John Szabo

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John F. Szabo
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John F. Szabo in the Tom Bradley wing of Los Angeles Public Library's Central Library.
Born
Orlando, Florida, U.S.
OccupationLibrarian

John F. Szabo (born 1968) is an American librarian, library executive, and the twentieth City Librarian of Los Angeles, the chief executive of the Los Angeles Public Library. He previously served as the Director of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Clearwater (FL) Public Library System, Palm Harbor (FL) Public Library, and the Robinson (IL) Public Library District. In 2015, the Los Angeles Public Library won the National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation's highest honor for a library or museum. Awarded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the medal was presented by First Lady Michelle Obama at a White House ceremony.

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Biography

Szabo was born in Orlando, Florida, and grew up in Montgomery, Alabama. At age 16, Szabo started working as a library clerk at Gunter Air Force Base.

Szabo received his bachelor's degree in telecommunications from the University of Alabama and his master's degree in information and library studies at the University of Michigan. [1]

Szabo was appointed director of the public library district serving the city of Robinson and Crawford County, Illinois. His experience then extended to the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System (Director 2005-2012), [2] Clearwater Public Library System in Florida, and Palm Harbor Public Library, also in Florida. [3] During his Florida tenure, he served as Florida Library Association president. [4] [3] Szabo became City Librarian of Los Angeles in 2012. [5] [6]

Honors

Publications

References

  1. ↑ "The City Librarian | Los Angeles Public Library". lapl.org. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  2. ↑ "John Szabo". KCRW. 26 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 "John Szabo". OCLC. March 12, 2019.
  4. ↑ "The City Librarian | Los Angeles Public Library". www.lapl.org.
  5. ↑ "John Szabo, MILS '92 | University of Michigan School of Information". www.si.umich.edu.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Getting a read on L.A.'s new city librarian". Los Angeles Times. October 14, 2012.
  7. ↑ "C&IS Honors Day 2020 – College of Communication and Information Sciences". The University of Alabama. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  8. ↑ Orlean, Susan (2018). The library book (First Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.). New York. ISBN   978-1-4767-4018-8. OCLC   1029886122.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ↑ Blum, Steven (2019-05-20). "100-Plus LGBTQ Icons and Iconoclasts Who Are Shaping Culture in L.A. and Beyond". Lamag - Culture, Food, Fashion, News & Los Angeles. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  10. ↑ Persic, Peter. "University of Guadalajara Foundation Honors City Librarian, John F. Szabo" (PDF). Los Angeles Public Library. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "Distinguished UMSI alumni". University of Michigan School of Information. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  12. ↑ "City Librarian: John Szabo Is LJ's 2025 Librarian of the Year". Library Journal. Retrieved 2025-06-23.
  13. ↑ Death and Dying: An Annotated Bibliography of the Thanatological Literature.
  14. ↑ The Bayeux Tapestry: A Critically Annotated Bibliography.
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