This is a list of notable librarians and people who have advanced libraries and librarianship. Also included are people primarily notable for other endeavors, such as politicians and writers, who have also worked as librarians. List of people known for contributions to the library profession A-E Ada Adler Mary Eileen Ahern Camila Alire Edna Allyn – first librarian of the Hawaii State Library Lester Asheim Ashurbanipal II Sarah B. Askew – pioneered the establishment of county libraries in the United States Basil Atkinson Derek Austin Winifred Austin – pioneer of UK Library for the blind Henriette Avram – MARC standards developer Antoine Alexandre Barbier John Davis Barnett – Canada John J. Beckley – first Librarian of Congress; politician Pura Belpré – librarian and author Sanford Berman Bob Berring – law librarian John Carlo Bertot – library educator, researcher, editor of The Library Quarterly Anastasius Bibliothecarius James H. Billington – 13th librarian of Congress; historian Robert H. Blackburn – former chief librarian of the University of Toronto Thomas Bodley – founder of the Bodleian Library; English diplomat; 1545–1613 Arna Bontemps – author, bibliographer, and Fisk University librarian Daniel J. Boorstin – 12th Librarian of Congress; historian Marjorie Adele Blackistone Bradfield – as the Detroit Public Library's first African-American librarian, expanded its African-American literature collection Aase Bredsdorff (1919–2017) – Danish library inspector specialising in children's literature Wallace Breem – novelist and law librarian Suzanne Briet Frank J. Burgoyne (1858-1913) – author and librarian at Lambeth Libraries Edward Dundas Butler – translator and senior librarian at the Department of Printed Books, British Museum Lee Pierce Butler Andrew Carnegie – Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist who financed thousands of libraries around the world Leon Carnovsky Daniel J. Caron Amalia Kahana-Carmon Mayme Agnew Clayton Cecilia Cleve (d. 1819) – Swedish pioneer librarian Morris L. Cohen – attorney, law librarian and professor of law at the University at Buffalo, University of Pennsylvania, Harvard Law School and Yale Law School Marjorie Cotton – first professionally qualified children's librarian in New South Wales, Australia Andrea Crestadoro Charles Ammi Cutter Laura Dallapiccola – Italian librarian and translator John Cotton Dana (1856–1931) Robert Darnton Lorcan Dempsey Beryl May Dent – mathematical physicist, technical librarian at Metropolitan-Vickers, honorary secretary of ASLIB branch Melvil Dewey William S. Dix Leaonead Pack Drain-Bailey (1906-1983), Head of Library at West Virginia State University Mollie E. Dunlap Karl Franz Otto Dziatzko Linda Eastman Margaret A. Edwards El