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'''Margaret Armstrong Beckman''' (1926-February 28, 2008) was a Canadian librarian was best known for her expertise in library design and catalogue automation. She was named Librarian of the Year by the [[Association of College and Research Libraries]] 1986.
'''Margaret Armstrong Beckman''' (1925 – February 28, 2008) was a Canadian [[librarian]] who was best known for her expertise in library design and catalogue automation. She was named Librarian of the Year by the [[Association of College and Research Libraries]] 1986.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Beckman was born in [[Hartford, Connecticut]] in 1926.<ref name="ExLibris" /> She graduated from [[Waterloo College]], today Wilfrid Laurier University, in 1946 with a Bachelor of Arts.<ref name="WPLBio">{{cite web |title=Margaret Beckman |url=https://www.wpl.ca/sites/default/files/waterloo_150/beckman_margaret.pdf |publisher=Waterloo Public Library |access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref> She went on to complete a Bachelor of Library Science at the [[University of Toronto]] in 1949 and a Master of Library Science from the same school in 1969.<ref name="ExLibris" />
Beckman was born in [[Hartford, Connecticut]] in 1925.<ref name="ExLibris" /><ref>{{cite web |title=ON: Mount Hope Cemetery (Margaret (Armstrong) BECKMAN) |url=http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/1617835 |website=geneofun.on.ca |publisher=CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project |access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref> She graduated from [[Waterloo College]] (since renamed Wilfrid Laurier University), in 1946 with a Bachelor of Arts.<ref name="WPLBio">{{cite web |title=Margaret Beckman |url=https://www.wpl.ca/sites/default/files/waterloo_150/beckman_margaret.pdf |publisher=Waterloo Public Library |access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref> She went on to complete a Bachelor of Library Science at the [[University of Toronto]] in 1949 and a Master of Library Science from the same school in 1969.<ref name="ExLibris" />


==Career==
==Career==
Early on in her career Beckman was turned down for a job at the [[London Public Library]] because of a rule against employing married women.<ref name="Beckmans">{{cite news |last1=Beckman |first1=Kip |last2=Beckman |first2=Sarah |title=Margaret Armstrong Beckman |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/margaret-armstrong-beckman/article672689/ |access-date=3 January 2021 |work=Globe & Mail}}</ref> She eventually landed a job at the [[University of Western Ontario]] where women were expected to vacate their positions before the fourth month of a pregnancy.<ref name="Beckmans" /> A supervisor allowed her to continue working for an additional three months provided she stay in the basement, out of sight.<ref name="Beckmans" /><ref name="BeckmanObit">{{cite web |title=Margaret BECKMAN Obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theglobeandmail/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-armstrong-beckman&pid=189928757 |website=www.legacy.com |access-date=3 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> She later worked at the [[University of Waterloo]] serving as the head of cataloguing (1959-1964) and director of technical services (1964-1966).<ref name="ExLibris" /><ref name="WPLBio" />
Early on in her career Beckman was turned down for a job at the [[London Public Library]] because of a rule against employing married women.<ref name="Beckmans">{{cite news |last1=Beckman |first1=Kip |last2=Beckman |first2=Sarah |title=Margaret Armstrong Beckman |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/margaret-armstrong-beckman/article672689/ |access-date=3 January 2021 |work=Globe & Mail}}</ref> She eventually landed a job at the [[University of Western Ontario]] where women were expected to vacate their positions before the fourth month of a pregnancy.<ref name="Beckmans" /> A supervisor allowed her to continue working for an additional three months provided she stay in the basement, out of sight.<ref name="Beckmans" /><ref name="BeckmanObit">{{cite web |title=Margaret BECKMAN Obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theglobeandmail/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-armstrong-beckman&pid=189928757 |website=www.legacy.com |access-date=3 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref> She later worked at the [[University of Waterloo]] serving as the head of cataloguing (1959-1964) and director of technical services (1964-1966).<ref name="ExLibris" /><ref name="WPLBio" />


Beckman joined the [[University of Guelph]] Library in 1966.<ref name="BeckmanObit" /> She played an active role in the planning of the school's McLaughlin Library working closely with the building architects.<ref name="Turns50" /><ref name="GAM1984">{{cite journal |title=Appointments |journal=Guelph Alumnus Magazine |date=Summer 1984 |page=16 |url=https://issuu.com/uofguelph/docs/1984summer |language=en}}</ref> Beckman also played an integral role in pushing forward automation efforts at the library and was recognized a a leader in the filed of automated catalogues.<ref name="GAM1986">{{cite journal |title=Margaret Beckman Named Librarian of the Year |journal=Guelph Alumnus Magazine |date=Fall 1986 |page=11 |url=https://issuu.com/uofguelph/docs/1986fall |language=en|access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref> She developed CODOC, a unified system for categorizing government documents, as part of her Masters thesis based on work undertaken at the Library.<ref name="GAM1986" /><ref name="Presser">{{cite journal |last1=Presser |first1=Carolynne |title=CODOC: A Computer-Based Processing and Retrieval System for Government Documents |journal=College & Research Libraries |date=March 1978 |volume=39 |issue=2 |pages=94-98 |doi=10.5860/crl_39_02_94 |url=https://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/13117 |access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref> She was named Chief Librarian in 1971 and was the only woman to hold such a position in Ontario at the time.<ref name="ARLObit">{{cite journal |title=Memorials |journal=ARL |date=August 2008 |volume=259 |page=11 |url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED502842.pdf |access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="ARLObit" /> She served in the role until 1984 at which point she was the school's Executive Director of information technology.<ref name="Turns50">{{cite web |title=McLaughlin Library Turns 50 |url=https://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/news/mclaughlin-library-turns-50 |website=www.lib.uoguelph.ca |access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref>
Beckman joined the [[University of Guelph]] Library in 1966.<ref name="BeckmanObit" /> She played an active role in the planning of the school's McLaughlin Library working closely with the building architects.<ref name="Turns50" /><ref name="GAM1984">{{cite journal |title=Appointments |journal=Guelph Alumnus Magazine |date=Summer 1984 |page=16 |url=https://issuu.com/uofguelph/docs/1984summer |language=en}}</ref> Beckman also played an integral role in pushing forward automation efforts at the library and was recognized as a leader in the field of automated catalogues.<ref name="GAM1986">{{cite journal |title=Margaret Beckman Named Librarian of the Year |journal=Guelph Alumnus Magazine |date=Fall 1986 |page=11 |url=https://issuu.com/uofguelph/docs/1986fall |language=en|access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref> She developed [[CODOC]], a unified system for categorizing government documents, as part of her Masters thesis based on work undertaken at the Library.<ref name="GAM1986" /><ref name="Presser">{{cite journal |last1=Presser |first1=Carolynne |title=CODOC: A Computer-Based Processing and Retrieval System for Government Documents |journal=College & Research Libraries |date=March 1978 |volume=39 |issue=2 |pages=94–98 |doi=10.5860/crl_39_02_94 |url=https://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/13117 |access-date=4 January 2021|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Beckman |first1=Margaret Armstrong |title=Documentation system for the organization of government publications within a university library |url=http://go.utlib.ca/cat/4673009 |website=search.library.utoronto.ca}}</ref> Beckman was named Chief Librarian in 1971 and was the only woman to hold such a position in Ontario at the time.<ref name="ARLObit">{{cite journal |title=Memorials |journal=ARL |date=August 2008 |volume=259 |page=11 |url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED502842.pdf |access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref> She served in the role until 1984 at which point she was the school's Executive Director of information technology.<ref name="Turns50">{{cite web |title=McLaughlin Library Turns 50 |url=https://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/news/mclaughlin-library-turns-50 |website=www.lib.uoguelph.ca |access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref>


Beckman was named Librarian of the Year by the [[Association of College and Research Libraries]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite web |title=Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award |url=http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/acrllibrarian |website=Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) |access-date=4 January 2021 |language=en |date=28 July 2006}}</ref><ref name="WPLBio" /> She received the award in recognition of her "authority in the areas of library management, automation and building design."<ref name="ACRLNews1986">{{cite journal |title=Beckman named Academic Librarian of the Year |journal=College & Research Libraries News |date=May 1986 |volume=47 |issue=5 |page=350 |url=https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/issue/view/1438 |access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref>
Beckman was named Librarian of the Year by the [[Association of College and Research Libraries]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite web |title=Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award |url=http://www.ala.org/acrl/awards/achievementawards/acrllibrarian |website=Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) |access-date=4 January 2021 |language=en |date=28 July 2006}}</ref><ref name="WPLBio" /> She received the award in recognition of her "authority in the areas of library management, automation and building design."<ref name="ACRLNews1986">{{cite journal |title=Beckman named Academic Librarian of the Year |journal=College & Research Libraries News |date=May 1986 |volume=47 |issue=5 |page=350 |url=https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/issue/view/1438 |access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref>


In 1990 papers were presented at the International Essen Symposium in her honor. <ref>''Information Technology and Library Management''. ''Festschrift in Honour of Margaret Beckman.'' Papers Presented at the International Essen Symposium(13Th, Essen, West Germany, October 22-25, 1990)</ref>
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Beyond her academic library work, Beckman served on the [[Waterloo Public Library]] Board from 1960 to 1968.<ref name="ExLibris">{{cite web |title=history:biographies:beckman_ma |url=http://exlibris.ca/doku.php?id=history:biographies:beckman_ma |website=exlibris.ca |publisher=Ex Libris Association |access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref> Early on in her tenure she called into question the city's commitment to children given the absence of services aimed at providing access to library books by way of mobile or on-site librarians at schools.<ref name="WC1961">{{cite news |title=Service Lacking |url=https://images.ourontario.ca/waterloo/3546913/page/2?q=beckman&docid=OOI.3546913 |access-date=3 January 2021 |work=Waterloo Chronicle |date=29 March 1962 |page=1 |language=en}}</ref> She also caused a stir by commenting on the quality of popular books series like Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys.<ref>{{cite news |title=Canadian woman says series books like Nancy Drew should be banned from school libraries|work=Calgary Herald |date=24 January 1964 |page=3}}</ref> She believed that [[Bobbsey Twins]] represented inferior writing reflective of the type of books to be avoided when purchasing on a limited budget.<ref name="Ross">{{cite journal |last1=Ross |first1=Catherine Sheldrick |title="If They Read Nancy Drew, So What?": Series Book Readers Talk Back |journal=Library & Information Science Research |date=1994 |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=201–36 |url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ513752 |language=en |issn=0740-8188}}</ref>{{rp|214}}

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Beyond her academic library work, Beckman served on the [[Waterloo Public Library]] Board from 1960 to 1968.<ref name="ExLibris">{{cite web |title=history:biographies:beckman_ma |url=http://exlibris.ca/doku.php?id=history:biographies:beckman_margaret_armstrong|website=exlibris.ca |publisher=Ex Libris Association |access-date=3 January 2021}}</ref> Early on in her tenure she called into question the city's commitment to children given the absence of services aimed at providing access to library books by way of mobile or on-site librarians at schools.<ref name="WC1961">{{cite news |title=Service Lacking |url=https://images.ourontario.ca/waterloo/3546913/page/2?q=beckman&docid=OOI.3546913 |access-date=3 January 2021 |work=Waterloo Chronicle |date=29 March 1962 |page=1 |language=en}}</ref> She also caused a stir by commenting on the quality of popular books series like Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys.<ref>{{cite news |title=Canadian woman says series books like Nancy Drew should be banned from school libraries|work=Calgary Herald |date=24 January 1964 |page=3}}</ref> She believed that [[Bobbsey Twins]] represented inferior writing reflective of the type of books to be avoided when purchasing on a limited budget.<ref name="Ross">{{cite journal |last1=Ross |first1=Catherine Sheldrick |title="If They Read Nancy Drew, So What?": Series Book Readers Talk Back |journal=Library & Information Science Research |date=1994 |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=201–36 |url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ513752 |language=en |issn=0740-8188}}</ref>{{rp|214}}


Beckman died in [[Waterloo, Ontario]] on February 28, 2008.<ref name="ARLObit" /><ref name="BeckmanObit" />
Beckman died in [[Waterloo, Ontario]] on February 28, 2008.<ref name="ARLObit" /><ref name="BeckmanObit" />
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==Select publications==
==Select publications==
===Articles===
===Articles===
* {{cite journal |title=Experiment in the Use of The RevisedCode of Cataloguing Rule |journal=Library Resources and Technical Services |date=Summer 1961 |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=216-220 |url=http://downloads.alcts.ala.org/lrts/lrtsv5no3.pdf |access-date=4 January 2021}}
* {{cite journal |title=Experiment in the Use of The Revised Code of Cataloguing Rule |journal=Library Resources and Technical Services |date=Summer 1961 |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=216–220 |url=http://downloads.alcts.ala.org/lrts/lrtsv5no3.pdf |access-date=4 January 2021}}
* {{cite journal |title=Why not the Bobbsey Twins? |journal=Library Journal |date=1964 |volume=89 |pages=4612-13, 4627}}
* {{cite journal |title=Why not the Bobbsey Twins? |journal=Library Journal |date=1964 |volume=89 |pages=4612–13, 4627}}
* {{cite journal |title=Public Access at the University of Guelph Library |journal=ERIC ED210018: Public Access to Library Automation. Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing |date=1981 |pages=37-48 |url=https://archive.org/details/ERIC_ED210018/page/n39/mode/2up?q=guelph |language=english}}
* {{cite journal |title=Public Access at the University of Guelph Library |journal=ERIC ED210018: Public Access to Library Automation. Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing |date=1981 |pages=37–48 |url=https://archive.org/details/ERIC_ED210018/page/n39/mode/2up?q=guelph |language=english}}
* {{cite journal |title=Online Catalog Development at the University of Guelph |journal=Library Trends |date=Spring 1987 |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=527-37 |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/4816834.pdf}}
* {{cite journal |title=Online Catalog Development at the University of Guelph |journal=Library Trends |date=Spring 1987 |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=527–37 |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/4816834.pdf}}


===Books===
===Books===
*{{cite book |title=The best gift : a record of the Carnegie libraries in Ontario |date=1984 |publisher=Dundurn Press |location=Toronto [Ont.] |isbn=9781554883110}}
* {{cite book |title=New Library Design: Guide Lines to Planning Academic Library Buildings |date=1970 |publisher=J. Wiley & Sons Canada |location=Toronto |isbn=0471517178}}
* {{cite book |title=Documentation System for the Organization of Government Publications within a University Library. |date=1969 |publisher=Library Administration |url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED044159|oclc= 967292936 |access-date=4 January 2021 |language=English}}
* {{cite book |title=The Best Gift: A Record of the Carnegie Libraries in Ontario |date=1984 |publisher=Dundurn Press |location=Toronto [Ont.] |isbn=9781554883110}}


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==

* [https://www.exlibris.ca/doku.php?id=biographies:beckman-margaret-armstrong Margaret Armstrong Beckman biography] at Ex Libris Association

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Latest revision as of 01:41, 25 January 2024

Margaret Armstrong Beckman
Born1925 (1925)
DiedFebruary 28, 2008(2008-02-28) (aged 82–83)
Waterloo, Ontario
EducationWaterloo College, University of Toronto
OccupationLibrarian
Employers

Margaret Armstrong Beckman (1925 – February 28, 2008) was a Canadian librarian who was best known for her expertise in library design and catalogue automation. She was named Librarian of the Year by the Association of College and Research Libraries 1986.

Early life and education[edit]

Beckman was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1925.[1][2] She graduated from Waterloo College (since renamed Wilfrid Laurier University), in 1946 with a Bachelor of Arts.[3] She went on to complete a Bachelor of Library Science at the University of Toronto in 1949 and a Master of Library Science from the same school in 1969.[1]

Career[edit]

Early on in her career Beckman was turned down for a job at the London Public Library because of a rule against employing married women.[4] She eventually landed a job at the University of Western Ontario where women were expected to vacate their positions before the fourth month of a pregnancy.[4] A supervisor allowed her to continue working for an additional three months provided she stay in the basement, out of sight.[4][5] She later worked at the University of Waterloo serving as the head of cataloguing (1959-1964) and director of technical services (1964-1966).[1][3]

Beckman joined the University of Guelph Library in 1966.[5] She played an active role in the planning of the school's McLaughlin Library working closely with the building architects.[6][7] Beckman also played an integral role in pushing forward automation efforts at the library and was recognized as a leader in the field of automated catalogues.[8] She developed CODOC, a unified system for categorizing government documents, as part of her Masters thesis based on work undertaken at the Library.[8][9][10] Beckman was named Chief Librarian in 1971 and was the only woman to hold such a position in Ontario at the time.[11] She served in the role until 1984 at which point she was the school's Executive Director of information technology.[6]

Beckman was named Librarian of the Year by the Association of College and Research Libraries in 1986.[12][3] She received the award in recognition of her "authority in the areas of library management, automation and building design."[13]

In 1990 papers were presented at the International Essen Symposium in her honor. [14]

Beyond her academic library work, Beckman served on the Waterloo Public Library Board from 1960 to 1968.[1] Early on in her tenure she called into question the city's commitment to children given the absence of services aimed at providing access to library books by way of mobile or on-site librarians at schools.[15] She also caused a stir by commenting on the quality of popular books series like Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys.[16] She believed that Bobbsey Twins represented inferior writing reflective of the type of books to be avoided when purchasing on a limited budget.[17]: 214 

Beckman died in Waterloo, Ontario on February 28, 2008.[11][5]

Select publications[edit]

Articles[edit]

Books[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "history:biographies:beckman_ma". exlibris.ca. Ex Libris Association. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. ^ "ON: Mount Hope Cemetery (Margaret (Armstrong) BECKMAN)". geneofun.on.ca. CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Margaret Beckman" (PDF). Waterloo Public Library. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Beckman, Kip; Beckman, Sarah. "Margaret Armstrong Beckman". Globe & Mail. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Margaret BECKMAN Obituary". www.legacy.com. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  6. ^ a b "McLaughlin Library Turns 50". www.lib.uoguelph.ca. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Appointments". Guelph Alumnus Magazine: 16. Summer 1984.
  8. ^ a b "Margaret Beckman Named Librarian of the Year". Guelph Alumnus Magazine: 11. Fall 1986. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  9. ^ Presser, Carolynne (March 1978). "CODOC: A Computer-Based Processing and Retrieval System for Government Documents". College & Research Libraries. 39 (2): 94–98. doi:10.5860/crl_39_02_94. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  10. ^ Beckman, Margaret Armstrong. "Documentation system for the organization of government publications within a university library". search.library.utoronto.ca.
  11. ^ a b "Memorials" (PDF). ARL. 259: 11. August 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award". Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL). 28 July 2006. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Beckman named Academic Librarian of the Year". College & Research Libraries News. 47 (5): 350. May 1986. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  14. ^ Information Technology and Library Management. Festschrift in Honour of Margaret Beckman. Papers Presented at the International Essen Symposium(13Th, Essen, West Germany, October 22-25, 1990)
  15. ^ "Service Lacking". Waterloo Chronicle. 29 March 1962. p. 1. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  16. ^ "Canadian woman says series books like Nancy Drew should be banned from school libraries". Calgary Herald. 24 January 1964. p. 3.
  17. ^ Ross, Catherine Sheldrick (1994). ""If They Read Nancy Drew, So What?": Series Book Readers Talk Back". Library & Information Science Research. 17 (3): 201–36. ISSN 0740-8188.

External links[edit]

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Margaret_Armstrong_Beckman&diff=1198779366&oldid=998155130

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