Special Assistant to the Dean of Libraries, University of Kansas
Bill Crowe became Special Assistant to the Dean of Libraries at the University of Kansas (KU) in July 2007, as he moved into "phased retirement." Previously, he had been Spencer Librarian at KU since July 1999, responsible for the university's rare books, manuscripts, regional history and archival collections and services in the Kenneth Spencer Research Library. He had been KU's Vice Chancellor for Information Services from 1996-1999, having taken on that responsibility in addition to his role as Dean of Libraries, a position to which he was named in 1990.
After two years of work in technical services at the Boston Public Library, Bill's interest in the academic world took him to the Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington, where he coordinated acquisitions and cataloging for Indiana University's then six regional campuses. In 1976, he accepted a year's special internship with the director of the library at the University of Michigan, after which he returned to Indiana, where he served half-time as Assistant to the Dean of Libraries while pursuing coursework for his doctorate. In 1979, Bill moved to The Ohio State University, where he was Assistant to the Director and then Assistant Director of Libraries for Administration and Technical Services.
In 2004, the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University Bloomington presented Bill with the Distinguished Alumni Award at the American Library Association annual conference.
Bill earned his master's degree in library service at Rutgers University in 1969. He was awarded the PhD from Indiana University in 1986.
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