Thomas, Sarah (Sarah E.)

Dates:
Active 1996
Active 2006

Biographical notes:

Sarah Thomas came to Cornell in 1996 as the Carl A. Kroch Cornell University Librarian from the Library of Congress, where she had held positions overseeing the library's public services, special collections and cataloging directorate. At Cornell, she was the Carl A. Kroch Cornell University Librarian. Under Thomas's leadership, the library continued to build its rare and special collections and embraced the digital age, developing a suite of online services and offering 24-hour worldwide access to a rich array of online journals and other electronic media. Thomas was the principal force behind Project Euclid, a Mellon Foundation-funded initiative to support the cost-effective online dissemination of mathematics and statistics journals. While at Cornell she served on the executive board of the Association of Research Libraries for six years and was its president in 2004-05. She also chaired the Digital Library Federation Steering Committee and was a member of the board of the Research Libraries Group.

From the description of Sarah E. Thomas papers, 1996-2006. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 715407901

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Subjects:

  • Academic libraries
  • Library administrators
  • Library architecture
  • Library buildings

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  • New York (State)--Ithaca (as recorded)