Hannah Logasa

Born 1878-02-27 (Ukraine)

Died 1967-12-11
Omaha, NE (USA)

Hannah Logasa

A Ukrainian immigrant who grew up in Omaha, Logasa orked at the Omaha Public Library from 1904-1914. From her positions as Head Librarian at the University of Chicago Laboratory High School and on the Education Faculty at the University of Chicago, Logasa set up guidelines and standards for school libraries, and led the professionalization of the discipline. She published bibliographic indexes that served as essential resources for generations of school librarians.

Places Lived

Omaha, NE (1885-1914,1949-1967)
Chicago, IL

Author Of

Nonfiction

Keywords

Bibliography; Children's Literature; School Libraries; Library Reference

Education

Library Science coursework, State University of Iowa
Bachelor of Philosophy, University of Chicago

Occupation

Librarian
Bibliographer

Places Worked

Omaha Public Library (1904-1914)
University of Chicago Laboratory High School
University of Chicago, retired as Professor Emeritus in 1949

Honors

Phi Beta Kappa

Associations

In 1929, Logasa began a correspondence program for the training of librarians at the University of Chicago.

Bibliography

Historical Fiction and Other Reading References for History Classes in Junior and Senior High Schools. 1934. (revised and republished in many later editions with the same title, into the 1960s)
An Index to One Act Plays. 1924. (with Winifred Ver Nooy)
Science for Youth. 1967.
History in Children's Books. 1967.

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