Kenneth Toombs

20th-century American librarian and academic From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kenneth Eldridge Toombs (25 August 1928 – 4 March 2008), AKA Kenneth Toombs and Kenneth E. Toombs, was 20th-century American best known as director of the libraries of the University of South Carolina (1967-1988).[1][2][3][4][5]

Career

Toombs helped establish the University of South Carolina's Thomas Cooper Library and Law Library and co-founded the Southeastern Library Network.[1][2] He helped establish the South Caroliniana Library by approving Thomas L. Johnson as its first field archivist[6] and who interviewed Grace Lumpkin for the archive.[7] He also helped in establishing rights for southern chapters of the American Library Association.[8]

Awards

  • Rothrock Award, Southeastern Library Association (contribution to Solinet System)

Legacy

  • Kenneth E. Toombs Fellowship Fund in Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina[2][9]

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