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San Jose
Telephone:
  1-520-762-1296

Teaching & Professional Interests

  • Academic Libraries
  • Administration and Management
  • Collections Development
  • Distance Education in LIS
  • Evaluation of Service
  • Information Needs / Behaviors of Specific Groups
  • Information Needs / Behaviors of the Public
  • LIS Education and Programs
  • LIS as a Discipline
  • LIS as a Profession
  • Philosophy / Values / Ethics of LIS
  • Public Libraries
  • Reading and Literacy
  • School Media Centers / Libraries
  • Serving Multicultural Populations
  • Social / Community Informatics
  • Special and Corporate Libraries
  • Storytelling
  • Young Adult Services

Research Interests

  • Academic Libraries
  • Critical Perspectives on LIS
  • Distance Education in LIS
  • Information Needs / Behaviors of the Public
  • LIS Education and Programs
  • LIS as a Discipline
  • LIS as a Profession
  • Public Libraries
  • Reading and Literacy
  • Serving Multicultural Populations
  • Young Adult Services

Dr. Susan E. Higgins

Lecturer

Susan Higgins is an Adjunct Instructor for the University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science. She received her Ph.D. from Florida State University. Her research focuses on youth services in libraries, education for LIS, and international librarianship. She has been published in a number of journals, conference proceedings, and edited collections. She is a member of the Association for Library and Information Science Education, the International Federation of Library Associations, and The American Association of University Women.

Courses Taught

Education

  • Ph.D. (Library and Information Studies) Florida State University (1992)
  • M.L.S. (Master's of Library Science)University of Arizona (1987)
  • B.A. (Creative Writing) University of Arizona (1971)

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Adjunct Instructor, School of Information Resources and Library Science, University of Arizona.
  • Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science, University of Southern Mississippi.
  • Lecturer, School of Information, Charles Sturt University.
  • Lecturer, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

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

PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES

  • Chew I. and Higgins, S.E. (2010). Public library services for wheelchair bound young people in Singapore. Public Library Quarterly 1541-1540. 29(3), 210-229.
  • Welsh, T. and Higgins, S.E. (2009).Public libraries post Katrina:A pilot study. Library Review.58(9), 652-659.
  • Higgins, S. E. and Welsh, T. (2009).The tenure process in LIS: A survey of LIS/IS program directors.JELIS Journal of Education for Library and Information Science.Summer 2009, 50(3), 176-189.
  • Adkins, D. and Higgins, S. E. (2006). Education for library service to youth in five countries.New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship, 12(1), 33-48.

MONOGRAPHS

  • Higgins, S.E. (2011).Managing Academic Libraries: Principles and Practices.UK: Chandos Publishing Co.(under contract).
  • Higgins, S. E. (2007). Youth services and public libraries.UK:Chandos Publishing Co.

JURIED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

  • Higgins, S. (2009).Families, technology and library education for public librarians: Promoting use, promoting understanding across international boundaries. Asia Pacific Conference on Library and Information Education and Practice: Preparing Information Professionals for International Collaboration. University of Tsukuba, Japan, March 6-8.
  • Higgins, S. (2008). Critical thinking in the context of information literacy and information systems:The online class.The 6th International Conference on Education and Information Systems, Technologies and Applications, EISTA. Orlando, Florida.June 29-July 2.
  • Welsh, T. and Higgins, S. (2008).Reflections on the Katrina Experience:Library and Information Science Students' Stories.Hawaii International Conference on Education.6th Annual.Honolulu, HI.January 5-8. 1245-1258.
  • Higgins, S. (2007). The Theory of Human Caring and Service Friendly Librarians. The 3rd Rizal Library International Conference.From Classroom to Career:Roadmaps to a Library's Success.Rizal Library, Ateneo De Manila University, Manila, Philippines.October 22-23.
  • Higgins, S. (2007).Teaching Elementary School Teachers Using ICT Technologies. The 5th International Conference on Education and Information Systems,Technologies and Applications.EISTA. Orlando, FL.July 12-15.
  • Higgins, S. (2007). LIS Education and Research Areas for Developing Countries. Convention on Automation of Libraries in Education and Research Institutions.CALIBER.Information and Knowledge Management in the Networked World.INFLIBNET Center, Delhi, India. February 8-10.
  • Higgins, S. (2006). How do Communities of practice inform system development? Current research in information sciences and technologies, vol. 1.InScit2006 International Conference on Multidisciplinary Information Sciences and Technologies. (p. 449-452).Merida, Spain. October 26-28.
  • Higgins, S.(2006). A survey of internationalization activities in Asia Pacific library and information science schools.(pp. 513-115). Asia-Pacific Conference on Library and Information Education and Practice, Singapore. April 3-6.

JURIED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  • Higgins, S. (2006).How do Communities of Practice Inform System Development?(delivered by Professor Donald Kraft).InScIT International Conference on Multidisciplinary Information Sciences and Technologies.Merida, Spain. October 26-28.
  • Higgins, S. (2006). Diversity and LIS education in Australia.(delivered by Professor Ismail Abdullahi, Chair International Relations Committee).American Library Association Annual Conference, (ALA) New Orleans, LA, June 26th.
  • Higgins, S. (2006).A survey of internationalization activities in Asia Pacific library and information science schools in preparing information professionals for leadership in the New Age”.Asia-Pacific Conference on Library & Information Education and Practice, (ALIEP) Singapore, April 3-5.
  • Higgins, S.and Welsh, T.(2006). Tenure – The Moving Target.Association of Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference. (ALISE), San Antonio, TX, January 19.

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