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Born January 13, 1858 Boston,Massachusetts Died 20 November 1930, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Clement Walker Andrews (January 13, 1858 – November 20, 1930) is an American librarian. Andrews graduated from Harvard University in 1880 and served as an instructor in chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1883-1892. He served as librarian at the Institute from 1889-1895. Andrews served as the first librarian of John Crerar Library from 1895 until his retirement in 1928. His contributions to the profession of Library Science include the introduction of catalog card exchanges between libraries and printed lists of current periodicals.
Andrews served as President of the American Library Association from 1906 to 1907 and as President of the American Library Institute from 1922-1924.
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