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Gary P. Gillum (June 12, 1944 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a librarian-emeritus of Brigham Young University (BYU). He has compiled bibliographies of works in Mormon Studies as well as the works of Hugh Nibley.

Early life and education
Gillum's father was in the United States Air Force, so his family moved often. He lived in Germany from 1953–1956. Gillum was raised a Lutheran and studied to be a minister with the Lutheran Church. He studied at St. John's College and Concordia Senior College, where he received a degree in pre-ministerial studies and classics in 1968. He wanted to join the intelligence services of the United States Army, but was unable to pass the physical tests for it. While in Indiana, he worked as the music librarian for the Indianapolis Public Library.

He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1969. He received a Master's in library science from BYU in 1971. He started working at the Harold B. Lee Library in 1971 as the foreign languages bibliographer and became the librarian of Religion, Philosophy, and Ancient Studies in 1980.

Career
Gillum was Nibley's personal librarian during much of Nibley's time at BYU. Because of his familiarity with Nibley's sources, Gillum edited three volumes of the Collected Works of Hugh Nibley. Gillum also compiled Of All Things, A Hugh Nibley Quote Book. Gillum taught an honors class on Nibley at BYU.

Gillum and Richard L. Anderson both worked with the Hugh Nibley Ancient Studies Room in the Harold B. Lee Library. He indexed, edited, reviewed, and archived Nibley's work for over thirty-five years. He received the Library Faculty Professionalism award in 2006. As part of his work in the library, Gillum compiled the LDS Periodicals Index and an index for Dialogue. He assisted in the creation of Sunstone and Sunstone Review Index (1975-1980).

Gillum has written reviews for Library Journal, BYU Studies and Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. He served on the editorial boards for BYU Studies and Dialogue. He served as a member of the Oxford Biblical Studies Online library advisory board in 2009.

Personal life
Gillum and Lyn Ann Ruhland were married in July 1969. After having two children together, Lyn died of lymphoma in 1977. Gillum married Elizabeth Bayliss; she died of cancer in 1986. Gillum was briefly married to Cheri Lee. Since 1987 Gillum has been married to Signe Slangerup Hale, with whom he served as missionaries in the LDS California Anaheim Mission 2009–2010.

Gillum has sung with many ensembles. He sang bass for over 17 years with the Utah Baroque Ensemble. He also sang with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, BYU Men's Chorus, and the Payson Civic Chorale. He was the business manager of the Utah Valley Symphony, and in 2008, was a member of its board.

Gillum has been part of the Payson Library Board and in 2006, joined the Springville Library Board.

His papers are in the collection of the Brigham Young University library.

Books
Gillum has edited several books of Nibley's works:



Book reviews

 * Book reviews written for BYU Studies
 * Works by Gary Gillum in Library Journal; includes 70 reviews