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My
first professional post was assistant documents librarian at the University
of Kentucky's regional
depository library. I felt well prepared for it, having taken Dr.
Wiley J. Williams' course on government publications and having completed a
short internship in the Joint University Libraries' federal depository collection. In Lexington, it was quite
educational traveling to Frankfort to locate state documents for our
collection. I also received a lot of positive reinforcement for my state
checklist work as well as my first article in a state association journal
(1974). At
Indiana University I was privileged to work with Dean Bernard M.
(Bernie) Fry on Government Publications Review, becoming a
regular column editor (see 1987 book below). Plus, I was the office mate and
tennis partner of the inimitable Peter
Hernon for several years. We had a lively cohort including Bill Crowe,
Jinnie Y. Davis, Cheryl Metoyer,
and the late Nancy Sanders, among others. I also published my first national
book review there as well. And, until recently, I served on GPR/JGI's editorial board with
editor-in-chief Steve Zink,
who kindly acknowledged me in print for "my outstanding manuscript
critiques." (JGI, 1999). PUBLICATIONS Much
of my work in this field has been historical because there are so many
interesting individuals (such as Ames, Guerrier, and Hasse); and, their
stories need to be told, especially about their significant influence on the
development of this field: "U.S.
Government Publishing in the Postwar Era," with David
Nord. In A History of the Book in America: Volume 5: The Enduring
Book, pp. 167-178, 548-551 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina
Press, 2009). “E-Government
in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Reaching Out to the World?” With Nancy
Beygijanian. IFLA Journal 34 (No. 1, March 2008): 20-33 (abstract). "Edith
Guerrier: 'A Little [Warrior] Woman of New England, 1870-1958" with
Kellie D. Clark. Journal of Government Information 29 (2001): 267-283. "Expert
Systems for Government Information: A Quantitative Evaluation," with Rex
Reyes. College and Research Libraries 56 (May 1995): 235-247; reprint
ed., "Ekspert-sistemy po
Pravitel'stvennoy Informatsii:
Kolichestvennaya Otsenka,"
Uchebnye Tetradi
Sankt-Peterburgskogo Gosudarsvennogo
Universiteta Kul'tury no. 6 (2001): 64-88. "Government
Publications in Libraries," In Encyclopedia of Library History,
pp. 248-249. Edited by Wayne
A. Wiegand and Donald
G. Davis. New York: Garland Publishing Company, 1994. "A
State Transition Model of U.S. Congressional Information," with Margaret
R. Zarnosky. Journal of Government Information 21 (1994): 25-35. (table of
contents) "The
Educational Preparation of Documents Librarians," with Barbara Marston
Cross. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 31
(Summer 1989): 28-38. "'Unselfish
Work': John G. Ames and Public Document Reform, 1874-1895," with
Christina D. Bell. Libraries and Culture; The Journal of Library History
23 (Spring 1988): 152-171. Government Information: Education and Research, 1928 - 1986.
Bibliographies and Indexes in Library and Information Science, Number 2.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1987. xx, 189pp. "Paradigmatic
Shifts in the Teaching of Government Publications: 1895-1985," Journal
of Education for Library and Information Science 26 (Spring 1986):
249-266; reprint ed., Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science,
vol. 44: 242-258. (1986 ALISE Research Paper Competition Prize Winner) "Adelaide
Hasse and the Early History of the Superintendent of Documents Classification
Scheme," with Gail K. Nelson. Government Publications Review 13
(1986): 79-96. "The
Nature of Research in Government Publications: Preliminary Findings." In
Second Annual Conference on Government Publications, pp. 125-133.
Edited by Peter Hernon. Westport, CT: Microform Review, 1983. "The
United States Government as Publisher Since the Roosevelt
Administration," Library Research 4 (Fall 1982): 211-233. "How
Can Documents Educators be of Assistance to Practicing Documents
Librarians?" Government Publications Review 9 (May/June 1982):
233-234. "The
Federal Depository Library System: A Descriptive Analysis," with George
Whitbeck and Peter Hernon, Government Publications Review 5 (Fall
1978): 253-267; Reprinted, In Government Publications: Key Papers, pp.
97-114. Edited by Bernard M. Fry. Oxford, England: Pergamon
Press, 1981. "Bibliographic
Organization of Federal Depository Collections," with Dennis Frisch and
Catherine M. Hall. Government Publications Review 7 (December Municipal Government Reference Sources: Publications and
Collections, with Peter Hernon, Nancy Sanders, and Marjorie Shepley. New
York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1978. xviii, 341pp. "Kentucky
Publishes Many Documents of Importance," Kentucky Library Association
Bulletin 38 (Spring 1974): 5-8. Monthly Checklist of Kentucky State Publications, Vol.
1, no. 1 (March 1973) to Vol. 2, no. 4 (April 1974). |
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