Carolyn Harris
Encyclopedia
Carolyn Lynnet Harris was a library conservationist. She received a B.A. in Art History in 1969 and a Masters of Library Science in 1970, both from the University of Texas at Austin
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and began her career as a manuscript cataloguer at the University of Texas’s Harry Ransom Center, where she worked from 1973-1980.
From 1981-1987, she was the head of Columbia University
Libraries’ Preservation Division. After teaching in Columbia University’s preservation and conservation library science program, she was named program director in 1990. When the program closed in 1992, she moved it to the University of Texas at Austin. From 1992-1994, she was Director and a Senior Lecturer of the Preservation and Conservation Studies at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Texas at Austin.
She published extensively throughout her career and was President of the Resources and Technical Services Division of the American Library Association
from 1988-1989. Her writings in the field of conservation and preservation won her the Jon Brubaker Award from the Catholic Library Association in 198. 3 and The Rex Dillow Award in 1990.
and Carolyn Harris, early leaders in library preservation by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the American Library Association
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University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
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Career
Harris was educated at the University of Texas at AustinUniversity of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
and began her career as a manuscript cataloguer at the University of Texas’s Harry Ransom Center, where she worked from 1973-1980.
From 1981-1987, she was the head of Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
Libraries’ Preservation Division. After teaching in Columbia University’s preservation and conservation library science program, she was named program director in 1990. When the program closed in 1992, she moved it to the University of Texas at Austin. From 1992-1994, she was Director and a Senior Lecturer of the Preservation and Conservation Studies at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Texas at Austin.
She published extensively throughout her career and was President of the Resources and Technical Services Division of the American Library Association
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
from 1988-1989. Her writings in the field of conservation and preservation won her the Jon Brubaker Award from the Catholic Library Association in 198. 3 and The Rex Dillow Award in 1990.
Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award
The Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award was established to honor Paul N. BanksPaul N. Banks
Paul Banks was Conservator and Head of the Conservation Department and Laboratory at the Newberry Library from 1964 to 1981. He left the Newberry Library in 1981 to establish the first United States degree granting program in library preservation at the Columbia University School of Library Science...
and Carolyn Harris, early leaders in library preservation by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the American Library Association
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
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Selected bibliography
- Harris, C. L. (1986). “Preservation of library materials.” The ALA yearbook of library and information services, 11. Chicago: American Library Association.
- Harris, C. L. (1990). “Education for preservation administration: Part 1 -- the role of the conservation education program of Columbia University's school of library service.” Conservation Administration News, (42)8-9, 24.
- Harris, C. L. (1990). Education for preservation administration: Part 2—the role of the conservation education program of Columbia university's school of library service. Conservation Administration News, (43)4-5, 29.
- Harris, C. L. (2000). “Selection for preservation.” Preservation. Chicago: American Library Association.