Isak Collijn

Isak Gustaf Alfred Collijn (17 July 1875 – 28 March 1949) was a Swedish bibliographer and publisher.

Isak Collijn

He enrolled as a student in 1893, and graduated with a degree in philosophy in 1902, with the treatise Les suffixes toponymiques dans les langues française et provençale. He was employed as a lecturer at Uppsala University in 1905, and as chief librarian at the same university in 1910.[1] In 1914, Collijn commenced editing the librarians' periodical Nordisk tidsskrift för bok- och biblioteksväsen.[2]

From 1927 to 1931, Collijn was President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.[3]

He was a cousin of Ludvig Collijn.

References
  1. Westrin, Th.; Fahlstedt, E.; Söderberg, V., eds. (1923). "Collijn, Isak Gustaf Alfred". Nordisk familjebok (in Swedish). Vol. 35. Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks tryckeri. pp. 146–47.
  2. "Förord till den elektroniska utgåvan" (in Swedish). Project Runeberg. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  3. "IFLA Presidents". International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
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