School of Library and Information Science

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Library Science (2003), University of Alabama
Dissertation title:"Information Behaviors of Early Childhood Caregivers: Construction of Child Development Knowledge."M.S. (1993), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Library Science)M.A. (1992), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Art History)
B.A. (1989), Illinios State University, Normal (Art/Art History)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Guest Lecturer, "Emergent Literacy"
Jefferson County (AL) Family Day Care Conference, 2002
Paper: "Early Childhood Caregivers: Seeking Child Development Knowledge"
Connections 2000 (Great Lakes Information Science Conference)
Alabama Childcare Consortium:
Information Dissemination Committee member, 2000
Refereed Paper: "Early Alabama Printing, 1826-1846" Symposium on the Antebellum Press, The Civil War, and Free Expression, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Column editor, ARLIS (Art LIbraries Society) Update, 1994-1996
Guest Speaker, BAMA (Birmingham Area Museums Association)
quarterly meeting, 1995
Speaker, ARLIS/SE annual conference, 1994

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Librarian, Youth Department, Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, 2001-2002
Research Assistant, School of Library and Information Science, University of Alabama, 1996-2001
Media Specialist, Childcare Resources, Birmingham, 1999
World Wide Web Consultant, PACERS (Program for Rural Services and Research), University of
Alabama, 1996-1997
Director of the Clarence B. Hanson, Jr. Library, Birmingham (AL) Museum of Art, 1993-1996
Graduate Assistant, Ricker Library of Art and Architecture, University of Illinois, 1992-1993

Biography | Teaching | Faculty |

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science, University of Southern Mississippi, 2003-
Adjunct Faculty, University of Alabama, 1998
Instructor, Department of Education, Birmingham (AL) Museum of Art, 1995
Instructor, YMCA Comuniveristy, Champaign, IL, 1991

TEACHING/HAVE TAUGHT/SCHEDULED TO TEACH

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