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Curriculum Vitae

City: Billings, MT

Teaching & Professional Interests

• Academic Libraries
• Administration and Management
• Collections Development
• Distance Education in LIS
• Government Documents
• Information Literacy and Instruction

Research Interests

• Academic Libraries
• Administration and Management
• Collections Development
• Distance Education in LIS
• Government Documents
• Information Literacy and Instruction
• Personnel

Brent Roberts

Lecturer

Brent Roberts is Director of Library Services at the Montana State University Billings Library. He also teaches Japanese.

In addition to work and teaching, he enjoys hiking, camping, and spending time with family.

Courses Taught

• > [286] Interpersonal Communication Skills for Librarians

Education

• MS (Public Relations) Montana State University Billings (2008).
• MLIS (Master of Library and Information Science) University of Washington (1999).
• BA (History) Brigham Young University (1996).

Academic & Professional Experience

• Director, Montana State University Billings Library (2010-)
• Associate Director, Montana State University Billings Library (2005-2010)
• Reference & Instruction Librarian, Montana State University Billings Library (2000-2005)
• Reference & Instruction Librarian, Montana State University Northern Library (1999-2000)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

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

• Roberts, B., & Gross, D. (2010). The "Voice of God" in Democratic political rhetoric: Exploring the social-political gospel of John Edwards. In David Weiss (ed.), What Democrats talk about when they talk about God: Religious communication in Democratic Party politics. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
• Roberts, B. (2004). What libraries do best: Bringing warmth to virtual reference. PNLA Quarterly, 68(3), pp. 8-10.

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