Carl Vitz

Carl Vitz
Born	(1883-06-03)June 3, 1883 Cincinnati, Ohio
Died
Occupation	librarian, author
Nationality	American

Carl Peter Paul Vitz (June 3, 1883 - January 1, 1981) was an American librarian and author. He served as a library director for the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (1922-1937), the Minneapolis Public Library (1937-1945) and the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County (1946-1955). He served as the president of the American Library Association from 1945-1946. During that time, Vitz wrote a letter to the President of the United States on behalf of the profession, addressing potential candidates for the vacant position of Librarian of Congress. In the letter, Vitz suggested that the position "requires a top-flight administrator, a statesman-like leader in the world of knowledge, and an expert in bringing together the materials of scholarship and organizing them for use—in short, a distinguished librarian".

Publications

• Demobilization and the library, the library's part in military and industrial readjustment: a working memorandum (American Library Association, 1943)
• Circulation work (American library Association, 1927)
• Current problems in public library finance (American library Association, 1933)
• A federal library agency and federal library aid (American library Association, 1935)
• Loan Work (American Library Association, 1919)