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Mohrhardt">Foster E. Mohrhardt</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1906-12-10</span>)</span>December 10, 1906<br /><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, US</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">December 31, 1991<span style="display:none">(1991-12-31)</span> (aged 85)<br /><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Virginia" title="Danville, Virginia">Danville, Virginia</a>, US</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Randolph%E2%80%93Macon_College" title="Randolph–Macon College">Randolph–Macon College</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Librarian" title="Librarian">Librarian</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Teacher" title="Teacher">educator</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Writer" title="Writer">writer</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Editor" class="mw-redirect" title="Editor">editor</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mary Virginia Gaver</b> (December 10, 1906 – December 31, 1991) was a United States <a href="/wiki/Librarian" title="Librarian">librarian</a>. She was considered by one source to be one of the most important leaders in <a href="/wiki/Library_and_information_science" title="Library and information science">library science</a> in the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mary_Virginia_Gaver&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mary Virginia Gaver was the oldest of three children born to Clayton Daniel Gaver and Ruth Lydia Clendenning Gaver. She was born on December 10, 1906, in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her siblings were brother, Perry, who died of an injury while attending Virginia Tech, and Lydia, a history teacher at Stratford College. Mary's father relocated the family to the mill town of <a href="/wiki/Danville,_Virginia" title="Danville, Virginia">Danville, Virginia</a> located in Pittsylvania County. Her father's family had owned and operated Gaver Woolen Mill in Hillsboro, Virginia in the 1800s. She arrived in Danville in 1912 and lived there for much of her life. It was her life in the impoverished area that influenced her and shaped much of what she did later in her career as an educator, author and a librarian. </p><p>Gaver's interest in books was displayed when she was very young. Since her mother was a teacher, she had grown up in a family where books were an important component to education and enrichment. While still a young child, she discovered that many of the local school children in Schoolfield, Virginia, which is a suburb of Danville, did not have access to books. To help alleviate this situation, she convinced her mother to help collect money to start a school library in this nearby town. Mary Gaver and her mother solicited donations door-to-door and gathered $100 that was then graciously matched by executives at Dan River Mill, where her father was executive secretary to the president, for a total of $200.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was enough to start a school library for the area children. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mary_Virginia_Gaver&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gaver attended the local public schools until she enrolled in fifth grade at the Randolph-Macon Institute, which was a private girls school.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After graduation, her mother wanted her to attend the prestigious Trinity College which is currently known as <a href="/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University">Duke University</a>. Although she had earned a scholarship to cover the cost of her education at Trinity, she chose to further her education at <a href="/wiki/Randolph-Macon_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Randolph-Macon College">Randolph-Macon Women's College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the age of 21, she received a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a> with a major in English and two minors that included Bible and the organ. </p><p>Gaver's education continued while she was employed full-time and often took classes during the summers. She earned a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">B.S.</a> in library sciences in 1932 from <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> and went on to earn an M.S. in library sciences, also at Columbia in 1938.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gaver did take additional classes later in her career and was awarded an honorary doctoral degree by Columbia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mary_Virginia_Gaver&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>She followed in her mother's footsteps and became an English teacher at a local high school, but she disliked the job. While having an extensive background in English, she encountered problems with the management of her classroom. Her principal recommended that she transfer to a position in the school's library the following school year.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That summer she not only worked in a library, but she also got some training at <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_University" title="George Washington University">George Washington University</a> to help improve on the fact that she had no formal schooling in library sciences. This unplanned job transfer, led to a long career as a librarian and advocate for the development of school libraries. </p><p>She worked at <a href="/wiki/George_Washington_High_School_(Danville,_Virginia)" title="George Washington High School (Danville, Virginia)">George Washington High School</a> for 10 years before she earned her degree in library science. While working as a librarian during <a href="/wiki/The_Depression" class="mw-redirect" title="The Depression">The Depression</a>, she became aware of the funding problems of the library systems. Due to this, Gaver decided to dedicate her life not only to improving funding for the library systems but to get training in the schools to help improve the skills of the staff as well as the library skills of the children. </p><p>Gaver taught at many different schools and colleges, including 12 years (1942–1954) at the <a href="/wiki/The_College_of_New_Jersey" title="The College of New Jersey">New Jersey State Teachers College</a>. In addition, she was an associate professor, then a professor, at <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_University" title="Rutgers University">Rutgers University</a> for the Graduate School of Library Services for which she held that position for 17 years from 1954 to 1971. In 1970, while at Rutgers University, Gaver served as a committee member of the Rutgers University Council on Children's Literature.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also embarked on an international mission to assist other countries improve their library systems, worked as a visiting professor at the University of Teheran, and became an advisor to Iran in 1952–1953.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During her time at Rutgers, she worked on several projects to help improve the library system. She was passionate about her work and wanted others to realize the importance of a well trained library staff and the benefit it had on the students' educational outcomes. Her work included, but is not limited to, the following projects: <i>Every Child Needs a School Library</i>, 1957; <i>Effectiveness of Centralized School Library Services (Phase I)</i>, 1959–1960; <i>Standards for School Library Programs</i>, 1960; <i>Are You Ready?</i>, 1960; <i>Creative Elementary School Library</i>, 1962; <i>Effectiveness of Centralize Library Service in Elementary Schools</i>, 1963; and <i>Libraries for the People of New Jersey</i>, 1964. </p><p>Miss Gaver also held many prominent positions including serving as president for not only the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Library_Association" title="New Jersey Library Association">New Jersey Library Association</a> (1954–1955) but for both the <a href="/wiki/American_Association_of_School_Librarians" title="American Association of School Librarians">American Association of School Librarians</a> (1959–1960) and the <a href="/wiki/American_Library_Association" title="American Library Association">American Library Association</a> (1966–1967). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mary_Virginia_Gaver&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to her leadership roles in various organizations, she earned several awards throughout her lifetime. These awards include: </p> <ul><li>Herbert Putnam Honor Award, American Library Association, 1963;<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rutgers's Research Council Award, 1962;</li> <li>Randolph-Macon Woman's College Achievement Award, 1964;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beta_Phi_Mu" title="Beta Phi Mu">Beta Phi Mu</a></li> <li>Award of Good Teaching, 1964;</li> <li>Constance Lindsay Skinner Award, Woman's National Book Association, 1973;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Library_Association_Honorary_Membership" title="American Library Association Honorary Membership">American Library Association Honorary Membership</a>, 1976;</li> <li>President's Award, American Association of School Librarians, 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Gaver's career and influence as a librarian and author did not end when she retired from Rutgers University. She continued to conduct research, write, edit and publish articles well after her career as an educator ended. She went on to hold several positions, including vice president at <a href="/wiki/Brodart" title="Brodart">Brodart Industries</a>, a wholesale book supplier. Gaver stopped working at Brodart Industries in 1975. </p><p>Mary Gaver never married and died at the age of 85 on December 31, 1991, while suffering from <a href="/wiki/Parkinson%27s_disease" title="Parkinson's disease">Parkinson's disease</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She left a lasting effect on how school libraries are run today. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mary_Virginia_Gaver&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Iranian Libraries</i> (Library Journal, 1953)</li> <li><i>Every Child Needs a School Library</i> (ALA, 1957)</li> <li><i>New Jersey Plans for Library Development</i> (Wilson Library Bulletin, 1957)</li> <li><i>Are You Ready?</i> (Wilson Library Bulletin, 1960)</li> <li><i>The Creative Elementary School Librarian</i> (Wilson Library Bulletin, 1962)</li> <li><i>Effectiveness of Centralized Libraries in Elementary Schools</i> (Rutgers University Press, 1963)</li> <li><i>Libraries for the People of New Jersey</i> (NJLA, 1964)</li> <li><i>Patterns of Development in Elementary School Libraries Today</i> (Encyclopædia Britannica, 1963, 1965, 1969)</li> <li><i>The Elementary School Library Collection</i> (Brodart Foundation, 1965)</li> <li><i>Librarians in the Academic Community—A New Breed?</i> (Wilson Library Bulletin, 1969)</li> <li><i>Good News From Iran</i> (Top of the News, 1971)</li> <li>"The Elementary School Library Collection"</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mary_Virginia_Gaver&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kniffle, Leonard; Sullivan, Peggy; McCormick, Edith:(1999). 100 of the most important leaders we had in the 20th century. <i>American Libraries,</i> Page 38</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Pioneers and Leaders in Library Services to Youth: A Biographical Dictionary.</i> (2009). 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Retrieved 9/11/2009.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mary_Virginia_Gaver&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Mary Virginia Gaver. A Braided Cord: Memoirs of a School Librarian.</i> Peggy Sullivan. (The Librarian Quarter, 1989).</li> <li><i>School Library Journal's Best: A Reader for Children's, Young Adult & School Librarians.</i> Thomas W. Domen, Marilyn L. Miller. (Neal-Schuman Publishers, 1997).</li> <li><i>The Elementary School Library Collection: A Guide to Books and Other Media; Phases 1-2-3.</i> Mary Virginia Gaver. (The Bro-Dart Foundation, 1973).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mary_Virginia_Gaver&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110720092938/http://www.unc.edu/~bflorenc/libraryladies/gaver.html">Outstanding Women in Children's Librarianship – Mary Virginia Gaver</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/03/us/mary-virginia-gaver-dies-at-85-an-advocate-for-school-libraries.html">New York Times – Mary Virginia Gaver Obituary</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid lightgreen">Non-profit organization positions </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Vosper" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Vosper">Robert Vosper</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_American_Library_Association" title="List of presidents of the American Library Association">President of the American Library Association</a> </b><br />1966–1967 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Foster_E._Mohrhardt" title="Foster E. 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