John Bruce Howell
John Bruce Howell was an American librarian and bibliographer. He was Africana and International Studies Bibliographer at the University of Iowa Libraries, a profilfic bibliographic author, and "a national leader in Africana librarianship".Life
Howell gained his B.A. from Columbia University in 1965 and an M.A. in library science from the University of Michigan the following year. Between 1969 and 1980 he held various positions at the Library of Congress. In 1984 he completed a PhD in library and information science from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, and he joined the University of Iowa in 1985.Works
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- Style manuals of the English-speaking world: a guide, 1983
- A history of the Dublin Library Society, 1791-1881, 1985
- Third World/Iowa: books, journals, maps, and microforms about 138 developing countries acquired by the University of Iowa Libraries, 1980-1986, 1987
- Rural health in Kenya: a guide to the literature, 1988
- Index to the African studies review/bulletin and the ASA review of books, 1958-1990, 1991
- Guides, collections, and ancillary materials to African archival resources in the United States, 1996
