Lorene Byron Brown

Lorene Byron Brown (November 9, 1933 – November 6, 2019) was an African American librarian and Dean of the Atlanta University School of Library and Information Science from 1982 to 1989.

Career Brown attended Fort Valley State College in Fort Valley, Georgia, for her undergraduate degree. She joined Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority in 1952, and was the chapter Basileus. She worked in the school library, which influenced her later decision to go into librarianship. She received her BS in Chemistry in 1955, and her Masters of Library Science from Atlanta University in 1956. Enrollment and resources increased under her leadership. She remained Dean until 1989.

Brown died in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 6, 2019.

Published works Brown, L. B. (1995). Subject headings for African-American materials. Englewood, Colo: Libraries Unlimited. Lorene B. Brown, "Recruiting Science Librarians," in Librarians for the New Millennium, William Moen and Kathleen Heim, eds. (Chicago: American Library Association, 1988), 65–71.

Recognition Brown received the following awards: Rachel Schenk Award Library Sch. U. Wis., Madison, 1971; Southern Fellowship Foundation fellow Atlanta, 1972-74; Library and Information Studies Centennial Celebration Alumnus of Year award in Library Education, University of Wisconsin Library and Information Studies, Madison, 2006.

Brown was a member of many professional organizations, including: American Library Association Black Caucus of the American Library Association American Society for Information Science Association for Library and Information Science Education Southeastern/Atlantic Regional Advisory Council of National Network of Libraries of Medicine Georgia Library Association Metro-Atlanta Library Association Beta Phi Mu International Library Honor Society.

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