Gwinn, Nancy E. (1945-2024)
Former Director, Smithsonian Libraries
Gwinn, Nancy E. (1945-2024)
Former Director, Smithsonian Libraries
Library history and 19th-century American cultural history.
Positions
- Former Director, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives 1997 -
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., University of Wyoming
- M.L.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Ph.D., George Washington University
- Linacre College, Oxford University 1968 - 1969
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Andalibi, Ali, Carpenter, Todd, Collins, Nina K., Delenick, Joann C., Escobar-Alvarez, Sindy, Fiore, Steve, Gunn, William, Gwinn, Nancy, Lossau, Norbert, Luther, Judy, McColgin, Dave, Morovati, Meredith, Plutchak, T. S., Sebeok, Jessica, Seminara, Concetta, Skomal, Susan, Ware, Mark, Warren, John W., Woolley, Mary, Xiao, Grace, and Zenelis, John. 2016. "At-Large Workgroup: Themes and Observations." Open Scholarship Initiative Proceedings 1:1-10. https://doi.org/10.13021/G80K5C 2016
- Gwinn, Nancy E. 2010. "The Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Global Exchange of Government documents, 1834-1889." Libraries & the Cultural Record 45 (1):107-122. https://doi.org/10.1353/lac.0.0116 2010
- Gwinn, Nancy E. and Rinaldo, Constance. 2009. "The Biodiversity Heritage Library: sharing biodiversity literature with the world." IFLA Journal 35 (1):25-34. https://doi.org/10.1177/0340035208102032 2009
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Book
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Chapter
- Gwinn, Nancy E. 2015. "About Smithsonian Libraries." In The Era of Experiments and the Age of Wonder: Scientific Expansion from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries. Vekerdy, Lilla, editor. vii. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 2015
- Gwinn, Nancy E. 2015. "Agents of Exchange: Origins of Scholarly Communication in Nineteenth-Century America." In The Era of Experiments and the Age of Wonder: Scientific Expansion from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries. Vekerdy, Lilla, editor. 31–41. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 2015
- Gwinn, Nancy E. 2015. "Preface." In The Era of Experiments and the Age of Wonder: Scientific Expansion from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries. Vekerdy, Lilla, editor. ix–xi. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 2015
- Gwinn, Nancy E. 2007. "Vattemare and the Smithsonian Institution." in The Extravagant Ambassador: The True Story of Alexandre Vattemare, the French Ventriloquist Who Changed the World, edited by Havens, E. and Tilliette, Pierre-Alain., 179-189. Boston Public Library; Le Passage, Paris bibliotheques. 2007
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Webpage
- Gwinn, Nancy E., Rose-Sandler, Tricia, and Rinaldo, Constance. 2014. "The Art of Life: Merging the Worlds of Art and Science." http://library.ifla.org/681/1/149-rose-sandler-en.pdf. 2014
