Dalhousie-Horrocks National Leadership Fund

A lifetime of leadership…

Dr. Norman Horrocks OC, PhD, FCLIP (1927-2010)
Norman began his career in libraries in Manchester England from 1945 – 53, interrupted by three years in the British Army’s Intelligence Corps. He then worked in Cyprus, Western Australia, and Pittsburgh, PA before joining Dalhousie in 1971. He became Director of the School of Library and Information Studies (now the School of Information Management) and was later Dean of the Faculty of Management. He left Halifax in 1986 to become Editorial Vice President of Scarecrow Press in Metuchen, NJ, where he also was an adjunct professor at Rutgers University, until he returned to Nova Scotia in 1995. In 2006 Norman was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of his lifetime devotion to library and information science.

About the fund
The Dalhousie-Horrocks National Leadership Fund honours Dr. Norman Horrocks’ outstanding leadership in the field of library science. The fund will support a scholarship and an associated lecture series with the creation of an endowment at Dalhousie University.

The scholarship will be used to support graduate students entering the Master of Library and Information Studies program of the School of Information Management who demonstrate leadership potential in information management, specifically in libraries.

An associated lecture series will help promote librarianship and publicly acknowledge individuals whose active leadership in relevant professional associations has made a difference locally and internationally. A lecture will be given annually by a recognized leader in the field.