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Type of entity
Person
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Andrews, Clement Walker
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Description area
Dates of existence
1858 – 1930
History
Clement Walker Andrews (January 13, 1858 – November 20, 1930) was an American librarian. He graduated from Harvard University in 1880 and served as an instructor in chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1883 to 1892. From 1889 to 1895, he also served as the librarian at MIT. Andrews became the first librarian of the John Crerar Library in 1895 and held that position until his retirement in 1928. His contributions to the field of library science include introducing catalog card exchanges between libraries and publishing printed lists of current periodicals. He served as president of the American Library Association from 1906 to 1907 and as president of the American Library Institute from 1922 to 1924.