Deborah A. Carver Explained

Honorific Prefix:Dean Emerita
Deborah A. Carver
Birth Name:Deborah Ann Carver
Birth Date:1951
Occupation:Retired university librarian
Boards:Director, Association of Research Libraries[1]
American Library Association representative to Oregon Library Association Board
Orbis Cascade Alliance Council
Known For:Free borrowing program providing access to state university holdings for any Oregon resident with a public library card
Spouse:John Milo Pegg
Awards:Oregon Librarian of the Year (1999)[2]
OLA Distinguished Service Award (2014)

Deborah A. Carver (born 1951) is a retired Philip H. Knight Dean of Libraries at the University of Oregon (UO) in the United States.[3]

Education and personal life

Carver is a 1973 political science graduate, magna cum laude, from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Carver's 1976 library science master's degree is from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her 1984 public administration master's degree is from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

Carver met her husband John Pegg when she enrolled in his mountaineering class. Together, they have climbed all major mountain peaks on the west coast of the United States.[4]

Carver serves on the Eugene Symphony Board of Directors.[5]

Career

Carver began at UO in 1990 as an assistant university librarian for public services. She became dean of libraries in 2002. She also provided leadership within the Oregon Library Association (OLA). In 2011, Carver secured a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create archival finding aids for 28 archives included in the Northwest Digital Archives.[6]

During her tenure at the University of Oregon since 1990, Carver oversaw significant changes in services and facilities:Carver served as president of the Pacific Northwest Library Association in 1995–1996.[7] In 2002, Carver chaired the task force that developed the OLA plan to provide all Oregon residents with access to Oregon's research library collections.[8]

Awards and legacy

She was named OLA's Oregon Librarian of the Year in 1999.

Carver was named Philip H. Knight University Librarian, an endowed chair, in July 2002.[9]

In 2014, she received the OLA Distinguished Service Award, and the nomination letter noted, "She has never wavered from the vision of the Orbis Cascade Alliance as a shared resource for all students and faculty in the region."

Selected publications

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deborah A. Carver: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek. www.bloomberg.com. 2016-05-06.
  2. Web site: OLA Award Recipients. OLA - Oregon Library Association. 2016-05-06.
  3. Web site: Carver closes the book on her exceptional career. Around the O. April 23, 2014. 2016-03-01.
  4. Web site: Dean Emerita Deb Carver and Husband John Pegg '74 Make Estate Gift to UO Libraries - UO Libraries. library.uoregon.edu. 2016-05-05.
  5. Web site: OFB February 2016. Scribd. Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce Communications. 24. 2016-05-06.
  6. Web site: 2011 NEH Annual Report. 2011. neh.gov. 19. 2016-05-06.
  7. Book: PNLA Quarterly. 1994-01-01. Pacific Northwest Library Association. 17. en.
  8. Web site: UO libraries open stacks for public use. 2002-09-02. Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive. 2016-05-05.
  9. Fall 2002. Deborah Carver Named Philip H. Knight University Librarian. Library Notes, University of Oregon. XVII. November 6, 2016.

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