Ted Dobb

SFU Remembers: Ted Dobb

A few weeks ago, SFU lost one of the most important and beloved people to ever grace our campus. Ted Dobb, the longest-serving head librarian in our school’s history, passed away in Vancouver on February 13th at the age of 79. During his 20-year career (1978–1998), Dobb was responsible for a great deal of innovation at SFU, including overseeing the opening of the Belzberg Library at Harbour Centre and creating an online catalogue for the library that the Georgia Straight praised as “intricate and useful.” He was more than just a brilliant librarian, however — Dobb was also a short story…

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