services
Salvador Güereña
Revolting Librarians
Library Leadership and Management Association
Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship
Teen Read Week
Octavia Fellin Public Library
Rancho Cucamonga Public Library
Marshalltown Public Library
Long Island Children's Museum
Francis Jenkinson
Joseph Power
John Barnardiston
John Lodge (librarian)
John Stokes (1556-1568)
Richard Moodie (1581-?)
Henry Frogge
Gabriel Duckett
Isaac Dobson (1661-1668)
Robert Peachy (1667-1683)
John Laughton (1686-1712)
Thomas Macro (1718-1721)
Samuel Hadderton (1721-1731)
John Taylor (1732-1734)
Thomas Parne (1734-1751)
Stephen Whisson (1751-1783)
John Davies (1783–1817)
Edward Daniel Clarke (1817-1822)
John Lodge (1822-1845)
Bootheel Youth Museum
George S. Wagner, 1871—1875
George F. Dawson, 1875—1879
P. J. Pierce, 1879—1884
George M. Weston, 1884—1887
Alonzo W. Church, 1887—1901
Edward C. Goodwin, 1906—1921
Walter P. Scott, 1921—1923
Edward C. Goodwin, 1923—1930
James D. Preston, 1931—1935
Ruskin McArdle, 1935—1947
George W. Straubinger, 1947—1951
Richard D. Hupman, 1951—1953
Sterling Dean, 1953—1954
Gus J. Miller, 1954—1955
Richard D. Hupman, 1955—1973
Roger K. Haley, 1973—1997
Greg Harness, 1997—2008
Mary E. Cornaby, 2008—2009
Leona I. Faust, 2009–Present
John Carlo Bertot
Susan Hildreth

Awards and award winners

San Francisco and California Libraries

San Francisco Public Library - needs more sources, not well footnoted
Oakland Public Library - First public library under the Rogers Free Library Act- considerable gaps around the history and development of the library
Andrew_Smith_Hallidie - no mention of library advocacy found at San Francisco Public Library
Rogers Free Library Act - very stubby, not many sources
California Historical Society - stub, very poorly sourced