Position:
- Collection Development & Social Sciences Librarian
- 541/552-6836
- cedarface@sou.edu
Subject Liaison Responsibilities
- Anthropology
- University Seminar
- Native American Studies
- PSU Social Work Program
- Sociology
Other Library Responsibilities
- Editor of BookMarks, the Newsletter of Hannon Library
- Coordination of Acquisitions and Periodicals
- Oversight of Special Collections/University Archives
- Library Donor Relations and Marketing
- Liaison to Friends of Hannon Library
Campus Activities:
- University Curriculum Committee
- Library Collection Development Team, Chair
- Library Electronic Resources Team
- Library Periodicals Review Team, Chair
- Library Public Relations Team, Chair
Regional Activities:
- Jackson County READS Planning Team
- Orbis Cascade Collection Development & Management Committee
Selected Recent Scholarly Activity:
- Review: Encyclopedia of Native Tribes of North America by Michael Johnson. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. April 2008.
- Review: Mesquaki History. (CD-ROM) State Historical Society of Iowa. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. February, 2007, p. 1043.
- Review: American Indian History Online. Facts on File. (Internet Resource) Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. January, 2007, p. 806
- Review: Chief George Manuel Memorial Library and the Fourth World Documentation Archive, Center for World Indigenous Studies. (Internet Resource). Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. September, 2006, p. 170.
- Review: A Seat at the Table: Huston Smith in Conversation with Native Americans on Religious Freedom, by Huston Smith, edited by Phil Cousineau with Gary Rhine. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. May, 2006, pg. 1620.
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Review: “Native American Issues: A Reference Handbook, by William N. Thompson.” Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. March, 2006, pg. 1208.
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Review: “Peoples, Nations, and Cultures: An A-Z of the Peoples of the World, Past and Present, ed. by John M. MacKenzie. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. October, 2005, pg. 273.
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“Mourning and Burial Practices.” 5,000 word essay in volume 2 of American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia. Ed. by Suzanne J. Crawford and Dennis F. Kelley. ABC-CLIO, 2005. v. 2, pg. 573-584.
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“A Digital Library to Serve a Region: The Bioregion and First Nations Collections of the Southern Oregon Digital Archives.” (with D. Hollens) Reference and User Services Quarterly. 44:2, Winter 2004, pg. 116-121.
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“Big Times/Little Times.” (Subsection on the First Nations Collection in SODA) News from Native California. 18:1, Fall 2004, pg. 42-43.
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Review: “The Pawnee Nation: An Annotated Bibliography.” Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. 42:3, November 2004, pg. 460-462.
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Review: Native American Documents Project.” (Internet site: http://www.csusm.edu/nadp/) Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. 41:10, June 2004, pg. 1946.
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“Southern Oregon Digital Archives: Preserving a Unique Bioregion and its Ethnohistory. College and Research Library News. 65:4, April 2004, pg. 193.
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Review: Indian Placenames in America; v. 1; Cities, Towns, and Villages, by Sandy Nestor. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. 41:6, February 2004, pg. 1062.
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Review: Kappler Revisited: An Index and Bibliographic Guide to American Indian Treaties, by Charles D. Bernholz. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. 41:5, January 2004, pg. 886.
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Review: “Indian People of the Northern Great Plains.” (Internet site: http://libmuse.msu.montana.edu/ epubs/nadb/) Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries 41:2, October 2003, pg. 402.
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Review: Native Americans, by Donald A. Grinde (Ed.). Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. 40:8, April 2003, pg., 1348.
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“Southern Oregon Digital Archives Established.” Easy Access: Newsletter of the Northwest Archivists. 29:3, March 2003, pg. 12.
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Review: American Indian history, ed. by Carole A. Barrett. Salem Press, 2003. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. 40:7, March 2003, pg. 1164.
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Review: “The World Wide Web virtual library: Indigenous studies.” (Internet site: http://www.cwis.org/wwwvl/indig-vl.html) Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. 40:5, January 2003, pg. 878-879.
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Review: Johnson, Troy. R. Distinguished Native American Spiritual Practitioners and Healers. (Oryx, 2002) Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. December 2002.
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"Mourning and Burial Practices" (Pan-Indian). American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia (3 volumes). ABC-CLIO, 2003 (forthcoming 2003, 5,000 word article submitted and accepted for publication 8/2002)
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Review: Champagne, Duane and Jay Strauss. Native American Studies in Higher Education: Models for Collaboration between Universities and Indigenous Nations. (Altamira, 2002) Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. October 2002.
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Review: Lennon, Rachal Mills. Tracing Ancestors Among the Five Civilized Tribes: Southeastern Indians Prior to Removal. (Genealogical Publishing, 2002.) Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. July 2002.
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"Integrating Information Literacy Skills into the Curriculum." RSR: Reference Services Review, Fall/Winter 1998.
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Review: "Fourth World Documentation Project (FWDP)." College and Research Library News. 58:4, April, 1997. pg. 278.
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"Women's Work: Gender Roles in Lakota Society," paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Ethnohistory, Kalamazoo, MI, November 5, 1995.
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"Internet Reviews: National Indian Policy Center." College and Research Library News, 55(8), September 1994, pp. 510-511.
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Beyond the F1 Key: Thinking and Teaching the Internet within the Curriculum," Paper presented at the Joint Program of the College Library Section/Bibliographic Instruction Section of the American Library Association, ALA Annual Conference, June 1994.
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"The Lakota Giveaway and the Social, Economic, and Ritual Empowerment of Lakota Women." Paper presented at the American Society for Ethnohistory Annual Conference, November 1993, Bloomington, Illinois.
Education:
- ABD, Anthropology, Rutgers University, 1992
- Graduate Certificate in North American Indian Studies, Rutgers University, 1992
- M.A., Anthropology, Rutgers University, 1991
- M.L.S., Rutgers University School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, 1989
- B.A., Douglass College, Anthropology Major, 1977
Professional Memberships:
- American Indian Library Association
- American Library Association
- Northwest Archivists
- Oregon Library Association
- Southern Oregon Library Federation