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City: Canton, IL
Telephone:
  1-309-694-9200
Extension: 2128

Teaching & Professional Interests

• Adult Services
• Arts / Humanities Literatures
• Continuing Education in LIS
• Digital / Virtual Libraries
• Distance Education in LIS
• Electronic Reference Services
• Funding
• Information Technology Management
• LIS Education and Programs
• Public Libraries
• Reading Advisory Services
• Reference and Information Services
• Serving Disabled Populations
• Serving the Aged

Research Interests

• Adult Services
• Arts / Humanities Literatures
• Continuing Education in LIS
• Digital / Virtual Libraries
• Distance Education in LIS
• Electronic Reference Services
• Funding
• Information Technology Management
• LIS Education and Programs
• Public Libraries
• Reading Advisory Services
• Reference and Information Services
• Serving Disabled Populations
• Serving the Aged
• Social Science Literatures

Lori A. Bell

Lecturer

Lori Bell is currently Director of Innovation at the Alliance Library System in East Peoria, Illinois. She has an M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois and an advanced certificate in distance learning from Western Illinois University. She has worked in a variety of library settings.

Courses Taught

• > [281] Seminar in Contemporary Issues

Education

• Certificate of Advanced Study (Distance Learning) Western Illinois University (2004)
• M.S. (Library and Information Science) University of Illinois (1982)
• B.A. (History) Western Illinois University (1981)

Academic & Professional Experience

• Director of Innovation, Alliance Library System, East Peoria, Illinois (2006-present)
• Adjunct Lecturer, School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, (2004-present)
• Director, Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center, East Peoria, Illinois (2002-2005)
• Medical Librarian, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois (2001-2002)
• Technology Director, Alliance Library System (1995-2000)
• Outreach Service Consultant, Heart of Illinois Talking Book Center, Illinois Valley Library System (1990-1995)

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