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Curriculum Vitae

City: Brooklyn, NY
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Teaching & Professional Interests

• Government Documents
• Reference and Information Services
• Social Science Literatures

Research Interests

• Government Documents
• Users and Uses of Information Systems

Anna Levy

Lecturer

Anna Levy is a Government Documents Librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library, the fifth largest public library system in the USA. She launched her career in bibliography and reference service at the largest national library of Europe, the Russian State Library. In 1980s, as a Chief Reference Librarian, she has been involved in reorganizing of the nationwide system of disseminating information to government agencies via different library networks (i.e., regional, academic).

Anna has taught Government Information Sources for the Queens College (CUNY) Graduate School of Library and Information Studies since 2000. She received her BA in Liberal Arts and Library Science in 1974 from Moscow State University of Culture and Arts, and holds an MLS (1994) from the Pratt Institute (New York City).

Anna Levy has published a number of subject bibliographies on various social and economic issues. She co-authored a chapter in a reference book, Local Government Information: How to Find It, How to Use It, published in February 2005.

Born in Russia, Anna grew up in Moscow during the Soviet regime, later emigrated to the United States. In her spare time she enjoys reading and traveling around the globe with her daughter Irina.

Courses Taught

• > [221] Government Information Sources

Education

• M.L.S. (Library Science) Pratt Institute (1994)
• B.A. (Liberal Arts, Library Science & Bibliography) Moscow State University of Culture and Arts (1974)

Academic & Professional Experience

• Lecturer, School of Library and Information Science, San José State University (2008-)
• Adjunct Instructor, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (CUNY) (2000-)
• Government Documents Librarian, Brooklyn Public Library (1993-)
• Adjunct Assistant Curator, New York University Elmer Holmes Bobst Library (2002-2003)
• Chief Reference Librarian (Reference Department), Russian State Library (1970-1989)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

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

• Levy, A. & Mongeau, D. (2005). Budgets, taxes, revenue sources. In M. Martin (Ed.), Local and Regional Government Information: How to Find It, How to Use It (pp. 194-210). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

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