James M. Matarazzo
American academic and librarian
James M. Matarazzo (January 4, 1941 – April 17, 2018) was an American academic and librarian who taught at Simmons University for almost 50 years. He was a national and global leader in the field of special libraries.
Education and academic career
Matarazzo held bachelor's and master's degrees in political science from Boston College, a master's in Library Science from Simmons College (now Simmons University) and a doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh. He first worked as a librarian at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1965-1969). From 1969 to 2002, he held a series of combined faculty and leadership positions at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science ("GSLIS") at Simmons College: instructor (1969–1970); assistant professor (1970–1973); associate professor (1974–1980); professor (1980-2002); associate dean (1974–1994); and dean of GSLIS (1994-2002). Upon retirement as dean, he was made dean and professor emeritus by the faculty. He continued to teach and publish until months before his death.
He was also Vice President and Board Secretary of the H.W. Wilson Foundation in New York. In July 2018, the board of directors of the H.W. Wilson Foundation endowed a graduate scholarship in his name tenable at Simmons University. A lifelong resident of Winthrop, Massachusetts, he served for many years on the board of trustees of the Winthrop Public Library.
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