Steve Smith Curriculum Vitae - University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Melbern G. Glasscock Humanities Research Center, Big XII Faculty Fellowship,
TAMU Libraries Research Committee, American Library Association Whitney-
Carnegie grant, and others.
• Cushing Library was a partner in projects funded by the Summerlee Foundation
(Dallas, Texas) and CONACyT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia,
Mexico) during tenure as director.
RESEARCH/WRITING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
Articles, essays, chapters, etc.
“Three Days across a Lunar Landscape and Back: A Few Thoughts on the Beginnings
of the George R. R. Martin Papers.” Deeper Than Swords: Celebrating the Work of
George R. R. Martin, edited by Todd Samuelson (College Station, TX: Texas A&M
University Libraries, 2013): 6-11.
"If No One Graduates From the Library, Then Who Are Its Donors: Some Reflections Of
An Accidental, Academic Fundraiser," College & Research Library News,
November 2012, vol. 73 no. 10, 608-609.
“Avoiding the Path to Obsolescence: Riches-to-Rags Tales in the Retail Business Hold
Lessons for Libraries,” American Libraries, September/October 2011, 40-43. With
Carmelita Pickett.
http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/features/09052011/avoiding-pathobsolence
“A Field Guide to Happy Donors,” Chronicle of Higher Education, print edition; online
edition 2 February 2011, http://chronicle.com/article/A-Field-Guide-to-Happy-
Donors/126162/.
“The Accidental Fund Raiser: An Academic Librarian Turned Administrator Reflects
on Lessons He’s Learned about Asking for Money,” The Chronicle of Higher
Education, 14 January 2011, A35, A37. Online edition 9 January 2011,
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Accidental-Fund-Raiser/125891/ Cited in
the University of Texas development blog: “Developing News: News and
Resources for the UT Development Community,” 11 January 2011:
http://giving.utexas.edu/developingnews/2011/01/11/in-the-news-how-anaccidental-fundraiser-learned-the-ropes/
“‘Inward and Outward Drama:’ The Shakespeare Collections of William Evans Burton
and Edwin Forrest,” in Fame, Fortune, and Theft: Shakespeare’s First Folio, edited by
Anthony James West and Owen Williams (Washington, D.C.: Folger Shakespeare
Library, 2011), 40-44.
“It’s the Content, Stupid: Peer Review, Validation, and Scholarly Publication in the
Digital Age.” American Libraries (January/February 2010) 48-51. With Holly
Mercer.
http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/features/12012009/it%E2%80%99scontent-stupid
Smith, February 2013
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