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Curriculum Vitae

City: Lincoln, NE
Telephone:
  1-402-472-4281
FAX: 1-402-472-5131

Teaching & Professional Interests

• Academic Libraries
• Classification and Subject Analysis
• Descriptive Cataloguing / AACR
• Information Retrieval Theory and Practice
• LIS as a Profession
• Personnel
• Philosophy / Values / Ethics of LIS

Research Interests

• Academic Libraries
• Critical Perspectives on LIS
• Information Retrieval Theory and Practice
• LIS as a Profession
• Philosophy / Values / Ethics of LIS
• Discourse analysis
• Open access journals

Dr. Mary K. Bolin

Lecturer

Mary Bolin is Professor and Chair of Technical Services in the University Libraries at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln. She completed her PhD in Education in 2007. Dr. Bolin is one of the founding editors of the peer-reviewed electronic journal Library Philosophy and Practice. Before returning to her home state of Nebraska in 2004, she spent 17 years as a faculty member in the library at the University of Idaho.

Courses Taught

• > [202] Information Retrieval

Education

• PhD (Education) University of Nebraska (2007)
• MA (English: Linguistics) University of Idaho (1999)
• MSLS University of Kentucky (1981)
• BA (Linguistics) University of Nebraska (1976)

Academic & Professional Experience

• Professor and Chair, Technical Services, University Libraries, University of Nebraska—Lincoln (2004-)
• Professor and Head, Technical Services, Library, University of Idaho (1986-2003)
• Head, Records Maintenance Section, Cataloging Department, University of Georgia Libraries (1981-1986)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

For other publications and presentations, see Curriculum Vitae PDF above.

• Bolin, M. K. (2008) Librarian status at US research universities: Extending the typology. Forthcoming. Journal of Academic Librarianship (September)
• Bolin, M. K. (2008). A typology of librarian status at land grant universities. Journal of Academic Librarianship 34 (3) (May):220-230.
• Bolin, M. K. (2007). A typology and discourse analysis of the status and appointments of librarians at land grant universities. Unpublished PhD Dissertation. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. Available: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cehsdiss/19
• Bolin, M. K. (2005). The library and the computer center: Organizational patterns at land grant universities. Journal of Academic Librarianship 31 (1). http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libraryscience/6
• Eckwright, G. Z., & Bolin, M.K. (2001). The hybrid librarian: The affinity of collection management with technical services and the organizational benefits of an individualized assignment. Journal of Academic Librarianship 27(6):452-457.
• Bolin, M. K. (2000). Catalog design, catalog maintenance, catalog governance. Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services 24: 53-63.
• Bolin, M. K. (1999). The collegial environment and the functional organization. Journal of Library Administration 29(2):49-61.
• Bolin, M. K. (1999). Cataloging environmental impact statements and related documents.
• Resource Sharing and Library Networks 14(1): 21-40.
• Bolin, M. K. (1999). Grace: A contrastive analysis of a biblical semantic field. Unpublished master's thesis, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.

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