Margaret Mary "Maggie" Kimmel, a former GSLIS adjunct professor who taught summer Leep courses from 1997 to 2007, passed away on June 10. Kimmel team-taught the summer Leep offering of Libraries, Information and Society with Dean Emerita Leigh Estabrook beginning with Leep cohort 2 and ending with cohort 12.
Kimmel earned bachelor of arts and master of library science degrees in Illinois at Dominican University and received her doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh's School of Library and Information Science. She joined the Pittsburgh iSchool faculty in 1978 and became a professor emerita in 2006. A storyteller and advocate for children's librarianship, Kimmel's work centered around resources for children and young adults, library service for special groups, library and information science education, and emergent literacy.
A memorial service will be held Tuesday, June 17 at St. James Catholic Church in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. For more information, visit the University of Pittsburgh iSchool's website.