Jack G. Montgomery was born in Columbia, South Carolina in 1953. He earned his B.A. from the University of South Carolina and MLS at the University of Maryland–College Park. He has worked as a librarian in Virginia, Ohio, Missouri and Kentucky where he is an Associate Professor and Collection Services Coordinator at Western Kentucky University. He co-authored "Conflict Management for Libraries: a strategy for a positive, productive workplace" in 2004,and authored "American shamans: journeys with traditional healers" in 2008. Jack has authored numerous professional articles, book chapters and writes regular columns for the "Against the Grain magazine." Jack has been professionally speaking at ALA, AALL, Charleston Conference and regional library meetings since 1989. He is also been a professional musician since 1969 and plays guitar, bass, harmonica, and Appalachian dulcimer. He released his first musical CD in 2002 entitled “Onward to Avalon,” “Everywhere I Look” in 2004 and “Tradition with a Twist,” in 2008 of traditional Celtic songs and original material. Jack perfoms solo and with the folks band “Watersprite” at local festivals in Kentucky and Tennessee and their music has been featured on several college, international and Internet radio stations
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Chapter One: Beneath the Spanish Moss: The World of the Root Doctor, DLTS Faculty Publications (2008)
The spiritual practice of the Shaman is most likely the oldest spiritual tradition on Earth....
Institutional Repository Task Force Report (with Connie Foster, Rose Davis, and Nelda Sims), TopSCHOLAR Presentations and Reports (2006)
A report of the University Libraries Institutional Repository Task Force, Western Kentucky University, with considerations...
Collections & Connections (with Elisabeth Knight, Roxanne Spencer, and Katherine Pennavaria), Collections & Connections (2002)
Collections & Connections is a newsletter of Western Kentucky University Libraries periodically featuring its major...