Selected Booth Library Faculty and Staff Publications, Presentations, Projects, and Awards
Awards and Recognition
Institutional
- Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Best Practices in Marketing @ your library Award, 2007.
- Honorable Mention Public Relations Award award for 'Special Programs & Events' at the LAMA/PRMS Swap & Shop, 2006.
Individual
- Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year - Allen Lanham, 2008.
- Health Science Librarians of Illinois Star Thrower Award - Stacey Knight-Davis, 2008.
- Library Journal Movers and Shakers - Sarah Johnson, 2006.
- Jane O’Brien Award - Bev Cruse, 2005.
- Distinguished Contributor
Award from the Illinois Library
Computer Systems Organization
(ILCSO) - John Whisler, 2003.
- TBS, Inc. Technical
Services Award from the
Resources and Technical Services
Forum - John Whisler, 2003.
- Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year - John Whisler, 1997.
Grants and Awards
LSTA Grants
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grants are awarded from funds the Illinois State Library receives from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
- Brownson, Ann, Enhancing the Education Collection. Illinois State Library, $4,000, awarded 2004.
- Lanham, Allen, Bev Cruse, Marlene Slough, and Nackil Sung. Art & Architecture in Illinois Libraries: Part II. Illinois State Library, $100,000, awarded 2008.
- Lanham, Allen and Marlene Slough. Art and Architecture in Illinois Libraries. Illinois State Library, $125,000, awarded 2006.
- Lorber, Carl. Journals of the Illinois State Historical Society. Illinois State Library, $20,000, awarded 2007.
- Lorber, Carl and Robert Hillman. Warbler Digitization Project. Illinois State Library, $10,740, awarded 2006.
- Lorber, Carl, and Marlene Slough Graphic Novels as Literature. Illinois State Library, $3,000, awarded 2004.
- Tipton, Jocelyn. Reaching Out to
Increase Public Access to Government Information.
Illinois State Library, $500, awarded 2005.
Other Grants and Awards
- Tipton, Jocelyn. Constitutional Resources for College Libraries. American Library Association Carnegie Whitney Award, $4,500, awarded 2007.
Publications
Past 5 years
- Bergman, Emily and Marlene Slough. “Negotiation.” Chapter in New Technical Services Supervisors: A Management Guide Using Checklists, eds. Bergman, E. and Andrea Kappler, Chicago : Library Administration and Management Association : American Library Association, 2007.
- Brownson, Ann. "Curriculum Specialist." Chapter in A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library and Information Science, eds. Shontz, Priscilla K. and Richard A. Murray, Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2007.
- DeWeese, June and Marlene Slough. "Emergency Preparedness.” Chapter in New Technical Services Supervisors: A Management Guide Using Checklists, eds. Bergman, E. and Andrea Kappler, Chicago : Library Administration and Management Association : American Library Association, 2007.
- Johnson, Sarah L. Historical Fiction II: A Guide to the Genre. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2009.
- Johnson, Sarah L "Masters of the Past: Historical Fiction, Volume II." Bookmarks Magazine, Nov/Dec 2008.
- Johnson, Sarah L. "Past Masters: Twenty Classic Historical Novels and Their Legacy." Bookmarks Magazine, Jan/Feb 2006.
- Johnson, Sarah L. Historical Fiction: A Guide to the Genre. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2005.
- Johnson, Sarah L."Pioneering Efforts in Christian Historicals: A Profile of Bethany House." Solander: The Magazine of the Historical Novel Society, May 2005.
- Johnson, Sarah L. "Cover Letters: Tips for Making a Good First Impression." Chapter in The Librarian's Career Guidebook, ed. Priscilla Shontz. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2004.
- Johnson, Sarah L."Beef Up Your Resume for a Tough Job Market." Informed Librarian Online, August 2004.
- Knight-Davis, Stacey and Jan Sung. "Analysis of Citations in Undergraduate Papers." College and Research Libraries, 69.5 (2008): 447-458.
- Knight-Davis, Stacey. "Developing Professionalism as a New Librarian.” Info Career Trends, September 2004.
- Lanham, Allen. "Some Newer Spaces for Great Library Service: Achievments of Library Leaders and Staff." Illinois Library Association Reporter 27.2 (2009) : 22-23.
- Lanham, Allen. "An Invitation is Never Out of Fashion." Illinois Library Association Reporter 27.4 (2009) : 23-25.
- Lanham, Allen. "De-Humanizing the Library Redux." Illinois Library Association Reporter 26.6 (2008) : 22-23.
- Lanham, Allen. "Summer Postcards from Libraries and Librarians." Illinois Library Association Reporter 26.4 (2008) : 18-23.
- Lanham, Allen. "To Lead and Follow: Librarians Take It On." Illinois Library Association Reporter 26.2 (2008) : 12-18.
- Lanham, Allen. "The Temperature's Rising: All Hands on Buttons." Illinois Library Association Reporter 25.6 (2007): 18-21.
- Lanham, Allen. "Who in the World Cares? answer: We Do!." Illinois Library Association Reporter 25.2 (2007): 16-17.
- Lanham, Allen. "Dear Bob Doyle and the iRead Committee." Illinois Library Association Reporter 24.5 (2006): 24-25.
- Lanham, Allen. "Going Global: Day-by-Day in Costa Rica." Illinois Library Association Reporter 23.2 (2005): 12-15.
- Lanham, Allen. "Letter from Allen Lanham, ILA President." Illinois Library Association Reporter 23.1 (2005): 28-29.
- Lanham, Allen. "Greetings to the four corners of Illinois Libraries." Illinois Library Association Reporter 22.5 (2004): 14-15.
- Lanham, Allen. "Explore Illinois Libraries!." Illinois Library Association Reporter 22.4 (2004): 14-15.
- Lanham, Allen, and Marlene Slough. "Art in Illinois Libraries." Illinois Library Association Reporter 24.2 (2006): 12-17.
- Slough, Marlene. “Measuring Productivity.” Chapter in New Technical Services Supervisors: A Management Guide Using Checklists, eds. Bergman, E. and Andrea Kappler, Chicago : Library Administration and Management Association : American Library Association, 2007.
- Slough, Marlene. “Evaluation.” Chapter in New Technical Services Supervisors: A Management Guide Using Checklists, eds. Bergman, E. and Andrea Kappler, Chicago : Library Administration and Management Association : American Library Association, 2007.
- Sung, Jan., John Whisler, and Nackil Sung. (2009) . "A Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Collections Inventory Project: A Statistical Analysis of Inventory Data from a Medium-sized Academic Library." The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 35.4 (2009): 314-323.
- Tipton, Jocelyn T. "Government Statistical Data: Changes Impacting Access and Service." The Reference Librarian (2006): 53-67.
- Tolppanen, Bradley, Joan Miller, Martha H. Wooden, Lori M. Tolppanen. "Library World Wide Web Sites at Medium-Sized Universities A Re-Examination." Internet Reference Services Quarterly 10.2 (2005): 7-18.
- Tolppanen, Bradley. "A Survey of Current Tasks and Future Trends in Access Services." Journal of Access Services (2004): 1-14.
- Tolppanen, Bradley, and Marlene Slough. "Providing Circulation Services in a Temporary Location." Journal of Access Services 1.4 (2004): 115-127.
- Tolppanen, Bradley, and Jan Sung. "Views from the Front Line." Illinois Library Association Reporter 22.4 (2004): 4-9.
Presentations
Past 3 years
- Johnson, Sarah L. "Past Perfect: Historical Novels and Readers' Advisory Service." Half-day workshop, Western Massachusetts Regional Library System, June 5, 2007.
- Johnson, Sarah L. "The Best New Historical Fiction: What to Read and Why." Co-presenter with Diana Tixier Herald, Brad Hooper, and Georgine Olson. Historical Novel Society conference, Albany, June 9, 2007.
- Johnson, Sarah L.Keynote speaker, "Crossing the Aisle: Readers' Advisory for History, Fiction and Nonfiction." PLA Preconference, Boston, March 21, 2006.
- Knight-Davis, Stacey, Sarah
Johnson, and Karen Whisler. "Federated Search
Falls Short." Presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Peoria, Illinois, October 9, 2009.
- Knight-Davis, Stacey and Sharon A. Sample. " Why You Should Add Facebook To Your Library’s Services and How to Do It" presented at Presented at the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries conference in Bloomington, Illinois, March 28, 2008.
- Knight-Davis, Stacey and Jan Sung. “What Students are Citing: A Longitudinal Citation Analysis Study” Presented at the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries conference in Bloomington, Illinois, March 30, 2006.
- Lanham, Allen, Marlene Slough and Nackil Sung. "Art and Architecture in Illinois Libraries: the Online Resource" Presented at the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries conference in Bloomington, Illinois, March 27, 2008.
- Lanham, Allen and Marlene Slough. "Celebrating Art and Architecture in Illinois" Presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Springfield, Illinois October 12, 2007.
- Poignant, Lisa, Meg Klinkow Hartmann,
and Allen
Lanham. "Show Me the Money: Does
the Business Model Work
For Libraries?" Presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Peoria, Illinois, October 9, 2009.
- Popit, Ellen, Carole A. Medal, Greta Southard, and Allen Lanham. "The Library as Destination" Presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, October 6, 2006.
- Slough, Marlene, Karen
Whisler, Sable Harp, and Stephanie
Niemeyer. "Does the Selector Matter?:
Analyzing Use of Materials
by Source of Recommendation
for Selection." Presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Peoria, Illinois, October 7, 2009.
- Sung, Jan, Allen Lanham, and Nackil Sung. "Transforming Data to Build Knowledge for Healthy Libraries" Presented at World Library and Information Congress: 72nd IFLA General Conference and Council, Seoul, Korea,
August 23, 2006.
- Sung, Jan and Nackil Sung. "Offline Plus Plus" Presented at EndUser 2007, Schaumburg, Illinois, April 27, 2007.
- Sung, Jan and Nackil Sung. "Electronic Inventory: Solving Problems While Scanning. Presented at EndUser 2007, Schaumburg, Illinois, April 27, 2007.
- Swader, Lorelle, Allen Lanham, Karen Danczak Lyons, and Paul Whitsitt. "Growing Your Own: Best Practices for Recruiting
for Diversity in Your Library" Presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, October 5, 2006.
- Tagge, Natalie, Stacey Knight-Davis, Dawn Bussey, Charlotte Bruce, and Tim
O’Shaughnessy. "Expanding Your Library’s Reach With AskAway Virtual Reference" Presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, September 24, 2008.
- Tipton, Jocelyn, Brownson, Ann, and Elaine Fetyko
Page.
"Academic Integrity and the
College Student"
Presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, September 25, 2008.
- Tipton, Jocelyn, and David Hamilton. "Academic Freedom in Libraries and on Campuses" Presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, September 24, 2008.
- Tolppanen, Bradley. "Trends in Access Services" Presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, September 29, 2004.
- Whisler, John and Casey Sutherland "Suggested Projects to Maintain and Improve Quality in Your Catalog" Presented at EndUser 2007, Schaumburg, Illinois, April 26, 2007.
- Whisler, John and Casey Sutherland. "Suggested Projects to Improve Quality in Your Catalog" Presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Springfield, Illinois October 11, 2007.
Posters
Past 5 years
- Bell, David. "Digitizing Historical Playbills from
a Small Professional Theater" Presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, September 25, 2008.
- Derr, Janice and Jocelyn Tipton. "Passport to the World: A Successful Freshman Orientation Program" Presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Springfield, Illinois October 11, 2007.
- Hillman, Robert. "Library Services at Eastern Illinois University:
Back to the Future" presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, September 30, 2004.
- Knight-Davis, Stacey. "Managing LinkOut with the SFX Link Resolver" presented at the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries conference in Bloomington, Illinois, March 27, 2008.
- Knight-Davis, Stacey. "Managing LinkOut with the SFX Link Resolver" presented at the 2007 Health Science Librarians of Illinois conference in Urbana, Illinois, October 26, 2007.
- Lorber, Carl and Jocelyn
Tipton. "Transforming K-12 Students Today
into College Students Tomorrow." Presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Peoria, Illinois, October 7, 2009.
- Lorber, Carl and Robert Hillman. "Warbler Digitization Project" presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, October 5, 2006.
- Lorber, Carl and Marlene Slough. "Graphic Novels as Literature" Presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, October 1, 2004.
- Tipton, Jocelyn and Karen Whisler. "Looking For Fiction in All the Right/Wrong Places" Presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Chicago, Illinois October 5, 2006.
- Tolppanen, Bradley, and Janice Derr. "Getting the Most Out of Your Student
Worker Budget: A Survey of Tasks
Performed by Student Assistants in
Access Services Departments"
Presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, September 25, 2008.
- Tolppanen, Bradley, Janice Derr, and Jan Sung. "Patron Behavior Regarding the Return of Library Materials: The Impact of Newly Implemented Procedures" Presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Springfield, Illinois October 10, 2007.
- Sung, Jan, and Robert Hillman. "Inventorying: To Do or Not To Do -- Let the Numbers Tell" Presented at the Illinois Library Association annual conference in Springfield, Illinois October 11, 2007.
- Sung, Jan, and Marlene Slough. "Stacks Management in the Wireless Environment" Presented at Association of College and Research Libraries 12th Conference held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 8, 2005.
Collection Development Projects
Past 5 years
- Bell, David, Performing Arts Cooperative Collection Project [Year 2], "Early American Theater." Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois, $3,000 awarded 2007.
- Bell, David, World Literature Year 2:
18th Century British Literature. Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries
in Illinois (CARLI), $1,500, awarded 2005.
- Bell, David, Library Services. Theatre Arts Cooperative Collection Project Year 2, "Mid 20th Century Playwrights." Illinois Cooperative Collection Management Program, $3,000, awarded 2004.
- Bell, David, Library Services. Theatre Arts Cooperative Collection Project, "Mid 20th Century Playwrights." Illinois Cooperative Collection Management Program, $1,000, awarded 2003.
- Brownson, Ann, Libraries Assisting in the Education of Students with Special Needs: Special Education Communication Disorders Materials. Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries
in Illinois (CARLI), $2,000, awarded 2007.
- Hillman, Bob and Karen Whisler, Exploring Illinois History and Education: Celebrating Original Scholarship in Illinois Culture and Heritage by Digitizing Selected EIU Graduate Student Theses on Illinois Related Topics. CARLI/OCA Book
Digitization Initiative, awarded 2008.
- Knight-Davis, Stacey, Allied Health:
Special Populations Materials "School Materials for
Children with Disabilities." Consortium of Academic and
Research Libraries in Illinois, $2,000, awarded 2005.
- Kuma, Johnson, Homeland Security: Scientific, Technical, and Managerial Aspects of Disasters - Large Cities and Bioterrorism. Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in
Illinois (CARLI), $5,000, awarded 2007.
- Kuma, Johnson, The New Core: Emerging Fields in the Sciences Collections Project - Pathogenic Microbiology. Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in
Illinois (CARLI), $7,000, awarded 2007.
- Kuma, Johnson, Library Services. World Literature Year 2:
Islamic North African Literature. Illinois Cooperative
Collection Management Program, $1,500, awarded 2005.
- Kuma, Johnson, Library Services. World Literature Year,
"Islamic North African Literature." Illinois Cooperative
Collection Management Program, $1,750, awarded 2004.
- Lanham, Allen, Local History Online: Digitizing - The Illinois Library Community (Illinois Postcards). Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in
Illinois (CARLI), $4,000, awarded 2007.
- Lanham, Allen, Popular Expressions of the Arts: Jass Performance. Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in
Illinois (CARLI), $4,000, awarded 2007.
- Lanham, Allen, Performing Arts, "World Chamber Music."
Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in
Illinois (CARLI), $4,000, awarded 2005.
- Lanham, Allen, Music Education, "Teaching Methods
Resources for Chamber Music." Consortium of Academic
and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI), $3,500, awarded 2005.
- Lanham, Allen, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies,
"Theater/Musical
Theater." Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries
in Illinois (CARLI), $3,000, awarded 2005.
- Ortega, Pamela, Latin American Studies: Meeting the Needs of Illinois’ Academic Curricula in History, Politics, Culture and Society. Illinois Cooperative
Collection Management Program, $2,000, awarded 2007.
- Slough, Marlene, Allied Health:
Special Populations Materials "Nutrition and the Elderly."
Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in
Illinois, $3,000, awarded 2005.
- Whisler, Karen, "100 Books for Understanding Contemporary Japan." The Nippon Foundation, awarded 2009.
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