Mary Catharine Johnsen Bio

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	Mary Catharine Johnsen, Special Collections Librarian for Fine & Rare Books; Liaison Librarian to the School of Design
	Mary Kay has worked at Carnegie Mellon since 1982 as Special Collections Librarian and, additionally, since 1991 as Design Liaison Librarian. She has an A.B. in Art History from Stanford University, M.A. in Art History from the University of Pittsburgh, an M.L.S in Library Science from Catholic University of America, and an M.P.M in Public Management from the Heinz School at Carnegie Mellon. She has taught Special Collections Management, Preservation of Books and Library Materials, History of Children's Literature, and History of Books and Printing at Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh School of Library and Information Science and Clarion University of Pennsylvania School of Library Science. In the Libraries, she has researched and installed over 90 exhibits and given many presentations about the rare books and collections.