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==Life== | ==Life== | ||
Stella Keenan started her career in Liverpool where she worked in the public and university library services, 1950-1955. She gained an MPhil at Loughborough University and was a Fellow of the Institute of Information Scientists, Associate of the Library Association and Honorary Fellow of NFAIS. | Stella Keenan started her career in Liverpool where she worked in the public and university library services, 1950-1955. She gained an MPhil at Loughborough University. | ||
Keenan was Librarian at Zinc Development Association, London, 1955-58; Indexer at the H.W. Wilson Co., New York, 1958-1964; Information specialist at the American Institute of Physics, New York, 1964-68; Executive Director of the [[National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services]] (NFAIS), Philadelphia, 1968-74; Lecturer 1974-1980, then Senior Lecturer, Department of Library and information Studies, Loughborough University, UK; and Secretary General of the International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID) 1984-89. She died on November 25, 2024 at the age of 91. | |||
==Works== | |||
Keenan wrote and edited a a number of reports and journal articles. | |||
*Edited edited the "Target 2000" column for ''Online'' and ''CD-ROM Review'', 1993. | |||
*Editor of ''Focus'', the journal of the International Group of the Library Association (London) from 1999-2002. | |||
*Aactive in the New Quorndon Shakespeare Company at its foundation in 2002 and had a continuouous association with it as an actor, producer, and manager until her death. | |||
==Honors== | |||
Keenan was a Fellow of the Institute of Information Scientists, Associate of the Library Association (London) and Honorary Fellow of National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services (NFAIS). | |||
==Further Reading== | |||
*Stella Keenan. ''Concise Dictionary of Library and Information Science'' 2nd ed. Author blurb. | |||
Revision as of 22:38, 5 November 2026
Stella Keenan (1933?-2024) was a British librarian.
Life
Stella Keenan started her career in Liverpool where she worked in the public and university library services, 1950-1955. She gained an MPhil at Loughborough University.
Keenan was Librarian at Zinc Development Association, London, 1955-58; Indexer at the H.W. Wilson Co., New York, 1958-1964; Information specialist at the American Institute of Physics, New York, 1964-68; Executive Director of the National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services (NFAIS), Philadelphia, 1968-74; Lecturer 1974-1980, then Senior Lecturer, Department of Library and information Studies, Loughborough University, UK; and Secretary General of the International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID) 1984-89. She died on November 25, 2024 at the age of 91.
Works
Keenan wrote and edited a a number of reports and journal articles.
- Edited edited the "Target 2000" column for Online and CD-ROM Review, 1993.
- Editor of Focus, the journal of the International Group of the Library Association (London) from 1999-2002.
- Aactive in the New Quorndon Shakespeare Company at its foundation in 2002 and had a continuouous association with it as an actor, producer, and manager until her death.
Honors
Keenan was a Fellow of the Institute of Information Scientists, Associate of the Library Association (London) and Honorary Fellow of National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services (NFAIS).
Further Reading
- Stella Keenan. Concise Dictionary of Library and Information Science 2nd ed. Author blurb.