User:Geraldshields11/sandbox/Gerald R Shields (librarian)

Gerald R. Shields is the retired Assistant Dean of the School of Information and Library Studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Education
Shields received a master of arts in library science from the University of Wisconsin.

Career
Shields was the editor of feature articles in Public Libraries, the journal of the Public Library Association. He has served twelve years on the American Library Association (ALA) Council and was chair of the Professional Ethics Committee. He was the founding editor of American Libraries and the award-winning Ohio Library Association Bulletin.

Awards

 * 1984 New York Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Award.