Martha B. Gould was formerly a chairperson of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. She was appointed to the commission by President Bill Clinton in 1994 and reappointed in 1998. She was designated chairperson on March 3, 2000 and served until the expiration of her second term on July 19, 2003.
Ms. Gould was vice chairperson from 1994 to 2000. She was succeeded as chairperson by Joan R. Challinor.
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