VITA

(2008)

Anna H. Perrault

Professor, Professor Emerita

School of Library and Information Science

University of South Florida

4202 East Fowler, CIS 1040

Tampa, FL 33620-7800

(813) 974-6844; FAX 6840; e-mail: perrault@cas.usf.edu

http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/faculty/perra.html

Education

Ph. D. School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University, 1994

MS Library Science, Louisiana State University, 1969

MA English Literature, Louisiana State University, 1967

BA University of Mississippi, Cum laude graduate, 1965

Honor Societies

Beta Phi Mu International Honor Society, President, 2005—2007

Inducted into Beta Phi Mu, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Lambda Delta, CWENS, Mortar Board

Awards and Honors

GreyNet Award, 2007

Outstanding Alumni Award, LSU School of Library and Information Science, 2004

Distinguished Alumni Award, FSU School of Information Studies, 2003

President’s Award for Excellence (USF), January 2003

Fulbright Senior Specialist designation, March 2002—2007

OCLC/ALISE Research Award, 2001

ALCTS Blackwell’s Award, 2000

Florida Library Association Library Transformer Award, 1996

CHOICE “Outstanding Academic Books, Reference category,” 1995

ALISE Doctoral Dissertation Award, 1995

Louisiana Library Association, Subject Specialists Section, Lucy B. Foote Award, 1994

LAPT (Library Acquisitions Practice & Theory) Research Award, 1992

ALCTS (Assoc. for Library Collections and Technical Services) “Best of LRTS” 1991

Southern Books Competition Award for Excellence, 1988 (for Mcllhenny Catalogue)

Friends of the LSU Library Outstanding Service Award: 1985, 1990

Professional Experience

Teaching

1994—School of Library and Information Science, University of South Florida, Associate Professor 1994—2003; Professor, 2003—2008; Professor Emerita 2008--

Teaching and research interests: research methods; evidence-based practice; assessment of information resources and services; management of information resources; information sources and services in the humanities; social sciences.

1993/94—Florida State University, School of Library and Information Studies, doctoral candidate and adjunct faculty teaching Government Information sources, Fall 1993; Instructional coordinator, SLIS laboratories, Spring 1994.

1992/93—Louisiana State University, Adjunct faculty member of the School of Library and Information Science and associate member of the Graduate School faculty. Field experience adviser, 1976—various students.

Librarian, Louisiana State University Libraries, 1969—1993

Remote Information and Electronic Services, 1993

Reference Services Division, 1986—1993

Head, Interlibrary Services, May 1988—1993

Head, Reference Collection Development, September 1986—1993

Collection Development Division

Humanities Bibliographer, January 1976—August 1986

(Collection development and management for languages, linguistics, and literature; music and performing arts; art, architecture, and design; communications and graphic arts)

Louisiana Rare Book Rooms, Assistant Librarian, May 1972—December 1975

Reclassification Division, Cataloger, September 1970—May 1972

Information Desk Librarian and Assistant Interlibrary Loan Librarian, May 1969—September 1970

Research and Publication

(* denotes refereed; all publications sole or first author unless indicated otherwise)

Books:

2003 United States History: A Multicultural, Interdisciplinary Guide to Information Sources. 2nd ed. Libraries Unlimited, 2003. Co-authored with Ron Blazek.

1994 United States History: A Selective Guide to Information Sources. Co-authored with Ron Blazek. Libraries Unlimited, 1994.

Selected by Choice for "Outstanding Academic Books, 1995"

1987 Nature Classics: A Catalogue of the E. A. McIlhenny Natural History Collection at Louisiana State University. Compiled and edited by Anna H. Perrault. With an introductory essay, "The History of Natural History Illustration," by David Lank, F.R.S.A. Published by the Friends of the LSU Library, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1987. Distributed by the Louisiana State University Press.

Winner, Southern Books Competition Award for Excellence, 1988

Chapters in Books:

(* denotes refereed)

*Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication. Eds. Sigrid Kelsey and Kirk St. Amant. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, IGI, 2008; v.2, 705-720.(with Courtney Crummett, first author)

* “Microforms: Marriages, Mergers, and Migrations,” in Migrations in Society, Culture, and the Library: Proceedings of the WESS European Conference, March 22-26, 2004, Paris France. Tom Kilton and Ceres Birkhead, eds. Chicago: ALA ACRL, 2005: 111-122.

* “Looking from the outside in: An evidence-based model for website usability assessment,” in Tendencias de Investigacion en Organizacion del Conocimiento: Trends in Knowledge Organization Research. 4th International Colloquium on Library and Information Science, 6th Conference of the ISKO Spanish Chapter, Salamanca, 5-7 May 2003: 631-638. (With Vicki L. Gregory and Sonia Ramirez Wohlmuth, presented by Gregory)

* “The Role of WorldCat in Resources Sharing,” in The New Dynamics and Economics of Collection Development, Pt. 1, Haworth Information Press, Inc. 2003, pp. 63-65.

“Measuring Success of Cooperative Collection Development: Report of the Center for Research Libraries/Greater Western Library Alliance Working Group for Quantitative Evaluation of Cooperative Collection Development Projects.” Ed Shreeves, ed. The New Dynamics and Economics of Collection Development, Pt. 2, Haworth Information Press, Inc. 2003, pp. 223-239. (Co-authored with Stephen Bosch, Lucy Lyons, Mary H. Munroe, and Chris Sugnet)

* “Global Continuing Professional Education via the Web: The Challenge of Internationalization,” in Continuing Professional Education for the Information Society, ed. Patricia Layzell Ward. Munich: K.G. Saur, 2002. (IFLA Publications 100): 157-166. (Co-authored with Vicki Gregory)

* “Linking Outcomes Assessment with Teaching Effectiveness and Professional Accreditation,” Academic Exchange Quarterly, 5 no.1 (Spring 2001): 79-86. (Co-authored with James Carey and Vicki Gregory)

* “Think Global, Act Local: The Challenges of Taking the Website Global,” in The Information Age: Challenges and Opportunities. Worldwide Conference on Special Librarianship, International Contributed Papers. (Washington, DC: Special Libraries Associations, 2000): 167-176. (First author, co-authored with Vicki Gregory)

* “The Printed Book: Still in Need of CCD,” in Creating New Strategies for Cooperative Collection Development, ed. Milton T. Wolf and Marjorie E. Bloss. (The Haworth Information Press, Inc.: 2000): pp. 119-136.

“An Exploration of the Use of Push Technology in a Consortium for Electronic Publishing,” Proceedings of the 13th Computers In Libraries, Medford, NJ: Information Today, 1998: 79-86. (Co-authored with Vicki Gregory).

* “The Florida Distance Learning Reference and Referral Center: A Study of User Satisfaction and Some Provider Reflections,” Internet Librarian 1998 Proceedings, Medford, NJ, 1998: 67-76. (Co-authored with Todd Chavez, Stephanie Race, and Rhonda Smith)

“The Web: A Means of Delivering and Publishing Serials with an Examination of Copyright Issues,” in Experimentation and Collaboration: Creating Serials for a New Millennium, Proceedings of the North American Serials Group, 12th annual conference Ann Arbor, MI, May 29-June 1, 1997. Eds. Charlene N. Simser and Michael A. Somers. Haworth Press, 1998, pp. 345-351. (Co-authored with Vicki Gregory and David Whitemarsh)

“Telecommuting and Intranets: The Role of Special Libraries,” Review of the Florida & Caribbean Chapter, Special Libraries Association, 1996, pp. 55-58.

“Reinventing Resource Sharing,” in Reinventing Libraries: Challenges and Change: Proceedings of the 38th Annual Military Librarians Workshop, ed. Carolyn Zorn Mathews. Redstone Scientific Information Center, AL, 1995. (RSIC-CP-95-1): 19-28.

“The Impact of Humanities Programming on Readers' Advisory Services,” in Developing Readers' Advisory Services: Concepts and Commitments, ed. Kathleen de la Pena McCook and Gary O. Rolstad. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1993, pp. 93-103.

* “Improving Resource Sharing: The Service Imperative in an Access Environment.” Advances in Library Resource Sharing, vol. II, ed. Jennifer Cargill and Diane J. Graves. Westport, Conn.: Meckler, 1991: 1-11.

* “The Effect of Approval Plans on Faculty Participation in Collection Development in Academic Libraries,” Shaping Library Collections for the 1980s, Peter Spyers Duran and Thomas Mann, eds. Oryx Press, 1980, pp. 167-173.

* “History and Formation of the Library Faculty Policy Committee,” in New Horizons for Academic Libraries, K. G. Saur, 1979: 123-131. (Co-authored with Marion Reid and Jane P. Kleiner)

Journal articles:

*”Collection Assessment: The Florida Community College Experience” Community & Junior College Libraries 14(1) 2007: 7-20. (With Jeannie Dixon)

*”The Impact of Grey Literature in Advancing Global Karst Research,” The Grey Journal: an International Journal on Grey Literature 3, no. 3 (Autumn 2007): 126-137. . Also published in Publishing Research Quarterly (PRQ) 23, #1(March 2007): 3-18. (With Todd Chavez, Pete Reehling, and Courtney Crummett) GreyNet Award 2007

*“Digital Dilemmas: The Transformation of Scholarly Discourse in the Humanities.” International Journal of the Humanities 2, no.2 (2006): 1755-1761

*“WorldCat=Worldwide” International Journal of the Book 2 (2005): 265-275.

“The Role of WorldCat” in Herald of the National Library of Serbia 2005, Vol 7, Belgrade (2005): 303-317. Translated into Serbian by Tanja Tasic.

* “The Role of WorldCat in Resources Sharing,” in “The New Dynamics & Economics of Cooperative Collection Development.” Collection Management 28, 2 (2003): 63-65.

“Measuring Success of Cooperative Collection Development: Report of the Center for Research Libraries/Greater Western Library Alliance Working Group for Quantitative Evaluation of Cooperative Collection Development Projects.” Collection Management 28, no.3 (2003): 223-239. (Co-authored with Stephen Bosch, Lucy Lyons, Mary H. Munroe, and Chris Sugnet)

* “The Florida Community College Statewide Collection Assessment Project: Outcomes and Impact,” College & Research Libraries 63, no.3 (May 2002): 240-249. (Co-authored with Tina Adams, Jeannie Dixon, and Rhonda Smith)

*“The Integration of Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes and Teaching Effectiveness,” JELIS 43, no.4 (Fall 2002): 270-282. (Co-authored with Vicki Gregory and James Carey)

* “Think Global, Act Local: The Challenges of Taking the Website Global.” INSPEL (International Journal of Special Libraries) 34, 3/4 (2000): 227-237. (First author, co-authored with Vicki Gregory)

* “The Printed Book: Still in Need of CCD.” Collection Management 24, no.2 (2000): 119-136.

* ”National Collecting Trends: Methods and Findings,” Library and Information Science Research 21, no. 1 (1999): 47-67. (Winner, ALCTS Blackwell’s Scholarship Award, 2000)

* “The Effects of High Median Age on Currency of Resources in Community College Library Collections,” College & Research Libraries 60, no.4 (July 1999): 316-339. (First author, co-authored with Richard Madaus, Ann Armbrister, Jeannie Dixon, and Rhonda Smith)

* “An Assessment of the Collective Resources Base of Florida Community College Library Collections: A Profile with Interpretative Analysis,” Resource Sharing and Information Networks, v.14, no.1, 1999:3-20. (Co-authored with Richard Madaus, Ann Armbrister, Jeannie Dixon, and John DePew)

“The Web: A Means of Delivering and Publishing Serials with an Examination of Copyright Issues.” Serials Librarian 34 (2 and 3/4) 1998: 345-351. (Co-authored with Vicki Gregory and

David Whitemarsh)

* “Transforming Library Services Through Action Research,” Florida Libraries v.40, no.3 (March/April 1997): 60-61, 63. (Co-authored with Ron Blazek)

* “The Changing Print Resource Base of Academic Research Libraries in the United States,” JELIS (Journal of Education for Library and Information Science) 36, no.4 (Fall 1995): 1-16.

* “User Satisfaction and Interlibrary Loan Service: A Study at Louisiana State University,” RQ, 35, no.1 (Fall 1995): 90-100. (Co-authored with Marjo Arseneau)

* “The Shrinking National Collection: A Study of the Effects of the Diversion of Funds from Monographs to Serials on the Monograph Collections of Research Libraries,” Library Acquisitions Practice & Theory, 18, no.1 (1994): 3-22. (LAPT Research Award, 1992)

“The Impact of Humanities Programming on Readers' Advisory Services,” Collection Building, special issue v. 12, no.3-4 (1993): 93-103.

* “The Role of Consultants in Public Library Reference Work: A Survey of State Librarians." Public Libraries, 31 (January/February 1992), 33-37. (Co-authored with Ron Blazek)

* “Music Collections in ARL Libraries: A Survey Report at Louisiana State University.” Collection Management, vol. 16, no.2 (1992), 13-59. (Co-authored with William F. Coscarelli)

“The Louisiana Academic Libraries Collection Analysis Project: A Report,” LLA Bulletin, 55 (Fall 1992): 67-72. (Co-authored with Beth Paskoff)

* “Gender-Based Factors Contributing to the Selection of University Administrators." Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 75th anniversary issue, vol. 32 (Fall 1991), 222-233. (Co-authored with Kathleen Heim now de la Peña McCook))

“Approval Plans: The Multi-vendor Approach.” The Acquisitions Librarian, # 5:145-159 (1991). (Co-authored with Peggy Chalaron.)

“Resource Sharing in Louisiana.” LLA Bulletin, 53 (Winter 1991), 129-135.

“A Tool for Comparative Collection Analysis: Conducting a Shelf-list Sample to Construct a Collection Profile.” Library Resources and Technical Services, vol. 34, no.2 (April 1990), 199-215. (Co-authored with Beth Paskoff) Winner, "Best of LRTS," 1991.

* “An Evaluation of the Music Collection at Louisiana State University,” LLA Bulletin, vol. 51, No.2 (Fall 1988), 89-92. (Co-authored with Cheryl Taranto)

“Humanities Collection Management: An Impressionistic/ Realistic/Optimistic Appraisal of the State of the Art,” Collection Management, vol. 5, no. 3/4 (Fall/ Winter 1983), 1-23.

* “A New Dimension in Approval Plan Service,” Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory, vol. 7, no. 1 (1983), 35-40.

“The LLA Collection Development Interest Group: A Brief Historical Overview,” LLA Bulletin," vol. 52, no.2 (Fall 1989), 51-53.

“Cooperative Acquisitions,” LLA Bulletin, vol. 44, no. 1 (Summer 1981), 17-21.

“Toward a Master Plan for Academic Libraries,” LLA Bulletin, vol. 43, no. 1 (Summer 1980), 13-18.

Refereed Presentations:

*”The Impact of Grey Literature in Advancing Global Karst Research,” Eighth International Conference on Grey Literature, December 4-5, 2006, New Orleans, LA. (With Todd Chavez, Pete Reehling, and Courtney Crummett) GreyNet Award 2007

* “From Aldus to iPod: Individuality and Community in the Early Modern and Post-modern Eras.” 4th International Conference on the Future of the Book, Boston, October 20-22, 2006. (With Courtney Crummett)

“Microforms: Marriages, Mergers, and Migrations” presented at “Migrations in Society, Culture, and the Library,” conference sponsored by the ALA ACRL Western European Specialists Section, March 22-26, 2004, Paris France.

*“WorldCat=Worldwide,” presented at Book Conference 2004, “Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Era,” Beijing, China, 29-31 August, 2004.

*“Issues in Cross-disciplinary Searching in the Humanities and Related Meta-Data Applications.” Presented at Digital Resources for the Humanities, University of Gloucestershire, 31 August- 3 September, 2003.

* “The Role of WorldCat in Resources Sharing,” presented at “The New Dynamics & Economics of Cooperative Collection Development.” Aberdeen Woods, November 8-10, 2002. Sponsored by the Center for Research Libraries and the Association of Research Libraries.

* “Using Outcomes Assessment at the Department Level for Professional and Regional Accreditation,” Caribbean Planning & Assessment Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 15—18, 2001(with James Carey and Vicki L. Gregory).

* “An Outcomes Assessment Model for Evaluating Programmatic Quality and Planning Professional Accreditation,” at the Thirteenth International Conference on Assessing Quality in Higher Education in Glasgow, Scotland, July 25-27, 2001(with James Carey and Vicki Gregory).

* “Linking Teaching Effectiveness with Learning Outcomes for Professional Accreditation,” Paper presented at the AAHE Assessment Conference 2000 Rising Expectations for Assessment, June 16, 2000 Charlotte, NC (with Vicki Gregory and James Carey).

“Think Global, Act Local: The Challenges of Taking the Website Global.” Presented at The Information Age: Challenges and Opportunities. Worldwide Conference on Special Librarianship, Special Libraries Association, Brighton, England, October 16-19, 2000 (with Vicki Gregory)

* “The Printed Book: Still in Need of CCD.” Presented at Creating New Strategies for Cooperative Collection Development. Aberdeen Woods, November 12-14, 1999. A conference hosted by The Center for Research Libraries in commemoration of its 50th Anniversary.

* “National Collecting Trends: Collection Analysis Methods and Findings.” Presented at the American Library Association Library Research Round Table program, “Research Matters.” Washington, DC, June 28, 1998.

“The Florida Distance Learning Reference and Referral Center: A Study of User Satisfaction and Some Provider Reflections,” Internet Librarian 1998, Monterey, CA, November 1-5, 1998. (Co-authored with Todd Chavez, Stephanie Race, and Rhonda Smith, presented by Smith)

“An Exploration of the Use of Push Technology in a Consortium for Electronic Publishing,” Presented at the 13th Computers In Libraries, Alexandria VA, March 1-5, 1998. (with Vicki Gregory).

“Florida Community College Collections: A Report on the Collection Assessment Study,” Presented at the Southeastern Library Association/Arkansas Library Association conference in Little Rock, Sept. 30, 1997 (with Jeannie Dixon)

“The Web: A Means of Delivering and Publishing Serials with an Examination of Copyright Issues,” presented at Experimentation and Collaboration: Creating Serials for a New Millennium, North American Serials Group, 12th annual conference Ann Arbor, MI, May 29-June 1, 1997. (with Vicki Gregory and David Whitemarsh)

“The Library and New Learning Resources,” presented at Connections: Leadership, Quality, Technology, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) 1997 annual meeting New Orleans, LA, December 9, 1997. (with Derrie Perez)

“GALILEO, a Vision for ONE Statewide Library: Getting Ready for Cooperative Cooperation Development," keynote speech, Georgia Council of Media Organizations, Cooperative Ventures VIII Conference, “Retooling for the Information Revolution,” Columbus, Georgia, October 9, 1996.

* “An Assessment of the Collective Resources Base of Florida Community College Library Collections: A Profile with Interpretative Analysis,” panel presentation at Library Research Seminar I, Partners and Paradigms: Library Research in the Information Age. Turnbull Conference Center, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; November 1-2, 1996.

“Telecommuting and Intranets: The Role of Special Libraries,” Florida chapter of Special Libraries Association, workshop, Fort Meyers, 1995.

“Transforming Library Services Through Action Research,” Florida Library Association conference, April 1994 (with Ron Blazek)

"Fewer Resources for Cooperation." Network of Alabama Academic Libraries Annual retreat, April 25, 1994.

“The RLG Conspectus as a Collection Assessment Tool,” Collection Development Caucus Workshop, Florida Library Association Annual Conference, May 10, 1994.

“The National Collection,” 13th Charleston Acquisitions Conference, November 3, 1993.

“Gender-Based Factors Contributing to the Selection of University Administrators.” Presented at the Association for Library and Information Science Education. January, 1991. (Co-authored with Kathleen Heim, now de la Peña McCook)

“Researching Library Collecting Patterns.” 1991 Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisitions. November 9, 1991.

“Formulating the Reference Collection Development Policy.” Presented at the ALA RASD CODES program, Chicago, June 1990.

* “The Effect of Approval Plans on Faculty Participation in Collection Development in Academic Libraries.” Presented at Shaping Library Collections for the 1980s, the 4th International Conference on Approval Plans, Milwaukee, WI, October 29-31, 1979.

* "History and Formation of the Library Faculty Policy Committee," in New Horizons for Academic Libraries. ACRL National Conference, Boston, MA, November 8-11, 1978. (With Marion Reid and Jane P. Kleiner)

Reports of Collection Analysis and Assessment Projects

Florida University Libraries Collection Analysis Project. Gainesville, FL: FCLA, July 2008. With the assistance of Diana Loper.

Florida Community College Collection Assessment Report, 2007. Tallahassee, FL: Community College Center for Library Automation, 2007. With the assistance of Jeannie Dixon and Barbara Cardinale. http://www.cclaflorida.org/docs/2007_collection_assessment.pdf

Florida Community College Collection Assessment Report, 2002. Tallahassee, FL: Community College Center for Library Automation, October, 2002. With the assistance of Jeannie Dixon and Heather Thuotte-Pierson. (Main database, LINCC, report and individual reports for the 28 community colleges: 59 full tables, 121 summary tables)

http://www.cclaflorida.org/docs/2002collassess/2002_state_rpt.pdf

Global Collective Resources: A Study of Monographic Bibliographic Records in WorldCat. (July 2002, 7 chapters, 164pp. 45 summary tables, 21 full tables). Report of a bibliometric study conducted under the auspices of an OCLC/ALISE 2001 Research Grant. In 2001, WorldCat, the international bibliographic utility, contained 45 million records, spanning 4,000 years of recorded knowledge in 377 languages. Analysis by 10% systematic random sample according to year of publication, language, and LC subject categories for the WorldCat database, research, academic, public, school and special library groupings. Date ranges: by century until 1800; 1800—1849; 1850—1899; 1900—by decade until 1980; 1980—1984, then annually until 2000. Analysis by language groupings for English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, and Russian for the research grouping. http://www.oclc.org/research/grants/perrault

Perrault, Anna H., Richard Madaus, Ann Armbrister, Jeannie Dixon, and Rhonda Smith. Florida Community College Library Collections Assessment: A Study of Florida Community College Library/Learning Resources Collections. Community College Center for Library Automation, Tallahassee, FL: Sept. 1998. ED428773. (Collection analysis of monographic bibliographic records in the LINCC database for 28 community colleges in Florida. Each college received the report and a customized analysis. 116 full tables, 203 figures) 4 published articles. http://www.ccla.lib.fl.us/docs/collassess/state_rpt.pdf

IMPACT: Special appropriation of $7 million added to the Division of Community Colleges’ budget in 1999 to address state of monograph collections in community college libraries

1997 Collection Assessment Report for Hillsborough Community College. ED 415864

1991 The Louisiana Collection Analysis Project: Collection Profiles of Louisiana Academic Libraries. Louisiana State University, 1991. Under the auspices of a CLR grant the collections of fourteen academic libraries in Louisiana and one in California were analyzed according to variables of subjects, age, and languages. Each library received an individual customized report and the project was reported in "The Louisiana Academic Libraries Collection Analysis Project: A Report," LLA Bulletin, 55 (Fall 1992): 67-72. (Co-authored with Beth Paskoff)

IMPACT: special legislative appropriation of $20 million in 1991 for Louisiana academic libraries.

1990 Collection Profiles of Academic Libraries: Comparative Collection Analysis for Cooperation. Final Report CLR Grant Project 4041. Louisiana State University, 1990. Co-authored with Beth Paskoff. ED 338261

1988 Conducting a Shelflist Sample To Construct a Collection Profile: A Manual for Use in Participating Libraries. Produced for Council on Library Resources Grant 4041 at the Research Center Annex. Baton Rouge, LA: School of Library and Information Science, Louisiana State University, 1988. (with Beth Paskoff)

Miscellaneous publications

Book review of Schoolbook Nation: Conflicts over American History Textbooks from the Civil War to the Present by Joseph Moreau in American Historical Quarterly v.110, no. 5 (DECEMBER 2005): 1534. http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ahr/110.5/

“Scholarly Communication: From Codex to Virtual Book?” Inquiry: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity at the University of South Florida. v.2, no.1 (Spring 1999): 3.

Book Review of “Brief Tests of Collection Strength: A Methodology for All Types of Libraries,” by Howard D. White in Collection Building, 16, no.1, 1997: 38-39.

"Study Confirms Increased Homogeneity in Academic Library Acquisitions," ARL Newsletter, 180 (May 1995), 5.

Book Review of International Conference on Research Library Cooperation, in RQ, 29 (Spring 1990): 470-71.

"Eagle on the Moon," RQ, X (Spring 1970), 217-218.

Editorial, Columns, Newsletters

Member Editorial Board, College & Research Libraries, 2002— 2008(C&RL is the 9th ranked journal for library and information science in SSCI.)

Florida Library History project. Editor, Academic Section. ED422005. http://www.lib.usf.edu/spccoll/guide/f/flibhist/guide.html

Editorial Board Member, The Southeastern Librarian, 1998—2000

Manuscripts referee Public Libraries, JASIST, Common Ground

Ella V. Aldrich Schwing Distinguished Lecture Series, Chair editorial committee, no. 39-60.

“President's Page,” LLA Bulletin, v.54, no.3 (Winter 1992), 184.

“President's Page,” LLA Bulletin, v.54, no.4 (Spring 1992), 251.

“Past President's Page,” LLA Bulletin, v.55, no.1 (Summer 1992), 51.

“President's Page,” LLA Bulletin, v.54, no.2 (Fall 1991), 120-21.

Editorial committee, Proceedings of the ACRL WESS Florence conference, "Shared Resources, Shared Responsibilities."

"Share the Wealth," LLA Bulletin, vol. 42, no. 4 (Spring 1980), 122-123; vol. 43, no. 2 (Fall 1980), 59-60; vol. 42, no. 1 (Summer 1979), 12; vol. 42, no. 2 (Fall 1979), 36 37; vol. 42, no. 3 (Winter 1979), 66.

Friends of the LSU Library

Annual Christmas keepsake, 1980—1992

Lumieres, editor, vol. 5, no. 1, November 1979–-Spring 1993

"Nile Fever," Lumieres, vol. 3, no. 1 (January 1978), 1.

"B.R. in BR," Lumieres, vol. 1, no. 1 (November 1975), 2.

"The Bibliophile and the Philistine," Lumieres vol. 6, no. 2 (Fall 1981), 1-2.

Invited Papers and Presentations (not refereed)

Florida Universities Collection Analysis Project report. FCLA Collection Planning Committee meeting. Gainesville, July 31, 2008. Council of State University Libraries meeting. Tallahassee at FAMU, September 4, 2008.

“The Impact of Grey Literature in Advancing Global Karst Research: An Information Needs Assessment for a Globally Distributed Interdisciplinary Community—a Follow-up” presented at the GL9, December 10, 2007, Antwerp, Belgium.

“Good to Great,” address to graduates, Louisiana State University School of Library and Information Science, May 21, 2004.

“Becoming an External Panel Chair,” panel member, American Library Association Midwinter meeting, San Diego, January 10, 2004.

“Collection Assessment Research Applied to Practice.” CMDS Collection Development of Academic Libraries Discussion Group, June 21, 2003, Toronto.

Speaker, CAS Tenure & Promotion Workshop. November 25, 2003

“Research in Resources Assessment.” Library Research Interest Group program, Florida Library Association annual conference, Changing Attitudes: Building on the Past...Embracing the Future. Orlando, FL, April 12, 2001.

“Collection Assessment and Analysis: Consortial Prospects and Practices,” panel discussion at the 21st Annual Charleston Acquisitions conference, The Trends They are A-Changing, Charleston, NC, November 1-3, 2001.

* “A Model for Unit-based Evaluation of Teaching That Includes Non-Traditional Modes of Delivery: A Pilot Study.” Roundtable discussion at the 8th American Association for Higher Education conference on Faculty Roles and Rewards, Scholarship Reconsidered, New Orleans, February 6, 2000 (with Vicki Gregory)

“Collections Assessment in the LRC,” Florida Association of Community Colleges, Region IV Spring Conference, Hillsborough Community College, April 3, 1998. (With Derrie Perez)

“Fewer Resources for Cooperation.” Network of Alabama Academic Libraries Annual retreat, April 25, 1994.

“The RLG Conspectus as a Collection Assessment Tool,” Collection Development Caucus Workshop, Florida Library Association Annual Conference, May 10, 1994.

“Research Methodologies for Evaluating Library Collections,” Research Forum, School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University, April 3, 1991.

“Louisiana Academic Library Collections,” presented at the Louisiana Academic Library Director's Annual Meeting, October 29, 1991. With Beth Paskoff.

“Researching Library Collecting Patterns.” 1991 Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisitions. November 9, 1991.

“Collection Analysis of Academic Libraries.” Tulane University Library, May 14, 1990. With Beth Paskoff.

“Analyzing Library Collections Using Shelf-list Sampling.” University of Southwestern Louisiana, Dupre Library, May 17, 1990.

“Collection Profiles of Louisiana Academic Libraries,” presented with Beth Paskoff at the Collection Development Interest Group meeting at the Louisiana Library Association Annual Conference, March 16, 1989.

“Using the Shelflist to Evaluate Library Collections,” presented with Beth Paskoff at the Louisiana Academic Library Director's Annual Conference, Lafayette, November 17, 1989.

“Constructing Collection Profiles using Shelflist Sampling,” University of California, Santa Barbara Library, May 25, 1989

“Preservation, Rare Books, and Collection Development,” Regional Collection Management and Development Institute, San Antonio, May 15-18, 1985.

Grants and Contracts

As Principal Investigator:

“Academic Librarians for Tomorrow’s Academic Researchers” (ALSTARS). $758,736 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 2005 funding for 3 years. Co-PI with Vicki Gregory.

OCLC/ALISE Library and Information Science Research Grant Program, 2001, $10,000

USF Faculty International Travel Grant Program, 2001, $1,500

USF Harvard Challenge Grant “Innovations in Faculty Worklife,” SLIS Pilot Study on Alternate Measures of Teaching Effectiveness, $3,000 Fall 1999; $3,000 Spring 2000

Researcher/Analyst Florida College Center for Library Automation, 1994—1998, 2001—2002, 2007

USF College of Arts and Sciences Professional Development grant, 1998, $900

US DOE Title IIB Minority Fellowship, 1996/98, $22,000

University of South Florida Research and Creative Scholarship grant, 1996, $5,000

US DOE Title IIB Minority Fellowship, 1995/96, $22,000

Recipient of Blackwell’s Scholarship Award, $2,000 for USF SLIS scholarship fund

Grants referee National Endowment for the Humanities Public Programs Division

Consulting

Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA) 2008

USF Tampa Library: Fall 2000; 2003—2007

CCLA, researcher/analyst 1994—1996; 2001—2002; 2006-2007; 2008-2009

Hillsborough Community College Collection Assessment 1997

Association of Research Libraries/Office of Management Studies Consultant/Trainer 1985—1989

Service

Beta Phi Mu

President July 2005—June 2007; Past President, 2007/2009

President-elect, July 2003—June 2005.

Director, Executive Board, 1997—2000, 2nd term 2001—2003

Webmaster 1996—2000; Member Distinguished Lecture Award Jury 2003

Center For Research Libraries/Big Twelve Plus Working Group to Develop Quantitative Measures for Coordinated Collection Development, 2000--2002

Janus Conference on Research Library Collections Proponent groups on Archiving, Core Collections 2005

American Library Association

ALA Councilor at large, 1992—1996

ALA Committee on Accreditation

Standards Review Subcommittee, Chair, 2002

Chair External Panel, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, November 1-4, Fall 2003

Member External Review Panels:

University of North Carolina at Greensboro, September 30-October 1,1996

Pratt Institute School of Information & Library Science, March 20- 23, 1998

Universidad de Puerto Rico, GSIST April 1-4, 2001

Association for Library Collections and Technical Services

ALCTS Publications Board, 1990—1992

ALCTS Best of LRTS Committee, 1989/90

Collection Management and Development Section

Chief Collection Development Officers of Large Research Libraries: Janus

Challenge: Creating Core Collections, member 2007--

Publications and Publicity Committee, Chair 1991-1992

Chair, ALA RTSD Preconference on Preservation for Collection Managers. New York, June 27, 1986

Planning committee ALA RTSD Preconference June, 1988 "Collection Development in the Electronic Age."

Resources Section

Executive Board, 1983/86

Nominating Committee, 1989/90

Collection Development and Management Committee member 1982/86,

Subcommittee on Continuing Education, 1986-90

Chief Collection Development Officers of Academic Libraries Discussion Group, Chairman, 1980/81

Association of College and Research Libraries

ACRL Professional Development Committee, 1996—1998

Activity Sections Council, 1986/87

Western European Specialists Section, Chair, 1986/87

Executive committee 1982/83, 1985/87

Martinus Nijhoff Study Grant Award Jury, Chair, 1987/88

Editorial Committee for Florence conference proceedings, 1989-

Member College and University Libraries Section

Member Rare Books and Manuscripts Section

Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)

Chair, Teaching Award Committee, 2005 Member, 2004/05

Reviewer for Eugene Garfield Dissertation Award, Fall 2003

Special Libraries Association

Member, Student Academic and Relations Committee, 1998—2001

Florida/Caribbean Chapter, Board Member, 1995—2000

Regional: Southeastern Library Association

Southern Books Competition Committee, 1993—1995

Editorial Board for The Southeastern Librarian, 1997B—1999

State: State Library of Florida, Task Force on Continuing Education, 1994/95

Florida Library Association

Collection Management Caucus, chair 1997/98

Scholarship Committee 1995-1997

Ad Hoc Committee on Student Involvement 1995-96

Tampa Bay Library Consortium (TBLC)

TBLC Planning Committee 1996

TBLC, Continuing Education Committee, 1994—

TBLC, Consultant to Collection Development Task Force, 1997

Louisiana Library Association

Past President, 1992/93

President, 1991/92

First Vice-president, President elect, 1990/91

Second Vice President, 1985/86

Parliamentarian, 1980/81

LLA Executive Board, 1979/80; 1981/82; 1985/86; 1990—1993

Subject Specialists Section Vice chairman, 1978/79; Chairman, 1980/81

Constitution, By laws and Manual Committee, chairman, 1981/82

Collection Development Interest Group Convener, 1979/81

Finance Committee, 1990-1992, Chair 1992/93

Ad Hoc Advisory Board on Grants, Chair 1992/93

Academic Governance and Administration

University of South Florida

Educational Policy and Issues Council of the Faculty Senate, vice-chair 2004/07; liaison to Graduate council, 2007/08

Distinguished University Professor Discipline Committee for SLIS nominee, 2002

Task Force on GIS Data Center for USF, Spring 2000

Search Committee, USF Library System, Head GIS Center, Spring 2001

Pilot Study on Alternative Measures of Teaching Effectiveness Task Force, 1999—2001

Faculty Senator, 1996—1999; 2002/2004

Ad Hoc Committee on Structure and Function of the Faculty Senate, Spring 2004

USF Library Council, Ex-officio 1994—1997

College of Arts and Sciences

CAS Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2006/07

CAS Graduate Council, alternate 2004/05

Dean’s Advisory Council, College of Arts and Sciences, 2000/2001

University of South Florida, School of Library and Information Science

Task Force for Doctoral Program Proposal, chair, 2005—

Steering Committee for American Library Association re-accreditation, 2001—2002; 2007/09

Team leader, USF Pilot Study on Alternate Measures of Teaching Effectiveness, 1999—2001

Coordinator Special libraries program, 1994—2000

Admissions, Scholarship, and Recruitment, Chair 1994—1997

Curriculum Committee, Chair 1997/98—1998/99, Chair 2004/05, co-chair, 2005/06—2006/07; member 2007/2008, 2008/2009

Personnel committee chair, 1999—2002/03, 2006/2007; member 2003/04, 2007/2008, 2008/2009

Advisor, Beta Phi Mu Honor Society, 1995—2002

ALA COA Site Visit Coordinator, 1995

Search committees, various 1994—, Chair 2002/2003, 2003/04, 2004/2005, member 2005

Florida State University, School of Library and Information Studies

Search Committee for Dean, 1993/94

Resources Committee, Spring 1994

Louisiana State University

University Budget Committee 1989/90

LSU Faculty Senate

Review and Long-range Planning Committee, 1987/88—1989/90; 1991-93; Chair, 1989/90;

Ad Hoc Committee on Pay Equity, 1989/90

Faculty Senator, 1982/83, 1986—1989

Executive committee member at large, 1986-88

Admissions, Standards and Honors Committee, 1975/76—1977/78;

(Chair, March 1976-August 1978)

Committee on Committees, 1979/80; (Chair, 1980/81)

University Press Committee, 1981/82 1983/84

LSU Library Governance, Task Forces, Committees

Dean's Advisory Council 1992/93

SACS Accreditation Review Libraries and Instructional Support Committee, 1992/93

Committee to Revise Personnel Evaluation Procedures, 1992/93

Chair, Ella V. Aldrich Schwing Library Lecture Series Committee, 1991/92—1992/93

Serials Impact Task Force, 1992/93

Long Range Planning Committee, 1978/79; Task Force IV, 1983/84

Serials Board, 1976/1986

Faculty Policy Committee, 1976/77, 1983/84

Library Faculty Promotion Committee, Librarian Promotion Subcommittee, 1984-1993

Workshops Conducted

Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University, FCLA Collection Assessment Report, November 17-18, 2009

SOLINET(Southeastern Library Network) Collection Assessment workshops:

Fort Meyers, FL, October 3, 2003

Atlanta, SOLINET, June 13, 2003

Knoxville, TN, Pellissippi State Technical College, May 22, 2003

Auburn, AL, November 14, 2001

Augusta, GA, Augusta State University, September 11, 2001

Radford, VA, Radford University, June 22, 2000

Frankfurt, KY, State Library of Kentucky, July 29, 1999

Murfreesboro, TN: Middle Tennessee State Univ., July 30, 1999

Winston-Salem, NC: Wake Forest Univ., August 5, 1999

Panama City, FL: Panhandle Library cooperative, March 18, 1996

Orlando, FL: Central Florida Library Cooperative, May 31, 1995

SOLINET headquarters, Atlanta, GA: June 6, 1995

Birmingham, AL: Univ. Alabama-Birmingham, September 15, 1995

Conferences, Institute Planning

1991/92 Co-coordinator, SELA/LLA joint conference New Orleans, March 17-21, 1992

1988 Planning committee Friends of the LSU Library second annual workshop, "The Spectrum of the Book Arts," April 20, 1988

1985-88 Steering Committee "Shared Resources, Shared Responsibilities." An International Conference sponsored by the ACRL Western European Specialist's Section. Florence, Italy, April 3-8, 1988.

1987-88 Planning committee ALA RTSD Preconference June, 1988 "Collection Development in the Electronic Age."

1987 Planning committee Friends of the LSU Library first annual workshop, "Collecting Natural History Art," March 25, 1987

1986 Chair, ALA RTSD Preconference on Preservation for Collection Managers. New York, June 27, 1986.

1985 Planning committee the ALA RTSD regional Collection Management and Development Institute San Antonio, May 15 18, 1985

Continuing Education, Workshops, and Institutes Attended (selected)

Institute of Museum and Library Services, Outcome-based Planning and Evaluation, Washington, DC. Nov. 9-10, 2005.

Human Participant Protections Education for Research Teams, NIH 4/15/2002

USF, Sexual Harassment Awareness Training, November 8, 2000

LEXIS-NEXIS faculty institute, January 15, 2000 San Antonio, TX

“Implementing Institutional Effectiveness in Educational Programs to Meet Southern Association of Colleges and School’s Accreditation Requirements at the University of South Florida,” November 4-5, 1999, USF

“Electronic Tools and Technologies for Information Professionals.” Suncoast Information Specialists, Seminole, FL, December 7, 1998

LEXIS-NEXIS Faculty Seminar, Dayton OH, July 29-Aug 2, 1998

“SELA Back to the Future: Leadership & Planning Workshop” Atlanta, March 26-28, 1998

"Teleconference on Distance Learning," USF November 7, 1996

"Active Learning Strategies, " USF July 1995

"TELL IT" workshop, ALISE Philadelphia, February 1995

"Teaching Portfolio Workshop," USF Fall 1994

"Personnel Evaluation," LSU Fall 1992

Creative Training Techniques, LSU Public Management Program, Nov. 1992

Performance Appraisal Training for Supervisors, April 1, 1992

ARL/OMS National Collections Inventory Project: Training workshop, Boston, November 3 6, 1985

ARL/OMS Personnel Evaluation: two day workshop, LSU Library, Fall 1985

ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Preconference, "Collecting the Twentieth Century," Austin, June 19 22, 1984

Instructional Development Seminar, LSU, February 8, 1980

ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Preconference on Printing as an Art, Yale, June 24 28, 1978