Business Librarian

• Subject Specialist Accounting
  
• Subject Specialist Information & Operations Management
  
• Subject Specialist Marketing
  

Education

• MLIS, University of North Texas, 2000
• BBA, North Texas State University, 1978
  

Experience - Library

• Texas A&M University, West Campus Library, Assistant Professor, Business Reference Librarian, June 2001 - present
• Texas A&M University, West Campus Library, Assistant Professor, Interim Director, January 2004 - December 2004
• Rare Medium, Inc. (an Internet consultancy), Corporate Librarian, August 2000 - May 2001
• University of North Texas, Science & Technology Library, Graduate Library Assistant, January 2000 - August 2000
  

Experience - Business / Information Systems

• Sprint Corporation -  Manager, Data Administration; Project Office / Data Architect
• Texas Dept. of Human Services - Director, Software Development; Director, Planning & Support Services
• Coopers & Lybrand - Senior Consultant
• Texas Dept. of MH/MR - Data Administrator; Database Designer; Systems Analyst
• Savings & Loan Industry - Programmer Analyst; Systems Analyst
• Arthur Andersen & Co. - Programmer Analyst; Systems Analyst, Consultant
  

Research Interests

• Data Architecture / Knowledge Management
• Library Systems / Reference Services
  
• Information Literacy
  

Selected Papers

• Michael M. Smith and Leslie J. Reynolds. "The Street Team: An Unconventional Peer Program for Undergraduates." Library Management. 29(3) 2008.
  
• Michael M. Smith. "A Tool for all Places: A Web-Based Reference Statistics System." Reference Services Review 34(2) 2006.
• Michael M. Smith and Barbara A. Pietraszewski. "Enabling the Roving Reference Librarian: E-Resource Access and Statistics Collection with Tablet PCs." Reference Services Review 32(3) 2004.
  

Affiliations

• American Library Association
• ACRL
• LITA
• RUSA
  
• Special Library Association
• Business & Finance Division
• Knowledge Management Division
• Texas Chapter