Fred Schlipf
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Data:
Born in Fargo, North Dakota, 1941
Married: one child
Address: P.O. Box 816, Urbana, IL 61803-0816
Telephone: 217-367-1359; cell phone 217-898-1393; email fschlipf@illinois.edu
Website: www.fredschlipf.com
Education:
A.B.
Carleton College, Northfield, MN (history)
1963
A.M.
Graduate Library School, University of Chicago
1966
Ph.D. Graduate Library School, University of Chicago
1973
Lighting institutes, General Electric, Nela Park, Cleveland
1995, 1999
Present positions:
Library building consultant
1987-
Professor Emeritus, Graduate School of Library and Information
Science, University of Illinois, Urbana
2007-
Previous positions:
Librarian trainee, Chicago Public Library
1964-65
Researcher, National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago
1965-66
Instructor, Graduate Library School, University of Chicago
1966-70
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information
Science, University of Illinois, Urbana
1970-74
Executive Director, The Urbana Free Library, Urbana, Illinois
1974-2007
Adjunct Associate Professor, Graduate School of Library and
Information Science, University of Illinois, Urbana
1974-2007
Visiting Professor, Imperial Medical Center of Iran, Teheran
1978
Frederick A. Schlipf
Curriculum Vitae
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Boards of Directors:
Illinois State Library Advisory Committee
Vice-Chairman
Title I Subcommittee
1977-80
1980
1980-81 and 1989-92
Champaign County [IL] Historical Museum
President
1979-87
1981
(Downtown) Urbana Promotion Corporation
1987-93
Urbana Exchange Club
1999-2001
Honors:
Illinois Librarian of the Year, Illinois Library Association
2000
Vocational Achievement Award, Urbana Rotary Club
2000
Community Service Award, Urbana Exchange Club
2002
KALA Award, Kankakee Area Librarians Association
2008
Not listed are memberships on various professional committees, academic committees, task forces,
search committees, etc., of the Illinois State Library, the American Library Association, the Illinois
Library Association, the University of Illinois, the Lincoln Trail Libraries System, and the Illuminating
Engineering Society of North America. Miscellaneous community activities are also not listed.
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