Professional Responsibilities

Agriculture and Digital Services Librarian

• Subject Specialist and Liaison for Water Resources

• Subject Specialist and Liaison for Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences

Research Interests

• Preservation and digitization of agricultural literature
• Agricultural digital libraries
• Videoconferencing in reference services
• Bibliographic citation management and "the scholar's workstation"

Education

MLIS, University of Texas at Austin, 1992
Major: Library and Information Sciences

PhD, Texas A&M University, 1980
Major: Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Dissertation:  Production of Tilapia aurea in Simulated Sewage Lagoons Receiving Laying Hen Wastes.

MS, Texas A&M University, 1977
Major: Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Thesis: Algae-fed Artemia salina nauplii as a food source for larval Cynoscion nebulosus.

BA, University of Louisville, 1973
Majors: Biology and Anthropology

Selected Papers

• The Impact of Electronic Bibliographic Databases and Electronic Journal Articles on the Scholar’s Information Seeking Behavior and Personal Collection of "Reprints"

•  Preservation of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin in the Digital Repository

Books

• United States Agricultural Information Network (USAIN) National Preservation Program for the History of Agriculture and Rural Life: Texas Preservation Project
• "Carp and Buffalo" in Culture of Nonsalmonid Freshwater Fishes

Collections

Texas Agricutural Experiment Station Bulletin

Academic Courses Taught

• WFSC 410 Fisheries Management -- Spring 1981
• WFSC 102 Introduction to Fisheries Sciences -- Spring 1981
• UPAS 181 First Year Seminar -- Fall 2009
• UGST 181 First Year Seminar -- Fall 2010

Affiliations

American Library Association (ALA)
Texas Library Association (TLA)
Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC)
United States Agriculture Information Network (USAIN)
American Fisheries Society (AFS)
World Aquaculture Society (WAS)