Information & Library Science Department Jane McGinn, Ph.D.

Jane Moore McGinn, Ph.D.

Professor
Email: mcginnj1@southernct.edu
Phone: 203.392.5086

B.S. Howard University, M.L.S., University of North Carolina-Greensboro; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh.

I. EDUCATION
Ph.D. University Of Pittsburgh
1995 School of Library and Information Science
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Department Of Library Science
• Areas Of Specialization: Library Management; State Library Agencies; Public Libraries;
Children And Young Adult Services; Services To People With Disabilities
• Ph. D. Cognate Area: Public Administration in Univ. Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public
and International Affairs. Coursework Included Managing Non-Profits and Budgeting
Processes.
• Dissertation Title: Library Development Consultants in State Library Agencies: A
Comparative Study of Background, Job Activities, Career Satisfaction and Educational
Needs For Effective Consulting. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. E. J. Josey

Certificate Miami University
School Of Business Administration
Center for Management Development
Oxford, Ohio
Certificate: Middle Management Program for Library Administrators, 1990

M.L.S. University Of North Carolina at Greensboro
    Greensboro, North Carolina
Masters Of Library Science, 1982.Thesis/Project Title: A Research Design For The Study Of
The Multiple Use Of Five Branches By Users Of The Greensboro Public Library.

B. S. Howard University
Washington, D.C.
Major: Home Economics with Concentrations in Early Childhood
Education and Fashion Merchandising, 1975.
Minors: English Literature and Allied Sciences

ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK:
• Miami University Oxford, Ohio
School Of Business Administration
Center for Management Development
Certificate: Middle Management Program for Library Administrators, 1990

• Jefferson Business College. Greensboro, N.C. Business Management Associate Degree Program. 1977,
24 Credit Hours.

• Guilford Technical Community College. Jamestown, N.C. Reading Education Associate Degree
Program 1977-78, 15 Credit Hours

CERTIFICATIONS HELD:
• State of Connecticut. Initial Educator Teaching Certificate with Library Media Specialist
Endorsement for Grades K-12.

• N.C. Public Librarian Certification No. 1336

II. TEACHING/WORK EXPERIENCE

Professor Southern Connecticut State University/ILS Faculty (Full-Time Fall 2002- Present and Part-Time
1997-Summer 2002)

New Courses Created and Taught:
• ILS 300W Children's Literature (Submitted New W-Course Proposal)
• ILS 599 Multicultural Resources and Services
• ILS 599 Outreach Services in Public Libraries
• ILS 599 Foundations of Urban Librarianship
• INQ 101 Intellectual and Creative Inquiry (SCSU First Year Experience Program)
• WMS 398 S70 Gender and Culture in Children's Literature
• WMS 599 Gender, Race and Class in Young Adult Literature

Other Courses taught:
• ILS 320 Technical Services (On-campus and Online
• ILS 425 Organization of Information (On-campus and Online)
• ILS 503 Foundations of Librarianship (Online)
• ILS 515 Library Service to Special Groups (Online)
• ILS 534 Library Automation (Online)
• ILS 560 College and University Libraries (Online)
• ILS 562 Public Libraries (Online)
• ILS 562 School Library Media Centers (On-campus and online)
• ILS 599:72 Online Information Retrieval (Online)
• ILS 680 Evaluation and Research (Online)
• EDU 566 Media Utilization and Curriculum (On-campus and online)
• Honors 280 The Research Act: Encounter of Theory and Fact. (Team- taught for Honors
College with Dr. Sandra Bulmer, Public Health)

SCSU Administrative Assignment:
• First Year Experience Program, Interim Academic Director, Spring Semester 2009

Advising Work
• New Student (Undergraduate) Orientations - Advisor for new Library Science Majors
2009
Session I -- Tuesday, June 9th- Wednesday, June 10th
Session II -- Sunday, June 14th- Monday, June 15th
Session III -- Monday, June 22nd- Tuesday, June 23rd
Session IV -- Friday, June 26th- Saturday, June 27th
Session V -- Monday, June 29th- Tuesday, June 30th

2008
Session I -- Monday, June 2nd - Tuesday, June 3rd
Session II -- Thursday, June 12th - Friday, June 13th
Session III -- Tuesday, June 17th - Wednesday, June 18th
Session IV -- Monday, June 23rd - Tuesday, June 24th

• First Year Student (FYE) Probation Workshop Advisor, Fall 2007 - Present

• FYE Advisor and Instructor, Fall 2007- Present.
(20 Freshmen advisees each year for 2007 and 2008; 40 Freshmen 2009 academic year)

• ILS Undergraduate Program Coordinator and Advisor, Fall 2006-Fall 2008.

• Women's Studies Undergraduate Advisor, Fall 2008-Present

• MLS w/ School Media Certification Co-Advisor Graduate Students, Fall 2004-Spring 2008

• MLS Graduate Advisor - Fall 2002 - Present

Professional Development/Continuing Education Activities Attended

• Women's Studies On-line Teaching Faculty Development Workshop: Feminist Pedagogy 2.0 Part II by Vivien Ng,
Associate Professor of Women's Studies at the University at Albany, SUNY. Southern Connecticut State
University. October 9-10, 2009. )

• SCSU Teaching Academy on "Engaging All Learners," Southern Connecticut State University. June 2-4, 2009.

• Women's Studies On-line Teaching Faculty Development Workshop: Feminist Pedagogy 2.0 Part I by Vivien Ng,
Associate Professor of Women's Studies at the University at Albany, SUNY. Southern Connecticut State
University. March 6, 2009.

• Forum XLII on "Going the Distance: On-Line Instruction at SCSU" Southern Connecticut State University.
January 22, 2009.

• University Forum XLI: Promoting Campus Safety Southern Connecticut State University. August 26, 2008.

• Globalization and the Management of Information Resources Conference. Sofia, Bulgaria. November 13, 2008.
Attended the following technology sessions:
-Making Learning Visible: Web 2.0 Tools as ePortfolios and the Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes.
Presented by Jennifer Church-Duran, University of Kansas

-Using Visual Resources for Library Instruction-Lessons Learned from the Museum Trade. Presented by
Marta Deyrup, Seton Hall University, New Jersey.

-Information Literacy Mashups: Creating One-stop Course Pages Using Web 2.0 Concepts. Presented by
Jacqueline Solis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina

-Learning 2.0 in Information Literacy 0.0 Territory: The Case of Croatia. Presented by Sonja Spiranec,
Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences, Croatia

• First Year Experience (FYE) Faculty Academy Southern Connecticut State University. October 28, 2008.

• FYE Academy "To Support and Challenge". Southern Connecticut State University. Aug. 25 - 27, 2008.

• Teaching Academy for FYE/WAC Instructors by SCSU Faculty Development. Southern Connecticut State
University. June 9-11, 2008.

• First Year Experience (FYE). Southern Connecticut State University. August 2007.

• First Year Experience (FYE). Southern Connecticut State University. June 2007.

• University Forum XXXVII: "Scholarship That Makes a Difference: Enhancing Research on Pedagogy". Southern
Connecticut State University. August 29, 2006.

• Information Literacy Advocacy Training Certification. American Library Association Pre-conference.
Washington, D.C. Jan. 2001.

Other Professional Work Experience

Academic Experience
Aug. 1999- May 2001 Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Clarion, Pennsylvania. Assistant Professor, Dept.
of Library Science. Taught courses in School Media Certification program, MLS core
courses, Public Librarianship, Technologies in Libraries, Library Services to Special
Groups, Collection Development, Supervised School Media Student Teachers and
conducted seminars in Women's Studies Program. Faculty Advisor to Black Student
Union and Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority

Jan. 1993- May 1996 Emporia State University. School of Library and Information Management.
Emporia, Kansas. Assistant Professor. Taught courses in Organizational Management,
Personnel Management, Libraries and Legal Issues, MLS Core Courses, Children and
Young Adult Literature and Services Courses, Information Needs Analysis, School
Libraries and Public Libraries.

Jan. 1993- Jan. 1994      University Of Pittsburgh. Library Science. School of Library and Information
Science. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Graduate Teaching Assistant. Taught Foundations of
Librarianship and School Library Media Courses with Dr. Blanche Woolls.

Sept. 1988-Dec. 1988 Wake Technical Community College. Raleigh, North Carolina. Library Technical
Assistant Program. Library Science Instructor. Taught Introduction to Librarianship.

Professional Library Experience

1997 - 1999 Jackie Robinson Middle School. New Haven Public Schools. New Haven
Connecticut. Library Media Specialist.

1996 - 1996 Portland State University. Portland, Oregon. Assistant Professor, Coordinator of
University Distance Education Library Support Services and Information Literacy
Instruction Librarian.

1985 - 1992 State of North Carolina. Department Of Cultural Resources. Division of State
Library. Raleigh, North Carolina. (Multiple Positions) Assistant State Librarian in
charge of Library Development and Chief Library Development Consultant; Head of
Patron Services Department Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped; and
Circulation Librarian Library for The Blind and Physically Handicapped.

1989    Hardbarger Junior College Library. Raleigh, North Carolina. Night School Librarian

1977 - 1985 Greensboro Public Library. Greensboro, North Carolina. (Multiple Positions)
Reference Librarian/Coordinator of Services To The Handicapped; Young Adult
Librarian/Reference Librarian; Library Associate In Charge of Serials; Branch Head of
Pomona Branch Library (Interim); Library Associate In Charge Of Children's Reading
Improvement Program (Chirp), Northeast Branch and Head Of Benjamin Branch Library.

1978 - 1979 University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Jackson Library Greensboro, North
Carolina. Circulation/Reserves-Library Assistant.

1972 - 1976   Folger Shakespeare Memorial Library. Capitol Hill. Washington, D.C. (Multiple
Positions) Photo-Duplication Assistant; Reference Assistant; and Circulation
Assistant/Page.

III. PROFESSIONAL/CREATIVE ACTIVITY

Research Interests
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Feminist Pedagogy and Best Practices in Teaching and Learning Online

• Interdisciplinary connections between Library and Information Science, Women's Studies and Intercultural
Communications
Specific interests in this area include- Empowering Women through Access to Information and Information
Technologies; Intersection of Gender, Race, and Class in Children and Young Adult Literature-Historical to
Contemporary; Self-esteem and Self-Actualization in Young Girls through the illustrations of African-American
authors. Ongoing Research in "Information Literacy and Women: Access to Information for Empowerment and
Global Economic Development".

• Library and Information Center Management and related organizational theories, organization structure and
organizational behavior issues; classroom management strategies in the media center
Specific interests in this area include: public, school and state libraries; management and staff development issues
in urban and rural public libraries; personnel legal issues; and workplace diversity issues.

• Information Services to Youth and Special Populations and related learning theories, cross-cultural communication
theory and educational reform models.
Specific interests in this area include: Urban and Rural School Libraries, Access and information applications of
technology in serving children, young adults, seniors, different ethnic groups and persons with disabilities (e.g.
talking computers, computerized Braille output, culturally sensitive key word searching of electronic databases, access to technology by disabled or minority groups). Interested in African-American Historical Fiction for
Children and Young Adults. Ongoing research being conducted in Canada on the "Underground Railroad in
Canada: Resources for Children".

• Technology in Education: Applications and Issues
Specific interests in this area include: Integrating technology in teaching; Use of media and technology in teaching
to address Dr. Howard Gardner's theories of multiple intelligences in the classroom; Equity of access to
technology in small and rural schools and poor urban schools; and using Internet resources in the library media
center and the classroom for expanding access to information resources.

Conference Presentations

Globalization and the Management of Information Resources Conference, November 12 -14, 2008. Sofia,
Bulgaria. Jane McGinn, PRESENTER. "Information Literacy and Women: Access to Information for Empowerment
and Global Economic Development".

Globalization and the Management of Information Resources Conference, November 12 -14, 2008. Sofia,
Bulgaria. CONVENER: Jane McGinn, Session Seven B: Education. Panel included: Jennifer Church-Duran Kansas
University, United States. Making Learning Visible: Web 2.0 Tools as ePortfolios and the Assessment of Student
Learning Outcomes, Marta Deyrup Seton Hall University, United States. Using Visual Resources for Library
Instruction-Lessons Learned from the Museum Trade; Jacqueline Solis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
United States Information Literacy Mashups: Creating One-stop Course Pages Using Web 2.0 Concepts; and Sonja
Spiranec, Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences, Croatia. Learning 2.0 in Information Literacy 0.0 Territory:
The Case of Croatia.

Women's Studies 18th Annual Conference. Girls' Culture & Girls' Studies: Surviving, Reviving, Celebrating
Girlhood. CONVENER: Round Table Plenary: "Girls Educating: Girl Power & Politics". Panelist included: Shelby
Knox, Girls' Rights Activist; Gina Calder, Alderwoman, New Haven; Reverend Bonita Grubbs, Executive Director,
Christian Community Action, Inc. and Teresa C. Younger, Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, CT.
Southern Connecticut State University. New Haven, CT. October 17-18, 2008.

Connecticut Book Awards. Seventh Annual. PRESENTER of Award to the winner of the Children's Author
Award, Elizabeth Alexander and Marilyn Nelson for Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of
Color. September 21, 2008.

National Women's Studies Association conference. 29th Annual. PRESENTER: Panel on Women of Color:
Surviving and Thriving in Graduate School and Beyond". Cincinnati, Ohio. June 19-22, 2008.

New Jersey Association of Library Assistants. 22nd Annual Conference. PRESENTER: "Status Discrimination:
How to Deal with Librarians Negative Attitude Towards Staff. Mt. Laurel, NJ. June 9 and 10, 2008.

Central Massachusetts Regional Library System. PRESENTER: Panel on What it takes to get a Master's in Library
Science? Shrewsbury, MA February 10, 2006.

BCALA-CT Diversity Conference. PRESENTER: "Preparing for the Library Profession". Co-sponsored by the
Connecticut Chapter of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and SCSU's Department of Information
and Library Science. New Haven, CT. October 29, 2005.

Connecticut Chapter of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. PRESENTER: Keynote - Me? A
Librarian Conference. Stamford, CT. February 19, 2005.

American Library Association. Annual Conference. PRESENTER: "Report of Taskforce on Rural School, Tribal
and Public Libraries". Taskforce Co-Chaired by Jane McGinn and Dwight McInvaill. Appointed to committee by
ALA National President. Orlando, FLA. June 2004.

American Library Association. Annual Conference. PRESENTER: with Dr. Bernard Vavrek. Clarion University,
Clarion, PA. "Focusing on Outreach in Library Schools". Orlando, FLA. June 2004.

Southern Connecticut State University. Department of Information Science. Alumni Reunion Professional
Development Sessions. PRESENTER: "Legal Issues and Libraries" by Arlene Bielefield and Jane McGinn. October
2, 2004.

International Conference on the Future of the Book: From Creator to Consumer in a Digital Age. PRESENTER: "Where are the 'Books? A case study of the use of print monographs by online graduate students for writing research
papers". Cairns, Australia April 22-24, 2003.

American Library Association, Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada. PRESENTER (with Dr. Bernard Vavrek)
"Preparing Students for Outreach Services in Library School". Clarion Univ. of PA. July 2003.

Clarion Conference on Rural and Small Libraries II, Columbus, Ohio. PRESENTER: "Building on the
Enthusiasm: Young Adult Services in a Changing Rural America". September 2002.

Black Caucus of American Library Association. National Conference of Librarians of Color, PRESENTER: Two
Juried papers for "Roles for Librarians in Promoting Technology Use Among African American Families" AND
"Working: Librarianship as a Second Career-Perspectives from a Library Science Educator and Graduate Student
Advisor". Ft. Lauderdale, FLA. Aug. 2002.

Third National Conference on Diversity in Academic Libraries, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa,
PRESENTER: Panel on RECRUITING INTO THE PROFESSION: THE FIRST STEP IN ACHIEVING DIVERSITY,
Presenting Juried Paper "Black Librarianship - Our Past and Our Future". April 4 -6, 2002.

Southern Connecticut State University. Department of Information Science. Conference on Collaboration.
Sponsored by ALA Student Chapter. PRESENTER: "Role of Library Media Specialist in Collaboration". April 2002.

University of Rhode Island. School of Library and Information Studies. Colloquium Series. PRESENTER:
"Serving Diverse Library Users". Kingston, RI. March 19-21. 2002.

Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, Alpha Alpha State Chapter. PRESENTER: Keynote Speaker.
"Children in Multicultural Literature. March 16, 2002.

Rural Libraries Conference. PRESENTER: "Managing the One-Person Library". Columbus, Ohio. October 2001.

Connecticut Library Association Annual Conference. Pre-Conference for the Black Caucus ALA Connecticut
Chapter. PRESENTER: "Building Diverse Library Collections". April 2001.

Pennsylvania School Librarians Association Annual Conference. PRESENTER: "Implementing Information
Literacy in Schools". Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Clarion University of Pennsylvania. CO-PRESENTER Women's Conference: "Opening the Dialogue: Black and
White Women Communicating". Dr. Jane McGinn and Dr. Deborah Burghardt. Clarion, Pennsylvania. April 2001.

Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Annual Dept. of Library Science Library Conference. PRESENTER:
"Building Diverse Library Collections". Clarion, Pennsylvania. April 2001.

Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Women's Studies Conference. PRESENTER. "Mother and Daughter Book
Clubs". Dr. Jane McGinn and Dr. Andrea Miller. Clarion, Pennsylvania. April 2000.

Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Annual Dept of Library Science Library. PRESENTER: "Moving Up the
Library Career Ladder". Clarion, Pennsylvania. April 2000.

Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Dept of Library Science Library. Annual Conference. PRESENTER: "The
African-American Librarian". Clarion, Pennsylvania. April 2000.

Eastern Connecticut State University. Willimantic, Connecticut. Library Services for Distance Education Forum.
PRESENTER (Invited): "Issues in Library Service to Distance Education Students". May 1998

Southern Connecticut State University, Department of Library Science and Instructional Technology. New
Haven, Connecticut. PRESENTER (Invited): "Distance Education: Issues and Strategies". April 1997.

Public Library Association Pre-Conference Portland, Oregon. CO-PRESENTER: "ABCs of Information Needs
Analysis" with Kim Wolfe. March 26, 1996.

Nebraska Library Association. Annual Conference. "From Infancy to Hormones: Young African-Americans View
Librarianship as a Career Choice" KEYNOTE SPEAKER, Lincoln, Nebraska. OCT. 1992.

National Laubach Literacy Association Conference. "State Library of N.C. and Statewide Literacy Efforts".
PRESENTER. Raleigh, N.C. June 1992.

North Carolina Library Association Biennial Conference. High Point, N.C. PRESENTER: Public Library
Development Awards November 1991.

• Workshops Conducted
"Demonstration of Best Practices in On-line Instruction" at Faculty Forum XLII on "Going the Distance: On-Line
Instruction at SCSU" Southern Connecticut State University. January 22, 2009.

"Managing One-Person Rural Library" Staff Development Workshop Camden County Public Library System,
Johnstown, PA April 2003;

"Job Hunting Success Strategies". Clarion University of PA. Department of Library Science. Designed and
presented workshops for upcoming graduates Spring 2002

"Orientation Workshop for New Library Science Distance Education Students" Clarion University of PA. Department
of Library Science. Designed and presented, Harrisburg, PA. August 2000.

"Integrating Technology in the Curriculum". Fox Chapel School District Pennsylvania. Presented Staff
Development Workshop Aug. 2000

"Train the Trainer" workshop sessions on Implementing Information Literacy Standards in Schools" Co-presented
with Dr. A. Miller, Clarion University of PA. Division of Commonwealth Libraries, Pennsylvania Dept. of
Education, Harrisburg, PA. August 2000.

"Student and Resource Support Services in Distance Education Programs" Workshop. Central Missouri State
University. Warrenton, Missouri. Conducted a 3-day session with campus administrators, library staff, library
science students and community.

"Integrating Library & Electronic Information Resources in Course Design" and "Use and Evaluation of Internet
Information". New Faculty Orientation Program. Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. Fall 1996.

"Internet and Database Use in an Interdisciplinary Curriculum" Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. New
General Studies Program Student Mentors/Faculty Teams Training Week. Fall 1996.

Serving Special Populations". PRESENTER: Kansas Public Librarians Annual Continuing Education Institute
(K-PLACE) Emporia, Kansas. MAY 1995.

"Personal Marketing". PRESENTER. Kansas Public Librarians Annual Continuing Education Institute
(K-PLACE) May 25, 1994.

"Rites of Passage" Seminar Series for young African-American females. PRESENTER and Seminar Leader, February
1994 and February 1995; Panelist for "mock interview" sessions for Emporia High School Seniors Career Planning
program. Emporia Public Library. Emporia, Kansas. June 1994.

"Reference Services for the Small Rural Library". PRESENTER (Videotaped for Satellite Broadcast) Nebraska
Library Commission. Lincoln, Nebraska. Continuing Education Satellite/Video Series. OCT. 1992

"Trustee Professional Development Institute", "The Public Library in Evolution". PRESENTER: University of
North Carolina at Charlotte, The Belk College of Business Administration. Charlotte, N.C. Sept. 1992 and
Greenville, N.C. OCT. 1992.

"Customer Services: Handling Difficult Situations" Workshop for Staff Development Day, Cumberland County
Library & Information Center, Fayetteville, N.C. May 1992.


"Public Library Roles" and "Continuing Education: Needs and Training". Staff Development
Workshop. Braswell Memorial Library, Rocky Mount, N.C. September 1991.

• Publications

Books Written
• The Pennsylvania School Library Information Specialist Tool Kit for Implementing Information Literacy in
Schools by Jane M. McGinn and Andrea Miller, Directors of the Institute for the Study and Development of
School Library Information Centers. Training Manual Published by Office of Commonwealth Libraries,
Bureau of Library Development, Pennsylvania Department of Education, © 2000.

• Career High School's Library Media Center Collection Assessment. Final Report by Jane Moore McGinn,
Ph.D. Yale Medical School/High School Partnership, New Haven, CT. ©1998.

• FARMVILLE [N.C.] PUBLIC LIBRARY-STUDY OF CURRENT AND FUTURE LIBRARY SERVICE
NEEDS-FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS by Jane F. Moore and Barbara S. Akinwole. State
Library of North Carolina, ©1992.

• Guide to Library and Information Services and Resources for Students in Distance Education Programs.
Pamphlet. Portland State University. 1996/97 by Jane Moore McGinn, Ph.D.

• Library Handbook for Freshman Inquiry. Pamphlet. Portland State University. 1996/97 by Jane Moore
McGinn, Ph.D.

• Library Development Consultants in State Library Agencies: A comparative Study of Background, Job
Activities, Career Satisfaction and Educational Needs for Effective Consulting. (Doctoral Dissertation) Jane
Florez Moore. UMI Microfilm. ©1998

Book Chapters
Book Chapter: "Chapter 1: 2010 and Beyond: How the "New Media" is Affecting the Production and
Dissemination of Business Information." by Jane M. McGinn and C. Howard F. McGinn. Basic Business
Library: Core Resources. Eric Forte and Michael Oppenheim, Editors. 5th ed. Libraries Unlimited.
(Forthcoming Spring 2010)
Book Chapter: "Business Libraries in 2001: Changing Collections, Services and Roles" by Jane Moore
McGinn in Basic Business Library: Core Resources, Rashelle Karp, Editor. 4th ed. Oryx Press. 2002.

Books Edited

• Editor. STATISTICS AND DIRECTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC LIBRARIES Editor,
1991 and 1992.

• Editor NewsFLASH... News from Library Development Section. Monthly newsletter, Editor 1989 -
1992

Articles - Peer Review

McGinn, Jane M. "Information Literacy and Women: Access to Information for Empowerment and Global
Economic Development". (forthcoming) University of Sofia Press Spring 2009. To be published in
Conference Proceedings of Globalization and the Management of Information Resources Conference,
November 12 -14, 2008. Sofia, Bulgaria.

McGinn, Jane M. "Roles for Librarians in Promoting Technology Use Among African American Families"".
Juried Paper Publication and Presentation. National Conference of Librarians of Color Conference
Proceedings, Ft. Lauderdale, FLA. Aug. 2002.

McGinn, Jane M. "Working: Librarianship as a Second Career-Perspectives from a Library Science
Educator and Graduate Student Advisor". Juried Paper Publication and Presentation. National Conference of
Librarians of Color Conference Proceedings, Ft. Lauderdale, FLA. Aug. 2002.

McGinn, Jane M. "Black Librarianship - Our Past and Our Future". Juried Paper Presentation. Panel on
Recruiting Into The Profession: The First Step In Achieving Diversity, Third National Conference on
Diversity in Academic Libraries Conference Proceedings, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, April 4 -6,
2002.

McGinn, Jane M. "Educating Librarians for Serving Diverse Urban and Rural Populations" Juried Paper /
Presentation Chair Multicultural Special Interest Group Program. Convener and Presenter. Association of
Library and Information Science Educators Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. Jan. 2002.

Other Articles and Book Reviews
Interview: SPOTLIGHT: Jane Moore McGinn by Carol Abatelli. Connecticut Libraries. April 2006, p. 5.

• Honors and Awards
2007 Certificate from Dean of Graduate Studies for service to Graduate Council and work as Chair of Procedures
Committee and Service to Graduate Council. May 2007.

2006 Certificate from Dean of Graduate Studies for service to Graduate Council and work as Chair of Procedures
Committee and Service to Graduate Council. May 2006.

2006 "Librarian in the Spotlight" Featured in Connecticut Library Association Newsletter April 2006.
Interviewed by Newsletter editor March 2006.

2005 Certificate from President of SCSU Recognition of Service in Pursuit of Research and Program Initiatives at
SCSU. 2005

2004 Certificate from Connecticut State University System, OnlineCSU, for service in Online Program
Development. 2004.

Certificate. Recognition of Service in Pursuit of Research and Program Initiatives at SCSU. 2004

AWARD 2002 Minority Woman of the Year 2002. Clarion University, Clarion, PA.

• Grant Activity
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Library Science Education Program. Received $64,000 for four (4)
full-time SCSU/ILS graduate student scholarships for students pursuing Urban Librarianship. Wrote grant
with Dr. James Kusack and Dr. McGinn served as Grants Administrator. 2003 (FUNDED)

Institute for Museums and Library Services, Urban Frontier Fellows: Creating a cohort program leading to
a master's level research based degree in urban librarianship, 2003 (with Mary Brown) (UNFUNDED)

Special Libraries Association Grant. Mentoring for Career Development: Are Successful Relationships
Myth or Magic? A Content Analysis Study of Business Research Findings. 1997 (UNFUNDED)

New Haven Public Schools, New Haven, CT. Wrote and received two special project grants totaling
500, for "Head Start Story Buddies Project" and developing a collaborative teaching unit on "Penguins.
Included developing a library media center Web site. 1997. (FUNDED)

New Haven Public Schools, New Haven, CT. Wrote and received $3,000 grant to develop and implement
summer school Library Media Center Program to reinforce reading, writing and math skills using technology.
1998. (FUNDED)

• Conference Attendance
Globalization and the Management of Information Resources Conference, November 12 -14, 2008.
Sofia, Bulgaria.

The 18th Annual Women's Studies Conference. Girls' Culture & Girls' Studies: Surviving, Reviving,
Celebrating Girlhood. Southern Connecticut State University. New Haven, CT. October 17-18, 2008.

National Women's Studies Association 29th Annual conference. Cincinnati, Ohio. June 19-22, 2008

New Jersey Association of Library Assistants. 22nd Annual Conference. Mt. Laurel, NJ. June 9-10, 2008.

Black Caucus of the American Library Association-Connecticut Chapter (BCALA-CT) Diversity
Conference. New Haven, CT. October 29, 2005.

Me? A Librarian Conference. Connecticut Chapter of the Black Caucus of the American Library
Association. Stamford, CT. February 19, 2005

American Library Association. Annual Conference. Orlando, FLA. June 2004.

Conference on Rural and Small Libraries II Columbus, Ohio September 2002.

National Conference of Librarians of Color, Ft. Lauderdale, FLA. Aug. 2002.

National Conference on Diversity in Academic Libraries, Third Annual Conference. University of Iowa,
Iowa City, Iowa, April 4 -6, 2002.

Association of Library and Information Science Educators: Annual Conference. New Orleans, Jan. 2002,

Rural Libraries Conference, Columbus, Ohio. October 2001.

Connecticut Library Association Annual Conference. Pre-Conference for the Black Caucus ALA
Connecticut Chapter. Invited Speaker "Building Diverse Library Collections". April 2001.

Pennsylvania School Librarians Association Annual Conference. Hershey, Pennsylvania. Co-Presenter
Pre-conference workshop "Implementing Information Literacy in Schools". March 2001.

Professional Development Workshops
Southern Connecticut State University. FYE/Inquiry Faculty, October 28, 2008

Southern Connecticut State University. FYE Academy "To Support and Challenge". Aug. 25 - 27, 2008
Southern Connecticut State University. Teaching Academy For FYE e/WAC Instructors by SCSU Faculty
Development June 9-11, 2008

Southern Connecticut State University. University Forum Xli: Promoting Campus Safety. Tuesday,
August 26, 2008

Web Teleconference Michael Gorman National Teleconference. June 9, 2006.
American Library Association Information Literacy For The 21st Century Learner: Reaching At-Risk High
School And Community College Students With John Berry. Web Teleconference Participant. June 2, 2006

Yale University. School Of Management. National Arts Strategies Training On "Governance in Non-
Profits. Selected As New Haven Historical Society Board Of Directors' Representative. Nov. 2005

American Library Association Confronting the Crisis in Library Education: A

American Library Association. Information Literacy Advocacy Training Certification. Jan. 2001, Wash.
D.C.

• Consulting Activities
National Library of Medicine and The American Library Association Good Health Information @ Your
Library Project. CONSULTANT and MEMBER ADVISORY COMMITTEE Selected by ALA Office of
Literacy and Outreach to serve on Advisory committee to suggest content for the new website and evaluate
site usability. Good Health Information @ Your Library Project http://olos.ala.org/goodhealth/. 2007-2008.

Ridgefield (CT) Public Library. CONSULTANT. Work with Library Board of Directors on their planned
expansion and corresponding increased staffing needs. May 2008.

New Haven Colony Historical Society. CONSULTANT on Digitalization of "Guyot Dana's Scrapbook
Collection". New Haven, CT. 2005-2007.

New Haven Public Library. MENTOR/CONSULTANT for Scholarship Recipients of Grant from Urban
Libraries Council. 2005-2008

American Library Association Office of Literacy and Outreach Services. CONSULTANT Strategic Plan
Development Team and Contributor to Outreach Web Resources website. 2003-present.

New Haven County. Expert Witness regarding salaries for new MLS graduates.   2005

Library Management Solutions Consulting Firm, President and Owner - Provide consulting and staff
development services to library agencies and libraries of all types in the areas of management, organizational
workplace issues, managing diversity, professional development activities, and library services to special
audiences. Specialize in Library Board Training, Supervisory Training, Handling Behavioral Issues in the
School Library and the Recruitment and Retention of Minorities. 2001 -2006.

Allyn & Bacon Publishers, Boston, Massachusetts. Expert Consultant. Consult on publications in the
areas of Special Education/Collaboration, Multicultural Education, Literacy and Curriculum and Classroom
Management in Education. Reviewed Chapters in Textbook The 9 Cs of Collaboration by Colleen Shea
Stump. Aug. 2001- Present.

Yale University Medical School. Yale/Career High School Partnership. New Haven, Connecticut
Conducted an in-depth analysis of the Career High School Library Media Center Collection. July-Sept. 1997

Providence Associates, Inc. Denton, Texas. Independent Consultant. Contracted to serve as Facilities and
Technology Team Leader for the Study of the Baltimore (Md.) Public Library System. 1995.

Unity Press. Unity Village, Missouri. Independent Consultant. Review children/young adult books for
publication. 1993.

John Hancock Insurance Company, Blue Bell, PA. Commercial Real Estate Division. Information
Broker. Conduct on-line searches, evaluate, and repackage information for corporate decision-making. 1994-
1995.

• Professional Organizations - Memberships

(Listed Alphabetically)
American Library Association. Member. 1989 - 2007 ALA Council Candidate 1991.

American Libraries Association. Office of Literacy and Outreach (OLOS)
• Joint-Author OLOS Strategic Planning Document. Attended Work Session In Chicago, IL. Feb. 2006
• Selected To Serve On Strategic Planning Committee 2002 - 2008.
• Developed ALA Website Resources on "Outreach Services."

American Libraries Association.   Special Task Force On Rural School, Tribal and Public Libraries
Appointed To Ten (10)-Member Task Force to Study Issues and Challenges Facing Rural School, Tribal and
Public Libraries and Make a Report of Recommendations to Ala Council June 2003 And June 2004.

American Libraries Association.   Library Administration and Management
Association.
• Member Distance Education Taskforce 2004 - 2005
• Member of Building and Equipment Committee June 2002 - July 2006. Served On Annual Conference
Program Planning And Building Handbook Subcommittees.

American Association of School Librarians. Member 1996 - 2006. Member of Educators of Library Media
Specialists Section

Association for Library and Information Science Education. Member 1994 - 2006. Member of ALISE
Recruitment Committee 2004-2005. Chair of Multicultural Special Interest Group and Program Convener 2002
Annual Conference, New Orleans.

Association for Library Service to Children. Member 1996 - 2003

Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies. Member. Publications Committee 1991 - 1993.

Beta Phi Mu. National Honor Society of Library and Information Science. Member. Elected 1996.

Black Caucus Have The American Library Association. Member 2000-Present. Elected To Executive Board
2001 - 2003. Member of Children's Services Committee. Chair and Co-Chair, Affirmative Action Committee
2001-2007. Member of BCALA Newsletter of Advisory Board.

Connecticut Education Media Association. Member 1998 - 2003

Connecticut Library Association. Member and Member of Recruitment Committee. Member 2003 - 2006.
Member of Quality on Quality Library Service 2004-2006.

Connecticut Chapter of Black Caucus of The American Library Association. Founding Member and Co-
Chair of Planning Board, 1998 - 1999. Member 1999 - 2007. Diversity Conference and Children's Conference
Planning Committees 2005-2006.

Delta Kappa Gamma International. Education Sorority. 2001- 2002.

Information Futures Institute. Clarion University, Dept. Of Library Science, Clarion, Pa. Member. 1992 - 1999.

"Leadership Emporia" Emporia, Kansas. Chamber of Commerce Professional Development Institute for
Community Leaders. Nominee 1994.

Library Administration and Management Association. Member. 1992 - 2005. Member of Library Organization
and Management Section, Personnel Administration Section and Statistics Section. Elected Member of Building
and Equipment Committee. June 2002 - July 2004.

National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. Elm City Senior Club. New
Haven, Connecticut. 1998 - 1999 and Greensboro Senior Club Chapter 1982-1985, Greensboro, N.C.
• Adopt-A-School Committee Member
• National Convention Delegate, National By-Laws Committee,
• Washington, D.C. 1982
• Reading Is Fundamental Program (Rif). Co-Chair 1982.
• Selected To Represent Greensboro Chapter At White
• House Meeting With First Lady Barbara Bush.
• Chapter Editor; Regional Conference Coordinator; Awards
• Banquet Committee, 1983.
• Greensboro Black Art Exhibit. Co-Chair 1984.

National Women's Studies Association. Member 2008-Present

North Carolina Library Association. Member. 1988 - 1994;
• Literacy Committee 1992 - 1994;
• Walter Anderson Grant Sub-Committee 1992;
• Public Library Section 1990 - 1994;
• Development Committee 1990 - 1991;
• Standards And Measurement Committee 1990 - 1994;
• Trustee/Friends Committee 1992 - 1994.

Oregon Library Association. Member.1996 - 1997

Pennsylvania School Library Association - 1999 - 2002.

Public Library Association. Member. Research Committee 1991 - 1995.

Women in Management, Inc. Triangle Chapter. Member 1991.

Young Adult Library Services Association. Member 1996 - 2003

Other Creative Activity

• Girl's Online! Study of Girls use of Information Technology - Research for new WMS course being
developed for Fall 2010.

• Creation of Teaching/Curriculum Guide for the book From Outreach to Equity: Innovative Models of Library
Policy and Practice. Office for Literacy and Outreach Services, Robin Osborne, Editor. Part of consulting
work for ALA Office of Literacy and Outreach.

• Assisted in drafting proposed revised campus Student Course Evaluation form as member of SCSU Faculty
Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Course Evaluations. Summer 2006

• Assisted in drafting the Teaching and Learning Section of SCSU University Strategic Planning committee as
an appointed member of Faculty Teaching and Learning Workgroup for development of University Strategic
Plan for 2007-2012. Spring 2006 - Present.

• Drafted operating procedures for SCSU Graduate Council Procedures Committee as Chair of the Committee.
Spring 2006.

• Co-creator of Black Caucus of the American Library Association's Affirmative Action Committee Incident
Report Database. 2006

• Researching "Issues and Challenges" facing rural school and public libraries as an appointed member of
special American Library Association Task Force on Rural School, Tribal and Public Libraries. Jan. 2003 -
June 2005

IV. Service to the Community

University Service

Fall 2009 - Present. Member of University NEASC Preparation Committee. (Appointed by the Provost)

Fall 2009 - Present. Member of the University Strategic Planning and Review Committee [UsPARC] (Appointed
by the President)

Fall 2009 - Present. Member of the Ad hoc Committee to Study Graduate Admission Procedures (Appointed by
the Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies)

Fall 2009 - Present. Graduate Council Representative to University President's Budget Group (Appointed by the
President)

Fall 2009 - Present. Member of the Faculty Leadership Council. (Chairs of faculty Senate, Graduate Council, UCF,
Union, and Chairs Council meet monthly with the Presidents)

Fall 2009 - Present. Chair of the Graduate Council. Elected.

Fall 2009 - Present. Member of the Graduate Council. Elected Delegate for Women's Studies.

SPRING 2009 - Academic Director (Interim) of the First Year Experience Program (At the Request of Provost
and Dean of Arts and Sciences)

2008. Faculty Marshall. Undergraduate Commencement. May 2008 (At the Request of the Provost)

2007 - Fall 2009. University Curriculum Forum (UCF). Elected. Representative for Department of Information and
Library Science

2008-2009. Chair of Special Sub-Committee on "Online Education" for University Curriculum Forum (UCF) and
Graduate Council. Appointed by Chair of Graduate Council

2007. Faculty Marshall. Undergraduate Commencement. May 2007. (At the Request of the Provost)

2007. eLearning Platform Study Committee at SCSU. Member October 2007.

2007. Search Committee eLearning Technical Administrator, Admin III. Member appointed by Office of
Information Technologies. March 2007 - August 2007.

Fall 2007 - Present. Faculty Mentor and instructor for University's campus-wide First Year Experience Program.
Develop and teach first year course, required of all Freshmen, each Fall and advise/mentor through their entire first
year.

2004- 2007. Graduate Council Department Councilor
2005-2007. Chair Graduate Council Procedures Committee

2005 - 2007.Faculty Senate Department Senator

Faculty Senate Member Personnel Committee.

2005- 2007. Member Ad Hoc Committee on Revising Student Course Evaluation Instrument for on-campus and
online.

2005 - Present. University Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee, Presidential appointment.

2005 -2007. President's University Strategic Plan for 2007-2012. Member Teaching and Learning Work Group

2002-2004. Freshmen Mentor Campus Student Inventory (CSI) Project -

2003 - 2004 Graduate Research Fellows Awards Faculty Mentor. Co-Mentor for Graduate Research Fellow in ILS
Dept.

May 2003 Undergraduate Commencement Marshall for School of Communication, Library and Information
Science

2003-2004 Dissertation Committee of Clara Ogbaa, Ph. D. Candidate. Appointed by candidate's Department of
Education Doctoral Committee at University of Bridgeport to serve as external Library Expert.

Departmental Service

Fall 2008 - present. Joint faculty in Women's Studies Program (Interdisciplinary Undergraduate and Graduate
Program)
• Women's Studies Program Steering Committee - Member.
• Women's Studies Program Annual Conference Planning Committee
• Women's Studies Program Undergraduate Advisor and Graduate Co-Advisor

2007-Fall 2009. Dept. of Information and Library Science (ILS), Chair of Dean appointed ALA Re-accreditation
Preparation Team.

2006-Fall 2009. Dept. of Information and Library Science. Chair of Dean's Management Team. Responsibilities
included updating Graduate Program Review Document 2006, overseeing development of new ILS website and
overseeing revisions in ILS section of Graduate Catalog etc.

2006- Fall 2008. Coordinator of the Dept. of Information and Library Science Undergraduate Program.
Responsibilities include serving as the FYE contact person for Library Science, advising most of the students with a
major or minor in ILS; assisting Dept. Chairperson with scheduling and staffing undergraduate course; updating and
approving Undergraduate Catalog updates; and attending New Student Orientations and open houses.

2004-2006. ILS Department Admissions Committee Fall 2004- 2006

2002-2008 ILS. Department Curriculum Committee, Review of Technology Courses Subcommittee.

2004-2006. ILS Department School Library Media Planning Team. 2004-2006.

2002-2008 .ILS Department Undergraduate curriculum team.

2005 - Spr. 2007 ILS Faculty Co-Advisor to Student Chapter of American Library Association.

2006 - Fall 2008 Faculty Advisor Undergraduate Library Science Club

2003-2006. ILS Department Sixth Year Certificate Program Coordinator: Information Studies Track.

2004 - 2007. ILS Co-Advisor MLS with School Library Media Certification program

2005-2007. ILS Department Sabbatical Leave Committee

2003-2004. ILS Department 2003 Re-Accreditation Faculty Subcommittees for Standards 3 and 4.

2003-2005 ILS Department's NCATE review representative

2002-2003 and 2006-2007. ILS Department Faculty Search Committees

2004 - 2007 ILS Department Personnel Committee.

Service to the Community

Urban Libraries Journal Advisory Board Member, 1999 - Present

Connecticut Book Awards. JUDGE. Representing the "Scholar" Category for judges serving on the committee to
select winner of Annual. Children's Author Award. 2009.

Saint Rita's School Hamden, C. Faculty Development Workshop Leader. "Technology in the Classroom". Fall 2009.

Connecticut Book Awards for Children's Authors. JUDGE Representing the "Scholar" Category for judges serving
on the committee to select winner of Annual. Children's Author Award. 2008.

Links, Inc. New Haven Chapter. Co-Host. Scholarship Awards Program Hosted by Women's Studies Program,
Southern Connecticut State University. Scholarship Award June 7, 2008.

Girl Scouts of Connecticut. Troop 1248. Parent Leader 2006-2009.

New Haven Colony Historical Society and Museum. Board of Directors/Executive Board.
Appointed Fall 2004- Fall 2006. Chair of Historical Museum Library Committee;
Member of Seal of The City Awards Committee.

Portland Community College, Cascade Campus.
Planning and Advisory Board for Campus Community African-American History Center, 1996-1997.

Portland State University, Portland Oregon.
• President's Special Committee on Distance Education.
• School Of Social Work MSW Distance Education Program Advisory Board.
• Portland State University Performance, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Fall 1996.

University Of Pittsburgh. School Of Information Science. Doctoral Guild. Member 1993 -1995;

University Of Pittsburgh. School Of Information Science. Minority Concerns Council 1993 - 1995.
Secretary 1993/1994.

University Of Kansas Press Advisory Board. Lawrence, Kansas. Member 1994-1996.

Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, N.C. Library Technical Assistant Program.
Advisory Board 1988 - 1992.

University Of North Carolina at Greensboro. Library and Information Sci. Alumni Assoc. Newsletter Editor
1982.