Queens College
Prof. Michael J. Miller, MLS, MS Associate Librarian for Public Services Benjamin Rosenthal Library
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04-12-2011
Welcome to my web site. I am currently on Fellowship Leave for the 2011-2012 academic year, so contact me with any comments or questions via the modes listed on my curriculum vitae. My current research and Leave agendas focus on Educational Technology pedagogy useful for librarianship. They further the information published in my articles on this topic, including "Information communication technology infusion in 21st century librarianship: proposing a blended core course that matters." in JELIS, and "Cross-disciplinary prospecting:..." in E-JASL. I maintain active involvement in the American Library Association, including a stint on ALA /APA Councils and a recent appointment to the ALA Education Committee. I have also just been elected as the Communication Officer of the IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations), Audiovisual and Multimedia Section. I just presented a peer-reviewed paper on North American Academic Library Media Services at the August 2011 Congress in San Juan, Puerto Rico. "Media Services in North American Academic Libraries." In the summer of 2011 I also had the privilege to enjoy the grant I was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad program. "Religious Diversity in the Maghreb: Morocco and Tunisia." Following that grant, I am continuing to develop a digital case study, "Lessons from the Maghreb: Exploring a Diverse Morocco and Tunisia," based on my travels during the 2011 "Arab Spring" and "Jasmine Revolution." It is an example of the type of educational content that librarians can develop and provide to the students and partner subject faculty we collaborate with daily. I hope that Queens College, other CUNY, and indeed faculty beyond CUNY will incorporate into their course activities as it can be a great curriculum resource for a broad array of disciplines such as Religious Studies, International Affairs, African Studies, etc. Please feel free to use this open resource. In Dec. of 2011, I also gave a short presentation on the lessons learned from the 'Great Flood' of 2004 in the Rosenthal Library at Queens College. The CUNY Task Force on copyright guidelines, for which I was the inaugural chair, released the new web pages, (C)opyright@CUNY for CUNY and I also served as the Business Manager for the Urban Library Journal, a publication of the Library Association of the City University of New York. I am a visiting Asst. Professor in the Pratt Institute School of Library and Information Studies and also at the Queens College graduate program where I deliver a course on technology infusion in librarianship. My current personal activities include dabbling in ceramics, (centering on the wheel builds character and patience!), volunteering with the Children's Aid Society, traveling, enjoying my little family and eating! |