Vosper, Robert.

Robert Gordon Vosper was born on June 21, 1913 in Portland, OR; BA (1937) and MA (1939), Univ. of Oregon, 1939; library certificate, UC Berkeley, 1940; junior librarian, UC Berkeley, 1940-42; asst. reference librarian, Stanford Univ., 1942-44; head of acquisitions dept. (1944-48), asst. librarian (1948-49), and assoc. librarian (1949-52), UCLA; director of libraries, Univ. of Kansas, 1952-61, and at UCLA, 1961-73; also professor of library science (1961-83), emeritus professor and director of William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA, 1966-81; director, Assn. of Research Libraries Farmington Plan Survey, 1957-58; President of the Assn. of College and Research Libraries (1955-56), Chairman of the Assn. of Research Libraries (1963), and President of the American Library Assn. (1965-66), awarded UCLA Man of the Year (1968), decorated as an Officer of the Order of the Crown of Belgium (1977), J.W. Lippincott Award (1985), UCLA Medal (1988), and UCLA Emeritus of the Year (1992); publications include Acquisitions trends in American libraries (1955), European university libraries (1964), and Libraries for all (1980); he died on May 14, 1994.

From the description of Papers, ca. 1961-1991. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40978950

Biography

Robert Gordon Vosper was born on June 21, 1913 in Portland, Oregon; BA (1937) and MA (1939), University of Oregon, 1939; library certificate, UC Berkeley, 1940; junior librarian, UC Berkeley, 1940-42; assistant reference librarian, Stanford University, 1942-44; head of acquisitions department (1944-48), assistant librarian (1948-49), and associate librarian (1949-52), UCLA; director of libraries, University of Kansas, 1952-61, and at UCLA, 1961-73; also professor of library science (1961-83), emeritus professor and director of William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA, 1966-81; director, Association of Research Libraries Farmington Plan Survey, 1957-58; President of the Association of College and Research Libraries (1955-56), Chairman of the Association of Research Libraries (1963), and President of the American Library Association (1965-66), awarded UCLA Man of the Year (1968), decorated as an Officer of the Order of the Crown of Belgium (1977), J.W. Lippincott Award (1985), UCLA Medal (1988), and UCLA Emeritus of the Year (1992); publications include Acquisitions trends in American libraries (1955), European university libraries (1964), and Libraries for all (1980); he died on May 14, 1994.

From the guide to the Robert Vosper Papers, ca. 1961-1991, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)