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City: Slippery Rock, PA

Teaching & Professional Interests

  • Distance Education in LIS
  • Children's/YA Literatures

Research Interests

  • Multicultural Literature
  • Children's/YA Literatures
  • Web Usability
  • Web 2.0

Melba Tomeo

Lecturer

Melba Tomeo has worked in libraries for most of her adult life, with experience in school, public, and academic settings. She received her M.L.S. from Clarion University in 1989 and completed a graduate certificate in multimedia technology at Duquesne University in 2001. At Slippery Rock University, Melba served as the Education Librarian and Director of the Instructional Materials Center. She also developed and taught Research.com: Literacy for the Information Age, a one-credit, online course on the general principles of information literacy, library skills and research. Reflecting her interest in emerging technologies, Melba facilitated Slippery Rock University's Teaching, Learning and Technology Roundtable, created library and technology blogs, led the library's web site redesign, and conducted a Learning 2.0 workshop for faculty and staff.

In "retirement", Melba currently serves as an adjunct instructor for several universities.

Courses Taught

Education

  • M.L.S. Clarion University (1989)
  • B.S. (Education) Slippery Rock University (1981)
  • Certificate (Multimedia Technology) Duquesne University (2001)

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Instructor/Adjunct, Master of Library and Information Science Program, Valdosta State University (2010-)
  • Professor Emeritus, Library, Slippery Rock University (2009)
  • Assistant Professor, Library, Slippery Rock University (1998-2009)
  • Instructor/Adjunct, Department of Library Science, Clarion University (2006-2008)
  • Librarian, Middle School, Slippery Rock Area School District (1984-1998)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

  • Tomeo, M. and Nicholas, M. (2006). A Door in the wall: Research based web design for library distance education gateways. E-Learn Conference Proceedings, Vancouver.
  • Tomeo, M. and Nicholas, M. (2005). Can you hear me now? Communicating library resources to distance education students and faculty. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration 8:2.

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