Dr. Gary Fitsimmons

A-G + Faculty + Academics
Library Director & Professor of Information Literacy
E-mail:
Gary.fitsimmons@bryan.edu
Office Phone:
423.775.7196
Box:
7793

Academic Degrees

  • BA, 1978, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK
  • MLS, 1990, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
  • PhD, 2005, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX

Academic Honors and Recognitions

  • Marquis' Who's Who in America, 2009, 2010
  • Marquis' Who's Who in the World, 2010

Professional Activities

  • ALA Ambassador, Annual Conference, 2008
  • ALA New Member Round Table mentor 2009-10
  • Appalachian College Association’s Bowen Library Director’s Council: • Ad Hoc BCLA Structure Assessment Committee 2009-
  • Appalachian College Association’s Bowen Library Director’s Council: • Administrative Issues Committee 2009-
  • Leadership Development Committee, Texas Library Association, 2004-2006
  • LLAMA - Fund Raising and Financial Development Section: Trends, Marketing, and Project Development Committee 2007-2009
  • LLAMA - Library Organization & Management Section: Risk Management and Insurance Committee 2007-2011, Current Chair
  • LLAMA - Systems and Services Section: Management Practices Committee 2007-2009
  • Moderated “You’ve Been Shopped! Mystery Shopping for Better Service” at ALA Annual Conference, 2008
  • Resource Identification and Priorities Work Group, Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative, 2005
  • “The Institutional Repository as a Platform for a Digital Commons” presented at the Snezek Library Leadership Institute of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, July 15-17, 2009

Professional Associations

  • American Library Association
  • Library Leadership, Administration, and Management Association

Selected Publications

  • Regular column: "Small Academic Library Perspective: Library Leadership” in The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances, Emerald Publishers beginning vol. 21 no.1 (2008)
  • “Academic Library Directors in the Eyes of Hiring Administrators,” Advances in Library Administration and Management vol. 26 (2008)
  • “Salary Studies: Approach with Caution” CHECS/NMARL Fall Conference, 1996

Topics of Expertise

  • Copyright and "Fair Use" in Higher Education
  • Information Literacy
  • Library and Information Science
  • Library Management