LHRT (Library History Round Table)

He earned the Master of Arts (1956) with majors in library science, music, and education from the University of Minnesota, and the Master of Music (1964) with majors in organ and church music from West Virginia University.

After  his military service, in addition to graduate studies, Patterson moved quickly through increasingly responsible positions in library service:

• reference librarian at the University of Minnesota (1954-55);
• head librarian at Bemidji (Minnesota) State University (1955-58), 
• Director of Libraries and Assistant Professor at Glenville (West Virginia) State College (1958-1962); chair of the Department of Library Science at West Virginia University (1962-1966).

Patterson moved to the University of Pittsburgh in 1966, where was awarded the Advanced Certificate in Library Science (1968) and the Doctor of Philosophy in Library Science (1971). He was an instructor in the University of Pittsburgh School of Library and Information Science from 1966 to 1971, and an assistant professor from 1971 to 1972. 

Patterson moved to Louisiana State University School of Library and Information Science in 1972, He chaired the Steering Committee for the Committee on Accreditation Self-Study Report for three visits (1973, 1979, and 1984).

He served as faculty advisor to the Beta Zeta Chapter of Beta Phi Mu since 1974. A member of Beta Phi Mu since 1971, he served as chair (1983) and member (1982) of Beta Phi Mu's National Awards Jury and National Director-at-Large (1982-1985). Dr. Patterson received the American Library Association Beta Phi Mu Award "for distinguished service to education for librarianship" in 1989. 

Library Association Contributions

National.

• Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE):  editor Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS) (editor, 1984-1988) and under its former name,  Journal of Education for Librarianship (editor, 1980-84); Chair of the ALISE Awards Committee.  Association of American Library Schools (AALS) Interest Group on Continuing Education.

• American Library Association, Reference and Adult Services Division committees: Standards and Guidelines, Research and Statistics (1990-). ALA Scholarship Committee 

• Reference and Subscription Books Review Committee 

• RASD Professional Development Committee (1985-1989).

State and Regional Associations

• West Virginia Library Association,  Chair of the College and University Library Section (1960-1961), Chair of the Indexing and Publications Committee (1962-1966), member of the Executive Board (1960-1961; 1964-66),
• President of the Tri-State Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries (1972-1973)
• Delegate to Louisiana's Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services (1978)
• Louisiana Library Association, College and University Library Section Program Committee (Chair, 1973), the Continuing Education committee, Scholarship committee, Federal Relations Committee.

Selected Publications

• Patterson, Charles D., and Donna W. Howell. 1990. "Library User Education: Assessing the Attitudes of Those Who Teach." RQ 29 (4): 513–24.
• Davis, Donald G., and Charles D. Patterson. 1987. ARBA Guide to Library Science Literature, 1970-1983. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited.
• Patterson, Charles D. 1986. "A Century of Education and Change." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 26 (3): 139–42.
• Patterson, Charles D. 1984. "Twenty-Five and Moving On." Journal of Education for Librarianship 24 (3): 155–56.
• Patterson, Charles D., and Association of American Library Schools. 1979. Journal of Education for Librarianship Cumulative Index, 1960-1975. State College Pa.: Association of American Library Schools.
• Patterson, Charles D. 1971. "A Graphemic, Morphological, Sytactical, Lexical, and Contextual Analysis of the Library of Congress Music Subject Headings and Their Relationship to the Library of Congress Classification Schedule, Class M, as Determined by a Comparative Sampling of Their Two Vocabularies." Dissertation, [Pittsburgh]: University of Pittsburgh.

Additional Publications and Scholarship (articles and reviewer for the following):

•  Journal of Education for Library and Information Science
•  Journal of the American Society for Information Science
• Information Processing and Management
•  Reference Services Review "Landmarks of Reference" column 
• Journal of Library History.
• American Reference Books Annual
•  Dictionary of American Biography 
• Booklist
•  Reference Librarian
• RQ
• The Bowker Annual
• The ALA Yearbook
• The Video Annual

Music.

• organist of the Trinity Methodist Church in Glenville, West Virginia
• organist/director of the Third Presbyterian Church in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. 
• Louisiana State University Performing Arts University Chamber Music Society president
• American Guild of Organists, serving as Dean (1985-1986) and Historian. Baton Rouge Chapter.
• Louisiana Sinfonietta Executive Board

Sources:

• Connie Van Fleet, and Danny P. Wallace. 1992. A Service Profession, a Service Commitment : A Festschrift in Honor of Charles D. Patterson. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press.
• Beta Phi Mu Award 
• Alumni Association Newsletter of the LSU School of Library and Information Science.
• Bemidji Pioneer .Obituary, February 6, 2010. Charles Darold Patterson