Gerald R. Shields

Gerald R. Shields (1927 – November 10, 2005)^[1] was a librarian, editor, cartoonist and educator.

Gerald R. Shields
Born	November 24, 1925
Died	November 10, 2005
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin
Occupation(s)	Librarian and educator

Shields retired as Assistant Dean of the School of Information and Library Studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo.^[2]

Education

Shields received a master of arts in library science from the University of Wisconsin.^[2]

Career

Shields was the editor of feature articles in Public Libraries, the journal of the Public Library Association.^[2] He served twelve years on the American Library Association (ALA) Council and was chair of the Professional Ethics Committee.^[2] He was the founding editor of American Libraries (1968-1973) and the Ohio Library Association Bulletin.^[2] He also drew cartoons under the name Jerrybilt.

Awards

• 1984 New York Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Award.^[2]

Bibliography

• The FBI Creates An Awareness of Librarian Ethics: An Opinionated Historical (Allerton Park Institute, 1989) Review ISBN 0878450858
• Librarianship: The New Alternatives and the Old Bundle of Tricks Library Trends 32 (3) Winter 1984. pages 349-356
• Freedom of access to library materials, with John S. Robotham (Neal-Schuman, 1982) ISBN 0918212316
• Children's Library Services: School or public? (Rowman & Littlefield, 1974) ^[3] ISBN 9780810806887
• Budgeting for accountability in libraries; a selection of readings with John Gordon Burke (Scarecrow Press, 1974) ISBN 0810806878