Ann T. Curran

Ann T. Curran (1928-1977) was an American librarian.

Ann T. Curran was born January 20, 1928 in Boston. She became a librarian and specialized in library automation. She died in 1977.

Career

Ann T. Curran studied at Emmanuel College 1945-1949 and earned AB degree in Chemistry. She studied at Simmons College 1955-1961 and completed an MS in Library Science.

From 1955 to 1957 sh was librarian at the Raytheon Company Research Division in Waltham, MA. She was then librarian at the Babcock & Wilcox Atomic Energy Division in Lynchburg, VA, 1957-59; library assistant, Arthur D. Little, Cambridge, MA, 1959-60; librarian at Pickard and Burns Inc., Waltham, MA, 1960-62; and became Research Assistant and the Harvard Medical Library in 1963.

She also worked at Inforonics Inc.

Contributions

Curran served on a American Documentation Institute Committee on Library Automation. She was also on a American National Standards Institute (ANSI) subcommittee to establish a standard format for bibliographic control, and as a Consultant on catalog data elements to MARC Development Office, Library of Congress (LC).

Curran was also active in the Special Libraries Association, NELINET (New England Library Network), and the Medical Library Association.

Further reading

• Who's Who in library service. 4th ed., ed by Lee Ash. Hoe String Press, 1966, p. 146.

Papers

Library of Congress. Some papers and files relating to her work are in The Henriette D. Avram MARC Development Collection. 1964-1989 (bulk 1976-1986). 49.6 linear feet (124 containers) which includes office files and publications related to the development of the MARC (MAchine-Readable Cataloging) standard and related international standards, various MARC formats, and related automation efforts and networking activities at the Library of Congress. [1]