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Kathie Coblentz

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104:. In her view, a home organizing system "doesn't have to be logical, it just has to work for you." The book came packaged with software to assist bibliophiles with classifying and cataloging their collections. She had an extensive home library with sixteen bookcases, containing approximately 3,600 books. 96:
in 1969. She worked as a rare materials cataloger for NYPL's Spencer Collection, a collection of "illustrated word and book bindings." She also wrote posts for the NYPL's blog that considered the Spencer Collection's materials. Coblentz gave tours of the closed stacks at the library and published her
299: 76:(November 4, 1947 – April 3, 2021) was a rare book librarian and author, known for her collaborations with Robert Kapsis on books about film directors such as 120:
from the University of Michigan in 1969. She read or spoke thirteen languages. She was killed by an automobile leaving a parking garage in Midtown Manhattan.
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Coblentz was born on November 4, 1947, to Dr. Jacob Coblentz, a bacteriologist and Sidney Ellarea Coblentz, an art teacher and artist. She graduated from
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third-longest serving employee, starting at the library right after graduating from the
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This article is about the rare book librarian. For the children's book author, see
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The New York Public Library Guide to Organizing a Home Library
147:"Kathie Coblentz, 73, Dies; Not Your Ordinary Librarian" 298:Moynihan, Ellen; Parascandola, Rocco (2021-04-09). 63: 47: 35: 28: 116:in 1968 with a degree in German and received an 97:stack tour "patter" on the library's website. 8: 249:"A Bibliophile, 3,600 Friends and a System" 25: 16:American rare book librarian (1947–2021) 243: 241: 129: 141: 139: 137: 135: 133: 7: 14: 355:Michigan State University alumni 176:University Press of Mississippi 350:New York Public Library people 1: 365:People from Lansing, Michigan 360:University of Michigan alumni 100:In 2003, Coblentz published 225:The New York Public Library 200:The New York Public Library 381: 196:"Posts by Kathie Coblentz" 18: 114:Michigan State University 90:New York Public Library's 58:New York City, New York 21:Catherine Cate Coblentz 221:"A Tour of the Stacks" 94:University of Michigan 345:Rare book librarians 278:PublishersWeekly.com 340:American librarians 253:The New York Times 151:The New York Times 172:"Kathie Coblentz" 71: 70: 42:Lansing, Michigan 372: 314: 313: 311: 310: 295: 289: 288: 286: 285: 270: 264: 263: 261: 260: 245: 236: 235: 233: 232: 217: 211: 210: 208: 207: 192: 186: 185: 183: 182: 168: 162: 161: 159: 158: 143: 86:Alfred Hitchcock 54: 39:November 4, 1947 26: 380: 379: 375: 374: 373: 371: 370: 369: 320: 319: 318: 317: 308: 306: 297: 296: 292: 283: 281: 272: 271: 267: 258: 256: 247: 246: 239: 230: 228: 219: 218: 214: 205: 203: 202:(in Indonesian) 194: 193: 189: 180: 178: 170: 169: 165: 156: 154: 145: 144: 131: 126: 110: 74:Kathie Coblentz 59: 56: 52: 43: 40: 31: 30:Kathie Coblentz 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 378: 376: 368: 367: 362: 357: 352: 347: 342: 337: 332: 322: 321: 316: 315: 290: 265: 237: 212: 187: 163: 128: 127: 125: 122: 109: 106: 78:Clint Eastwood 69: 68: 65: 61: 60: 57: 55:(aged 73) 49: 45: 44: 41: 37: 33: 32: 29: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 377: 366: 363: 361: 358: 356: 353: 351: 348: 346: 343: 341: 338: 336: 333: 331: 328: 327: 325: 305: 304:NY Daily News 301: 294: 291: 279: 275: 269: 266: 254: 250: 244: 242: 238: 226: 222: 216: 213: 201: 197: 191: 188: 177: 173: 167: 164: 152: 148: 142: 140: 138: 136: 134: 130: 123: 121: 119: 115: 108:Personal life 107: 105: 103: 98: 95: 91: 87: 83: 79: 75: 66: 62: 51:April 3, 2021 50: 46: 38: 34: 27: 22: 307:. Retrieved 303: 293: 282:. Retrieved 280:. 2003-10-01 277: 268: 257:. Retrieved 255:. 2005-02-10 252: 229:. Retrieved 227:. 2010-12-21 224: 215: 204:. Retrieved 199: 190: 179:. Retrieved 175: 166: 155:. Retrieved 153:. 2021-04-23 150: 111: 101: 99: 73: 72: 53:(2021-04-03) 335:2021 deaths 330:1947 births 82:Woody Allen 324:Categories 309:2021-04-27 284:2021-04-27 259:2021-04-27 231:2021-04-27 206:2021-04-27 181:2021-04-27 157:2021-04-27 124:References 88:. She was 64:Occupation 67:librarian 84:, and 118:MLIS 48:Died 36:Born 326:: 302:. 276:. 251:. 240:^ 223:. 198:. 174:. 149:. 132:^ 80:, 312:. 287:. 262:. 234:. 209:. 184:. 160:. 23:.

Index

Catherine Cate Coblentz
Clint Eastwood
Woody Allen
Alfred Hitchcock
New York Public Library's
University of Michigan
Michigan State University
MLIS





"Kathie Coblentz, 73, Dies; Not Your Ordinary Librarian"
"Kathie Coblentz"
"Posts by Kathie Coblentz"
"A Tour of the Stacks"


"A Bibliophile, 3,600 Friends and a System"
"Nonfiction Book Review: Your Home Library: The Complete System for Organizing, Locating, Referencing, and Maintaining Your Book Collection"
"New York Public Library staffer struck and killed by car leaving Manhattan garage"
Categories
1947 births
2021 deaths
American librarians
Rare book librarians
New York Public Library people
Michigan State University alumni
University of Michigan alumni

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