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Working with colleagues

Drs. Stella Simpson and Alice Patterson

 

 

Current Professional Assignments

 

Reference Librarian

Information Literacy Services Librarian

Assistant Professor,  Graduate Library and Information Science

Assistant Professor,  Library & Information Research, MHR program

Curriculum Coordinator, MHR Module Three

Chair, School of Education Marketing Team

 

Current Professional Activities (Presentations)

 

"Impact of CLEP Credit Awards on Traditional Information Literacy Programs." Association of Christian Librarians, Grand Rapids, MI. June 13, 2007. Co-presented with Ruth Kinnersley.

"Graduate Students and the e-portfolio:

Practical Strategies for Successful Implementation." Instructional Technology Conference, Middle Tennessee State University. April 3, 2007. Co-presented with Annette Harber.

 

TEL (Tennessee Electronic Library) Training Workshop. Clarksville Montgomery County School System. June 1, 2005.

 

TAIS (Tenn. Assoc. of  Independent Schools) - Nov. 8, 2004 - Panel discussion entitled "Academic Librarian’s Expectations of Incoming Freshmen Library Skills” Ensworth School, Nashville, TN.

 

"Librarians don't have to know everything; they just have to know where to find it"  Tenn-Share Workshop May 25, 2004.

 

“Teens and Tennessee Electronic Library” – Research strategies for Library Media Specialists.

Presented at the Tennessee Association of School Librarians meeting November 2003 with Judy Bivens.

 

“Using TEL K-6: Research Tools” – Research strategies for Elementary Library Media Specialists using the Tennessee Electronic Library. Presented at the Tennessee Association of School Librarians meeting

November 2003 with Judy Bivens.

 

“Swimming with Sharks: Embracing Technological Change” Teacher Inservice at Franklin Road Academy. August 2003. Co-presented with Dr. Alice Patterson.

 

Tennessee Electronic Library Trainer for Tennessee State Library, available upon request.

 

 

Resume/Vita

 

Academic Degrees

 

1979. M.L.S. George Peabody College for Teachers at Vanderbilt University. Nashville, TN.

 

1978. B.A. History. Trevecca Nazarene College

 

Professional Experience

 

2000-present         

Assistant Professor, Graduate Library Science

 TNU, Nashville                                    

              

2001-present               

Assistant Librarian, TNU, Nashville

 

1987-present               

 Assistant Professor, MHR Program, TNU, Nashville

                                   

1986 - 2001                

Reader Services, TNC, Nashville

                                         

1979 - 1985                

Circulation Librarian, TNC, Nashville

 

1978-79                      

Graduate Assistant, Circulation Services, TNC , Nashville

                                     

Faculty and Administrative Load

 

  • Reference & Information Literacy Services Librarian                     

  • Assistant Professor,  Graduate Library and Information Science

  • Assistant Professor,  Library & Information Research, MHR,  TNU

 

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

 

  • American Library Association

  • Tennessee Library Association

  • Association of Christian Librarians

 

 Publications

 

(2003). "Exploring the Presence of Plagiarism and Knowledge of Academic Honesty among Undergraduate Students in the School of Education." Education in Action, 1, 39-43.

(2006). "How CLEP Credit Policies Challenge Traditional  Informational Literacy Delivery." Education in Action, 4 .65-69.

Presenting with Annette Harber at Instructional Technology Conference 2007 at Middle Tennessee State University

 
 
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