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Frederic Jay Glazer (February 20, 1937–December 8, 1997) was an American librarian and director of the West Virginia Library Commission from 1972 to 1996. Nicknamed the "P.T. Barnum of libraries,"〔St Lifer, E., & Rogers, M. (1998). Library Innovator Fred Glazer dies. ''Library Journal,'' 123(1), 18-19.〕 he was an outspoken promoter of libraries who was instrumental in greatly expanding library service and funding throughout West Virginia. In 1999, ''American Libraries'' named him one of the "100 Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century."〔Leonard Kniffel, Peggy Sullivan, Edith McCormick, "100 of the Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century," ''American Libraries'' 30, no. 11 (December 1999): 43.〕 ==Biography== Glazer was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, on February 20, 1937, to Esther Blachman and Moses Herman Glazer. He married Sylvia Katherine Lerner in 1963 and was the father of two children, Hoyt Eric and Hilary Alison.〔Tiger, H., et al. (Eds.). (1995). Frederic Jay Glazer. In ''Who's Who in America'' (50th ed., Vol. 1, p. 1533). New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who.〕 Glazer earned his B.A. in Economics from Columbia University in 1958. After that, he worked for the advertising company Dancer Fitzgerald Sample as a media buyer.〔West Virginia's State Librarian. (1974). ''American Libraries,'' 5(February 1974), 68.〕 In 1960, he entered the U.S. Army Infantry at Fort Dix, New Jersey. From 1961 to 1962, he served as a private first class at Fort Lee in Virginia. In 1962 and 1963, he worked as a library assistant at the Special Services Library in Fort Lee. From 1963 to 1964, he returned to Columbia for his Master’s in Library Science.〔Ash, L. (Ed.). (1970). Frederic Jay Glazer. In ''A Biographical directory of librarians in the United States and Canada.'' (5th ed., p. 395). Chicago: American Library Association.〕 Glazer worked as an adult services librarian at the Norfolk Public Library in Virginia from 1964 to 1967,〔 and he was director of the Chesapeake Public Library System in Virginia from 1967 to 1972.〔 Glazer became Executive Secretary of the West Virginia Library Commission, based in Charleston, in 1972. He served for 24 years until his controversial firing in 1996.〔Chepesiuk, R. (1996). West Virginia state librarian Fred Glazer fired without explanation. ''American Libraries,'' 27(6), 19.〕 He died of kidney failure at age 60 on December 8, 1997.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fred Glazer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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