James W. Marcum, Professor - Chair & Director

Rosenthal 254
Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
Queens College, City University of New York
Phone: (718) 997-3790
Fax: (718) 997-3797
E-mail:James.Marcum@qc.cuny.edu

Education

MSLS University of North Texas, Denton
PhD University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, History and Russian Studies
MPA University of Oklahoma, Norman
MA, BA Texas A&I College (now Texas A&M-Kingsville)

Work Experience

Professor and Chair/Director, GSLIS, Queens College, CUNY
            University Librarian, Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey
          Professor and Chief Librarian, College of Staten Island, CUNY
          Director of Library Services, University of Texas-Permian Basin, Odessa
          Library Director, Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport
          Professor of History, Oklahoma Baptist University
          Business owner-operator, Texas and Oklahoma

Research & Professional Interests

Academic Libraries and Library Management
          Library Sustainability and Future
          Learner-centered Learning
          North Jersey Identity

Recent Publications

Co-author with M. Jankowska, Sustainability Challenge for Academic Libraries:
Planning for the Future. College and Research Libraries, 71: 2 (March 2010): 160-170.
Centers for New Learning: Defining the Issues. College and Undergraduate Libraries,
16:4 (2009): 358-362.

Benjamin Franklin: Genius or Dynamic Learner? Social Studies, 99:3 (May-June
2008): 99-104.

Co-author with D. O’Shea, Information Technology Literacy, in Encyclopedia of
Library and Information Sciences, 3rd ed. Taylor and Francis, 2010. Vol. 11

Column: Sustainable Library Imperative. The Bottom Line: Managing Library
Finances, 2007-2009

Book: After the Information Age: A Dynamic Learning Manifesto. 2006. New York: Peter Lang. Counterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education