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In memoriam

C. James Haug

Jim Haug, 72, a senior librarian at the National Museum of Natural History Library, died Oct. 31, 2009 of sudden heart failure at his home. He lived in Arlington, Va.

Dr. Haug began working for Smithsonian Institution Libraries in 1999. He oversaw training for library users’ and researchers’ needs, made the natural history library collections more available to the public, maintained the physical integrity of the library collections and kept biographic records for local collections. In addition, Dr. Haug seamlessly processed outgoing intra-library loan requests and through his efforts, contributed to longstanding goals of SIL and the Institution.

Jim Haug in 2002.

Prior to joining the Smithsonian, Dr. Haug was an Assistant Professor in the Academic Library Services Department at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C.

Dr. Haug received his doctorate in anthropology from the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo. He also earned a master’s of library and information science degree from North Carolina Central University in Durham, a master’s of science in public health in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, a master’s of arts in anthropology from the University of Colorado and a bachelor of arts in anthropology from the University of Colorado.

Dr. Haug is survived by a niece, Holly Lambert.