B.A.
Liberal Arts
Hampshire
College
Amherst, MA
|
Thesis: Unity and Duality
in Samkhya-Yoga and Advaita
Vedanta |
1976 |
M.A.
History
Sonoma State
University
Rohnert Park, CA
|
Thesis: Manichaeism and the
Christian Response |
1992 |
M.L.I.S. Library & Information Studies
University of
California Berkeley
Berkeley, CA |
Areas of Study: History of the Book,
Information
Retrieval, Reference |
1992 |
Librarian Role
Coordinator, CIS and Library
Outreach: Manage education activities including single-session
class requests from teaching faculty (Course Integrated Seminars or CIS),
tours and orientation sessions, and faculty training; teach CIS sessions
for a variety of disciplines.
Collection Development: Act
as selector and liaison to departments of Philosophy & Religion,
Classics, secondarily for History. Select new materials for library
collections in support of academic programs, manage collection for optimal
quality, and serve as liaison for communication with respective
departments.
Reference: Serve at the main
reference desk for the library; assist students, faculty and campus
community members in their research endeavors.
Credit Courses
|
SF
1996 |
LIB 302
Introduction to Internet and
Electronic
Research |
SF 1997, S 1998, 1999,
2001 |
Curriculum Integrated Seminars
Conducted
History (300, 420,
535,
640, 642, 644, 660, 790) |
SF 1996-2006 |
Education (Special
Ed
881, Elem. Ed 708, ISED 797) |
SF 1997, 1998,
2002-2004 |
Design &
Industry
505 |
F 1997-
2000 |
Psychology (737,
761) |
F
1997, 1999 |
Broadcasting
700 |
SF 1997-
2003 |
Art (202, 501,
701) |
S
1998 |
Social Science
300 |
SF 1999-present |
English (718,
114) |
F 1999, F
2004 |
Social Work
770 |
F
1999 |
Jewish Studies
410 |
F
2000 |
First Year
Experience
101 (
BSS
,
CA
,
AU, SCI, BUS, HSS, ES) |
F 2000, 2001, 2002,
2004-6 |
Speech &
Communication
(150, 508) |
F
2003-2004 |
Music 700 |
F
2004 |
Creative Writing
302 |
F
2004 |
Library Offices
Member IRIS
(Information,
Research and Instructional Services).
Coordinator for Library Education, 1998-2007.
Library Education Committee Chair, 1998-present, member
since 1995.
Library Web Group, 1996-present, Chair 1996-1998.
Selector for Philosophy and Religious Studies, Classics,
Latin, Archaeology
Library Elections Committee Chair, 1999-2000.
Faculty Merit Increase Committee Chair, 1999-2000.
Library Faculty Affairs Committee, 1999-2002,
2003-6, chair 2001-2002,
2005-6.
Library Liaison to First Year Experience Courses, 2000.
Department Chair Hiring Committee, Fall 2001.
Social Science Librarian Hiring Committee Chair, 2003.
HRT Committee, 2002-2005, chair 2003-2005.
Electronic Resources and Social Science Librarians Hiring Committee, chair
2006.
Library Leave with Pay Committee, 2006.
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University Offices
CUSP Commission on University Strategic
Planning, Academic Excellence
subcommittee,
1995-1996.
CUSP II, co-chair
Academic Programs, 2002-
2005.
General Education
Segment III, 1996-2003,
chair
2000-2002.
Segment II Behavioral
& Social Sciences,
2003-2004.
University Committee
on Disabilities,
1996-1998.
CET Advisory Board,
1998-2001.
CSU Cornerstones
Initiative,
1997-1998.
Academic Senate, Fall
1998,
2002-present.
Academic Policies
Committee,
2002-2003.
Secretary and
Committee
on Committees chair, 2003-2005.
Faculty Affairs
Committee,
2005-present.
Panel Judge for Labor
Archives Student Essay
Contest,
2000-2003.
Professional
Development Council,
2000, 2007-2009.
Faculty
Advisor, Student Organization FDR (Fighting for
Disabled
Rights), 2000-2005.
CFA Faculty Rights
Panel,
2001-present. |
Conferences Attended
CARL
Annual Conference,
San
Francisco
, October
1995.
ACM
SIGCHI, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems,
Vancouver
BC,
April 1996.
American Society for Information Science "The Digital
Revolution,"
May 1996,
San
Diego
,
CA.
CARL Annual
Conference,
Oakland
CA
,
September 1997, preconference speaker.
CARL Regional
Conference,
Oakland
CA
,
Fall 1998.
CARL
Annual Conference,
Newport
Beach
,
CA
, September 1998, poster session.
Internet Librarian,
Monterey
CA
,
Nov 1998.
ALA Annual
Conference,
New Orleans
,
LA
, June 1999, poster session.
CCLI (
California
Clearinghouse on Library Instruction),
Fremont
CA
,
May 2000.
Sex and Disability, SFSU Institute on Disability, SFSU, March
2000.
CARL Annual Conference,
Monterey
CA
,
Oct 1999.
ACM SIGIR Annual Conference,
Berkeley
,
CA
,
August 1999.
CARL Annual Conference,
Long
Beach
CA
,
Oct 2000.
Travel, Communication, and Geography in Late Antiquity, SF,
March,
2001.
LOEX Annual Conference,
Ypsilanti
,
MI
, May 2001, conference paper.
Internet Librarian,
Pasadena
CA
,
Nov 2001.
SLA
chapter conference, Behind the Scenes at Google, March
2002.
CSU Embedded Assessment Conference,
Fullerton
CA
,
March 2002.
CARL Annual Conference,
Monterey
CA
,
May 2002, poster session.
Internet Librarian,
Palm
Springs
,
CA
,
Nov. 2002.
CCLI,
Fremont
,
CA
,
May 2003.
DOCAM (
Document
Academy
),
UC Berkeley, August 2003.
Internet Librarian,
Monterey
CA
,
Nov. 2003.
Computers in
Libraries,
Washington
DC
,
March 12-14,
2004
, speaker.
CARL
Biannual Conference,
Pasadena
CA
, May 2004, speaker.
Australian & New Zealand Association for
Medieval
& Early Modern Studies, Old
Worlds, New Worlds,
Auckland
NZ, Feb. 2005, conference paper.
Technology,
Knowledge
& Society,
Berkeley
,
CA
, February, 2005, conference paper.
Medieval Association
of the Pacific,
San Francisco
,
CA
, March 2005, panel moderator.
3rd
International Conference on the Book,
Oxford
UK
, September 2005, conference paper.
CARL
Biannual Conference,
Monterey,
CA
, April 2006, poster session and
conference planning committee.
DOCAM (
Document
Academy
),
UC Berkeley, October, 2006.
Internet Librarian,
Monterey
CA
,
October. 2006.
ASIST.
Austin TX, November 2006.
Technology, Knowlege
& Society Conference, University of Cambridge, UK, January 2007,
conference paper.
Late Antiquity
Archaeology Conference, Oxford UK, March 2007.
Making
Connections Between Library, Book, Reading and Information History
Conference, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds UK, June 2007,
session moderator.
Internet Librarian,
Monterey CA, Oct. 2007.
World Universities
Forum, Davos Switzerland, Feb. 2008, conference
paper.
“The Future of the Book in the Digital Age,” CSU Fresno,
Fresno CA, March 2008.
"Going Global: Academic Libraries in the Age of
Globalization,"
CARL Biannual Conference, Irvine CA, April
2008, conference paper.
Professional Development
Professional Societies
American
Library Association (
ALA
)
Association
of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
American
Society for Information Science & Technology
(ASIST)
California
Academic and Research Librarians (CARL)
Conference Planning
Committee,
2002, 2006
Breakout Session
Coordinator
2006
Northern Vice President 2009
Grants
CET
Instructional Technology Grant, 1996.
Sabbatical
Leave: Spring 2007, University of Cambridge, UK.
Publications
Books
Internet
Research: Theory and Practice
Jefferson
N.C.
, McFarland, 1998, co-author
Maria
Garrido
Internet
Research: Theory and Practice, second edition,
sole author,
2001.
Search
Engines Handbook.
McFarland,
Jefferson
N.C.
,
2002, co-author Lucy Kuntz.
Book Chapters/Articles
Online Publications
Study
of Varied
Applications of the LIS Graduate
Degree. 1996.
http://online.sfsu.edu/~fielden/lis.htm
Spinal Cord Injury
Sexual
Issues: Bibliography. 1997, revised 2002. http://online.sfsu.edu/~fielden/sci.htm
Internet
Bibliography. 1998, revised 2002.
http://online.sfsu.edu/~fielden/intbib.htm
Other
CLG Newsletter Reflections,
September 2007, “Norwich Trip.”
“Punts, Pints and Paras in Cambridge
England,” New Mobility, April 2008.
“My
Town: Berkeley
California,” New Mobility, May 2009.
Presentations
Preconference Panelist: "What's Up with Information Competency
in
California
? CARL Annual
Conference, September 1997,
Oakland
CA
.
Poster
Session: "Obstacles
to Information Competence." CARL Fall 1998 Annual
Conference.
Huntington
Beach
, CA.
Juried
Selection.
Poster display with graphics of research on
Information
Literacy.
Poster
Session: "Obstacles to Information
Competence."
ALA
Annual Conference June
1999,
New
Orleans
,
LA.
Juried Selection.
Updated, expanded forum for on-going
research.
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Asilomar
Presentation: "Millennial Mutation: Ye Olde
Library Requirement becomes Information
Competence,"
2000.
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Paper: "Grassroots Information Literacy." Juried
conference paper at LOEX Annual
Conference,
Ypsilanti
,
MI
,
May 2001.
|
Poster
Session: "From Workbook to Web: Building
an
Information
Literacy OASIS at
San
Francisco
State"
University
.
with Jeff Rosen, CCLI (
California
Clearinghouse on Library
Instruction),
San
Pablo
CA
,
April 2001.
|
Poster
Session: "Internet Search Engines: New
Developments." CARL
Bi-annual Conference.
Asilomar
Monterey
,
CA
May 2002. Juried
selection: Internet search engines
presentation: current
issues, emerging trends.
|
Asilomar
Presentation: "Research
Assignments." 2003. Moderated panel of four faculty
members
from
diverse disciplines discussing their use of research
assignments.
|
Talk: "Is Google
God and is that Good?" Juried
speech for Computers in Libraries annual conference,
Washington
DC
.
March 12
2004
.
|
Paper: "Google as
God: The Theology of Search
Engines." Juried conference paper at Bi-annual CARL
conference,
Pasadena
,
CA
,
April 2004.
|
Asilomar
Presentation: 2005, "Whither Higher Education?
Universities
Past, Present & Future." Outline of university
foundation
and history,
and discussion of current themes in
academe.
|
Paper: "University Libraries:
Size, Growth & Impact, 12th-18th
Centuries." Juried conference paper at Bi-annual Australian &
New Zealand Association for Medieval & Early Modern
Studies conference,
Auckland
,
New
Zealand
, Feb. 2005.
|
Paper: "Google God and Techno-faith." Juried
conference paper at the Technology, Knowledge
&
Society conference,
Berkeley
,
CA
, Feb. 2005.
Paper: "University Libraries: Growth & Cultural
Impact,
12th-15th Centuries." Juried
conference paper at the 3rd International
Conference on the Book,
Oxford
UK
,
Sept. 2005.
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Paper: "Historical Nodes
of Inquiry: University
Education and Technological Tectonic Shifts" Juried
conference paper at the Technology, Knowlege &
Society Conference, New Hall, University of Cambridge, UK, January
2007.
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Paper: “University Library
Evolution: The Medieval and Renaissance Periods,” Juried conference
paper at the World
Universities Forum, Davos Switzerland, Feb. 2008.
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Works in Progress
Books
University
Libraries
- Handmaidens to Higher Education. Ongoing
research on the history of
western
university and college libraries, from their development to
support
education
in the earliest medieval universities to the
present. Examination of
library size, usage, impact on culture with notes on
information
overload and contemporary information retrieval theory
compared with
historical
patterns of information usage and knowledge production.
Community Service
Berkeley
Public
Library
ADA
Planning Group,
1997-2001.
Berkeley
High
School
English Dept.
Parent Support
Committee, 2000.
Writer's
Workshop
Coach, Berkeley Public High, 2002-2005.
Guest lectures
Willard
Middle
School
,
Berkeley CA. Spring Day. "Wheelchair Life," April
1999.
Willard
Middle
School
,
Berkeley
CA. History class. "Manichaeism
and World Religions," March
2000.
Berkeley
High
School
,
Berkeley
, CA. Staff
Development Day "Quality on
the
Net," August 2000, Workshop on Internet
Research.
Berkeley
High
School
,
Berkeley
,
CA
, English class
presentation
"Publishing a
Book and University Life," June
2002.
J. Paul Leonard Friends of the Library Annual Spring luncheon
"University Libraries: Size, Growth & Impact, 12th-18th
Centuries." May 2005.
SF State International Education Week, “World
Libraries: Medieval and Renaissance Libraries at Cambridge &
Oxford,” Nov. 2007.
Home School Association of California annual conference,
"Life on a Roll," Sacramento CA, 2008.
SF State International Education Week, “World
Libraries,” Nov. 2008.
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