Winston Tabb is the current Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and Museums at the Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...

 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa, Oklahoma

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, Tabb received his B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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 from Oklahoma Baptist University

Oklahoma Baptist University

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 and earned an M.A.

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 from Harvard University

Harvard University

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 as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. After returning from Thailand

Thailand

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 as an instructor of English

English language

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 for the U.S. Army, Tabb received his degree in library science

Library science

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 in 1972 from Simmons College

Simmons College (Massachusetts)

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. Upon his graduation from Simmons, he was recruited to join the professional staff of the Library of Congress

Library of Congress

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.

During his tenure at the Library of Congress

Library of Congress

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 Tabb served in a variety of roles. In 1992 he was appointed as associate librarian and managed 53 of the library's divisions and offices.

In September 2002 Tabb became Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and director of the Sheridan Libraries at the Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...

. In July 2006 Tabb was appointed for a two year term as Vice Provost for the Arts at JHU. He also serves in other various offices; Director, the Sheridan Libraries, Director of Historic Houses.

Sources

• Tabb's Webpage on the Johns Hopkins University
  Johns Hopkins University
  The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
  
   official website.
• Article from the Library of Congress
  Library of Congress
  The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
  
  official website.