{"id":1503,"date":"2020-03-10T01:32:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T01:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/news\/?p=1503"},"modified":"2020-11-10T09:56:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T13:56:47","slug":"brinley-franklin-december-19-1950-march-5-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/news\/brinley-franklin-december-19-1950-march-5-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Brinley R. Franklin – December 19, 1950-March 5, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It’s with great sadness we share the news of the passing of Vice Provost Emeritus Brinley Franklin. When Brinley began his career at UConn in 1990, the Homer Babbidge Library was precariously wrapped in plastic but over the course of his 23 years he led us through a transformational time in academic libraries by fostering innovation and collaboration. Often quiet and contemplative, he had a thirst for knowledge and a smile that was infectious. A numbers guy at heart, none of the spreadsheets or his trusty mechanical pencil as described by the memorial his family shared below, were ever more important to him than the people that worked for him. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Brinley R. Franklin (b. December 19, 1950 Washington DC- d.\nMarch 5, 2020, Bristol, RI) 69, passed peacefully on Wednesday, March 5, 2020,\nat his home in Bristol, RI surrounded by his wife and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brinley, known as Brin to his friends and family, was a\ndevoted husband, father, and friend whose love for music, modern art, and\ntravel poured into everything he did. A research librarian to his core, he\nspent his life in a constant state of awe about all that the world had to\noffer. He looked ahead and welcomed new people and ideas with fascination. He\ntraveled extensively, spending time on every continent except Antarctica. He\nwas never not listening to music and found great pleasure in attending rock\nconcerts near and far and in collecting albums and photographs of rock\nmusicians. He also attended countless sporting events from college basketball\nto the U.S. Open. Brin loved a competitive tennis match with his buddies and\nwas always trying to improve his game. He was an active member of the yoga\ncommunity in Bristol and he believed fiercely in the power of meditation and\nthought. He was inspired by nature and in his last year led a collaboration of neighbors\nto rejuvenate the Japanese Garden in the historic North Farm Arboretum. And\nlet\u2019s not get started on his passion for Dylan, popular culture and his ability\nto subtly look great in Italian fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brinley\u2019s professional career began in Washington DC, where\nhe was a Corporate Librarian and Senior Consultant for Price Waterhouse Coopers\nand KPMG. Brinley went on to become Associate Director, Director, Vice Provost,\nand Vice Provost Emeritus of the University of Connecticut Libraries in Storrs,\nCT where he spent over two decades leading the transformation of the libraries\nand research centers from traditional to digital institutions. He sat on the\nDean\u2019s Council at UConn and assumed other university-wide administrative roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to his work at the University of Connecticut\nLibraries, Brinley served as President and Committee Chair for the Association\nof Research Libraries and served as President of the Boston Library Consortium.\nHe was globally recognized and renowned as a leader in library institutions,\nwhere he was known for his calm and analytical approach to both professional\nissues and especially to leadership. He built his considerable professional\nreputation on his meticulous approach to managing library data systems, while\nin leadership and professional matters, Brinley was always as sharp as the lead\nin the mechanical pencil that was his constant companion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brinley was the founder and Principal for Library Management\nConsulting, LLC and the primary consultant in the U.S. for assisting colleges\nand universities with the optimization of overhead cost recovery related to\nlibrary expenses that support sponsored grants and contracts. The methodology\nBrinley developed, and perfected over the years in collaboration with other\ncolleagues, provided higher education institutions with the data necessary to\nnegotiate the library component of the indirect cost rate in accordance with\nfederal regulations. In 2019, Library Management Consulting was acquired by\nAttain, a leading management, technology, and strategy consulting firm based in\nMcLean, VA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brinley was the son of Joachim Frankenstein (later John\nFranklin) and Susi Ehrenberg (Mrs. John Franklin) who emigrated to the United\nStates from Germany in the early 1940s to escape Nazi persecution. Brinley\nbegan his formal education at the University of Maryland at College Park, where\nhe earned his BA in American Studies and MLS in Library and Information\nSciences. He took a brief educational hiatus to live in Vermont before he went\non to acquire an MBA from George Washington University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who were close to him will tell you the most important\npart of Brinley\u2019s character, and maybe the most subtle, is that he looked out\nfor you, in many small but important ways, and in a style that made what he did\nalmost invisible. If you were close to him you just knew that he thought about\nyou and tried to make your life better. He did things for you without your\nasking and he told you what you needed to hear, in a way that you heard it,\nwithout rancor, when you needed to hear it \u2026 a rare gift. His honesty was\nexceptional; you didn\u2019t ask him a question if you didn\u2019t want a direct answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brinley is survived by his wife Raynna Bowlby; his children,\nMarga and Woody Franklin and Drew Genetti and his wife Erin; his grandchildren\nHayden, Avery, and Finley Genetti; his sister, Carol Stinson and her husband\nJoel; his nephew, Kurt Stinson and his wife Jeanne; his grandnephew and\ngrandniece Mack and Ketty Stinson; and lastly his best friend and goldendoodle,\nSkylos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A celebration of his life will be held at the Japanese\nGarden and Arboretum in the Spring near Brinley and Raynna\u2019s home in North\nFarm, Bristol RI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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