Faculty and Staff Publications

TITLE: Design matters: projections of identity in library environments
AUTHOR(S): Thomas, NP
SOURCE: Mokros, HB (ed)., Identity matters: communication-based explorations and explanations
PUBLISHER: Hampton Press (2003)
DOCUMENT TYPE: Book chapter

TITLE: Context as category: opportunities for ethnographic analysis in library and information science research
AUTHOR(S): Nyce JM, Thomas NP
SOURCE: The New Review of Information Behaviour Research, Vol. 2, 2001
DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal Article

TITLE: Unpacking library posters: a theoretical approach
AUTHOR(S): Thomas, Nancy P
SOURCE: Journal of Education for Library and Information Science v 42 no1 Winter 2001. p. 42-56
ABSTRACT: Part of a special section on the implications of communication theory for education and practice in library and information science. A study investigated semiotic aspects of the poster series created and marketed by the American Library Association as an advertisement to promote library use and reading. The results of the study are discussed.
DESCRIPTORS: American-Library-Association; Library-graphics; Posters-; Communication-Theory-of
DOCUMENT TYPE: Feature-Article

TITLE: Inservice training for educators of individuals with autism
AUTHOR(S): Dow, Mirah J; Mehring,-Teresa-A
SOURCE: Advances in Special Education v 14 2001. p. 89-107
ABSTRACT: Part of a special volume on educational and clinical interventions for autistic spectrum disorders. Teachers of students with autism spectrum disorders would benefit from an "information utility" model of in-service education. Such a model seeks to offer unlimited opportunities for teachers and parents to have resources that will enhance their knowledge and skills with students with autism. The information utility model is made up of three critical components: an information philosophy that provides a new foundation for special education, information services that allow access to and dissemination of current and customized information, and in-service training that involves on-the-job-learning in recommended practices. This model offers educators an alternative to workshop-based professional development and changes thinking about work as completing tasks to viewing daily experiences as opportunities to learn. A brief review of autism spectrum disorders is provided.
DESCRIPTORS: Autistic-children-Education; Special-teachers-Education-in-service
DOCUMENT TYPE: Feature-Article

TITLE: Preparing future teachers for students with autistic spectrum disorders
AUTHOR(S): Mehring,-Teresa-A; Dow, Mirah J
SOURCE: Advances in Special Education v 14 2001. p. 69-88
ABSTRACT: Part of a special volume on educational and clinical interventions for autistic spectrum disorders. Children with autism present unique and challenging qualities for instruction, and a quality teaching preparation program for those who instruct such students must take account of a number of factors. These factors include the demands of 21st century classrooms, elements of effective teacher preparation, special education litigation and legislation, professional standards in special education, and the special knowledge and skills teachers of students with autism must possess. Furthermore, those interested in teacher preparation must realize that effective teaching requires support and mentoring in the schools, while school districts and state policymakers must also ensure that alternative licensure programs produce teachers of sufficient quality.
DESCRIPTORS: Autistic-children-Education; Special-teachers-Education
DOCUMENT TYPE: Feature-Article

TITLE: Towards a networked community of Africans in the diaspora: problems and prospects
AUTHOR(S): Agada, John; Brown,-Malore-I
SOURCE: In: National Conference of African American Librarians 3rd :1997 :Winston-Salem, NC Culture keepers III Black Caucus of the Am Lib Assn, 2000. p. 363-77
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2000
DESCRIPTORS: Information-retrieval-Social-aspects; Internet-Developing-countries
DOCUMENT TYPE: Book-Chapter

TITLE: The advantages of a library science education: a report on the SLIM distance education program in Colorado
OTHER TITLES: Augmented title: courses for paraprofessionals at Emporia State University
AUTHOR(S): Visnak, Kelly
SOURCE: Colorado Libraries v 26 no1 Spring 2000. p. 6-7
DESCRIPTORS: Emporia-State-University-School-of-Library-and-Information-Management; Distance-education; Paraprofessionals-Training; Paraprofessionals-Colorado

Author: Thomas, Nancy Pickering
Book Title: Information Literacy and Information Skills Instruction:
Subtitle: Applying Research to Practice in the School Library Media Center
Abstract: Bringing together material from doctoral dissertations, academic & professional journals, & other writings of scholars & practitioners, Thomas presents an excellent review of the literature on information skills instruction & a meta-analysis of the research done in bibliographic instruction, literacy skills instruction, & learning styles. Current trends,
issues, & themes in the information skills curriculum are discussed along with applications of the research. Designed to be used in information skills instruction classes for school media specialists, this valuable text will also be a useful training tool for academic librarians conducting bibliographic instruction in school libraries. It is an essential professional resource for school media specialists. All Levels.
Publisher: Teacher Ideas Press
Publ. Date: Dec. 1999

TITLE: History of books and libraries in the Philippines, 1521-1900 (book review)
AUTHOR(S): Hernandez,-Vicente-S; Salvatore, Cecilia Lizama, reviewer
SOURCE: Libraries and Culture v 34 no1 Winter 1999. p. 76-7
DOCUMENT TYPE: Book-Review

TITLE: Inner-city gatekeepers: an exploratory survey of their information use environment
OTHER TITLES: Augmented title: African-Americans in Harambee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
AUTHOR(S): Agada, John
SOURCE: Journal of the American Society for Information Science v 50 no1 Jan 1999. p. 74-85
DESCRIPTORS: Information-needs-Evaluation; Information-services-Special-subjects-Community-resources; Information-services-Wisconsin
DOCUMENT TYPE: Feature-Article

TITLE: Special topic issue: youth issues in information science
AUTHOR(S): Chelton, Mary K., 1942-; Thomas, Nancy P
SOURCE: Journal of the American Society for Information Science v 50 no1 Jan 1999. p. 5-48
DESCRIPTORS: Microcomputers-Children's-use; Information-systems-Special-subjects-Young-adults'-literature
DOCUMENT TYPE: Feature-Article

TITLE: The MLS for distance learners: a case study
OTHER TITLES: Augmented title: at Emporia State University
AUTHOR(S): Roland, Daniel
SOURCE: Business and Finance Division Bulletin no109 Fall 1998. p. 53-6
DESCRIPTORS: Emporia-State-University-School-of-Library-and-Information-Management; Distance-education-Case-studies
DOCUMENT TYPE: Feature-Article

TITLE: Profiling librarians with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: studies in self selection and type stability
AUTHOR(S): Agada, John
SOURCE: Education for Information v 16 no1 Mar 1998. p. 57-68
DESCRIPTORS: Librarianship-Psychological-aspects
DOCUMENT TYPE: Feature-Article

TITLE: Going the distance for a library science education: a report on the SLIM distance education program in Nebraska
AUTHOR(S): Roland, Daniel
SOURCE: Nebraska Library Association Quarterly v 28 no4 Winter 1998. p. 9-16
PUBLICATION YEAR: 1998
DESCRIPTORS: Emporia-State-University-School-of-Library-and-Information-Management; Distance-education
DOCUMENT TYPE: Feature-Article

TITLE: Multicultural education and the emerging paradigm: an essay in cultural epistemology
AUTHOR(S): Agada, John
SOURCE: The Urban Review v 30 no1 Mar 1998. p. 77-95
ABSTRACT: The multicultural education debate is essentially a contest between the prevailing and emerging cultural paradigms. The emergent paradigm, which has a relational notion of knowledge, offers a useful framework for conceptualizing the pluralistic and dynamic nature of cultural knowledge. If the curriculum design and pedagogy of schools are informed by the value systems of the emergent paradigm, schools can play a strategic role in evolving a society where diverse value systems and perspectives are co-represented.
DESCRIPTORS: Theory-of-knowledge; Multicultural-education-Theories-and-principles
DOCUMENT TYPE: Feature-Article

TITLE: International cooperation in library education: a survey of programs between North America and anglophone Africa
AUTHOR(S): Agada, John
SOURCE: Journal of Education for Library and Information Science v 39 no1 Winter 1998. p. 67-75
ABSTRACT: Library education in Africa has been influenced most by the North American library scene. This influence dates back to the involvement of the Carnegie Corporation in African library development at the start of the 20th century, when most of the African continent was under colonial rule. Since then, several other cooperative library education programs have been developed in Africa by North American philanthropic organizations, library institutions, and associations. Program modes range from the exchange of publications and the provision of scholarships for library education in North America to support for the establishment of library schools in Africa to student and faculty exchanges. A survey of models of cooperative programs in library education between North American and African library communities encompassing exchange of publications, the Adopt-A-Twin program, nonprofit organization programs, Africana collections development in U.S. libraries, the establishment of African library schools, and student and faculty exchanges is presented.
DESCRIPTORS: Librarians-Education; Cooperation-Educational; Library-science-Teaching-Africa
DOCUMENT TYPE: Feature-Article

TITLE: Towards behavioral approaches to library practice: a model for integrating social skills training in Nigerian library school curricula
AUTHOR(S): Agada, John
SOURCE: World Libraries v 7 Spring 1997. p. 78-92
DESCRIPTORS: Library-schools-Curriculum; Library-schools-Nigeria
DOCUMENT TYPE: Feature-Article

TITLE: Special issue on Nigeria
AUTHOR(S): Agada, John
SOURCE: World Libraries v 7 Spring 1997. p. 4-112
DESCRIPTORS: Librarianship-Nigeria
DOCUMENT TYPE: Feature-Article

TITLE: Guides to archives and manuscript collections in the United States (book review)
AUTHOR(S): DeWitt,-Donald-L., 1938-; Salvatore, Cecilia Lizama, reviewer
SOURCE: Libraries and Culture v 32 Spring 1997. p. 272-4
DOCUMENT TYPE: Book-Review

TITLE: Information counseling and the outsourcing challenge to corporate librarianship
AUTHOR(S): Agada, John
SOURCE: College and Research Libraries v 58 July 1997. p. 338-47
ABSTRACT: The trend to outsource information services means that corporate librarians must shift their focus toward services that cannot readily be outsourced. Librarians can offer augmented services to add value to generic and expected services through differentiation and can consider an expanded information counseling model as a basis for developing a market franchise for a range of potential corporate information services. Moreover, corporate library services should be aimed at creating environments that facilitate client learning and that go beyond sequencing relevant documents for use to include managing and evaluating the use and impact of information. The writer discusses the use of solution maps and the Learning Style Inventory to diagnose roles and cognitive styles.
DESCRIPTORS: Outsourcing-; Information-services; Libraries-Business
DOCUMENT TYPE: Feature-Article

TITLE: Outsourcing of corporate information services; implications for redesigning corporate library services
AUTHOR(S): Agada, John
SOURCE: International Information and Library Review v 28 June 1996. p. 157-76
DESCRIPTORS: Corporate-libraries-Aims-and-objectives; Contracts-for-library-service-Corporate-libraries; Information-needs-Evaluation
DOCUMENT TYPE: Feature-Article

TITLE: Information transfer, information technology, and the new information professional
AUTHOR(S): Achleitner, Herbert K
SOURCE: In: The Impact of emerging technologies on reference service and bibliographic instruction Greenwood Press, 1995. p. 137-49
DESCRIPTORS: Information-transfer; Information-scientists-Education
DOCUMENT TYPE: Book-Chapter

TITLE: The librarian personality and professional socialization: a longitudinal study of library school students in Nigeria
OTHER TITLES: Augmented title: at Ahmadu Bello University
AUTHOR(S): Agada, John
SOURCE: Journal of Education for Library and Information Science v 35 Spring 1994. p. 83-97
DESCRIPTORS: Ahmadu-Bello-University-Dept-of-Library-Science; Librarianship-Psychological-aspects; Librarianship-as-a-profession
DOCUMENT TYPE: Feature-Article

TITLE: Charting the information dissemination systems in Paraguay: opportunities for the information industry
AUTHOR(S): Achleitner, Herbert K; Caballero,-Alvaro
SOURCE: Microcomputers for Information Management v 11 June 1994. p. 111-20
DESCRIPTORS: Information-policy-Paraguay
DOCUMENT TYPE: Feature-Article

TITLE: Information technology and the preparation of librarians for the information society: questions for developing countries
OTHER TITLES: Augmented title: Nigerian view of U.S. situation
AUTHOR(S): Agada, John
SOURCE: Personnel Training and Education v 7 no3 1990. p. 54-63
DESCRIPTORS: Library-schools-Nigeria; Information-science-Teaching; Librarianship-United-States-Foreign-opinions
DOCUMENT TYPE: Feature-Article

TITLE: Assertion and the librarian personality
AUTHOR(S): Agada, John
SOURCE: In: Encyclopedia of library and information science, v42, supplement 7 Dekker, 1987. p. 128-44
DESCRIPTORS: Librarianship-Psychological-aspects
DOCUMENT TYPE: Book-Chapte