Elizabeth Futas

Elizabeth Futas
Born(1944-05-08)May 8, 1944
DiedFebruary 6, 1995(1995-02-06) (aged 50)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Education
Occupationlibrarian

Elizabeth Dorothy Futas (May 8, 1944–February 6, 1995) was the head of the University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Library and Information Science from 1986–1995. Earlier in her career, Dr. Futas worked as a cataloger for the Ford Foundation in New York and as a reference librarian at Queens College. She had also held faculty positions at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Emory University and the University of Washington in Seattle, among other institutions.[1] Her text on Collection Development is widely regarded.

  1. ^ "Elizabeth Futas, 50, Led Library School". New York Times. 15 March 1995. Retrieved 17 February 2014.