Emily Bradford Gallup

Emily Gallup commenced working in information systems during the groundbreaking period when people were able to access papers online, rather than by paper copies. Having always been interested in technology, she explored the possibilities linked to this through her education, earning a Master of Public Administration in information science from American University and a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and physics from the University of Maryland. She retired in 2012, but worked for more than four decades as an IT consultant, and with various institutions such as the University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College, Creare, Inc., NASA, among others. Throughout her career, she considers establishing the library catalog at Dartmouth College to be among her top achievements. Furthermore, maintaining professional affiliation with the American Library Association, the National Academy of Sciences, the Association of Computing Machinery, and the American Society of Information Science. Known as a gifted writer, Ms. Gallup contributed numerous articles to scholarly and professional publications under the name of Emily Gallup Fayen. In addition, she co-authored with F.W. Lancaster, “Information Retrieval.” For her written work, she received the Best Information Science Book Award in 1974.