Alma Dawson

Email Address: notaed@lsu.edu                                                                                   Full Curriculum Vitae

• Ph. D. in Library Science & Higher Education, Texas Woman’s University
• A.M.L.S, in Library Science, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Classes:

• LIS 7003    Principles of Collection Management
• LIS 7005    Foundations of Library and Information Science
• LIS 7401    Academic Libraries
• LIS 7807    Information Literacy Instruction

Research Interests:

• Academic Libraries
• Collection Development
• Information Literacy Instruction
• Diversity Issues

Representative Publications

2006:  Dawson, Alma and Kathleen de la Pena McCook. "Rebuilding Community in Louisiana after the Hurricanes of 2005." Reference and User Services Quarterly. 46 (Summer 2006): 292-296.

2004:  The African-American Reader’s Advisor: A Guide for Readers, Librarians and 
Educators. 2004. Edited by Alma Dawson and Connie Van Fleet. Englewood, Colorado:
Greenwood Publishing Group. 470 p.

2003:  Dawson, Alma. 2003. The School of Library and Information Science at Louisiana State 
University Baton Rouge: Distance Education Program. In: Benchmarking Distance Education: 
The LIS Experience, edited by Dan Barron. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, pp237-270.

2003:  A History of the Louisiana Library Association. 2003. Edited by Alma Dawson and Florence 
Jummonville. Baton Rouge: The Louisiana Library Association. 250 p.

2000:  Dawson, Alma. 2000. Celebrating African American Librarians and Librarianship. Library 
Trends, 49.1 (Summer): 49-87.