María Teresa Chávez Campomanes

María Teresa Chávez Campomanes (1 August 1890, Puebla de los Ángeles, Mexico - 24 February 1981) was a Mexican librarian and library science educator.[1][2] She is regarded as the very foundation of teaching at the National School of Archivists and Librarians of the Secretariat of Education. The majority of Mexican librarians of the next era studied under her. She was named Teacher Emeritus of the Secretariat of Education and is known as one of the most respected and influential women of México, partially because of the cataloging tools she created.[3][4][5][6]

María Teresa Chávez Campomanes
Born	(1890-08-01)August 1, 1890 Puebla de los Ángeles, Mexico
Died	February 24, 1981(1981-02-24) (aged 90)
Nationality	Mexican
Alma mater	National University of Mexico
Occupation	Librarian and archivist
Known for	Library science education

Education

Chávez studied under Emilio Baz at the School for Librarians in Mexico City. Chávez graduated from the Pratt Institute in the United States. Chávez continued her education doing postgraduate work in Detroit, Michigan and Columbia, focusing on library science.[3]

In 1953, Chávez received her doctorate in Literature after writing her thesis on books that later became classics at the National University of Mexico.[4][7]

Employment

After graduation, she worked in the New York Public Library and Washington DC's Library of Congress. She later returned to México and studied Spanish literature at the National University in the department of Philosophy and Letters. She became the Director of the Franklin Library and the Library of México under the philosopher José Vasconcelos. She aimed to make libraries an extension of the classroom.[3][8]

She helped found UNAM Colegio de Bibliotecología.[6] To help her students, she created a tool called "Catalogers and Classifiers Manual", which became a basic reference work for catalogers.[6]

References

1. "María Teresa Chávez Campomanes - Detalle del autor - Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México - FLM - CONACULTA". www.elem.mx. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
2. "1 de agosto, nace María Teresa Chávez Campomanes – Murmullos de los Portales" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-02-08.
3. Association, American Library (1993). World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services. American Library Association. ISBN 9780838906095.
4. "Biografía de Mª Teresa Chávez Campomnes". www.ugr.es. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
5. Licea Ayala, Judith (1994). María Teresa Chávez Campomanes (in Spanish). Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. ISBN 9789683638984.
6. Joachim, Martin D. (2003). Historical Aspects of Cataloging and Classification. Psychology Press. ISBN 9780789019813.
7. www.bibliopolis.com. "NEUSTRO ALFABETO, ENSAYO DE INVESTIGACION HISTORICA Y LINGUISTICA by Maria Teresa Chavez Campomanes on Oak Knoll". Oak Knoll. Retrieved 2019-02-08.
8. Sánchez González, Bertha Elizabeth (2006). Análisis Documental a la Producción Escrita en Procesos Técnicos de la Doctora María Teresa Chávez Campomantes (PDF). Mexico City: Escuela Nacional de Biblioteconomía y Archivonomía.