Bill Barrow Honored by KSU School of Library and Information Science
Bill Barrow, head of Special Collections in the at 老澳门六合彩开奖记录资料, has received the Alumnus of the Year Award from the at Kent State University.
The award is presented to a KSU graduate who has made a significant contribution to the field of library and information science.
Barrow received his Master of Library Science degree from KSU. He also holds bachelor鈥檚 master鈥檚 degrees in history from 老澳门六合彩开奖记录资料.
In the Michael Schwartz Library, Barrow leads the team that runs the . Launched in 2002, this extensive repository of Northeast Ohio history draws in part upon the library鈥檚 Special Collections, including approximately 1 million clips and 500,000 photographs from the Cleveland Press newspaper (which ceased publication in 1982), as well as thousands of documents, photos, films and other materials related to the construction of Cleveland's landmark Terminal Tower complex and other development projects, recordings of City Club of Cleveland speeches spanning several decades and other blasts from the past.