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Librarian/Associate Professor
Head of Reference, Johnson Library
Southern Polytechnic State University
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 Previous Employment |
| Librarian/Assistant
Professor, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, 1988-1995 |
| Reference
Librarian/Assistant Professor, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA,
1979-1988 |
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| Education |
- M.A., Medieval
Studies, Western Michigan University, 1981
- Thesis: "The
Monastic Libraries of the Diocese of Winchester During the Late
Anglo-Saxon and Norman Periods."
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| M.S. Librarianship, Western Michigan University, 1975 |
| A.B. English, University of Michigan, 1969 |
Other Educational Opportunities
| Georgia
Archives Institute, State Archives, Morrow, GA, June 7-18, 2004. |
| Dickinson College Faculty Immersion Program, Toulouse,
France, June 1993. |
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| Teaching |
| "Information,
You, and Society," STS2400, Southern Polytechnic State University, Fall
1998-Winter 1999. |
| "How Life Imitates the World Series," Freshmen Seminar,
Dickinson College, Fall 1990. |
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| Professional Activities |
| Metro Atlanta
Library Association, 2003-date; Treasurer, 2004-2006; President, 2007-date. |
| Georgia Library Association, 2005-date |
| University
System Integrated Interconnected Library System, OPAC Committee, 1997,
2003-date; Vice-Chair, 2005-2006; Chair, 2006-2007. |
| University System Integrated Interconnected Library System,
Interlibrary Loan Committee, 1997-date |
| Bibliographic
Software Task Force, 2000-date |
| University Center in Georgia/Atlanta Regional Consortium for
Higher Education Interlibrary Loan Committee, 1997-date |
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| Workshops |
"End-User
Searching: Just the Beginning." Conducted a workshop on the impact of
end-user searching in the library, sponsored by the Reference Interest
Group of Associated College Libraries of Central Pennsylvania.
Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, June 3, 1994.
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| Research and Publications |
Presentations
| "Siren Song:
the Promise of Technology and the Betrayal of Reality." With Sue
Norman, Dickinson College. Poster session presented at the American
Library Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, June 1997. |
| "The Library of St. Swithun's, Winchester, During the Late
Anglo-Saxon and Norman Periods," paper presented at the Eighteenth
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 1983. |
Publications
| Senior Subject
Advisor for volume 10, General Works and Library Science, of Best
Books for College Libraries. Best Books (2002-2003). Senior Subject
Advisor for language and literature and library science subject areas
for the Best Books database, 2005-date. |
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All that Glitters: Prospecting for Information in the
Changing Library World. Edited with Sue Norman, Dickinson College.
Volume 44 in Foundations in Library and Information Science. JAI Press,
1999.
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| "Let's Get Rid
of It: a Reference Librarian's Battle Cry." In Weeding and Maintenance
of Reference Collections, ed. Sydney J. Pierce. 145-157. New York:
Haworth, 1990. |
| "Guide to the Study of Medieval History (bibliographical
essay)." Reference Services Review 13 (2, 1985): 41-53. |
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October 7, 2005
Lawrence V. Johnson Library
Southern Polytechnic State University
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