Louis Round Wilson
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Louis Round Wilson was an important figure to the field of library science, and is listed in "100 of the most important leaders we had in the 20th century," an article in the December 1999 issue of Am
Louis Round Wilson
ALA Medal of Excellence
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The ALA Medal of Excellence is an annual award bestowed by the American Library Association for recent creative leadership of high order, particularly in the fields of library management, library trai
Louis Round Wilson
…president of the American Library Association in 1925. In 1951 he was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership. In 1976 he was awarded the Melvil Dewey Medal. During his career as the University librarian at UNC, Wilson increased the library's collection from 32,000 volumes in 1901 to 235,000 in 1932. In…
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