Robert McGeachin
Professional Responsibilities
Agriculture and Life Sciences Librarian
- Subject Specialist and Liaison for Agricultural Economics
- Subject Specialist and Liaison for Plant Pathology and Microbiology
- 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
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
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)
