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JPEG Linda Larkin

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City: Saranac Lake, NY

Teaching & Professional Interests

  • Administration and Management
  • Critical Perspectives on LIS
  • Information Literacy and Instruction
  • Information Policy
  • Information and Society / Culture
  • Intellectual Freedom and Censorship
  • Libraries and Society / Culture
  • Philosophy / Values / Ethics of LIS
  • Organizational Communication
  • Language and Framing in Policy Discourse

Research Interests

  • Administration and Management
  • Critical Perspectives on LIS
  • Information Policy
  • Information and Society / Culture
  • Intellectual Freedom and Censorship
  • Libraries and Society / Culture
  • Philosophy / Values / Ethics of LIS
  • Scholarly and Scientific Communication
  • Organizational Communication
  • Language and Framing in Policy Discourse

Dr. Linda F. Larkin

Lecturer

Dr. Larkin holds an M.S. in Library Service from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in Public Policy & Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her professional career has included fifteen years in the Virginia Community College System; reference and children's librarian experience in public libraries in New York and Virginia; and special librarian experience working for the Virginia Department of Corrections' Academy for Staff Development.

Dr. Larkin is currently Director of Library Services at North Country Community College in the Adirondacks and serves on the Northern New York Library Network (NNYLN) Regional Automation Committee.

Courses Taught

Education

  • Ph.D. (Public Policy & Administration) Virginia Commonwealth University (2004)
  • M.S. (Library Service) Columbia University (1984)
  • B.A. (English) Richmond College, CUNY (1976)

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Lecturer, School of Library and Information Science, San José State University (2007-)
  • Assistant Professor, School of Continuing Studies, University of Richmond (2005-2009)
  • Associate Professor, Germanna Community College (2004-2007)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

  • Larkin, L. (2006). What is the meaning of security? 7th Annual Conference, International Society for Third Sector Research. Bangkok, Thailand. July 9-12, 2006.

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