Andrew Keogh (librarian)

Andrew Keogh
President of the American Library Association
In office
1929–1930
Preceded byLinda A. Eastman
Succeeded byAdam Strohm
Personal details
Born(1869-11-14)November 14, 1869
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
DiedFebruary 13, 1953(1953-02-13) (aged 83)
OccupationLibrarian

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 to 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 to 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.

  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. ^ "ALA's Past Presidents". American Library Association. 20 November 2007. Retrieved 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. ^ "Andrew Keogh papers". Yale University Library. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  5. ^ Babb, James T. (October 1954). "Andrew Keogh: His Contribution to Yale". The Yale University Library Gazette. 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.