Section IX:
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

Professional Activities

Barbra Buckner Higginbotham Professor  
Professional Activities American Library Association
Library & Information Technology Association
Association of College & Research Libraries
Archons of Colophon Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service & Committee Assignments  
Library Department Chair
Committee on Appointments (Chair)
Committee on Library Organization & Space Utilization
Committee on Publications
Cabinet
College Library Project
Working Committee Steering Committee
Distance Learning Task Force
WebCourse
Strategic Planning Council's Committee on Integrated Management Information Systems
Institutional Grants Group (Chaired by Dean Richard Pizer)
Search Committee, History Department/Library shared faculty line, Archival Studies and Community Documentation
Promotion and Tenure Committee
Committee on Administrative Policy
Committee on Promotion and Tenure Procedures ("Gura Group")
Division of College Services Promotion and Tenure Committee
Faculty Council
Friends of the Library Steering Committee
Personnel and Budget Committee
Golden Key Society (Honorary Member)
Barbara Buckner Higginbotham Professor  
College Library Project
Working Committee Steering Committee
Distance Learning Task Force
WebCourse
Strategic Planning Council's Committee on Integrated Management Information Systems
Institutional Grants Group (Chaired by Dean Richard Pizer)<>rb Search Committee, History Department/Library shared faculty line, Archival Studies and Community Documentation
Promotion and Tenure Committee
Committee on Administrative Policy
Committee on Promotion and Tenure Procedures ("Gura Group")
Division of College Services Promotion and Tenure Committee
Faculty Council
Friends of the Library Steering Committee
Personnel and Budget Committee
Golden Key Society (Honorary Member)
CUNY Council of Chief Librarians, City University of New York
Collection Development Committee, 1998- Task Force on Educational Technology
Subcommittee on Faculty Development
Other American Library Association
Office of Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee Library & Information Technology Association (LITA) Board of Directors (Past President)
New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Agency (METRO)
Board of Trustees, 1993- Personnel Committee (Chair) 1993- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Evaluation Team member, Slippery Rock University, March 4-7, 2001
Barbara Buckner Higginbotham Professor  
Other  
Publications & Papers The Preservation Program Blueprint. B. Higginbotham and J. Wild. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2001.
"The Virtual Core: Distance Learning, Brooklyn Style." Journal of Library and Information Science (T'u shu kuan hs"ueh y"u tzu hs "un k'o hs"ueh), 2001.
"Guidelines for Successful Teaching on the Web." Presentation, People's Republic of China, October 2000.
"Building the Modern Academic Library." Presentation, People's Republic of China, October 2000.
"Preserving Digital Collections." Presentation, People's Republic of China, October 2000.
"Student Computing: Where & Why." Presentation, People's Republic of China, October 2000.
"An October in China: The Art of Keeping Track." Brooklyn College Magazine, Spring 2001.
Cover and interior photograph, Brooklyn College Magazine, Spring 2001.
Interview re: China trip, METRO Newsletter, spring 2001.
"Preserving Digital Resources," NERCOMP Conference, Worcester, MA, March 20, 2001.
Brooklyn College Faculty Day, May 23, 2001: Poster Session, "The Virtual Core Project: An Evaluation." With Professor Manuel Martinez-Pons.
Travel Lecture tour sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, People's Republic of China,
October 14-28, 2000: Tsinghua University, Xi'an Jiao Tong University,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Grant Proposals Project Director, "The Virtual Core." 1998-2001. $260,000 from the Fund for
     Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (U.S. Department of Education).
     (Supplementary grant, $24,000, 2001-2001)
ICE: The Integrated Content Environment (with Dr. Sylvie L. F. Richards)
Grant Reviews National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, 1995-
Institute for Museum & Library Services, 1990-
U.S. Department of Education, 1989-
Joselyn Berger
Instructor		  
Professional Activities American Library Association
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service & Committee Assignments  
Library Committee on Collection Development
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Committee on Library Instruction
Committee on Library Publications
College Faculty Recognition Committee
Information Dissemination Subcommittee
Frederick Bogin
Associate Professor		  
Professional Activities American Library Association
     Association of College & Research Libraries
Association of Jewish Libraries
Association for Jewish Studies
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service & Committee Assignments  
Library Committee on Collection Development
Committee on Honors, Citations, and Awards
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Committee on Library Instruction
Department Parliamentarian
College Faculty Council Representative
CUNY CUNY+ Bibliographic Instruction Committee
Sally Bowdoin
Assistant Professor		  
Professional Activities American Library Association
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Committee on Appointments
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Committee on Publications
Disaster Team Leader
Access (Co-editor)
College Gittleson Review Committee
Sally Bowdoin
Assistant Professor		  
CUNY Serials Committee
Technical Services Task Force
Ex Libris Conversion Task Force
Library Association of the City University of New York
Jim Cai
HEO Assistant		  
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services (ex officio)
College Computer Utilization Committee Survey Project
Faculty Day Planning Committee
Virtual Core Project (FIPSE)
WebCourse
James Castiglione
Assistant Professor (Sub.)		  
Professional Activities Medical Library Association
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Committee on Collection Development
Committee on College Relations
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Martha Corpus
Assistant Professor (Sub.) 		 
Professional Activities American Library Association
Association of College & Research Libraries
     Reference & Adult Services Division
     Library Instruction Roundtable
Library Association of the City University of New York
Phi Beta Mu
Yeats Society
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Committee on Collection Development
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Committee on Library Instruction
Committee on Library Publications
Other METRO Health Sciences Internet Group
Publications & Papers Editor. Studies in Asian Education. Detroit: Wayne State University, 2001.
Editor. Education in Traditional China: A History. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2001.
     Contributor. The ViewsWire (online country analysis service), The Economist Newspaper Group, 1998-
Editor and contributor, Resources, The Newsletter of the Mercy College Libraries. 1998-
     "George Delacorte: Philanthropist and Publisher." Scribner's American Biography, Vol. 4. New York: Scribner's, 2000.
     "Maggie Kuhn: Reformer and Activist." Scribner's American Biography, Vol. 4.
     New York: Scribner's, 2000.
"Florence Chadwick: Long-Distance Swimmer." Scribner's American Biography, Vol. 3.
     New York: Scribner's, 2000.
Jane Cramer
Assistant Professor		  
Professional Activities METRO Government Documents Interest Group
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Committee on Appointments
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Committee on Library Instruction
Committee on Publications
Committee on Collection Development
Committee on Library Organization and Space Utilization
College Institutional Grants Group (Chaired by Dean Richard Pizer)
CUNY Library Contact, CUNY Data Archives
Publications & Papers Access (Co-editor)
Anthony Cucchiara
Associate Professor		  
Professional Activities American Library Association
Archivists Roundtable of Metropolitan New York
Society of American Archivists
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service & M
Committee Assignments		  
Library Committee on Appointments
Committee on Collection Relations
Committee on Library Organization and Space Utilization
Cabinet
College Committee for Art Acquisition for the New Library
Faculty Council Committee on Honors, Citations, & Awards
Presidential Advisory Committee on Italian-American Affairs
CUNY Library Association of the City University of New York
     Archival Advisory Committee
Miriam Deutch
Assistant Professor		  
Professional Activities American Library Association
Art Libraries Society of North America
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Committee on Appointments
Committee on College Relations
Committee on Committees
Copyright Committee
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Library Week coordinator, April, 2001
Coordinator, Demystifying Copyright seminar, April 26, 2001
Disaster Team Leader
Cabinet
College Auxiliary Enterprises Corporation (Board Of Directors)
Committee for Art Acquisition for the New Library (Chair)
Sexual Harassment Advisory Panel (Coordinator)
Sexual Harassment Educational Committee
Faculty Circle Executive Board
Strategic Planning Council's Committee on Modern Facilities
CUNY CUNY + Circulation Committee
Library Association of the City University of New York
     Circulation Roundtable
     Interlibrary Loan Roundtable
Publications & Papers "Paging a Library Collection: The Brooklyn College Library Experience," R Collection Building 20, (1), 2001, 25-31.
"A Distance Education Collaboration: The Learning Café Experience." With Beth Evans
and Lori Scarlatos. R Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 3, (5), 2001
     www.westga.edu
Beth Evans
Assistant Professor 		 
Professional Activities American Library Association
North American Aleph Users' Advisory Group - Reports Enhancement Committee
Library Association of the City University of New York
NYLINK Electronic Resources Advisory Group
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Committee on Committees
Copyright Committee (Chair)
Committee on Bibliographic Instruction
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services (Chair)
Committee on Publications
Brooklyn College/Baruch College Libraries Faculty Development Program Committee
College Faculty Council Committee on Course and Standing
Faculty Council Committee on Student Records
CUNY Electronic Resources Advisory Committee
Library Association of the City University of New York
     Electronic Services Committee
     Information Resources for Instruction Committee
     Web Site Team
Publications & Papers "A Distance Education Collaboration: The Learning Café Experience," Online Journal of
Distance Learning Administration, v. 4 (spring 2001), with Miriam Deutch and Lori Scarlatos
http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/spring41/deutch41.html
"Look at the Literature." A professional development program for Brooklyn College and invited librarians (organizer)
Web Sites Brooklyn College Library http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/library/
Information Literacy (1998) http://www.cvc.sunysb.edu:591/tlc/Toc.html
Library Association of the City University of New York http://lacuny.cuny.edu/
Awards & Honors Invited to join the editorial board of the Online Journal of Distance Learning
Administration http://www.westga.edu/~distance/jmain11.html
William Gargan
Professor 		 
Professional Activities American Library Association
     Association of College & Research Libraries
        English and American Literature Section (Nominating Committee)
        MLA International Bibliography Discussion Group
Modern Language Association of America
Ernest Hemingway Society
James Joyce Society
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Deputy Chair
Committee on Honors, Citations & Awards
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Committee on Collection Development
Committee on Library Instruction
College Policy Council
Faculty Council Steering Committee
Faculty Council (Divisional Delegate)
Educational Services Department (Adjunct Professor)
Divisional Subcommittee on Promotion to Full Professor
Marshall, 2001 Commencement
CUNY PSC delegate
Certified Reader for the CUNY WAT Exams
LACUNY Professional Status Committee
Other Taught DES Workshop on "Critical Inquiry," Summer 2001
Publications & Papers Reviewed books for Choice and Library Journal
Contributor to MLA International Bibliography, 1999
"Charles Bukowski" and "Herbert Huncke." The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol. 4. NY: Scribner's, 2001.
"Frederick Exley," The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol. 3. NY: Scribner's, 2001.
Nicholas Irons
HEO Associate		  
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services (ex officio)
Committee on Library Instruction (ex officio)
College Academic Computing Advisory Committee (ex officio)
Brooklyn College Lab Managers Group
The Virtual Core Project (FIPSE)
WebCourse
CUNY CUNY Site License Managers Group
Marguerite Iskenderian
Associate Professor		  
Professional Activities Association for Recorded Sound Collections
International Association of Music Libraries
Music Library Association
     Local Arrangements Committee, Fund-raising Subcommittee
Music Library Association (Greater NY Chapter)
     Nominating Committee
Music OCLC Users Group
New York Technical Services Librarians
NOTIS Music Users Group
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
CUNY CUNY + Authorities Task Force
Music Librarians Roundtable
Library Association of the City University of New York
     Cataloging Roundtable
Marianne LaBatto
HEO Assistant		  
Professional Activities American Library Association
Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York
     Communications and Outreach Committee Coordinator (Board Position)
Library Association of the City University of New York
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference
Society of American Archivists
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Friends of the Library Liaison
CUNY Campaign Captain
College Faculty Circle Executive Board
CUNY Library Association of the City University of New York
     Executive Committee Delegate
Publications & Papers Editor/Writer Metropolitan Archivist (Semi-Annual Newsletter of the Archivists Round
Table of Metropolitan New York)
"Special Collections and the WWW" for Access, vol. 10, Spring 2001.
Honora Raphael
Associate Professor		  
Professional Activities Music Library Association
Music Library Association (Greater NY Chapter)
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Committee on Collection Development
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Committee on Honors, Citations and Awards (Chair)
Committee on Instructional Services
CUNY Music Librarians Roundtable (Chair)
Publications & Papers "Fred MacMurray," and "Molly Picon," in Scribner's Encyclopedia of American Lives, v.3.
"Arthur Tracy" in Scribner's Encyclopedia of American Lives, v.4.
Mariana Regalado
Assistant Professor		  
Professional Activities American Library Association
     Association of College & Research Libraries
        Anthropology and Sociology Section
         Publications Committee 2000-2002
     Instruction Section
         Education Committee 2001-2003
New York Library Association
Library Association of the City University of New York
North American Aleph Users Group
System Administration Enhancement Group 2001-2002
American Anthropological Association
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Committee on Committees
Committee on Collection Development
Copyright Committee
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Committee on Library Instruction (Chair)
Committee on Library Publications
Committee on Library Organization and Space Utilization
Brooklyn College/Baruch College Professional Development Committee
College Faculty Council (Alternate)
     Committee on Computer Utilization
Strategic Planning Council's Committee on Academic Quality
Provost's Outcomes Assessment Plan Committee
CUNY Library Association of the City University of New York
      LACUNY Institute 2001 Workshop Presenter
Chief Librarian's Information Literacy Tutorial Task Force (Chair)
Sylvie L.F. Richards
HEO Assistant		  
Professional Activities Modern Language Association
South Atlantic Modern Language Association
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Copyright Committee
Committee on Library Instruction (ex officio)
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services (ex officio)
College WebCourse
CUNY Honors College Blackboard training and support
Publications & Papers "Les désenchantés: Julien Green, les Américains à Paris entre les deux guerres, et
     l'orientalisme de Frère François," in Autour de Julien Green, au coeur de
     Léviathan, ed. Marie-Françoise Canérot and Michèle Raclot
     (Presses Universitaires Franc-Comtoises, 2000), 11-20.
"Beyond Screens: Penetrating Online Technologies," Journal for the Art of Teaching, vol.
     VII, No. 1 (2000): 113-122.<>rb "Keeping Up with the Joans: The Maid of Orleans in Literature and Film," West Virginia
     University Philological Papers, vol. 47 (2000): 37-43.
"Le sang, la menstruation, le corps féminin," Les Cahiers naturalistes no. 75 (2001)
     http://www.cahiers-naturalistes.com/2001.htm
"Perversion as Diversion: The Female Gaze in the Novels of Rachilde."
     Twenty-Fifth Annual Colloquium on Literature and Film, West Viginia University,
     October 13, 2000.
"Pedagogical Uses of New Media in the Foreign Language Classroom," Modern Language Association,
     December 29, 2000.
"Putting It All Together: Placing Multimedia, E-reserves, Course Packs, and Publishers'
     Resources into Blackboard,
" Brooklyn College, April 26, 2001.
Grant Proposals ICE: The Integrated Content Environment (with Dr. Barbra Buckner Higginbotham)
Workshops Developed & Led "Best Practices Using New Media Technology in the Foreign Language Classroom,"
CUNY-wide Foreign Language Day at Brooklyn College, November 10, 2000.
Blackboard Workshops:
      Teaching with Blackboard
      Creating a Robust Syllabus
      Creating Technology-Rich Assignments
      Creating Student Assessments
      Discussion Boards and Virtual Chat
      Creating Online Communities
WebCourse Workshops:
      Introduction to Flash 4 for Windows and Mac
      Introduction to Photoshop
      Advanced Photoshop
Department-specific Blackboard Workshops:
      History
      Economics
      Music
      Library
      Education
Alex Rudshteyn
HEO Associate		  
Professional Activities IEEE Computer Society
NaSPA -Network and Systems Professionals Association
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services (ex officio)
Ad Hoc Committee on Interim Library Services
Other Hillel Foundation for Jewish Campus Life at Brooklyn College
     Board of Trustees
U. S. Patents US5504969: Self-propelled machine for cleaning and disinfecting
     transportation vehicles
US5549410: Portable vehicle barrier
US5743196: Mobile waste incinerator
Suzie Samuel
HEO Assistant		  
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services (ex officio)
College Brooklyn College Lab Managers Group
Barbara Scheele
Assistant Professor		  
Professional Activities Association of College & Research Libraries (NY Chapter)
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Brooklyn College/Baruch College Libraries Faculty Development Program Committee
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Committee on Library Instruction (Workshop Coordinator)
College 504/ADA Committee
Chair, Faculty Subcommittee on Tenure, Division of College Services
Convener, Information Power Task Force, in collaboration with Office of Student Life;
     student-faculty group sponsoring library activities
Women's Studies Steering Committee
CUNY Library Association of the City University of New York
     Electronic Information Services Committee
Other Liaison, Academic Libraries of Brooklyn
Chair, METRO Bibliographic Instruction Special Interest Group
Howard Spivak
Higher Education Officer		  
Professional Activities American Library Association
     Library & Information Technology Association
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services (ex officio)
Committee on Library Organization and Space Utilization (ex officio) Cabinet
College Strategic Planning Council's Committee on Integrated Management Information Systems
Academic Computing Advisory Committee (ex officio)
Support Staff Review Committee
WebCourse
CUNY Task Force on Educational Technology
     Subcommittee on Faculty Development
     Subcommittee on Budget
NOTIS Contacts Committee
Other Department of Health and Human Services/National Institute of Drug Abuse/Innovative
     Research Program
Member of the Special Review Committee
Susan Vaughn
Professor		  
Professional Activities American Library Association
      Association for Library Collections & Technical Services
      Association of College & Research Libraries
        ACRL (NY Chapter)
      Library & Information Technology Association
      Reference & User Services Association
New York Library Club
Library Association of the City of New York
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Committee on Collection Development (Chair)
Committee on Electronic Information & Media Services
Committee on Library Organization & Space Utilization
Cabinet
College College Review Committee
CUNY Electronic Resources Advisory Committee (Chair)
Publications & Papers Editor, Collection Building
Irwin Weintraub
Assistant Professor		  
Professional Activities American Library Association
     Social Responsibilities Roundtable
        Task Force on the Environment (Co-chair)
     Association of College & Research Libraries
        Science and Technology Section
          Subject and Bibliographic Access Committee
International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Information Specialists
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Committee on Committees (Chair)
College Faculty Council (Delegate at Large)
CUNY Library Association of the City University of New York
     Brooklyn College Delegate
     Electronic Information Services Committee
Publications & Papers "The Celebration of Earth Day: Perspectives on an Environmental Movement." Electronic
     Green Journal 12, April, 2000. Reprinted in: Monthly Environmental News
     (Pakistan) 4 (7):29-34, July, 2000.
Book Reviews Lambrecht, Bill. Dinner at the New Gene Café: How Genetic Engineering Is Changing
     What We Eat, How We Live, and the Global Politics of Food. New York, St.
     Martins. 2001. Library Journal 126 (13):146, August, 2001.
Robbins, John. The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our
     World. Conari, Berkeley, CA, Conari Press, 2001. Library Journal, 126(9):154,
     May 15, 2001.
Schultze, Todd A. A Safe Haven?: A Homeownership Guide to Assessing Environmental
     Hazards. Dover, NJ, Karlyle Environmental, 2000.
     Library Journal 126(6):111-112, April 1, 2001.
Manuscript Reviews Reviewed for Electronic Green Journal:
"Till the Rivers All Run Dry: A Human Ecological Analysis of the Narmada Bachao Andolan"
     (April 2001)
"Buffer Zones Around Protected Areas: A Literature Review" (August 2001)
"Astroenvironmentalism." (August 2001)
     Libraries, The Internet, and Scholarship ..." (for Marcel Dekker)
Consulting Consulting Head Librarian for Norman Borlaug University of Agriculture and Food
     Systems, an online university serving agriculture and the food industry
     worldwide.
Judith Wild
Associate Professor		  
Professional Activities American Library Association
      Association of College & Research Libraries ( NY Chapter)
      Library & Information Technology Association
New York Technical Services Librarians
North Atlantic Serials Interest Group
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments		  
Library Copyright Committee
Committee on Electronic Reserves (ad hoc) (Chair)
Committee on Library Organization and Space Utilization
Cabinet
College Division of College Services Committee on Promotion to Associate Professor
Faculty Recognition Panel
     Information Dissemination Subcommittee (Chair)
Faculty Newsletter (Faculty Consultant)
CUNY CUNY+ Cataloging Committee
     Serials Committee
Library Association of the City University of New York
Publications & Papers The Preservation Program Blueprint. B. Higginbotham and J. Wild. Chicago: ALA
     Editions, 2001.
Emma Lee Yu
Assistant Professor		  
Professional Activities New York Technical Services Librarians
Library Association of the City University of New York