Richard E. Stern, Ph.D.

Resume / Curriculum Vitae

Contact information

Walsh Library

Seton Hall University

South Orange, NJ 07079-2671

(973) 275-2046 (voice)

(973) 761-9432 (fax)

sternric@shu.edu

Current Position

Seton Hall University Libraries 1983-

·        Acting Dean, University Libraries, Nov. 2002-April 2004

·        Librarian II / Associate Professor 1988-present

Principal responsibilities:

·        Reference Service

·        Business Librarian

·        Instruction

Prior Positions

Gordon Hurwitz Butowsky Baker Weitzen & Shalov, 1980-83

·        Law librarian

Rutgers University, Newark, Dana Library, 1974-79

·        Reference librarian

ERIC Clearinghouse on Library & Information Science, 1974

·        Selected documents for inclusion in ERIC database

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 1973

·        Librarian

Peace Corps volunteer, Liberia, 1969-70

·        Teacher

Education

Rutgers University

·        Ph.D., Library and Information Studies, 1987

Columbia University 

·        M.S., Library Service, 1973

Antioch College

·        B.A., Sociology, 1968   

            Including study at Universitarios de Antioch College,

            Guanajuato, Mexico, 1963.

Presentations Since 1995

Refereed

• "Low Tech, High Interaction Face-to-Face Reference Service," 2007 NERCOMP (EDUCAUSE affiliate) annual conference, March 2007, Worcester, MA.
• “Engaging the User: Co-Browsing at the Reference Desk” presentation at annual conference of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T), October, 2005, Charlotte.

• Co-Browsing at the Reference Desk”, demonstration & presentation at the LIDA conference, Dubrovnik & Mljet, Croatia, June 2005.

• “Measuring Scholarship in the Promotion and Tenure Process, roundtable presentation, Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) national conference, Minneapolis, April 2005.

• “New role for librarians in the Review of Scholarship in the Promotion and Tenure Process”, roundtable presentation, Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) national conference, Minneapolis, April 2005.

• Presentation to NJLA/CUS Technology Committee in competition for 2005 technology award on the subject of “Co-Browsing at the Reference Desk”, Monmouth University, March, 2005.

• “Co-Browsing at the Reference Desk”, with Seton Hall University undergraduate Frank Cinque, poster presentation, annual Vale (New Jersey academic librarians consortium), annual conference, Rutgers University, Piscataway, January 2005.

• “Measures of Scholarship and Academic Librarians”, breakout session presentation, annual Vale (New Jersey academic librarians consortium) annual conference, Rutgers University, Piscataway, January 2005.

Non-Refereed

• "In-Person Co-browsing" demo with Rong Wang at One-to-One Reference Services program of the New Jersey Library Association Reference Section, March, 2005, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ.
• Presentation to library and information science students from Croatia, on the role of the business librarian in the digital campus, Zadar, Croatia, May 2005.

• Presentation on Measures of Scholarship to librarians, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia, May 2005.

• Presentation on Measures of Scholarship to scientists and teachers, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia, May 2005.

• Presentation to Provost and deans, Seton Hall University, on measuring institutional and individual scholarship, May 2005.

• Presentation and discussion on measuring scholarship in the promotion and tenure process with LIS students at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, November 2004.

• Presentation and discussion on “Co-Browsing at the Reference Desk” with LIS students at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, November 2004.

• Organized and directed panel on measuring scholarship for promotion and tenure at Seton Hall, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, and October 2004.

·        Panelist on the topic of technology and tenure at the  Faculty Technology Workshop, the Teaching, Learning and Technology Center, Seton Hall University, June 2002.

·        Bloom, Beth, Marta M. Deyrup, Richard Stern and Anita Talar (2002) "What's New in Online Databases" at the Faculty Technology Workshop, the Teaching, Learning and Technology Center, Seton Hall University, June 2002.

·        Organized Forum on External Peer Review, Seton Hall University, April 2002.

• CAT Winter session Faculty Workshops, Seton Hall, co-presentation with Dr. Xue-ming Bao, “New Electronic Resources Provided by the University Library, January 1999.

• “Cyber-Citation: Chasing After Cited Internet Resources” with Samuel R. Brown, Research Committee, College & University Section, New Jersey Library Association, May 1, 1996.

Grants 1995-

Seton Hall University Research Council summer stipend, 1995.

            Examined citation to online literature in library & information science.

Service to the Profession 1995-

• Reader, Doctoral dissertation award, American Society for Information Science, 2002.

• Chair, Performance Issues for Reference/Information Librarians Discussion Group, of the Management and Operation of User Services Section, of the Reference and User Services Association American Library Association, 1999-2000.

• Intern, Member, Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Committee, Association of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association, 1997-99

• Chair, Technology Committee, Association of the College and Research Libraries/NJLA, member since 1996-97 and chair, 1998-99.

Current research

• Development of a set of measures of scholarship for application to the promotion and tenure process in higher education.
• Use of in-person co-browsing capability at the academic reference desk to create a more user-centered and collaborative reference service.

Seton Hall University Service 1995-

• Faculty Senate Academic Facilities Committee, chair, 2006-2007.
• Faculty Senate Executive Committee, member-at-large, 2005-06.

• Faculty Senate, elected member from University Library, 2005-07.

• Chair, Leadership & Governance Committee, Middle States Association Self-Study, 2002-03.

• Faculty Senate, elected member from University Library, 2001-02, 2005-07.

• Organized six-person faculty research support group at Seton Hall, 2001-.

• SHUCAP Mentoring Program for students, 2000-04.

• Faculty Senate committees including Grievance, Convocation, Library, and Information Technology Committees.

Professional memberships

• American Library Association including ACRL & RUSA
• American Society for Information Science & Technology
• ACRL-NJLA (Association of College & Research Libraries-New Jersey Library Association)

Updated on 03/16/2007