PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS  (Book Chapters)

 

With James B. Tuttle “Reconstructing the Research Project” in Information Literacy Collaborations that Work.  New York: Neil-Schuman Publishers, 2007, 109-122. 

 

With Jonathan D. Lauer, “"Bad Moon Rising:  A Candid, Unflattering Examination of Digital Reference & What it Means to the Profession,”Digital Reference Services. New York:  Haworth, 2004, 45-56.

 

“Banned Books Week 1997: A Case of Misrepresentation.” Covenant Syndicate.  Also appearing in the anthology, Dialogues: An Argument Rhetoric and Reader, 3^rd Edition, edited by Gary Goshgarian, Kathleen Kruger and Janet Barnett Minc, New York: Longman, 2000, 422-24; and Free Speech, (Current Controversies Series) edited by Scott Barbour, San Diego: Greenhaven, 2000, 55-57.

 

“Research Across the Curriculum: Integrating Our Teaching With Our Institution’s Academic Goals.” Finding Common Ground: Creating the Library of the Future Without Diminishing the Library of the Past. New York: Neil-Schuman, 1997: 250-52.

 

“A Multicultural Studies Collection Enhancement Group: A Model for Preemptive Collection Development in a Small Academic Library.” Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Academic Libraries: Multicultural Issues, edited by D. A. Curry, S. G. Blandy and L. M. Martin, New York: Haworth, 1994, 87-196. Co-published simultaneously in The Reference Librarian (Haworth Press) no. 45/46, (1994): 187-96. 

 

“Cruising the Census Bureau's County and City Data Book and the USA County Statistics.” Government CD-ROMs: A Practical Guide to Searching Electronic Documents Databases, edited by John Maxymuk, Westport, CT: Mecklermedia, 1994: 170-80. 

 

With Diane Kovacs. “E-Mail Discussion Lists: A New Dimension in Resource Sharing.” Library Resource Sharing, edited by Jennifer Cargill and Diane J. Graves, Westport, CT: Meckler, 1991: 135-41.

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS  (Articles)

 

 “Library and IT Mergers:  How Successful Are They?”  Reference Services Review [Forthcoming] 2007. 

 

 “Rhetoric, Library Management, and Organizational Mergers: Why We Can’t Talk Straight about Integrating Library and Computer Center Services,” in Against the Grain, 18, 5 (November 2006), 62, 64. 

 

 “Troubling Choices:  Full Text Access and Old Hard Copy Back Runs,” Against the Grain, 17, 1 (February 2005), 60-1. 

 

“Books and the Future of Collection Development,” Against the Grain, 16, no. 5 (November 2004), 56.

 

“Open Access:  Two Caveats,” Against the Grain, 16, no. 3 (June 2004), 62.

 

“ATG Special Report – Peer Review:  Past, Present and Future,” Against the Grain, 16, no. 3 (June 2004), 42.

 

“For Ethical Reference, Pare the Paraprofessionals.” American Libraries 33, no. 9 (October 2002): 42.   

 

With Jonathan D. Lauer. “Virtual Reference: Overrated, Inflated, and Not Even Real.” The Charleston Advisor 4, no. 2 (October 2002): 56-57.  also appearing as,  “Le travail de reference virtuel:  Un service surestime, gonfle et pas meme reel.”   Bulletin des Bibliotheques de France, 48, no 4 (2003):  63-5.

 

With Jonathan D. Lauer. “Digital Reference: A New Library Paradigm or the Emperor’s New Clothes.” Against the Grain 14, no. 4 (September 2002): 34, 36, 38.

 "Hell to Pay: The Dark Side of Advocacy.” Journal of Information Ethics 10, no. 1 (Spring 2001): 5-7.

“Rough Seas" and The Journal of Academic Librarianship.  LIBRES: Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal 11, no. 1 (March 2001):

 

“Twenty‑five Years of Collegial Management: The Dickinson College Model of Revolving Leadership and Holistic Librarianship.” Library Philosophy and Practice 2, no. 2 (Spring 2000):

 

“Librarians and Faculty in Tandem: Taking Our Cue from the Evening News.” Reference and User Services Quarterly 37, no. 1 (Fall 1997): 19-21.

 

With Dan Terkla. “The Revolution Is Being Televised: Pedagogy and Information Retrieval in the Liberal Arts College.” College and Undergraduate Libraries 4, no. 2 (Fall 1997): 9-20.

  

“The Noble Art of Reviewing: Challenges, Rewards, and Tricks of the Trade.” College and Undergraduate Libraries 3, no. 2, (Fall 1996): 91-100.

 

“Finding Common Ground: Creating a Future Library.” College and Research Libraries News 57, no. 6 (June 1996): 365-67.

 

“Research Across the Curriculum: Why We Should Teach Research Like We Teach Writing.” College and Research Libraries News 56, no. 6 (June 1995): 414, 417. 

 

“Clinton's February Library Budget: A Wake-up Call to Libraries Everywhere.” (Online) (LIBRES): Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal:  LIBRES4N4, 4, no. 4 (December 1994). 

 

“Bad News/Good News: Have the Documents Prophets Overstated Their Case?” Documents to the People 22, no. 2 (June 1994): 95.

 

“The NESE*DB: A CD-ROM for All Seasons.”  CD-ROM Professional 6, no. 6 (November 1993): 77-81.

                                                                             

“Bibliographic Instruction or Research: What's in a Name?” College and Research Libraries News 54 (June 1993): 336-37.

 

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

“Traditional Books and a Short History of Developments in Transportation and Communication: A Case for the Book’s Robust Future,” Second International Conference on the Future of the Book, Beijing, China, August 30, 2004.  (Presented Virtually)

 

Panel Presentation:  “Future of the Book: Robust or On Life Support,”  Charleston Library Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, November 6, 2003. 

 

“Panel Debate with Scott Matheson:  My Brother was Just arrested, and …The Real Experience of Virtual Reference,”   LLNE (Law Librarians of New England) Annual Spring Meeting, Suffolk University Law Library, Boston, MA.  March 28, 2003

 

“Collegial Leadership in Academic Libraries.” Paper jointly delivered with David Lesniaski, Kris MacPherson and Barbara Fister at the ACRL 10^th Conference, Denver, Colorado, March 16, 2001.

 

Panel Presentation: “First Years As a Director: Challenges and Difficulties.” Library Director’s Mentoring Conference, Goucher College, Towsend, Maryland, January 12, 2001. 

 

Panel Presentation: “Librarianship in Cyberspace: How the Internet Changed Our Department: An Administrator’s View.” Association of College Libraries of Central Pennsylvania (ACLCP) Spring Meeting, Bucknell University, March 13, 1999.

 

Panel Participant: “F ree Speech/Hate Speech: Homophobia and Freedom of Expression.” All Campus Forum, Anita Tuvin Schlecter Auditorium, Dickinson College, October 26, 1998. 

 

“The Library As an Academic Department / The Dickinson College Model: How Revolving Leadership, Collegial Management, and Holistic Librarianship Can Revitalize Your Library.”

Paper presented at Living the Future II Conference, Organizational Changes for Success, University of Arizona Library, Tucson, Arizona, April 22, 1998. 

 

“Research Across the Curriculum: Integrating Our Teaching with Our Institution’s Academic Goals.” Paper presented at Harvard University’s Library Conference: Finding Common Ground: Creating a Library of the Future Without Diminishing the Library of the Past, Boston, Massachusetts, March 30, 1996.

 

Co-moderator with Carrie Kent (Widener Library, Harvard University) of Round-table Discussion Group, “Research Instruction,” Association of College and Research Libraries, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 30, 1995.