Michael Anthony Carpenter - SLIS - Louisiana State University

Michael Anthony Carpenter
Office Residence
School of Library and Information Science 6021 Riverbend Boulevard
267 Coates Hall Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70820
Louisiana State University (225) 766-7385
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-3920
(225) 578-1489 Internet: LSCARP@LSU.EDU
(225) 578-3158
Education:
M. B. A., Executive MBA Program, Anderson Graduate School of Management, University
of California, Los Angeles. June 1982-June 1984. Graduated June 1984. This
program is open only to those with at least five years management and ten years work
experience.
Ph. D., School of Library and Information Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
September 1969-February 1979 (in residence September 1969-April 1973).
Graduated June 1979.
M. L. S., Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of California, Los
Angeles, June 1966-June 1967. Graduated June 1967.
Graduate work in philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara, July 1963-May 1966.
A. B., Occidental College, Los Angeles, California. September 1958-June 1963. Graduated
June 1963 with College Honors.
Work Experience:
August 1992-date. Associate Professor (with tenure), School of Library and Information
Science, Louisiana State University. Awarded sabbatical research leaves for spring
1994 and spring 2002.

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August 1987-August 1992. Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science,
Louisiana State University. Received Summer Research Grant, summer 1988, from
Louisiana State University Council on Research.
April 1973-August 1987. Carpenter and Smallwood, Inc., Los Angeles, California. Chief
Financial Officer, March 1974-August 1987. This was a general building contracting
firm specializing in commercial and industrial construction. At the end of 1984, I was
responsible for the implementation of the company's first computerized accounting
system, and devised several proprietary models for a marketing information system.
From 1978 to 1988, I was Vice President of an associated company, Carpenter
Properties; from November, 1988, to date I have been the managing general partner
of the same entity. Carpenter Properties has been an industrial developer and property
manager.
In 1977, I worked on the design for remodeling of a freshly constructed speculative
industrial building for an affiliated business entity, Klabin Redevelopment
Associates. The remodeling was to allow the library of the University of California at
Los Angeles to lease the building as a temporary book storage facility. The facility
was used from 1977 to 1987.
1976-1977. Lecturer, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of
California, Los Angeles. Duties included the teaching of subject cataloging.
1967-1969. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. I started as a searcher in the Pilot
Preservation Project in the summer of 1967, was a Special Recruit (Intern),
September 1967-February 1968, and serials cataloger, February 1968-September
1969. The Special Recruit program was designed as an internship for which only
twenty individuals were selected among the year's graduates of library schools. I left
to return to school to study for a Ph.D. with a Higher Education Act Title II-B
fellowship.
1966. Library Assistant. University of California, Santa Barbara. Duties included
bibliographic searching for the acquisitions department.
Teaching:
Courses Taught (1987-date):
LIS 7004: Principles of Management for Librarians and Information Specialists
Fall Semester 1987, Spring Semester 1988, Fall Semester 1988, Spring Semester 1989,
Summer Session 1989, Fall Semester 1989, Spring Semester 1990, Fall Semester 1990,
Spring Semester 1991, Summer Session 1991, Fall Semester 1991, Summer Session
1992, Fall Semester 1992, Summer Session 1993, Fall Semester 1993, Fall Semester
1994, Spring Semester 1995, Summer Session 1995, Fall Semester 1995, Spring

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Semester 1996, Summer Session 1996, Fall Semester 1996, Spring Semester 1997,
Summer Session 1997, Fall Semester 1997, Spring Semester 1998, Summer Session
1998, Fall Semester 1998, Spring Semester 1999, Fall Semester 1999, Spring Semester
2000, Summer Session 2000, Fall Semester 2000, Spring Semester 2001, Summer
Session 2001, Fall Semester 2001, Fall Semester 2002, Spring Semester 2003, Fall
Semester 2003, Spring Semester 2004, Fall Semester 2004 (in progress)..
LIS 7008: Computer Fundamentals for Information Management
Spring Semester 1990
LIS 7012: Bibliographic Organization and Resource Development
Spring Semester 1999, Fall Semester 2000, Summer Session 2001
LIS 7501: Management of Information Systems (as a course on operations research)
Spring Semester 1992
LIS 7608: Cataloging and Classification
Spring Semester 1988, Spring Semester 1989, Summer Session 1989, Fall Semester
1989, Spring Semester 1991, Summer Session 1991, Spring Semester 1992, Summer
Session 1992, Fall Semester 1992, Spring Semester 1993, Summer Session 1993, Fall
Semester 1993, Spring Semester 1995, Summer Session 1995, Spring Semester 1996,
Summer Session 1996, Fall Semester 1996, Spring Semester 1997, Summer Session
1997, Fall Semester 1997, Spring Semester 1998, Summer Session 1998, Fall Semester
1998, Spring Semester 1999, Spring Semester 2000, Fall Semester 2001, Fall Semester
2002, Fall Semester 2003, Fall Semester 2004 (in progress).
LIS 7609: Seminar on Cataloging and Classification (formerly known as Cataloging and
Classification - Advanced)
Fall Semester 1987, Fall Semester 1988, Fall Semester 1989, Fall Semester 1990, Fall
Semester 1991, Spring Semester 1993, Fall Semester 1994, Fall Semester 1995, Fall
Semester 1996, Fall Semester 1997, Fall Semester 1998, Fall Semester 2000, Fall
Semester 2001, Spring Semester 2003, Spring Semester 2004.
LIS 7900: Field Experience in Technical Services
Spring Semester 2004 (1 student)
LIS 7901: Issues in Library and Information Science
Fall Semester 1987, Fall Semester 1990, Fall Semester 1997
LIS 7903: Field Experience in Special Libraries and Information Centers
Summer Session 1995 (1 student)
LIS 7907: Comparative and International Study of Information Services (a special topics
course)

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Fall Semester 1995
LIS 7909: Directed Independent Study
Spring Semester 1988 (2 students), Spring Semester 1989 (1 student), Spring Semester
1990 (2 students), Spring Semester 1992 (1 student), Fall Semester 1992 (3 students),
Spring Semester 1993 (3 students), Summer Session 1993 (2 students), Fall Semester
1994 (1 student), Spring Semester 1995 (2 students), Summer Session 1995 (1 student)
LIS 8000: Thesis Research
Fall Semester 1991, Spring Semester 1992, Fall Semester 1992, Spring Semester 1993,
Fall Semester 1993, Spring Semester 1994
Note: I have been teaching LIS 7609 (formerly Cataloging and Classification - Advanced, and
now titled Seminar on Cataloging and Classification) on an overload basis for many
years.
Research and Creative Activity:
Research publications:
a. Books
National and International Bibliographic Databases: Trends and Prospects. Editor: Michael
Carpenter. New York: Haworth Press, 1988. Editorial responsibilities included
translation of articles from German and Italian and compilation of a fifteen-page list of
definitions of acronyms used
Foundations of Cataloging: A Sourcebook, edited by Michael Carpenter and Elaine Svenonius.
Littleton, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1985
Corporate Authorship: Its Role in Library Cataloging. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood
Press, 1981
b. Technical report monograph
Randolph A. McBride and others, including Michael Carpenter Louisiana Coastal Geographic
Information System Network: Alpha Version 0.1. Year Three Final Report. U.S.
Geological Survey Open File Report 93-210, May 1993
c. Chapters in books and articles in refereed journals, refereed bulletins, and refereed
proceedings

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“The Original 73 Rules of the British Museum: a Preliminary Analysis.” Cataloging &
Classification Quarterly 35, no. 1-2 (2002): 23-36. Also published in Historical Aspects
of Cataloging and Classification, edited Martin D. Joachim. New York: Haworth
Information Press, 2003, p. 23-36
“Main and Added Entries.” The Future of Cataloging: Insights from the Lubetzky Symposium,
edited by Robert Maxwell and Tschera Harkness Connell. Chicago: American Library
Association, 2000, p. 60-71
“Response” to Seymour Lubetzky, “On the Use of Form Headings in an Alphabetical
Catalog.” Library Quarterly 69, no. 2 (April 1999): 234-237
“Seymour Lubetzky as a Teacher in Cataloging.” Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 25,
no. 1-3 (June 1998): 181-190
“Eva Verona, 1905-1996: an Appreciation.” Library Resources & Technical Services 40
(October 1996): 377-380
Lynda D. Wayne, and others, including Michael Carpenter. “Integrating Standards for
Cataloging Geospatial Data,” GIS/LIS `94 Proceedings Falls Church, Va.: American
Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, November 1994), 796-802.
Matteson W. Hiland and others, including Michael Carpenter. "Louisiana Coastal GIS
Network: A Cataloging Framework for Spatial Data " GIS/LIS Proceedings, 2-4
November 1993 Bethesda, Maryland: American Society for Photogrammetry and
Remote Sensing / American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, 1993, 1, p. 312-322
“Catalogs and Cataloging.” Encyclopedia of Library History, edited by Wayne Wiegand and
Donald G. Davis, Jr. New York: Garland Press, 1993, p. 107-117
“Lubetzky, Seymour (1898- ).” World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services,
edited by Robert Wedgeworth. 3rd ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1993,
523-524. A completely revised version of my article first appearing in 1980
Randolph A McBride and others, including Michael Carpenter. “Louisiana Coastal
Geographic Information System Network: More Than a Spatially Indexed Cataloging
System.” ACSM/ASPRS Annual Convention and Exposition (1993: New Orleans),
ASPRS Technical Papers (Bethesda, Md.: American Society for Photogrammetry and
Remote Sensing and American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, 1993) 3: 238-255
“The Narrow, Rugged, Uninteresting Path Finally Becomes Interesting: A Review of Work in
Descriptive Cataloging in 1991, With Trail Marks for Further Research.” Library
Resources & Technical Services 36 (July 1992): 291-315

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“Does Cataloging Theory Rest on a Mistake?” Origins, Content and Future of AACR2 Revised,
edited by Richard P. Smiraglia. ALCTS Papers on Library Technical Services and
Collections, no. 2. Chicago: American Library Association, 1992, p. 95-102
“The Depreciation of Library Materials: A Rejoinder” to Ellory Christianson's “Depreciation
of Library Collections: A Matter of Interpretation.” Library Administration &
Management 6 (Winter 1992): 43
“The Recognition of Depreciation of Library Materials,” (with Rita Millican). Library
Administration and Management 5 (Fall 1991): 222-229
“If We Say Resource Sharing Is a Good Thing, Let's Mean It.” Journal of Academic
Librarianship 17 (September 1991): 230-231
“The Education of Cataloging Librarians.” Cataloging: The Professional Development Cycle,
edited by Sheila S. Intner and Janet Swan Hill. New York: Greenwood Press, 1991: 63-
66
“How Can We Improve Resource Sharing? A Scholar's View.” Advances in Resource Sharing
1 (1990): 58-73
“Main Entry,” in Conceptual Foundations of Descriptive Cataloging, edited by Elaine
Svenonius. San Diego: Academic Press, 1989: 73-95
“Making Cataloging Interesting,” in Recruiting, Educating and Training Cataloging Librarians:
Solving the Problems, edited by Sheila S. Intner and Janet Swan Hill. New York:
Greenwood Press, 1989: 169-186
“Organization and Use of Large-Scale Bibliographic Databases.” Cataloging & Classification
Quarterly 8, no. 3/4 (1988): 1-14
“Lubetzky, Seymour (1896- ).” In A.L.A. World Encyclopedia of Library and Information
Service. Chicago: American Library Association, 1980: 334-335
“No Special Rule for Entry of Serials.” Library Resources and Technical Services 19 (Fall
1975): 327-32. This article represents the first call for deletion of a special rule for the
entry of serial publications, a position which later became part of the current code of
cataloging rules, AACR2.
Other Publications:
For a Discussion of Current Research, please see the end of this document
Review of: Alfred E. Lemmon, et al. (eds.) Charting Louisiana: Five Hundred Years of Maps,

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edited by Alfred E. Lemmon, et al., Western Association of Map Libraries Information
Bulletin 35 (July 2004): 160-163.
Review of: Raymond-Josué Seckel (ed.) Revue de la Bibliothèque national de France, no 9: Le
catalogue (2001). Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 36, no. 2 (2003): 102-106.
“Masonic Research Sources. Part I: History.” Louisiana Freemason 31 (October 2002): 6-10.
Review of: Mauro Guerrini, Catalogazione (1999). Cataloging & classification quarterly 30,
no. 4 (2000; appeared May 2001): 81-82.
Review of: Carlo Revelli in collaborazione con Giulia Visintin, Il catalogo (1996). Library
Quarterly 70, no. 3 (July 2000): 401-404.
Review of Clare Beghtol, The Classification of Fiction: The Development of a System Based on
Theoretical Principles. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 21, no. 1 (1995):101-102
"The 1828 Manuel maçonnique and its Influence on Louisiana Freemasonry." Louisiana
Freemason 24 (October 1995): 4-5, 7 (reprinted, with additions, in Philalethes, an
international journal devoted to the study of Freemasonry, 43, no. 3 (June, 1996): 68-
69)
Review of The Electronic Dewey. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 19, no. 1 (1994): 134-
137
Review of Bernard G. Sloan, Linked Systems for Resource Sharing RQ 30 (Summer 1991): 586
Review of Peter Enyingi, Melody Busse Lembke and Rhonda Lawrence Mittán, Cataloging
Legal Literature, 2nd edition. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 10, no. 4, (1990):
111-113
Review of Mary Piggott, Topography of Cataloguing. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
10, no. 3 (1990): 104-107
Review of Walt Crawford, MARC for Library Use: Understanding Integrated USMARC
Formats, 2nd edition. RQ (Fall 1989): 152
Review of Henry Sawoniak and Maria Witt, New International Dictionary of Acronyms in
Library and Information Science and Related Fields. RQ 28 (Winter 1988): 282
(appeared January 1989)
Review of Future of Online Catalogues: Essen Symposium 30 September - 3 October 1985.
Edited by Ahmed H Helal and Joachim W Weiss. Cataloging & Classification
Quarterly 8, no. 1 (1987): 133-135

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Review of Françoise Lamy-Rousseau, Classification des images, matériels et données.
Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 6 (Spring 1986): 90-93
Review of Francis Miksa, The Subject in the Dictionary Catalog from Cutter to the Present.
Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 4 (Spring 1983): 85-88
Review of Michael Gorman, The Concise AACR2. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 2, no.
3/4 (1982): 103-05
Review of Dorothy Anderson, Universal Bibliographic Control. Library Quarterly 46 (October
1976): 448-49
Review of Nancy Brault, The Great Debate on Panizzi's Rules in 1847-1849. Library Resources
and Technical Services 18 (Summer 1974): 199-200
Limited Distribution Report:
Toward a Marketing Control System for Carpenter Enterprises. Los Angeles, 1984. Action
Research and Policy Analysis report (thesis) for the UCLA Executive MBA Program.
Designed as the “first-ever” description of the marketing environment faced by a longtime
Southern California general contractor, this report also contains a description of
marketing control or information systems in general and furthermore contains
discussions of the capture of external, rather than transaction data, such data being
required for successful business forecasting.
Participation in Other Professional Meetings, Symposia, Workshops, and Conferences
2004, March 24. “Using a Private Corporation to Operate Your Library” with Robert C. Ward.
Louisiana Library Association annual meeting, Monroe, Louisiana
2000, March 15. “Public Library Usage: Measurement and Reporting, A Natural History of the
Problem of Measuring Library Usage.” Louisiana Library Association annual meeting,
Alexandria, Louisiana
1998, April 18. “Main and Added Entries,” Seymour Lubetzky Symposium, University of
California at Los Angeles
1997 May 23. “Trends in American Librarianship” and “How to Further Belarusian and
American Cooperation in Library Education and Librarianship,” Belarusian National
Academy of Sciences, Minsk, Belarus
1997 May 22. ”Management of Libraries in the United States, II: Further Aspects,” Belarusian

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National Academy of Sciences, Minsk, Belarus
1997 May 21. “Cataloging and Classification in the English-Speaking World, Compared with
that of the Commonwealth of Independent States,” National Library of Belarus, Minsk,
Belarus
1997 May 20. “Management of Libraries in the United States, I,” Belarusian University of
Culture, Minsk, Belarus
1997 May 19. “Education for Library and Information Science Professionals in the United
States,” Belarusian University of Culture, Minsk, Belarus
The above were part of a week-long program titled “Belarusian and American
Libraries: Cooperation and Constructive Dialog” using United States Department of
State funds furnished through IREX (International Research and Exchanges Board).
1994, July 27. “Lubetzky and the History of Cataloging.” Cataloging Forum, Library of
Congress, Washington, D. C.
1994, June 21. “The Recent History of Cataloging.” Division of Library and Information
Science, University of South Florida, Tampa
1994, April 4. “Spatially Indexed Catalogs.” Graduate School of Library and Information
Science, University of Texas - Austin
1994, January 20. “Geographically Indexed Retrieval Systems.” Graduate School of Library
and Information Science, University of California at Los Angeles
1993, June 29. “How to Index Spatial Data for a Graphical Interface Online Catalog.”
California Cataloguing Colloquium, 12th, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, June 29-July 1,
1993
1993, June 26. “Cataloging Spatial Data for a Spatially Indexed Cataloging System.” Map and
Geography Round Table program meeting, American Library Association, Annual
Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, June, 1993
1992, April 4. “The Very Concept of a Spatially Indexed Bibliography.” California
Cataloguing Colloquium, 11th, Los Angeles, California, April 3-5, 1992
1992, January 22. “Spatially Indexed Bibliographies.” Research Roundtable, Current and
Ongoing Research, Association for Library and Information Science Education, Annual
Conference, San Antonio, Texas, January 1992
1991, March 15. “The Birth of a Myth: How the Traditions of the Life of Charles Coffin

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Jewett Started.” Research Forum sponsored by the American Library Association
chapter of Louisiana State University at Louisiana Library Association, Annual
Conference, Kenner, Louisiana, March 1991
1991, March 12. “New Developments in the Cataloging Code.” Access Today: Workshop on
Contemporary Cataloging Techniques sponsored jointly by the Louisiana Library
Association and the School of Library and Information Science of Louisiana State
University, Preconference Institute, Louisiana Library Association, Kenner, Louisiana,
March 1991
1991, January 9. “The Education of Library School Students in Quantitative Methods of
Management of Technical Services.” Technical Services Education Interest Group,
Association for Library and Information Science Education, Annual Conference,
Chicago, January 1991
1990, June 26. “How to Recognize Depreciation of Library Materials: Managerial
Recommendations.” Fiscal and Budget Officers Discussion Group, Library
Administration and Management Association, American Library Association, Annual
Conference, June 1990
1990, June 23. “Recognition of Depreciation of Library Materials: Allocating Processing
Costs.” Technical Services Cost Committee, Association for Library Collections and
Technical Services, American Library Association, Annual Conference, June 1990
1990, April 1. “Market Theories and the Economic Future of Women's Sports” (with Linda
Carpenter). National Association of Girls and Women in Sport (a division of) American
Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Annual Conference,
New Orleans, March 28-April 2, 1990
1990, January 4. “The Recognition of Depreciation of Library Materials.” Research Forum,
Association for Library and Information Science Education, Annual Conference,
Chicago, January, 1990
1889, May 20. “The Practical Foundations of Cataloging Concepts.” California Cataloguing
Colloquium, 10th, San Diego, California, May 20-21, 1989
1989, April 13. “Recognizing Depreciation of Library Materials.” (with Rita Millican).
Research Forum sponsored by American Library Association chapter at Louisiana State
University
1989, March 15. “Trends in Continuing Education for Technical Services Librarians.”
Technical Services Interest Group, Louisiana Library Association Annual Conference,
March 15-17, 1989, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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1989, March 11. “Making Cataloging Interesting.” (invited paper) Simmons College
Symposium on Recruiting, Educating and Training Cataloging Librarians, Boston,
Massachusetts, March 10-11, 1989
1989, January 4. “Why and How to Make Student Chapters of Library Professional
Organizations Significant Experiences in the Educational Development of Librarians.”
Interest Group on Student Organizations, Association for Library and Information
Science Education, Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., January 3-6, 1989
1988, July 14. “New Discoveries at the British Library Archives.” California Cataloguing
Colloquium, 9th, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 13-15, 1988
1987, September 19. “The Economics of Large-Scale Databases: How Their Survival is in
Doubt.” California Cataloguing Colloquium, 8th, Berkeley, California, September 18-
20, 1987
1987, May 15. “Organization and Access in Large-Scale Bibliographic Databases.” Technical
Services Chapter, California Library Association, Santa Fe Springs, California
1987, February 14. “Main Entry.” Conference on Conceptual Foundations of Descriptive
Cataloging, University of California at Los Angeles, February 4-5, 1987. Conference
sponsored by Council on Library Resources
1986, February 15. “Enter and Describe: A History of Descriptive Cataloging, Report on
Research in Progress.” California Cataloguing Colloquium, 7th, Van Nuys, California,
February 15-16, 1986
1985, May 25. “New Light on Charles Coffin Jewett, His Stereotyped Catalog and Panizzi's 73
Rules.” California Cataloguing Colloquium, 6th, Berkeley, California, May 24-26,
1985
1984, November 2. “Information for Business” (with Theodora Hodges). California
Cataloguing Colloquium, 5th but called 4th in the minutes, Santa Monica, California,
November 2-3, 1984
1984, March 10. “Toward a History of Descriptive Cataloging.” California Cataloguing
Colloquium, 4th, Santa Monica, California, March 9-10, 1984
1983, March 25. “On the Need for a New Approach in the Teaching of Cataloging: A Reader
on the Foundations of Cataloging.” California Cataloguing Colloquium, 3rd, Berkeley,
California, March 23-25, 1983
1983, March 11. “What Is the Importance of the History of Cataloging?” California
Cataloguing Colloquium, 2nd, Santa Monica, California, March 11-12, 1983

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1982, August 7. “Does Cataloging Theory Rest on a Mistake?” California Cataloguing
Colloquium, 1st, Inverness, California, August 7-8, 1982
1975, January 19. “No Special Rules for Entry of Serials.” American Library Association,
Midwinter Conference, special meeting on revision of rules for serials cataloging. The
presentation and the meeting at which it was given are described by Neal L. Edgar in
his "Impact of AACR2 on Serials and Analysis," in Doris Hargrett Clack (ed.) The
Making of a Code: The Issues Underlying AACR2 (Chicago: American Library
Association, 1980), p. 88-105
Other Presentations of Professional Interest:
“Bernard Faÿ: General Administrator of the French National Library, 1940-1944, and Anti-
Mason.” Presentation to Baton Rouge High 12 Club, March 12, 2004
“Anti-Masonry, Anti-Semitism and Counterfeit Memory: Bernard Faÿ’s Administration of the
Bibliothèque nationale, 1940-1944.” Presentation to the SLIS faculty research forum,
October, 2002
Other scholarly or creative activities or other contributions to the profession
a. Activities Related to Publications:
1996-date. Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Internet Cataloging
1995-date. Book Review Editor, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
1983-date. Member of the Editorial Board, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
1990-date. Referee, Library Quarterly
1987-date. Referee, Library Resources and Technical Services
1987-date. Referee, Journal of the American Society for Information Science
b. Activities Related to Professional Association Committees:
National
2004-date. Association for Library and Information Science Education. Governmental Affairs

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Committee. Member
2001-date. Beta Phi Mu, National Board of Directors, elected to 2001-2004 term; reelected for
2004-2007 term.
1995-1996. Association for Library and Information Science Education. Interest Group on
International Library Education. Co-convener
1993. American Library Association. Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access. Task
Force on Review of Concise International Standard Bibliographic Description
Consultant, appointed February 1993
1993-1994. Association for Library and Information Science Education. Program Committee,
appointed November 1992, for the 1993-1994 term
1991-1992. American Library Association. Association for Library Collections and Technical
Services / Map and Geography Round Table. Map Cataloging Discussion Group.
Elected Chair in June 1991 for the 1991-1992 year
1991-1992. American Library Association. Cataloging and Classification Section. Nominating
Committee. Member, appointed for the 1991-1992 year
1988-1992. American Library Association. Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access.
Member, initial appointment through 1990, renewal appointment through 1992 I was
the only library educator member of this eight-member national committee that also
had forty-two liaison members I served on many task forces for this committee,
including the Multiple Versions Task Force (1990-1992), Multiple Versions Task Force
Review Group on Non-Book Media (1990-1991, chair of a ten-person group), Review
of the International Standard Bibliographical Description - General (ISBD(G)) (1990,
chair), Joint Subject Analysis Committee - Committee on Cataloging Description and
Access Task Force on the Library of Congress Name and Subject Authority Files
(1989-1991), Task Force on Interactive Media (June 1991-June 1992) and various
short-term task forces too numerous to describe
1989-1990. Association for Library and Information Science Education. Technical Services
Education Interest Group. Convener
1989-1990. American Library Association, Association for Library Collections and Technical
Services, Cataloging and Classification Section, Policy and Research Committee,
Subcommittee on Research, member
1988-1990. Association for Library and Information Science Education. Liaison
Representative

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1987-1988. American Library Association. Library Research Round Table. Information
Exchange Suite Committee. Co-Chair
State
1997-2000. Louisiana Library Association. Continuing Education Committee, member
1993-1994. Louisiana Library Association. Technical Services Interest Group, Chair
1992-1993. Louisiana Library Association. Ad Hoc Committee on Government Databases,
Chair
1991-1994. Louisiana Library Association. Continuing Education Committee, member
Governmental
1991-1992. Geographical Information System Study Commission authorized by 1991
Louisiana Legislature (Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 44). Member appointed by
Louisiana Library Association
Conferences
2000, March 15. Organized symposium: “Public Library Usage Measurement and Reporting,”
Louisiana Library Association annual meeting, Alexandria, Louisiana
1993, June. Organized and sponsored ninth meeting of California Cataloguing Colloquium,
which, in spite of its name, was a national, invitational organization of cataloging
instructors, practitioners and administrators. The meeting took place in Baton Rouge,
June 29-July 1, 1993
1991, March 12. Organized a preconference institute, "Access Today," on modern
developments in cataloging and sponsored jointly by the Louisiana Library Association
and the School of Library and Information Science, Louisiana State University for the
Louisiana Library Association annual conference in Kenner, Louisiana. The institute
took place March 12, 1991
1988, July. Organized and sponsored ninth meeting of California Cataloguing Colloquium,
Baton Rouge
Other universities

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1992-1997. Member of Ph.D. committee, Graduate School of Library and Information Science,
University of Texas at Austin.
1996-1997. External examiner for Ph.D. committee for School of Information, Library and
Archive Studies, University of New South Wales.
1982. Consultant to Ph.D. committee for School of Communication, Information and Library
Studies, Rutgers University, 1982
Other awards, lectureships, or prizes to show recognition of scholarly or artistic
achievement
Sabbatical Research Leave, Spring Semester 2002, Louisiana State University
Sabbatical Research Leave, Spring Semester 1994, Louisiana State University
Institute on Research Libraries for Library and Information Science Faculty, August 14-26,
1988, at University of Chicago. The institute was sponsored by the Office of
Management Services of the Association of Research Libraries. I was one of eleven
participants selected from a national competition. Included was a one-week site visit to
the University of Colorado, Boulder, May 1988
Summer Research Stipend, 1988. Louisiana State University Council on Research
Higher Education Act Title II-B Fellow, September 1969 - August 1972
Library of Congress Special Recruit (Intern), September 1967 - March 1968
Beta Phi Mu, initiated June 25, 1967
Other research support / grant activities
Funded
“Louisiana Librarianship Scholarship,” submitted September 6, 2000, to Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation; $14,184, funded
"Belarus Library Education and Librarianship Project," submitted May 1, 1996, to
International Research and Exchanges Board 1996 Competition for Special Projects in
Library and Information Science with Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia;
$11,960, funded
"Development of a Spatially Indexed Bibliography, Cataloging and Subject Analysis
Methodologies for Cartographic Source Materials," submitted through Louisiana

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Geological Survey to United States Geological Survey, May 1993, for period
September 1993-August 1994. This was the third year of a three-year project; $14,000,
funded
"Fellowships for Students to Take Cataloging," submitted October 8, 1992, to United States
Department of Education under Title II-B of Higher Education Act; $10,800, funded
"Development of a Spatially Indexed Bibliography, Cataloging and Subject Analysis
Methodologies for Cartographic Source Materials," submitted through Louisiana
Geological Survey to United States Geological Survey, May 1992, for period
September 1992-August 1993. This was the second year of a three-year project; $9,803,
funded
"Fellowships for Students to Take Cataloging," submitted October 10, 1991, to United States
Department of Education under Title II-B of Higher Education Act; $54,000, funded
"Development of a Spatially Indexed Bibliography and Cataloging Methodologies for
Cartographic Source Materials," submitted through Louisiana Geological Survey to
United States Geological Survey, June 1991, for period August 1991-August 1992.
This was the first year of a three-year project; $13,354, funded
"Fellowships for Students to Take Cataloging," submitted September 30, 1988 to Office of
Education Research and Improvement, United States Department of Education;
$10,800, funded
"The Recognition of Depreciation of Library Materials," submitted March 28, 1988, by
Michael Carpenter and Rita Millican to the Council on Library Resources, Cooperative
Research Program; $2,983, funded
Not Funded:
“The Automatic Generation of Author-Title Entries from Electronic Text,” with Bert Boyce
(submitted March 28, 1996, to OCLC Library and Information Science Grant Program;
$10,000, not funded)
Theses/Dissertations
Directed: One MLIS thesis
Committee Member:
2003. General examination committee, Louisiana State University.
Doctoral student, Department of Information Systems and Decision Science
2000. Dissertation committee, Louisiana State University

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Doctoral student, College of Education
1996. External examiner for dissertation on online catalog design, University of New South
Wales, Sydney, Australia.
1996. General examination committee, Louisiana State University.
Doctoral student, English Department
1992. General examination committee, Louisiana State University.
Doctoral student, English Department
1991-1997. Dissertation committee for Graduate School of Library and Information Science,
University of Texas--Austin. Dissertation completed in June 1997.
1989-1990. Dissertation defense committees, Louisiana State University
College of Business Administration, Department of Accounting (1989)
College of Business Administration, Department of Finance (1990)
1987. General examination committees, Louisiana State University.
Doctoral students, College of Business Administration (strategic
management), and English Department
1982-1987. Informal consultant for doctoral students in cataloging in Graduate School of
Library and Information Science, University of California at Los Angeles
1982. Served as referee for dissertation committee from Graduate School of Library and
Information Service at Rutgers University
Service:
1. Student Organizations Advised
1988-date. School of Library and Information Science, Chapter Advisor, Student Chapter of
the American Library Association
2. Recruitment of students and faculty
Recruited one faculty member whom the school hired, summer 1999
For students, please see school level service below under heading for Admission,
Scholarship and Recruiting Committee
3. University service (department, college, university, and Faculty Senate committees)

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a. University
1999-2000. University Commencement Committee, representative from Faculty Senate
Commencement Exercises Committee
b. Faculty Senate
2003-date. Council of Policy Committees. Chair.
1999-2002. Faculty Senate Commencement Exercises Committee, member, appointed for
three-year term beginning with 1999-2000 academic year
1995-1998. Faculty Senate Faculty Personnel Policies Committee, member; chair, 1997-1998
1991-1994. Faculty Senate Academic Computing Committee, member; chair, 1992-1993
1989-1992. Faculty Senate representative from School of Library and Information Science,
Louisiana State University
c. School Level
2003-date. School of Library and Information Science, Chair, Policy Committee.
2003-date. School of Library and Information Science, member, Computing Resources
Committee
2000-2002. School of Library and Information Science, Chair, Continuing Education
Committee
1999-2000. School of Library and Information Science, Chair, Admissions, Recruitment and
Scholarship Committee
1998-date. Beta Phi Mu (library science honorary organization), Beta Zeta Chapter, Chapter
Faculty Representative
1988-1998. School of Library and Information Science, Chair, Continuing Education
Committee
1987-1988. School of Library and Information Science, Chair, Curriculum Committee
1990-2001. School of Library and Information Science, member, Computing Resources
Committee

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4. Professional service
Grant Proposal Refereeing:
1989, April. Referee for grant applications, United States Department of Education, Office for
Educational Research and Improvement, Combination Grants, College Library
Technology and Cooperation Grants Program
1988, June-July. Referee for grant applications, United States Department of Education, Office
of Educational Research and Improvement, Networking Program
Conferences and Programs:
1988, October. Organized the Eleventh Annual Alumni Continuing Education Day program
for the School of Library and Information Science, Louisiana State University This
event took place in Baton Rouge, October 14, 1988
1988, July. Organized and sponsored ninth meeting of California Cataloguing Colloquium,
Baton Rouge, July 13-15, 1988
Consulting:
1990. Consulted with American Library Association Publishing Services on a book manuscript
on managerial accounting in libraries (published as G. Stevenson Smith, Managerial
Accounting for Libraries and Other Not-for-Profit Organizations (1991)
5. Other external service
1999-2000. American Association of University Professors, LSU Chapter, Treasurer
1997-1999. American Association of University Professors, LSU Chapter, Secretary
Doctoral Committees:
Current Memberships in Professional Societies: (activities are presented
above)
Academy of Management
Public and Not-for-Profit Division
American Library Association
Association for Library Collections and Technical Services

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Association of College and Research Libraries
Library Administration and Management Association
Library and Information Technology Association
Library History Round Table
Library Research Round Table
Map and Geography Round Table
American Society for Information Science and Technology
Association for Library and Information Science Education
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS); formerly, The
Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS)
Louisiana Library Association
Online Audiovisual Catalogers
Miscellaneous:
Licenses:
California State Contractor license (general building contractor) 382065 issued September
29, 1979 (currently on inactive status).
California Real Estate Broker license 00836610 issued June 11, 1982.
Boards of Directors:
1973-2000. Carpenter and Smallwood, Inc., Los Angeles, California
1978-1988. Carpenter Properties, a California corporation, Los Angeles California; since
1988 I have been the managing partner
1974-1987. Valera Development Corporation, Los Angeles, California
References:
Bert R. Boyce, Dean Emeritus and Professor, School of Library and Information Science,
267 Coates Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-3920.
(225) 578-3158.
Kathleen M. McCook [Heim],Professor, School of Library and Information Science,
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620. (813) 974-3520.
Orvin Lee Shiflett, Professor and Department Chair, Department of Library and Information
Studies, 3439 Curry Building, P.O. Box 26171, Greensboro, North Carolina 27402-

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6171. (336) 334-3481.
Elaine Svenonius, Professor Emeritus, Graduate School of Library and Information Science,
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024. (310)
206-9362.
Discussion of Research Interests
I have the following professional research interests.
! Management of libraries
! Library finances and economics; accounting and budgeting
! Usage measurement and evaluation
! Institutional theory as applied to libraries
! Operations research / management science
! Bibliographic organization of library resources
! Authority control (data integrity)
! Cataloging
! History of cataloging
! Theory of bibliographical organization
Below you will find how I am making some of these interests tangible.
Management of Libraries.
At present, I am preparing the manuscript for Management Concepts and Techniques for
Librarians and Other Information Specialists, under contract with Academic Press. The
objective of the book is to advance the field through synthesizing new insights from such fields
as organizational behavior and institutional theories rather than providing a mere summary
statement of the application of management principles to libraries. Given that libraries as
organizations are characterized by wide varieties in ownership (public and private sector),
institutional settings (anywhere from complete independence to mere departmental status),
financing (self-generation of funds to complete reliance on appropriations), size (staffs
anywhere from 1 to 5,000), geographic arrangements (one to many locations), clienteles (from
members-only to the general public), collections (from virtual only to materials for loan,
inspection, distribution, or storage), and revenue motivation (from profit maximizers to budget
maximizers), I have found my task to be challenging.
Dr. Robert Ward of our faculty and I have submitted a paper currently under review for
the 2005 Academy of Management conference as a further development of our work on
privatization in libraries first presented at the 2004 Louisiana Library Association meeting.

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Bibliographic Organization of Library Resources.
A long-term project is writing a history of descriptive cataloging. Given that the
archival sources for this project are found in archives scattered throughout the world, I was
fortunate to secure a sabbatical leave from Louisiana State University in the spring and
summer of 2002 to examine these sources. I expect that a major monograph will emerge from
the effort.
A subsidiary product of my research on cataloging history will lead to a reconsideration
of the role of Charles Coffin Jewett (1816-1868) in the development of American librarianship.
While doing research at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in 2002, I came across a
most forward-looking document set into type in 1943 on the nature of cataloging rules. It was
assembled under the aegis of Bernard Faÿ, the Vichy-era General Administrator of the
Bibliothèque nationale (BN). As I tried to develop more information on Faÿ, I found that not
only he was also the director of a secret police force whose objective was to purge French life
of all Masonic influence, but he was also pillaging the archives of a major French Masonic
organization, the Grand Orient de France. Since Faÿ has essentially been removed from the
official history of the BN, and the current employees, many of whom are descendants of those
who were purged in either 1940 (when the Nazis and the French National Revolution took
over) or in 1944 (after the Liberation) get along by refusing to discuss the issue, I look forward
to the opportunity to find out more. It is not often that two widely differing research interests
can merge in a researcher’s life (the history of cataloging and libraries on the one hand, and the
history of Masonry on the other) into a third (the problems of goal displacement and mission
creep).