1. to plan for and provide as needed: specific materials, regardless of format, for all degree and non-degree programs and for all courses offered;
2. to plan for and provide as needed: specific materials, regardless of format, for all programs and courses to be offered within the next two academic years;
3. to provide for all constituents the opportunity to pursue study and research beyond specific course requirements, in form of information access, materials, and space;
4. to provide the opportunity for faculty development with specific reference to enhancing instructional effectiveness, in form of information access, materials, and space;
5. to provide the opportunity for faculty development with specific reference to course content, information access and materials;
6. to provide the opportunity for administrative/institutional research and staff development, in form of information access, materials, and space;
7. to provide an effective information delivery system including circulation, reserve, stack, interlibrary loan, electronic access, for all relevant institutional constituancies;
8. to provide a convenient and space-adequate physical setting conducive to learning.
Reduced to a brief formula: The library needs to provide access to information regardless of format and location and needs to be able to present information ready to use. Usually the institutional mission and especially the institutional budget, provide limiting parameters. Library responsibility is hierarchic, decisions are collegial, operations are autonomously interdependent.
POSITION OBJECTIVE:
Based upon the combination of training, experience and commitment, I intend to continue working in an environment which allows me to assist individuals, especially disadvantaged and minority individuals, to achieve their potential within a framework of constructive interdependency.
EXPERIENCE, ADMINISTRATIVE:
1991- Dean of Program Development East-West University, Chicago, Ill.: In this position I conduct the planning for new programs; evaluate and modify existing programs with regard to content, delivery quality and currency based upon existing socio-economic conditions, future need/feasibility projections. East- West University, being an urban institution emphasizing the making available of high quality educational opportunities to inner-city, disadvantaged, youth and adults, I give special attention to programs relevant to the needs of these groups and plan accordingly. The position duties include: a) from 1991 through 1994 directing the Talent Search program, a federal program designed to increase the high school retention rate and the high school senior college matriculation rate of "at risk" students; b) recruiting and admitting students new to East-West University (annual increase of new student registration was ca.20%for the past three years when I carried responsibility in this area); c)enhancing instructional effectiveness and program quality via judicious use and application of instructional support materials.I provided Internet and a-v access in every classroom, equipped all library work stations and public access terminals with Internet (DSL) and UM Proquest (with Site-Builder), then Ebsco Services on-line; The University is now moving into the direction of developing a distance education component under my initiation and , having taught a course on-line using ANGEL instructional course management software, the University has acquired ANGEL and it is being used university-wide. My vision project is applying Virtual Reality to instructional and instruction-supportive areas. Other assignments included considerable standing and ad-hoc committee involvement including chairing the 1990, 1994, 1997, and 2002 North Central accreditation efforts resulting in a ten year accreditation; working on a proposed East-West University Karachi (Pakistan) site campus proposal and an EWU teacher education program to be implemented in 2003.
1988-91 Chairperson, Division of Liberal Arts and Sciences East-West University, Chicago, Ill.: In this position I conducted all the traditional and expected duties and functions for personnel selection, evaluation, andchange; program development, implementation, evaluation, and modification; budget planning and implementation. The Division included the areas of English and Communications, Humanities, Behavioral and Social Sciences, and Biological and Physical Sciences, in addition to a program in Islamic Studies and pre-medical Electroneurodiagnostic Technology. As is usual, I was also active on many standing- and ad-hoc committies such as chair of the 1990 North Central Association accreditation effort on part of the University; Scholarship committee; student grievance committee. .
1971- Director of the ISNCE Institute for the Study of Nineteenth Century Europe, Riverside, Ill.: The main thrust of the Institute, the model for which was provided by the Warburg/Courtauld Institute, is to conduct and support scholarly research concerning all aspects of modern history (specifically the 19th century) with particular emphasis on inter-cultural contacts and multi-cultural interactions.
1969-73 Chairperson, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences Indiana University at Kokomo, Kokomo, Ind.: This position included the normal duties and functions such as staff and faculty selection and evaluation; program planning, implementation, and evaluation; budget planning and implementation; along with a variety of standing- and ad-hoc committee responsibilities.
EXPERIENCE, LIBRARY:
1981-87 Director of the Library and Learning Resources East-West University, Chicago, Ill.: with the rank of Librarian. I planned, implemented, and administer the comprehensive university library and instructional support services including audio- visual and computer-assisted instructional support. Special attention was given to the background and needs of the student clientele, coming from a predominantly comprehensively disadvantaged background.
1987- As Chairperson of Liberal Arts and Sciences as well as Dean of Program Development I continued to carry overall responsibility for library operations and development. By October 1996 I had planned and implemented comprehensive library automation, physical re-design and major change in format emphasis from primarily print to substantially electronic access.
1981 Library Director Village of North Riverside, North Riverside, Ill.: In this position I planned, implemented, and administered public library services for a community with no library and no library services.
1978-79 Director of the County Library Tipton County Public Library, Tipton, Ind.: My duties of this position included comprehensive library re-vitalization; new building construction; county-village-library public relations. The result was a circulation increase from the lowest to the second-highest ever since 1905.
1977-78 Reference Librarian. Bridgeview Public Library, Bridgeview, Ill.:
EXPERIENCE, TEACHING:
1982- East-West University, Chicago, Ill.: Contemporary Global History American History (survey and upper level, seminars) World History Library Instruction programs
1966-74 Indiana University at Kokomo, Kokomo, Ind.: Western Civilization Modern European History Conversational German Teaching Social Studies (a course for high school teachers)
EDUCATION:
1968 PhD., European History, with minors in American History and German Literature. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.
1976 M.L.S., Library and Information Science. Emphasis: Reference, Library administration. Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
1963 M.A., History, with minor in Political Science. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.
1962 B.A., History, with minors in Education and Political Science. University of Illinois, Chicago-Navy Pier and Urbana-Champaign, Ill.
PUBLICATIONS:
Correspondence Course Syllabus for WESTERN CIVILIZATION (H103). (Bloomington: Indiana University, 1968). POLITICAL DECADENCE IN IMPERIAL GERMANY: Personnel-political aspects of the German Government Crisis 1894-97 (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1976). Editor, STUDIES IN MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY AND CULTURE. 3 vols. (Riverside: 1975-79). "Clipping the Wings of the Hohenlohe Ministry", SMEHC, vol. 2, pp. 211-234. reviews in journals. Conference presentation: "Vertical Integration of Educational Institutions: A Necessity - not a Luxury" Second National Conference on Enhancing Minority Attainment, Indiana University at Kokomo, 11-13 September 1992.
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