# Jessie Carney Smith (@jessie-carney-smith)

Jessie Carney Smith (born September 24, 1930) is an American librarian and educator, formerly Dean of the Fisk University Library and Camille Cosby Distinguished Chair in the Humanities. She was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. degree in library science from the University of Illinois.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Jessie Carney Smith's public record._

## Topics

- [Evidence and Limits](/@jessie-carney-smith/evidence-and-limits.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Documented Work](/@jessie-carney-smith/documented-work.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Field and Context](/@jessie-carney-smith/field-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://id.loc.gov/search/?q=Jessie%20Carney%20Smith&q=cs%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fid.loc.gov%2Fauthorities%2Fnames
- blog: https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=Jessie%20Carney%20Smith
- blog: https://www.si.edu/search?edan_q=Jessie%20Carney%20Smith

## Ask this twin

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```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "jessie-carney-smith", "question": "…"}`.