Pratt Institute

Education

B.A., Boston College;
M.L.S., Simmons College;
M.B.A., University of Connecticut;

Biography

President and Executive Director, The Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT

TEACHING POSITIONS

Associate Professor/Visiting Lecturer, Simmons College, Pratt Institute, Southern Connecticut State University, and Long Island University. Courses taught have included Fiscal Management, International Librarianship, Libraries, Information and Society, Library Architecture, Library Leadership, Library Management, Marketing Libraries, and Organizational Behavior in Libraries. Lectures have also been given at many graduate library schools in the United States and abroad.

PUBLICATIONS

1995 PresidentÂ’s Conference of Goodwill and Development: Commemorating the United Nations 50th Anniversary Celebration; Editor; Rotary International, Evanston, Illinois; 1995

Global Networking; PROCEEDINGS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES TRADING IN FUTURES CONFERENCE; Melbourne Australia; 1994

Total Quality Management and Servicing Users Through Remote Access Technology.; ELECTRONIC LIBRARY, Volume 11, No.3, June 1993, pp. 187-192

Libraries and Literacy: A Global to Local Perspective; CLIS OBSERVER (A Research and Development Journal in Library & Information Science published in India); Volume IX, No. 1 2, Jan. June 1992, pp. 3-15

New Technologies and the Library: A Remote Access Perspective.; MICROCOMPUTERS FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (An International Journal for Library and Information Services); Volume 8, Number 1, March 1991, pp. 45 51

Articles on library management, public libraries, and world literacy have also appeared in International Federation of Library Associations and American Library Association publications, as well as in international, national, regional and local professional periodicals.

Participant in White House Conferences on Library and Information Services