Position
Academic Background
Teaching Philosophy
Research & Interests    
Notable Academic Appointments & Awards
       Publication Highlights         
Selected Scholarly Presentations

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• Library Director, Phillips Memorial Library
• Associate Professor

Academic Background     

• University of South Florida - M.A. in  Library and Information Science - Academic Libraries, Technology / Electronic Resources
• Louisiana State University - Ph.D. in German Studies, Doctoral Minor in Library Science
• Louisiana State University - M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction - Curriculum, Instruction and Administration
• University of Kentucky - M.A. in German Studies - Medieval, Renaissance and 18th-Century
• Florida Presbyterian College - B.A. in German, Minor in French

Teaching Philosophy

My philosophy of teaching focuses on encouraging students to combine their cognitive and affective strengths, their own motivation for the subject matter, and my willingness and ability to enhance success in them, however it reveals itself.

I have accomplished the most as a student, when my teacher was also my supportive mentor, my guide.  I have accomplished the most as a teacher, when my students were motivated and encouraged to use their strengths to succeed, often overcoming any purported weaknesses.

Research & Interests

I have enjoyed learning about various cultures, their languages, values, aesthetic treasures and esteemed qualities.  I have studied and taught languages (German and French) and cultures (European).  I have focused the last 15 years on East Asian cultures, library and information systems and high technology.  I am most interested in how one might promote the use of high-tech and high touch resources and environments to facilitate teaching and learning in various cultures, particularly North American, European and East Asian.

Notable Academic Appointments and Awards

• Invited keynote speaker at AJCU Conference, 2008, San Francisco, and INFORUM 2005 & 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic
• Invited speaker at ALA/ACRL 2003 – 2008 and at HELIN Annual Conference, January, 2006
• Invited speaker at Affinity Conference, 2007, 2008
• President of UNC Charlotte Mu Chapter of Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars, 2003-2004
• Participant in the Management Development Program for middle managers in academia, Harvard University, 1997
• Fulbright-Hays -- supported 5-week research in Japan on culture, education and libraries: resulted in comparative aesthetics course and numerous public lectures, 1994
• Fulbright-Hayes -- supported 5-week research in Korea on education and libraries: resulted in development of comparative education major, Fulbright article, and numerous public lectures, 1990

Publication Highlights

• Primary author (with Barbara Tierney) for ALA Editions the Transforming Library Service through Information Commons: Case Studies for the Digital Age, 2008
• Interview in English for the April, 2004, issue of Ikaros, the Czech online journal of library and information studies (http://www.ikaros.cz/Clanek.asp?ID=200403006 and http://www.ikaros.cz/Clanek.asp?ID=200403005 )
• Contributing author (with Donald Beagle & Barbara Tierney) to the Information Commons Handbook for Neal-Schuman Publishers, published October, 2006
• Primary author (with Barbara Tierney) of "Information Commons Redux: Concept, Evolution and Transcending the Tragedy of the Commons," Journal of Academic Librarianship, September, 2002
• Primary author of chapters "Asian-American Resources, General” and  "Japanese-American" in Multicultural Resources on the Internet, Dr. Vicky Gregory, Dr. Marilyn Stauffer and Thomas Keene, eds., 1999, Libraries Unlimited.
• Authored "Electronic Government Information and Small Academic Libraries," Florida
  Libraries, Nov./Dec., 1996
• Authored "U.S. Influences on Korean Education: Understructure, Imprint and Overlay,"
  Fulbright Occasional Papers, June, 1996.
• Authored "Classrooms Without Walls - Library Science Education at the Millennium," Florida Libraries, Fall - 1995.

Selected Scholarly Presentations and Activities

• Invited INFORUM 2005 and 2007 Conference Presentations, Prague, Czech Republic, and Consultation at Charles University, Prague, CR, May, 2005 http://www.inforum.cz/inforum2005/english/prispevek.php-prispevek=32.htm
• Invited speaker January and June, 2006, January, 2007 at Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Annual and Midwinter Conferences
• Convened and moderated Information / Learning Commons panels and workshops at ACRL 2003 & 2005, and ALA January & June, 2004
• Served as President of University of North Carolina - Charlotte's Mu Chapter of Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars, 2003-2004
• Serve on the Library & Information Technology (LITA) & ACRL Kilgour Award Committee, 2006-, & Chaired LITA’s Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award Committee, 2002-2004 & Brett Butler Award, 2004-2006
• Chaired ALA Library Information & Technology Association's Web-based Education Taskforce, 1999-2000 the Education Committee, 1997-2001

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