Rick J. Ashton
Rick J. Ashton
Rick Ashton’s employment includes the following positions: Chief Operating Officer, Urban Libraries Council, Chicago, June 2007-Present; Adjunct Faculty, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Dominican University, River Forest, IL, August 2006-May 2007; City Librarian, Denver Public Library, July 1985-February 2006; Director, Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN, June 1980-June 1985; Assistant Director, Allen County Public Library, February 1977-May 1980; Curator, Local and Family History, The Newberry Library, Chicago, March 1974-January 1977; Instructor and Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Northwestern University, September 1972-June 1974.
Education background:
A.M., Librarianship, University of Chicago, December 1976; Ph.D., History, Northwestern University, August 1973; M.A., History, Northwestern University, June 1969; A.B. mcl, History, Harvard University, June 1969. Honors and awards include: Bonfils-Stanton Award, Arts and Humanities (Colorado’s Nobel Prize), 2003; Librarian of the Year, Colorado Library Association, 2000; Denver Public Library Ranked Number One, HAPLR ratings, 2000-2002.
