Marcia Pankake
E-mail: Marcia Pankake
Professor and Bibliographer
Office: 170B Wilson Library
309 19th Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 624-7099
FAX: (612) 626-9353
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EDUCATION
  • Ph.D. American Studies, University of Minnesota
  • M.A. American Studies, University of Minnesota
  • M.A. Library Science, University of Minnesota
  • B.A. International Relations, University of Minnesota
RESPONSIBILITIES
Select library materials in all formats, manage collections and budgets, and provide specialized reference service and bibliographic instruction for English and American literature, French, Italian, Folklore, and Literature in Translation.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS

Books
A Prairie Home Commonplace Book: Twenty-five Years on the Air With Garrison Keillor, edited by Marcia Pankake. St. Paul:Highbridge, 1999.

The Prairie Home Companion Folk Song Book. co-edited with Jon Pankake. N.Y.:Viking, 1988.

English and American Literature: Sources and Strategies for Collection Development, co-edited with W. McPheron, C. Likness, and S. Lehmann. ACRL Publications in Librarianship, No. 45. Chicago: American Library Association, 1987.

Selection of Library Materials in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences. co-edited with P. McClung, B. Shapiro, J. Whaley, S. Hodge, and W. Hepfer. Chicago:American Library Association, 1985. Contains "English and American Literature," by S. Steinberg and M. Pankake, pp. 51-77.

Articles and Book Chapters
"Faculty Liaison: Librarians and Faculty as Colleagues," pp. 319-336 in Literature in English: A Guide for Librarians in the Digital Age. Chicago:Association of College and Research Libraries, 2000.

"What To Do When You Get Home:General Ideals, Characteristic Admonitions, and Immediate Actions," pp. 161-169 in Collection Management for the 1990s ed. by Joseph J. Branin. Chicago:American Library Association, 1993.

"Humanities Research in the '90s: What Scholars Need; What Librarians Can Do," Library Hi Tech v. 9#1 (1991):9-15.

"Technical Services in 1984 and 1985: Resources," Library Resources and Technical Services, v.30#3 (July/September 1986):218-237.

"Private Reading and Public Value, or Why Librarians Should Read," Collection Management v. 6#3 (fall/Winter 1984):25-35.

"From Book Selection to Collection Management: Continuity and Advance in an Unending Work," Advances in Librarianship, 13 (1984):185-210.

"A Guide to Coordinated and Cooperative Collection Development," with Paul Mosher, Library Resources and Technical Services v.27 (October/December 1983):417-431.

Library Subject Pages
English and American Literature

French and Italian Literature