Nancy Allen

Address:

Phone: (303) 871-2007
Fax: (303) 871-2290
E-Mail: nallen@du.edu

Position: Dean/Director

Previous Appointments:

Selected Past Positions:

1988-1992, Colorado State University Libraries, Public Services, Assistant Director;
1984-1988, Wayne State University Libraries, Services, Assistant Director;
1983-1984, University of Illinois, Urbana, Departmental Library Services for Social Sciences, Acting Assistant Director;
1978-1984, University of Illinois, Urbana, Communications Librarian

Educational Background:

Professional Organizations:

Member of the Committee of Visitors, NSF, National Science Digital Library, 2002;

Co-chair, ACRL Task Force on Funding and Organizational Models for Association-wide Initiatives, 2001/2002;

Field Reviewer, Panelist, IMLS, 2000-2002;

Member, Grants Review Panel, NEA, 2000-2002;

Member, Steering Committee of an IMLS and LSTA funded, "Colorado Digitization Project", 1999-2002; Chair, 2002-2003;

Member, Colorado Council for Library Development and/or Stewardship Committee for LSTA funding, 1995-2001;

Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Advances in Librarianship, 1995-;

Chair, Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, Member Council, 1994/1995, 2001/2002;

Member, Access Colorado Library and Information Network (ACLIN) Advisory Board, 1995-2001.

Library-wide and Campus Contributions, University of Denver:

Remote Storage Task Force, Member;

Library and Information Services Masters Degree Program Advisory Board, Member;

University Planning Advisory Council, Member.

About My Research:

Academic Library Administration, especially related to the impact of information technologies on library collections, services, and programs.

Previous research interests include information resources for the study of film, television and other mass media, especially cinema research.

Other areas of interest include university library management issues such as organizational structures, human resources management, resource sharing, and multi-type library networks.

Recent Papers Presented:

“Accessing Digital Content”, American Association of Museums Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, May 15, 2002;

“Planning for Digitization: Collaboration and Project Development”.  Presented at 2001 LSTA State Programs Conference, Washington, DC, November 16, 2001;

“Colorado Digitization Project: A Case Study for Cross-Domain Collaboration”.  Presented at the Digital Library Federation Forum, Pittsburgh, PA, November 17, 2001;

“Cultivating the Online Community: Bridging the Digital Divide.”  Presented at the AAM Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo, St. Louis, MO, May 2001;

“Academic Library/Museum Collaboration: I’m Okay, You’re Okay, We’re All Okay”.  Presented at the ACRL Annual Conference, Denver, CO, March 2001.  With Liz Bishoff;

“Collaboration through the Colorado Digitization Project.” Presented at WebWise, Washington, DC, March 2000;

"Colorado Digitization Project:  A Profile of a Museum/Library Collaborative to Create a Virtual Collection of Digital Resources".  Presented at the CNI Annual Conference, Washington, DC, April 1999.  With Liz Bishoff.

Publications:

Books and Monographs:

Colorado Academic Library Masterplan, 4th Edition, ed. by Nancy Allen, Denver:  Colorado Academic Library Committee, 1993;

The Humanities and the Library, ed. by Nena Couch and Nancy Allen.  2nd Edition, Chicago: ALA Publishing, 1993;

Scholarly Information Centers in ARL Libraries. Nancy Allen, Joan Chambers, and Irene Godden.  SPEC Kit #175.  Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Services, June, 1991;

Allen, Nancy and Robert Carringer.  Annotated Catalog of Unpublished Film and Television Scripts in the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign.  Urbana, IL:  Robert B. Downs publications, 1983.  (Also an ERIC document);

Allen, Nancy.  Film Study Collections:  A Guide to Their Development and Use.  New York:  Frederick Ungar, 1979.

Articles, Chapters and Proceedings: 

Allen, Nancy and Liz Bishoff, “Collaborative Digitization: Libraries and Museums Working Together.”  Advances in Librianship, volume 26, 2002, pp. 43-81;

Allen, Nancy, “Collaboration through the Colorado Digitization Project.” First Monday, v. 5, n. 6, June 5, 2000;

Allen, Nancy and Liz Bishoff.  "The Colorado Digitization Project."  Colorado Libraries, v. 25, n. 1, Spring 1999, pp. 32-35;

Allen, Nancy,  “Promise, Perils, and Planning: An Administrative Commentary on the Use of Technology to Expand Reference Services.”  The Reference Librarian, No. 65, pp.15-28.  New York: Haworth Press;

Allen, Nancy and James F. Williams, II.  “The Future of Technical Services:  An Administrative Perspective.”  Advances in Librarianship, Volume 19, 1995, pp. 159-189;

Allen, Nancy and James F. Williams, II.  “Innovation:  Who’s in Charge Here?”  Journal of Academic Librarianship, July 1994, pp. 167-8;

Allen, Nancy.  "Assessment in Higher Education" The Reference Librarian, No. 38, pp. 57-68.  To be simultaneously published in:  Assessment and Accountability ed. by Susan Blandy, Lynne Martin, Mary Strife.  New York: Haworth Press, 1992;                  

Allen, Nancy and James F. Williams, II.  "Potential Impacts of the National Research and Education Network on Research Libraries and the Scholarly Community" in Managing Information Technology: Facing the Issues, Proceedings of the 1989 CAUSE National Conference, Boulder, CO:  CAUSE, 1990, pp. 357-366;

Woodsworth, Anne, Nancy Allen, Irene Hoadley, June Lester, Pat Moltholt, Danuta Nitecki, Lou Wetherbee.  "The Model Research Library:  Planning for the Future."  Journal of Academic Librarianship, July 1989, pp. 132-138;                     

Allen, Nancy.  "An Integrated Planning Process for Library Skills:  Paper-Based and Computer-Based Instruction" The Reference Librarian No. 24, pp. 175-186.  Simultaneously published in Integrating Library Use Skills into the General Education Curriculum, ed. by Maureen Pastine and Bill Katz.  New York:  Haworth Press, 1989, pp. 175-186;                     

Allen, Nancy.  "Communication Arts and Sciences."  In Selection of Library Materials in Applied and Interdisciplinary Studies.  Ed. by B. Shapiro and J. Whalen.  Chicago:  ALA, 1987;                     

"The Invisible User:  User Needs in an Electronic Environment."  In Public Services in Research Libraries.  Washington, D.C.:  Association of Research Libraries.  With B. Clark, P. McCandless, D. Kohl, D. Wallace, L. Wert.  1985.  (Also an ERIC document);                     

Allen, Nancy.  "Mass Media Information Sources."  In Media Librarianship, edited by John Ellison.  New York:  Neal-Schuman, 1985;                     

Allen, Nancy.  "New Media; Information and Documentation Sources."  In Crossroads, ed. by Michael Gorman.  Chicago:  American Library Association, 1984;

Allen, Nancy.  "Unpublished Film and Television Scripts; Problems and Solutions for Catalogers."  Cataloging and Classification Quarterly.  Summer, 1983;

Allen, Nancy.  "Mass Media Sources."  Collection Building, v. 4, n. 3, pp. 48-72;

Allen, Nancy.  "Mediator:  A New Role for AV Librarians."  American Libraries, July/August, 1981.  pp. 40-49;

Manley, Nancy (previous name).  "Film Books for Students and Teachers."  Film Library Quarterly, v. 9, n.2, pp. 40-49;

Manley, Nancy.  "Movies Move into the Library."  Non Solus.  n. 5, 1977.  pp. 33-38.

Serials and Columns, and Reviews:

Allen, Nancy.  "Other Books and Pamphlets on Journalistic Subjects"   Journalism Quarterly, Winter 1978 to Autumn 1984;

Cinema Librarians' Newsletter.  Editor, v. 1, 1977 to 1986;

New Books in the Communications Library.  Fall 1978 to Fall 1984.  (This is a quarterly annotated subject list of publications in mass communications which is mailed internationally to approximately 400 persons and institutions.);

Many reviews of many film and television books were written for Choice, 1979-1984, and RQ, 1988-1992.

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