Chronology and Bibliography of John Y. Cole

The chronology below provides an overview of John Y. Cole's career and includes institutional, local, state, and national awards he has won for his leadership at the Library of Congress and for his book promotion activities carried out as director of the Center for the Book. Because Cole has published so extensively on the Library of Congress, the selected bibliography that follows will prove a valuable guide to scholars and students who can find information on every aspect of the Library, from scholarly studies of its history and beautifully illustrated publications on the art and architecture of the 1897 Jefferson Building to articles describing contemporary developments such as activities of the Center for the Book and large-scale digitization projects instigated by Librarian James Billington. Not included in the bibliography are sound recordings and Webcasts of more than one hundred Center for the Book programs moderated or introduced by Cole. The sound recordings are in the collections of the Library of Congress; the Webcasts are available at www.read.gov/webcasts.

In addition to dozens of scholarly books and book chapters and articles in publications such as Libraries & Culture and the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, Cole has edited numerous books and has contributed forewords, prefaces, and afterwords to many books dealing with the Library and with book and library history. He has written more than one hundred articles for the Library of Congress Information Bulletin, and it is through these articles that one can trace the ongoing development of the Center for the Book and contemporary activities of the Library. Cole's numerous historical articles for the bulletin include a series of brief studies published in honor of the Library's bicentennial, celebrated in 2000.

John Cole's bibliography, containing nearly four hundred publications, is organized into six thematic sections, with a chronological subarrangement within each section: "The Library of Congress: History and Development" (page 138), "Encyclopedia of the Library of Congress" (page 144), "Librarians of Congress and Other Library Staff" (page 145), "The Center for the Book: History and Development" (page 147), "The Center for the Book Viewpoint Series" (page 155), and "Other Publications and Contributions" (page 157).

John Y. Cole Chronology

Education

University of Washington, Seattle, B.A., history, 1962

University of Washington, Seattle, School of Librarianship, M.Libr., 1963

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., M.L.A., 1966

George Washington University, Washington, D.C., Ph.D., American civilization, 1971 (dissertation: "Ainsworth Rand Spofford and the 'National Library'")

Professional Experience

Chief, Library Branch, U.S. Army Intelligence School, Fort Holabird, Md., 1964–1966

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Librarian, Congressional Research Service, 1966–1968

Technical officer, Reference Department, 1969–1972

Coordinator, foreign newspaper microfilming, Reference Department, 1972–1975

Coordinator, newspaper microfilming, Reference Department, 1975

Chairman, Librarian's Task Force on Goals, Organization, and Planning, Office of the Librarian, 1976

Assistant head, Planning Office, Office of the Librarian, 1977

Executive director, Center for the Book, Office of the Librarian, 1978–1986

Director, Center for the Book, Office of the Librarian, 1986–1988

Director, Center for the Book, Office of Associate Librarian for Cultural Affairs, 1989–1995

Director, Center for the Book, Office of Associate Librarian for Library Services, 1995–

Concurrent Professional Experience

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Acting director, Office of Associate Librarian for Cultural Affairs, March 1990–February 1992

Acting director of publishing, Office of Associate Librarian for Cultural Affairs, September 1993–May 1995

Cochair, steering committee, Library of Congress Bicentennial, Office of the Librarian, October 1997–December 2000

Acting director of publishing, Office of Associate Librarian for Library Services, January–July 2009

Author coordinator, annual National Book Festival, 2001–

Concurrent Teaching Experience

Associate professorial lecturer in American civilization, Library of Congress coordinator for the Library of Congress/George Washington University joint Ph.D. program in American civilization, and instructor, "Americana in the Library of Congress," George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1975–1980

Instructor, "Libraries in American Society," School of Library and Information...