He is Professor Emeritus, School of Library and Information Studies, Texas Woman’s University, where he was the Lillian M. Bradshaw Endowed Chair until his retirement in 2008.

From 2001 to 2005, Martin was the director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS),[1] and he served concurrently as the acting chair of the National Endowment for the Arts from Oct. 2001 to Jan.

Martin is a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists[6] and a Distinguished Alumnus of Rice University[7] and the UNC School of Information and Library Science (SILS).

They exist because we believe that information and knowledge are not the exclusive domain of a certain type or class of person, but rather the province of all who seek to learn.

From 1980 to 1983 he was a student in the Doctoral program of the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

In 2001, Martin was nominated by President George W. Bush to lead the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS.

LB21’s overarching goal is to support the development of a diverse workforce of librarians to better meet the changing learning and information needs of the American public.

In 2004 he was the head of the U.S. Delegation to the Organization of American States Intergovernmental Meeting of Ministers of Culture and Highest Appropriate Authorities in Mexico City.

[20] He returned to Texas Woman’s University as the Lillian Bradshaw Endowed Chair in the School of Library and Information Studies.

In November, 2008, he was appointed by the Archivist of the United States to serve as chair of the Advisory Committee on the Electronic Records Archives.

After the conclusion of the anticipated program, President Bush surprised attendees by awarding the Presidential Citizens Medal to four outstanding leaders in the arts, including Martin.