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I used Wynar's wonderfull book on collection development when I went to Library School. He was well respected and taught me much I still used today when I teach LIS courses. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Gretchen Whitney <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 20:19:25 -0500 > From: Barbara Walden <[log in to unmask]> > To: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Bohdan Wynar RIP > > Bohdan Wynar was my professor at the University of Denver in the late > 1960's. He taught my reference services classes. I've always thought of him > as a distinguished library educator, editor, author, and publisher. I hope > that he will receive an appropriate obituary. Barbara Walden > > On 11/12/13, Gretchen Whitney wrote: > > Greetings all, >> Is this the best obit that this discipline can come up with for Bohdan >> Wynar? I recall reading his stuff in the 1970s, so he must have done >> something significant or I would not have been assigned his work to read. >> He wrote a pile of collection development texts. Check Google. >> There are people winning ALISE research competitions named after this >> guy, but I have no idea why. The awards don't say. But he must have done >> something significant to have awards given away in respect for his work. I >> just don't know what it was, and there is no common thread to the awards. >> According to goodreads.com he has 62 books to his credit. It appears >> that he mostly made lists of good reference books. >> For the 1990s and before, that's not a bad record of accomplishment. >> And he was founder of _Libraries Unlimited_. a publishing house. Not an >> insignificant accomplishment. >> >> Can anyone provide a better obit for this gentleman and contributor to >> LIS? Wikipedia provides nothing, neither does Google. >> >> The family can do what they want to do. But the discipline ought to >> record his ideas and contributions to the discipline. IMHO, and make them >> accessible through resources such as the Web or permanent discussion lists >> for others to find. >> >> >> Is this how you would like to be remembered? "He/she croaked tonite. Send >> flowers." >> >> --gw >> >> >> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> >> <><><><><><><> >> Gretchen Whitney, PhD, Retired >> School of Information Sciences >> University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN 37996 USA [log in to unmask] >> http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/ >> jESSE:http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/jesse.html >> SIGMETRICS:http://web.utk.edu/~gwhitney/sigmetrics.html >> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> >> <><><><><><><> >> >> On Tue, 12 Nov 2013, Barbara Immroth wrote: >> >> I was asked by ABC-CLIO to send out a message that Dr. Bohdan Wynar, >>> founder of Libraries Unlimited, died last weekend. >>> His daughter said if anyone wanted to send a card, they can go to The >>> Wynar Family care of her (Roxolana Wynar) at >>> 12242 West 16th Drive >>> Lakewood, CO 80215 >>> >>> >>> > -- > It?s not complicated. It?s the same for every human: Your job is to > consciously, intensely, bravely become who you are. > Cary Tennis > > -- Miriam Kahn, MLS, MA, PhD Preservation Consultant and Historian at Large MBK Consulting 60 N Harding Road Columbus, OH 43209-1524 614-239-8977 cell 614-579-9855 [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] www.mbkcons.com