David Kaser

David Kaser died on March 24, 2017. In the early years of his career, Kaser served as director of libraries at Vanderbilt University and Cornell University, then went on to teach at Vanderbilt and Syracuse Universities. In 1973 he joined the faculty at Indiana University, where he taught graduate-level courses in the School of Library and Information Science and also served as an administrator for decades. At Indiana he was recognized with a Distinguished Teaching Award and was later named Distinguished Professor Emeritus. Upon his retirement from active teaching, a university lectureship was endowed in his name. Kaser wrote, edited, or coauthored fifteen books and some two hundred papers; edited two national journals; refereed numerous manuscripts; and participated in many colloquia. He also consulted on library-related matters the world over. He is one of very few librarians awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. He also received funding for his work from the National Historical Publications Commission, the Pacific Cultural Foundation, and the American Philosophical Society.