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'''Ann T. Curran''' (1928-1977) was an American librarian.     
Ann T. Curran (1928-1977)          


== Life ==
 
Librarian: Raytheon Company Research Division 1955-57; Babcock & Wilcox Atomic Energy Division 1957-59; Assistant, Arthur D. Little 1959-60; Pickard and Burns Inc. 1960-62; Research assistant, Harvard Medical Library 1963-?; Served on subcommittee for ANSI to establish a standard format for bibliographic control; Worked at Inforonics Inc. where associated with NELINET; Consultant to MARC Development Office, LC.
'''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 she 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 ==
== Contributions ==
Curran identified and organized catalog data elements for MARC; Interested in automation. She worked at Raytheon; Babcock and Wilcox; Harvard Medical Library; LC.
Curran served on a [[ASIST|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.


== Selected Publications ==
== Selected Publications ==
==  Further reading ==
*''Who's Who in library service''. 4th ed., ed by Lee Ash. Hoe String Press, 1966, p. 146.


== Papers ==
== Papers ==
'''LOCATION #1:''' Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
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. [https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadlca.lc017002]
 
'''INCLUDES:''' Some papers and files relating to her work are in the "MARC Archives" at the Library of Congress (see Avram entry); No other information on her personal papers had been located.
 
'''SOURCE:''' Library of Congress

Latest revision as of 17:16, 16 December 2025

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 she 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.

Selected Publications

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]