| Education |
- B.A., St. Olaf
College, 1970
- M.A., University
of Chicago, Graduate Library School, 1972
- M.B.A., Metropolitan
State University, 1994
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| Research
Interests and Projects |
- Research interests
instruction, and consulting activities include: collection development;
technical services; economics and use of electronic resources; the
role of libraries in international development, and managing organizational
change.
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| Selected
Publications and Presentations |
- Library Resources
& Technical Services (journal), editor, 2003-present.
- Technicalities:
Information Forum for the Library Practitioner
(journal), editor, September 2000 - present.
- Fundamentals
of Collection Development and Management. Chicago: American
Library Association, 2004. (2005 Blackwell Scholarship Award
recipient for best collection development publication in 2004.)
- Virtually Yours:
Models for Managing Electronic Resources and Services, co-editor
with Bonnie MacEwan. Chicago: American Library Association, 1999.
- New Directions
in Technical Services: Trends and Sources (1993-1995), editor. Chicago:
American Library Association, 1997.
- Collection Management
and Development: Issues in an Electronic Era, co-editor with Bonnie
MacEwan. Chicago: American Library Association, 1994.
- Guide to Technical
Services Resources, editor. Chicago: American Library Association,
1994.
- Recruiting,
Educating, and Training Librarians for Collection Development, co-editor
with Sheila Intner. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1994.
- Automation
and Organizational Change in Libraries. Boston, MA: G. K. Hall,
1991.
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| Current
Professional Activities |
- Consultant on library
development issues at Ecol Nacional d'Agriculture (Meknes, Morocco),
Institut Agricole et Veterinaire Hassan II (Rabat and Agadir, Morocco),
China Agricultural
University (Beijing), Xi'an Eurasia College (Xi'an, China)
- Association for
Library Collections and Technical Services, LRTS Editorial Board, chair
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