Publications

Michael Adams (Graduate Center) contributed the entry on Cary Grant to Great Lives from History: The Twentieth Century (Salem Press).

Monica Berger (City Tech) published “Critical Thinking as a Life Relevancy: A Hospitality Management Student Case Study” in College & Undergraduate Libraries 15.1-2 (2008): 127-140. Monica also contributed the entries on Motor City Five/John Sinclair and the Talking Heads to American Countercultures: An Encyclopedia of Nonconformists, Alternative Lifestyles, and Radical Ideas in U.S. History (M. E. Sharpe).

Jocelyn Berger-Berrera published “ACLS Humanities E-book: An Examination” in Collection Building 27.3 (2008): 118-120.

Barbara Bonous-Smit (Queensborough) published “John Harbison’s ‘Mirabai Songs’: Religion, Ritual, Love, and Eroticism” in Tempo: A Quarterly Review of Modern Music 62 (October 2008): 22-34. Barbara also contributed entries on Phyllis Hyman and Fred Stone to African American National Biography (Oxford University Press).

Remi Castonguay (LaGuardia) published “Assessing Library Instruction Through Web Usability” in Journal of Web Librarianship 2.2-3 (2008): 429-455.

Jill Cirasella (Brooklyn) published “Google Like a Librarian” in The Unabashed Librarian 148 (2008): 3-6. Jill also contributed “Historical Bibliography of Quantum Computing” and “Keeping Abreast of Quantum News: Quantum Computing on the Web and in the Literature” to Quantum Computing for Computer Scientists (Cambridge University Press).

Kathleen Collins (John Jay) published “TV Cooking Shows: The Evolution of a Genre” on FlowTV May 7, 2008: lowtv.org/?p=1316.

Anamika Dasgupta (York) published “Water in Disguise” in Science & Children 46.4 (2008): 28-31.

Lisa Ellis, Joseph Hartnett, and Michael Waldman (Baruch) published “Building Bearcat” in the Library Journal supplement netConnect, July 15, 2008, pp. 6-8: www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6571317.html.

Beth Evans (Brooklyn) published “Library 2.0: The Consumer as Producer” in Information Today 25.9 (2008): 1, 52, 54.

Maria Fernandes (Queensborough) published “Ready Reference Collections: Thoughts on Trends” in Community & Junior College Libraries 14.3 (2008): 201-210. Maria and Susan Sciammarella (Queensborough) published “Getting Back to Basics: A Student Library Orientation Tour” in Community & Junior College Libraries 14.2 (2008). Maria, Susan, and Devin McKay (Queensborough) published “It Is Not Just About the Schedule: Key Factors in Effective Reference Desk Scheduling and Management” in Community & Junior College Libraries 14.4 (2008): 277-289.

Stephen Francoeur (Baruch) contributed “The IM Cometh: The Future of Chat Reference” to The Desk and Beyond: Next Generation Reference Services (ACRL): www.worldcat.org/oclc/191865684.

Scott Johnston (Graduate Center) with Debbie Rabina, contributed “European Union Information Policy” to the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Third Edition, CRC Press.

Galina Letnikova (Lehman) published “Developing a Standardized List of Questions for the Usability Testing of an Academic Library Website” in Journal of Web Librarianship 2.2-3 (2008): 381-415.

Kanu Nagra (Borough of Manhattan) has published University Library System: Centralization and Decentralization (Regal Publications): regalpublications.com/Bookdesc.aspx?id=1310.

Sandra Roff (Baruch) published “From the Field: A Case Study in Using Historical Periodical Databases to Revise Previous Research” in American Periodicals: A Journal of History, Criticism, and Bibliography 18.1 (2008): 96-100. Sandra has also published “Archives, Documents, and Hidden History: A Course to Teach Undergraduates the Thrill of Historical Discovery Real and Virtual” in The History Teacher 40.4 (2007): 551-558.

Kenneth Schlesinger (Lehman) published “Research and Performance: A Roundtable on the Future of the Archive” in Theatre History Studies 28 (2008): 16-19. He also edited Performance Reclamation: Research, Discovery, and Interpretation, the proceedings of the 2007 Theatre Library Association Symposium: tla.library.unt.edu/publications.htm.

Susan Sciammarella (Queensborough) published “Making a Difference: Library and Teaching Faculty Working Together to Develop Strategies in Dealing with Student Plagiarism” in Community & Junior College Libraries.

Tony Simpson (emeritus, John Jay) edited The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon: The Report of the Secret Commission by W. T. Stead and Witnesses to the Scaffold: English Literary Figures as Observers of Public Executions: Pierce Egan, Thackeray, Dickens, Alexander Smith, G. A. Sala, Orwell, both published by True Bill Press.
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Jennifer Tang (Hostos) published “Woody Allen’s ‘Asian’ Problem” on PopMatters October 10, 2008: www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/woody-allens-asian-problem.

Stephanie Walker (Brooklyn) published, with Howard B. Cohen and Richard A. Wennberg, “Neurologic Injuries in Hockey” in Neurologic Clinics of North America 26.1 (2008): 243-255. Stephanie published “Computer-Assisted Library Instruction and Face-to-Face Library Instruction Prove Equally Effective for Teaching Basic Library Skills in Academic Libraries” in Evidence-Based Library & Information Practice 3.1 (2008): 57-60. She also published “Half of Vermont Academic and Public Libraries Lack Written Confidentiality Policies Despite Directors’ Support for Principles of Patron Confidentiality” in Evidence-Based Library & Information Practice 3.3 (2008): 68-72.

Constance Williams (Queensborough) contributed the entries on psychiatrist James P. Comer and social activist Lottie Lee Dinkins to the African American National Biography.

Patricia Woodard (Hunter) published “’Flee as a Bird’: Mary Dana Shindler’s Legacy” in American Music 26.1 (2008): 74-103. Pat also published “Hymns in North American Newspapers, 2000-2007” in The Hymn: A Journal of Congregational Song 59.3 (2008): 26-38.