PRESS RELEASE
October 23, 2002
Richard Cox, Prominent Archivist,
To Lecture at McKeldin Library
Professor Richard J. Cox, prominent archival educator at the University of Pittsburgh, will be the guest lecturer at a special program on Thursday, November 14, from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. in Room 6137 at McKeldin Library. Prof. Cox’s topic will be: “Flowers After the Funeral: The Meaning of Museums in the Post 9/11 World.” The lecture is open to the public.
Each year the College of Information Studies (CIS) invites someone prominent in the archives field to present a guest lecture and this year’s invitee is Prof. Cox, who is also a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists, and a prolific author.
Prof. Cox’s visit is being organized in partnership with the University Libraries, Student Archivists at Maryland, and this area’s archival association, the Mid Atlantic Regional Archives Conference.
As the lead educator in the University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences' Archival Studies Specialization, Prof. Cox’s current research interests include various aspects of the history of archival science and recordkeeping, the management of electronic records, and the public awareness of archives and records in the modern information age.
Prior to his current position at the University of Pittsburgh, Prof. Cox worked at the New York State Archives and Records Administration, Alabama Department of Archives and History, the City of Baltimore, and the Maryland Historical Society.
He chaired the Society of American Archivists (SAA) committee that drafted new graduate archival education guidelines adopted by its Council in 1988, served for four years as a member of that association's Committee on Education and Professional Development, and was a member of the Society's governing Council from 1986 through 1989. Dr. Cox who has written extensively on archival and records management professional issues, served as Editor of the American Archivist from 1991 through 1995.
Prof. Cox received a BA, cum laude, from Towson State College, MA from the University of Maryland, and a Ph.D., from the School of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh.
Prior to the lecture Prof. Cox will meet with CIS faculty
and staff from the Libraries’ Archives and Manuscripts Department.
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