Andrew Keogh (librarian) explained

Andrew Keogh
Office:	President of the American Library Association
Term Start:	1929
Term End:	1930
Predecessor:	Linda A. Eastman
Successor:	Adam Strohm
Birth Date:	14 November 1869
Birth Place:	Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Occupation:	Librarian

Andrew Keogh (November 14, 1869 – February 13, 1953) was an English-born American librarian.

Keogh started his library career as a librarian with the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Public Library in England from 1892-1898. He then became librarian of the Linonia and Brothers Library at Yale University in 1899 and became a reference librarian at the Yale University Library from 1900 to 1916. He was promoted to head librarian at Yale in 1916 and served in that position until his retirement in 1938.

Keogh served as president of the Bibliographical Society of America from 1913-1914 ^[1] and the American Library Association from 1929 to 1930.^{[2] [3]}

Keogh was also a lecturer and professor of bibliography from 1902 to 1938.^{[4] [5]} He cooperated in the establishment of The Bibliographical Press at the library. ^[6]

Upon his retirement, Keogh was named a Librarian Emeritus at Yale until his death in 1953.

See also

• Yale University Library
• Library science

External links

• Picture of Keogh on a trip to Los Angeles in 1930 from the American Library Association Archives Digital Collections

Notes and References

1. Van Hoesen, Henry B. (1941). "The Bibliographical Society of America—Its Leaders and Activities, 1904–1939". Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. 35 (3): 177–202.
2. Web site: ALA's Past Presidents. American Library Association. 20 November 2007 . 8 February 2016.
3. Keogh, Andrew. “PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS — SCHOLARSHIP IN LIBRARY WORK.” Bulletin of the American Library Association 24, no. 9 (1930): 307–9.
4. Web site: Andrew Keogh papers. Yale University Library. 8 February 2016.
5. Babb. James T.. Andrew Keogh: His Contribution to Yale. The Yale University Library Gazette. October 1954. 29. 2. 47–60.
6. Ruffin, Katherine M. (2021) "Carl P. Rollins and the Bibliographical Press at Yale University." The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 115:3, 343-372.