Education

Graduate Work in Philosophy, 2003-2004
Princeton University Program in Continuing Education

Master of Science, Library and Information Science: January 2000
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Master of Arts, English: May 1997
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Bachelor of Arts, English and Philosophy: May 1992, Phi Beta Kappa
University of Alabama

Library Experience

Philosophy and Religion Librarian
Firestone Library--Princeton University; Princeton, NJ
1/2002-present (rank of Librarian with continuing appointment effective 7/2007; rank of Senior Librarian effective 7/2013)

Reference/ Instruction Librarian.
Musselman Library--Gettysburg College; Gettysburg, PA
1/2000-12/2001

Graduate Assistant
Central Reference Services--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
8/1998-1/2000

Circulation Clerk
Urbana Free Library--Urbana, Illinois
8/1996-7/1998.

Teaching Experience

COURSES TAUGHT:

LIS 524LE: Information Sources and Services in the Arts and Humanities
Graduate School of Library and Information Science; University of Illinois
Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013

Writing Seminar: Justice
Princeton Writing Program; Princeton University
Fall 2009

Writing Seminar: Liberalism and Its Critics
Princeton Writing Program, Princeton University
Fall 2007, Fall 2008

Writing Seminar: Liberal / Conservative
Princeton Writing Program, Princeton University
Spring 2007

Writing Seminar: Political Argument
Princeton Writing Program, Princeton University
Fall 2003, Fall 2004

Catholic Social Teaching through Papal Encyclicals
St. Ignatius Catholic Church—Yardley, PA
January-December 2004

Writing Seminar: Politics and Persuasion
Princeton Writing Program; Princeton University
Fall 2002

English 209: English Literature from the Beginning to 1798 (as teaching assistant)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fall 1994, Spring 1995, Fall 1996

Rhetoric 143: Intermediate Expository Writing
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fall 1993, Fall 1997

Rhetoric 105: Principles of Composition
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fall 1992, Spring 1993, Fall 1993, Spring 1994, Fall 1997, Spring 1998

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Writing Consultant: Writer’s Workshop
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fall 1994, Spring 1995, Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Fall 1999

Bookstore Manager
Babbitt's Books--Champaign, Illinois
8/1995-8/1996

Publications

Academic Librarian blog. http://blogs.princeton.edu/librarian/

Libraries and the Enlightenment. Los Angeles, CA: Library Juice Press, 2012. (Available in print from Amazon and as an ebook from Powell's.)

"Change Rhetoric: Good and Bad. Library Journal. July 18, 2013. (Online here.)

“In Praise of Traditional Libraries.” Library Journal. June 13, 2013. (Online here.)

“The Big Deal’s Damage.” Library Journal. May 9, 2013. (Online here.)

“The Librarian Doesn’t Exist.” Library Journal. April 4, 2013. (Online here.)

“Scholars and Musicians. Library Journal. March 7, 2013. (Online here.)

“No Library is an Island.” Library Journal. February 7, 2013. (Online here.)

“Ebooks and the Candlemaker’s Petition.” Library Journal. December 6, 2012. (Online here.)

“From Philosophy to Practice.” Library Journal. November 1, 2012. (Online here.)

“Sacred Books in English Translation.” Reference & User Services Quarterly 52:1 (Fall 2012), 18-25. (Currently behind a paywall, but a public LibGuide with the recommended translations is here.)

“Why We Do What We Do.” Library Journal. September 27, 2012. (Online here.)

“The Ethics of Fake Reference.” Library Philosophy and Practice (2012). (Online here.)

“Assisting Research Versus Research Assistance.” Library Journal. August 9, 2012. (Online here.)

“Sympathy and the ‘Academic’ in Academic Librarian.” Library Journal. June 7, 2012. (Online here.)

“Libraries as Indoctrination Mills.” Library Journal. May 3, 2012. (Online here.)

"The Two Cultures." Library Journal. March 29, 2012. (Online here.)

“We Are the User: Imagination, Sympathy, and the User Experience.” In Reference Renaissance: Inventing the Future, ed. by Marie L. Radford. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2011.

“The Compleat Philosophy Librarian.” Reference & User Services Quarterly 50:4 (Summer 2011), 315-318. (Online here.)

“Review: The History of Continental Philosophy.” Library Journal Reference Reviews. March 15, 2011. (Online here.)

“Review: The Social Transcript: Uncovering Library Philosophy.” portal: Libraries and the Academy 11:1 (January 2011), 584-85.

“Libraries in Pursuit of Enlightenment.” Library Journal Academic Newswire. January 7, 2011. (Online here.)

“Imagination, Sympathy, and the User Experience.” Library Journal. Annual Reference Supplement (November 15, 2010). (Online here.)

“Librarians and Traditional Cultural Expressions.” Journal of Religious & Theological Information 9 (2010), 47–54. (Previous version online here.)

“Google 2.0: Benefits and Burdens.” In Reference Renaissance, ed. by R. David Lankes and Marie L. Radford. New York: Neal-Schuman.

“Social Search.” Reference & User Services Quarterly, 48:4 (Summer 2009), 333.

“Voice-over-IP Wouldn’t Work for Me.” In Virtual Reference Best Practices, by M. Kathleen Kern, 54. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2009.

“Annoyed Librarian: the Juvenal of Librarianship.” Journal of Access Services 5:4 (2008), 463-477.

"The Virtue of Reference." Library Philosophy and Practice 10 (Feb 2007). Online here.

“Best of the Literature: Public Services.”  Public Services Quarterly 2:4 (2006)

"Are We Creating Dissident Librarians?" American Libraries (November 2006), 25.

“Technological Change, Universal Access, and the End of the Library.” Library Philosophy and Practice 9.1 (Fall 2006). Online here.

"Best of the Literature: Reference Assessment." Public Services Quarterly. 2: 2/3 (July 2006), 215-220.

"RUSA Guidelines for Behavioral Performance of Reference and Information Service Providers." Reference & User Services Quarterly, 44:1 (Fall 2004), 14-17. Product of the RUSA-RSS Management of Reference Committee. Online version here.

"Expert Services on the Web: The Commercial Competition for Libraries." College & Research Libraries News, 62:7 (July/August 2001), 714-16. 

"Reference is the Best Instruction." LOEX News. Volume 28:1 (Spring 2001), 4, 8.

"Print Book Bibliographies on the Web: Implications for Academic Libraries." College & Research Libraries News, 62:3 (March 2001), 308-09.

Presentations

“Library Research Instruction in the Humanities.” NFAIS Humanities Roundtable. Graduate Center of the City University of New York. New York, NY. October 1, 2012

“Useful Web Tools for Scholars.” Princeton University. November 11, 2011

“We Are the User: Imagination, Sympathy, and the User Experience.” Plenary speech. Reference Renaissance Conference. Denver, CO. August 10, 2010.

“Mastering the Art of Deception: Are We Teaching the Next Generation of Librarians to be ‘lying time-wasters’?” Panel presentation. Reference Renaissance Conference. Denver, CO. August 9, 2010.

“Real Time, Social, and Semantic Search.” Webinar. Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative. June 16, 2010.

“Google Search Strategies.” OIT Productive Scholar Presentation, Princeton University. May 6, 2010.

"Real-time and Social Search: A Brief Introduction to Two Emerging Trends." SLA Princeton-Trenton Chapter meeting. The Campus Club, Princeton University, March 17th, 2010.

“Emerging Search Technologies.” Workshop. Clark Public Library (NJ). December 3, 2009.

“Emerging Search Technologies” Workshop. Clark Public Library (NJ). August 5, 2009.

“Emerging Search Technologies.” Presentation. Princeton University Library. July 29, 2009.

“Emerging Search Technologies” Workshop. Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative. Ocean County Library (NJ). June 16, 2009.

“Emerging Search Technologies.” INFOLINK “Tech is It Day” Conference. Rutgers University. May 14, 2009.

“The Productive Browser.” OIT Productive Scholar Presentation, Princeton University. April 2, 2009.

“Emerging Search Technologies” Workshop. Clark Public Library (NJ), March 24, 2009.

“Cultivate Your Bottom.” ACRL Virtual Conference. Seattle, WA.. March 14, 2009.

"Seize the Day: on Entrepreneurial Librarianship." ACRL Delaware Valley Chaper Conference. Penn State--Great Valley. November 21, 2008.

"The Iron Cage of Google." Reference Renaissance Conference. Denver, CO. August 5, 2008.

"Beyond Google" Workshop. Clark Public Library, NJ. April 23, 2008.

"All Things Google" Workshop. Clark Public Library, NJ. April 23, 2008.

"Technology Talk: Finding & Using Information with Google." Monroe Township Public Library, NJ. April 12, 2008.

"All Things Google" Workshop. Clark Public Library, NJ. November 7, 2007.

"All Things Google" Workshop. Clark Public Library, NJ. August 15, 2007.

"All Things Google." INFOLINK “Tech is It Day” Conference. Rutgers University. May 23, 2007.

INFOLINK Tech Talk on Google. East Brunswick Public Library, NJ. April 20, 2007.

"All Things Google." OIT Lunch 'n Learn. Princeton University. January 10, 2007.

"Taming the Web ." Princeton Adult School. Princeton, NJ. October 10, 2006.

"Google: Viewpoints from the Library." Panel presentation to all Princeton Library staff. January 31, 2006. Repeated for University staff: May 9, 2006.

"Libraries and the Economics of Scholarly Communication." Presentation at Mathey College, Princeton University. November 11, 2003.

"Without our Consultation: Online Reference and the Commercial Competition." With Katherine Furlong. Presentation to the Reference Instruction Group (RIG) of ACLCP. January 26, 2001. Dickinson College

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Service

Editorial Board Member: Library Philosophy and Practice. 2008-present.

Guest Editor: Journal of Access Services 5:4 (2008).

Column Editor: “Best of the Literature” Column, Public Services Quarterly . 2005-2008.

National Professional Organizations

• Convener: Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Philosophy, Religion, & Theology Discussion Group. 2012-present
• Member at Large: ACRL University Libraries Section (ULS). 2013-2016.
• Member: ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee. 2013-2015.
• Director at Large. Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). 2010-2013
• Chair: RUSA Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES) Nominating Committee, 2012
  
• Chair: RUSA CODES: 2011-2012
• Chair: RUSA Organization and Planning Committee: 2011-2012
  
• Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: RUSA CODES. 2010-2011
• Member: RUSA Organization and Planning Committee: 2008-present
• RUSA Representative: ALA Nominating Committee. 2009
• Member at Large: RUSA CODES: 2008-2010
• RUSA CODES Representative to RUSA Membership Committee: 2008-2010
• Chair—RUSA Reference Services Section (RSS) Nominating Committee: 2007-2008
• RUSA Representative to ALA Committee on Professional Ethics: 2006-2008
• RUSA RSS Representative to RUSA Standards& Guidelines Committee: 2004-present
• RUSA RSS Member-at-Large: 2006-2007
• Chair: RUSA Standards & Guidelines Committee: 2005-2007
• RUSA RSS Representative to RUSA Nominating Committee: 2005-2006
• Chair: RUSA - RSS Management of Reference Committee: 2005-2006
• Member: RUSA - RSS Management of Reference Committee: 2002-2006
• RUSA RSS Representative to RUSA Nominating Committee: 2003-2004
• Member: ACRL College Libraries Section Communications Committee: 2000-2002
• Member: ACRL Literatures in English Section Membership Committee: 2000-2002

Updated 7.25.13