ALA Member Since: 10/01/1976

Education: Rutgers University, Ph.D., School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, 1993; Drew University, M.A., Political Science, 1980; Rutgers University, M.L.S., 1976; Drew University, B.A., 1975.

Current Position: College Librarian, Franklin & Marshall College, 1998-present.

Previous Positions: Assistant Director for Automation and Public Services, Drew University, 1990-98; Coordinator of Access Services, Drew University, 1986-89; Head, Periodicals Department, Drew University, 1978-85; Reference Librarian, Drew University, 1977-78; Acquisitions Librarian, Drew University, 1976-77.

ALA Activities: ACRL: Member, Information Literacy Advisory Committee, 2002-05; ACRL: Member, Board of Directors, 2001-05; ALA: Member, Gaver Scholarship Jury, 2000-01; ACRL: Member, National Conference Executive Committee - Denver 2001, 1999-2001; ACRL: Member, Budget and Finance Committee, 1999-2001; ACRL: Chair/Vice-Chair, College Library Section, 1995-97; ACRL: Chair, C&RL News Editorial Board, 1993-97; ALA: Member, Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship, 1994-96; ACRL: Chair, Appointments and Nominations Committee, 1992-94; ACRL: Chair, Publications Committee, 1990-92.

State and Regional Library Association Activities: OCLC: Delegate, Members Council, 2003-Present; OCLC: Member, Advisory Committee on College and University Libraries, 2002-04; PALINET: Trustee, Board of Trustees, 1995-2000; PALINET: Vice President, Board of Trustees, 1998-99; New Jersey Library Association: Member-at-Large, College & University Section Executive Committee, 1986-88; New Jersey Library Association: President, Automated Library Services Section, 1985-86.

Membership in Other Professional and Related Organizations: American Association of University Professors, 1976-Present.

Publications: "Understanding Remote Reference and Its Importance for Reference Services," The Changing Face of Reference (JAI Press), 1997; "Remote Users of OPACs: Do They Differ from Library Users," Proceedings-Integrated Online Library Systems Conf (Learned Information Inc.), 1994; "Relationships Between Access and Use in Information Systems," Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of ASIS (Learned Information Inc.), 1993; "Networking at Drew University," Local Area Networks in Libraries (Meckler), 1992; Co-author, "Content Analysis of ACRL Conference Papers," College & Research Libraries, 1991.

Honors, Awards, Prizes, Medals, Citations: NJLA Research Award, 1992; McMinn Prize for Best MA Thesis in Political Science, 1980.

Accomplishments: Varied experience with scholarly publications: EDUCAUSE Publications Advisory Committee, 1999-2001; Member of Editorial Board for EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2001-2004, Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1992-1995 and New Jersey Journal of Communication, 1993-1997. Reviewer for Choice since 1987. UCLA Senior Fellows Class of '75. Recent presentations include "My First Year Students are Your Seniors..." at NJLA (2004), "Are They Getting Satisfaction? LibQual, Your Users and You" at PaLA (2003), and "Transforming Bibliographic Instruction Activities into an Information Literacy Program" at ACRL National Conference (2001); Presentation on innovation and value added information delivery at International Conference on Education and Technology, Brussels.

Contact Me

psnelson@fandm.edu

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