Dr. José O. Díaz is Associate Curator for Special Collections and Latin American and Iberian Studies Librarian at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. In that capacity, José is responsible for special collections in all areas of American history and for activities such as reference, public programming, and collection development. He is also responsible for the acquisition of Latin American and Iberian materials for the Library's general collection. Dr. Díaz is the Special Collections' liaison to the History Department, teaches courses in public history and American fraternalism, and serves on the Latin American Studies Center's Advisory Board. Jose's research interests include 19th century American history, fraternalism, modern Latin American history, and public history. He just concluded a three year term on the University Senate and one year as chair of the Senate’s Diversity Committee. He currently serves on the Senate's Rules Committee and on the Council on Libraries and Information Technology (COLIT). He received his MLS (Library Sciences) and MA (Latin American history) from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. He holds a Ph.D. in American history from The Ohio State University.
Associate Professor Joseph Galron is Director of the Jewish Studies Library, a collection of over 300,000 volumes. One of his most important accomplishments has been his contribution to the creation of ALEPH, the automated catalogue system used in Israel which allows display of Hebrew, Arabic, and English simultaneously. Professor Galron is also a scholar of the Jewish book, with many substantial publications in the field. He has compiled bibliographies of several major Jewish literary figures, including Yisrael Yeshayahu, Dov Sadan, and Yeshayahu Avrech. He recently launched the Online Bio-Bibliographic Lexicon of Modern Hebrew Literature (http://library.osu.edu/sites/users/galron.1/index.htm), which focuses on authors of original Hebrew prose, poetry, and drama as well as translators of belles-lettres into Hebrew and authors of literary criticism who contribute to modern Hebrew literature.
Sponsored by the Iberian Studies Working Group of the Humanities Institute.
