Welcome! I am pleased to serve as University Librarian and Professor at Illinois Wesleyan University Ames Library. Prior to coming to IWU in August, 2007, I worked for many years at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, mainly in the areas of collections development and library acquisitions, and also taught at the Graduate School of Library & Information Science at UIUC. My research interests embrace collection development, including print and digital collections; library history; and library acquisitions.
Collection Development
Feast and Famine: A statewide science serial collection assessment in Illinois (with Tina E. Chrzastowski, Naun Chew Chiat, and Michael Norman), College & Research Libraries (2007)
In 2004, a group of Illinois librarians was awarded a research grant to assess the...
An Ounce of Different Is Worth a Pound of Same: Sustaining rich collections by adapting what we know & learning skills we need, Texas A & M University (2007)
Following on a survey of TAMU library faculty about their work in collection development, this...
Collecting Fugitive Literature: Bringing Collection Development Expertise into the Digital Age (with Wendy Shelburne and David Vess), Charleston Conference (2006)
This presentation reflects the work that Wendy Shelburne, David Vess, and I engaged in to...
Finding the Right Balance: Campus Involvement in the Collections Allocation Process (with Lisa German), Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services (2001)
Many libraries have sought the best approach to allocating the collections budget. "History plus increment"...
Library Acquisitions
Finding the Right Balance: Campus Involvement in the Collections Allocation Process (with Lisa German), Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services (2001)
Many libraries have sought the best approach to allocating the collections budget. "History plus increment"...
Education for Acquisitions: A History, Library Resources & Technical Services (1990)
Once an essential part of the library school curriculum, acquisitions in the present day rarely,...
Library History
Library Technology, Gadgets & Paraphernalia, ALA Midwinter Conference (2007)
This presentation represents the many different types of gadgets and technology that librarians have used...
Education for Acquisitions: A History, Library Resources & Technical Services (1990)
Once an essential part of the library school curriculum, acquisitions in the present day rarely,...
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Approaches to Selection, Access, and Collection Development in the Web World: A Case Study with Fugitive Literature (with Wendy Allen Shelburne and David Vess), Library Resources & Technical Services (2008)
Academic and research libraries are well-versed in collecting material from the print world. The present...