The University of Southern Mississippi, School of Library and Information Science
 

 

Dr. Joy Greiner

Joy Greiner
Associate Professor (retired)

E-mail: jgreiner@netdoor.com

  Biography   |  Interests   |  Publications   |  Faculty |

EDUCATION
  • Ph.D (1984) Florida State University (Library Science)
  • AMD (1981) Florida State University (Library Science)
  • MLS (1976) The University of Mississippi (Library Science)
  • BA (1974) The University of Mississippi (English)
EMPLOYMENT
  • 1999 - present: Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, The University of Southern Mississippi

  • 1991-1999: Director and Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, The University of Southern Mississippi

  • 1985-1991: Assistant Professor, School of Library and InformationScience, The University of Southern Mississippi

  • 1982-1985: Librarian IV, Head of Branches, Jackson MetropolitanLibrary System, Jackson, Mississippi

  • 1976-1982: Librarian II, Branch Manager, Clinton Public LibraryBranch, Jackson Metropolitan Library System
 SERVICE
  • Institutional Activities, The University of Southern Mississippi
    • Member Search Committee for Dean of the College of Education and Psychology, Spring2003

    • Human Subjects Protection Review Committee, 1990-1999; 1987-1989

    • University Research Council, 1987-1989

  • College of Liberal Arts
    • Advisory Committee on Tenure and Promotion (alternate), 2001-2002

    • Advisory Committee on Tenure and Promotion (member), 1993-1995; 1996-1997; 1997-1998

  • School of Library and Information Science
    • Fall 2001, Fall 2002, Spring 2003 - Admissions and Awards Committee, Chair

    • Spring 2001, Summer 2001 - Admissions and Awards Committee, Member

    • Spring 2001, Summer 2001 - Curriculum Committee, Member

    • Spring 2002 - Contributed to the preparation of the American Library Association Committee onAccreditation Program Presentation for the School.

    • Prepared Faculty chapter (Standard III)

  • Grants and Training Contracts
    • The Gates Library Foundation Internship (1998-99) funded two graduate student interns in theSchool of Library and Information Science for two semesters ($42,276/per semester)

    • Gates Library Initiative Mississippi Librarianship Scholarship (1999). Provided up to $12,370for tuition for a MLIS degree and a non-credit internship in a Mississippi public library.

    • Assistantships for two student assistants with the Forrest County Law Library ($9,600 persemester)

  • Professional and Academic Association Memberships
    • American Library Association, 1976 - present

    • Association of Library and Information Science Education, 1985 - present

    • Public Library Association, 1985 - present

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Research and Teaching Interests

TEACHING-HAVE TAUGHT-SCHEDULED TO TEACH
  • LIS 411/511- Development of MultimediaCollections
  • LIS 480/580 -British Studies -- Young Adult Literature;Libraries and Museums in Great Britain

  • LIS 587 -British Studies - Research

  • LIS 489/689 -Library Practicum

  • LIS 493/593 -Issues in Public Librarianship Topics -- Genealogy;Popular Culture; Grantwriting

  • LIS 605 -Library Management

  • LIS 636 -Libraries in American Society

  • LIS 641 -Public Library Administration

  • LIS 668 - Research Methods in Library and Information Science

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  • LIS 670 -Library Services and Resources for Adults

  • LIS 692 -Special Problems - Popular Culture Materials in Libraries; Grantwriting

  • LIS 695 -Master's Research Project
  Biography |  Interests |  Publications |  Faculty |

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
  • Exemplary Public Libraries: Lessons in Leadership, Management and Service, Libraries Unlimited Management Collection. Westport, Conn: Libraries Unlimited, 245 pp., September 2004.

  • "Collection Development in the Information Age: Great Britain's Public Libraries," published simultaneously in Acquisitions Librarian, no. 20, 1998: 73-91 and Public Library Collection Development in the Information Age (ed.Annabel Stephens), the Haworth Press, Inc., 1998.

  • Research Issues in Public Libraries: Trends for the Future, edited by Joy M. Greiner, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press,229 p. 1994.

  • "Education for Public Librarians in the Future: An Examination of the Perceptions of Public Library Educators, Public Library Administrators, and State Library Agency Directors," in Research Issues in Public Libraries: Trends for the Future,1994, 189-209.

  • "The Management Styles and Career Progression Patterns of Recently Appointed Public Library Administrators (1983-1987)." Advances in Library Administration and Organization, a Research Annual, vol. 7 (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1988), 1-27.

  • "The Role of Nonprofessionals in Small Public Libraries."Public Libraries 27 (Summer 1988): 76-78.

  • "A Comparative Study of the Career Development Patterns of Male and Female Library Administrators in Large Public Libraries." Library Trends 34 (Fall 1985): 259-89.

INVITED ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS

  • Introduced, Professional Views column (current title Perspectives ), in national professional journal, Public Libraries. Continued as Contributing Editor (January 1989 - January 1991)

  • "Reasons to Attend the PLA National Conference: Section Presidents' Views on Public Librarians' Involvement in Professional Organizations" Public Libraries 29 (September/October1990).

  • "The Role of the National Endowment for the Humanities in Public Libraries" Public Libraries 29 (November/December1990).

  • "Non-M.L.S. Professionals in the Library" Public Libraries 29 (July/August 1990): 209-214.

  • "Technology in Public Libraries" Public Libraries 29 (May/June 1990): 145-153.

  • "Marketing Public Library Services" Public Libraries 29 (January/February 1990): 11-17.

  • "Productivity, Democracy and Literacy -- A Focus on the White House Conference" Public Libraries 28 (November/December1989): 321-27.

  • "The Philosophy and Practices of Fines and Fees" Public Libraries 28 (September/October 1989): 257-61. Reprintin Australian Public Libraries (December 1990): 233-239.

  • "Intellectual Freedom as a Professional Ethic"Public Libraries 28 (July/August 1989): 69-72.

  • "Important Issues to Public Libraries: Section Presidents' Views" Public Libraries 28 (May/June 1989): 199-203.

  • "The Homeless: PLA Members' Consensus is for Equitable Services and Respect" Public Libraries 28 (March/April1989): 137-41.

  • "Career Growth and the Public Librarian" PublicLibraries 28 (January/February 1989): 7-14.

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS |

  • "Violence in Mississippi's Public Libraries: 1995 Survey Results" with Stella Wheat, Mississippi Libraries 59(Summer, 1995): 32-36.

  • Review of The Information World of Retired Women, Elfreda A. Chatham, Greenwood Press, 1992 in Information Processingand Management, Vol. 30 No. 3, 1994: 446-449.

  • "Training for Paraprofessionals: A Critical Need" Mississippi Libraries 54 (Spring 1990): 10-12.

  • "Alternative Funding for Public Libraries" Mississippi Libraries 51 (Fall 1987): 66-71.

  • "A Bridge to the Past or a Dilemma for the Future - Genealogy in Public Libraries" Mississippi Libraries 51 (Spring 1987): 7-10.

TECHNICAL REPORTS

  • Public Libraries "Annual Report." A report submitted to the American Library Association, Public Libraries EditorialBoard, 1989: 22-23.

  • "Human Services Agencies Resource File," A report of community agencies and the services provided presentedto the Hattiesburg Public Library, September 1989.

  • "Cook Library User Survey." Data submitted to the University Library, May 1988.

EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES |

  • 1989-1990: Contributing Editor to Public Libraries (A refereedjournal of the American Library Association).

REVIEWING FOR PUBLICATIONS

  • 1989-present: Peer reviewer for Journal of Education forLibrary and Information Science.

  • 1990-present: Peer reviewer for Public Libraries.

PRESENTATIONS

  • "Organizational Structures, Management Philosophies and Strategies in Public Libraries in Great Britain and the United States: A Report of Current Research Investigating Issues in Public Libraries to be Addressed in the New Century," presented to faculty and students, Department of Communication and Information Studies, Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh,Scotland, on October 12, 1999.

  • Report and recommendations to the Public Library Association, based on research commissioned by the Public Library Association, at the American Library Association conference, Atlanta, July1991.

  • "A Comparative Study of Career Development and Managerial Styles of Male and Female Public Library Administrators." Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual conference, Washington, D.C. (January 4, 1989).

  • Program chair, "Roles of Small Public Libraries," presented at the Public Library Association Small and Medium Sized Library Section at the American Library Association conference, New Orleans, July 9, 1988.

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