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Teaching & Professional Interests

  • Academic Libraries
  • Administration and Management
  • Buildings / Facilities
  • Digital / Virtual Libraries
  • Funding
  • Strategic Planning / Marketing / Lobbying

Research Interests

  • Academic Libraries
  • Administration and Management
  • Buildings / Facilities
  • Copyright / Intellectual Property
  • Digital / Virtual Libraries
  • Funding
  • Information Needs / Behaviors of Specific Groups
  • Information Policy
  • Information Systems and Technologies
  • Information and Society / Culture
  • Organization of Information
  • Strategic Planning / Marketing / Lobbying

John William McGinty

Lecturer

John McGinty has been the Director of the Loyola/Notre Dame Library located in Baltimore, Maryland since 2000. Previously he had been the Library Director at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. He has spent his 35 year career in academic librarianship, specializing in implementing library systems and managing digital projects. He has a strong interest in library architecture having managed the design and building of two academic libraries. Currently he is writing a book for ALA titled Field Guide to Libraries covering the notable building projects of the last fifteen years.

Courses Taught

Education

  • MBA University of Connecticut (1982)
  • MLS Rutgers University (1975)
  • BA (Anthropology) Columbia University (1972)

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Director, Loyola/Notre Dame Library (2000-)
  • Director, James Cannavino Library, Marist College (1987-2000)
  • Adjunct Lecturer, School of Information Science & Policy, SUNY University at Albany (1992-1994)
  • Associate Director, DiMenna-Nyselius Library, Fairfield University (1984-1987)
  • Head of Circulation/ILL, Library, University of Connecticut Health Center (1977-1984)
  • Reference Librarian, Medical Research Library, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn (1975-1977)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

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

  • McGinty, J. (2009). Digital libraries need digital organization: Identifying, defining and creating new academic library management structures. Proceedings of the Fourteenth National Conference of Association of College and Research Libraries. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/national/seattle/papers/298.pdf
  • McGinty, J. (2008). Enhancing building security: Design considerations. Library & Archival Security, 21(2), 115-127.
  • McGinty, J. (2008). Insuring Libraries Against Risk. Library & Archival Security, 21(2), 177-186.
  • McGinty, J. (2008, Winter). The digital organization. FORWARD The OCLC Eastern Magazine, 3(1), 9.
  • See CV for other publications and presentations older than five years.

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