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Profiles
Steven Bell
Director of the Paul J. Gutman Library
Philadelphia University
bells@philau.edu
Steven Bell has participated in the field of higher
education for many years. In 1977, he obtained his master of science
in library science from Drexel University . Later, he received a doctorate
in education from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997.
Bell writes and speaks frequently on topics such as information retrieval,
library and learning technologies, and academic librarianship. As an
adjunct professor at the Drexel University College of Information Science
and Technology, he teaches courses on online searching, academic librarianship,
and business information resources.
He maintains a website and a weblog, “Steven Bell's Keeping Up Web
Site,” ( http://staff.philau.edu/bells/keepup) and “The Kept-Up Academic Librarian,” ( http://keptup.typepad.com
) that promote current awareness skills and resources.
Currently, he is director of the Paul J. Gutman Library at Philadelphia
University
For additional information about the author, his publications, or to
find links to Bell's various websites, please visit http://staff.philau.edu/bells or email Steven Bell at bells@philau.edu
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John D. Shank
Instructional Design Librarian and Director of the Center for Learning
Technologies
Penn State Berks College
jds30@psu.edu
John Shank has been in the higher education field
since 1996. He received his masters from Drexel's School of Library
and Information Science. Since entering the field, he has worked at
several academic institutions in various capacities including: Montgomery
County Community College, Haverford College, and Bryn Mawr College.
Currently, Shank is the Instructional Design Librarian and newly appointed
director of the Center for Learning Technologies for Pennsylvania State
University 's Berks-Lehigh Valley College. He has assisted over 80
full- and part-time Penn State faculty and librarians in adopting ANGEL
courseware in their instruction.
Shank has presented numerous faculty development workshops at various
universities and colleges, given presentations at regional and national
conferences, and has served as an invited guest speaker.
Cofounder, along with Steven Bell, of the Blended Librarian Online
Learning Community, Shank has also authored and coauthored articles
on the topic of integrating instructional technology into library services.
For more information, please contact John Shank at jds30@psu.edu.
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