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Rosie L. Albritton, MA., M.S., M.L.S., Ph.D. 

Rosie L. Albritton, M.A., M.L.S., Ph.D.

Title: Director, University Library Services
        Professor, Educational Media and Technology
Phone: (936) 261-1500
Fax: (936) 261-1539
Email:  rlalbritton@pvamu.edu
Office Location: John B. Coleman Library, 2nd Floor, Room 207C  

Education    • Ph.D. - University of Illinois (Library and Information Science)
• M.L.S. - University of Michigan (Library and Information Science)
• M.A. - University of Chicago (Educational Psychology)
• M.S. - Governors State University (Human Development and Learning)
• B.S. - Tennessee State University (Biology)
 
Work History 2000-2005 - Dean of Library Services - Professor of Library & Information
                  Science
                  Florida Memorial University - Miami, FL

1993-1999 - Assistant Professor - Library & Information Science
                  Graduate School
                  Wayne State University - Detroit, MI 
 
1989-1993 - Doctoral Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant
                  University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, IL 

1985-1989 - Assistant-to-the-Director of Libraries, for Research, Grants, 
                  & Planning
                  University of Missouri - Columbia, MO 

1983-1985 - CLR-Fellow - Academic Research Management 
                  MLS Program
                  University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI 

1981-1983 - Library Technician IV- Serials/Acquisitions Supervisor
                  Georgia State University - Atlanta, GA
Publications

Book

Albritton, R. and Shaughnessy, T. (1990). Developing Leadership Skills: A 
      Source book for Librarians. (Foreword by Deanna Marcum,
      Vice President, Council on Library Resources). Englewood, 
      CO: Libraries Unlimited, 300 pp.

Chapters

Albritton, R. The Founding and Prevalence of African-American Social
       Libraries and Historical Societies, 1828-1918: Gatekeepers of 
       Early Black History, Collections, and Literature.
In, M.T. Tucker (Ed.),
       Untold Stories: Civil Rights, Libraries, and Black Librarianship, 
       pp. 23-46. Graduate School of Library and Information Science
       Publications Office, University of Illinois, Champaign, 
       Illinois: 1998.

Albritton, R. A New Paradigm of Leader Effectiveness in Academic
      Libraries: AnEmpirical Study of the Bass Model of Transformational
      Leadership
. In, T. Mech and G. B. McCabe (Eds.) Leadership and 
      Academic Libraries, pp. 66-82. (Greenwood Library Management
      Collection). Greenwood Press, Westport, CT: 1998.

Albritton, R. Transformational Leadership in Academic Libraries:
       An Empirical Study of the Model and Its Relationship to Perceived
       Organizational Effectiveness
. In, D. E. Williams and E.D. Garten
       (Eds.) Advances in Library Administration and Organization, 
       Vol. 13, pp. 57-110. JAI Press, Greenwich, CT: 1995.

Albritton, R. Continuing Professional Education: A Management
        Development Approach
. In, B. Katz (Ed.) Continuing Education
        of Reference Librarians, pp. 237-255. Haworth Press, NY: 1990.

Conference Proceedings

Albritton, R. Perceptions of Transformational vs. Transactional Leadership
        in University Libraries
. In, R. Arheim, (Ed.) Proceedings of the 
        Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 7th National
        Conference: Continuity & Transformation – The Promise of
        Confluence. Pittsburgh, PA: March 29-April 1, 1995. (pp. 205-206) 
        ACRL/ALA Publication, Chicago: 1995.

Albritton, R. Multicultural Education in Library and Information Science:
         Developing a Comprehensive Concept of Multiculturalism

         (Abstract from Panel Presentation). In, R. Arheim, (Ed.) Proceedings
         of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 7th
         National Conference: Continuity & Transformation – The Promise
         of Confluence. Pittsburgh, PA: March 29- April 1,1995. (pp. 205-
          206) ACRL/ALA Publications, Chicago: 1995. 

Journal Articles

Albritton, R. IFLA’s core program on universal data flow and
         telecommunications: A Report on 1992-93 activities. Resource
         Sharing and Information Networks. 9 (2): 163-168, 1994.

Albritton, R. Assessing early outcomes of the intern-scholar Program at the
         University of Missouri. Journal of Academic Librarianship.
         17 (2): 77-78, 1991.

Albritton, R. and Estabrook, L. A Research agenda for Illinois public
          libraries. Illinois Libraries. February 1991: 123-128.

Albritton, R. Continuing professional education: A Management
         development approach. The Reference Librarian. No. 30, 
         p. 237-255, 1990.

Albritton, R. Leadership development. College & Research Libraries 
        News.48 (10): 618-623, 1987.

Albritton, R. The Intern-Scholar Program at the University of Missouri-
        Columbia.  Show-Me Libraries. (9): 9-18, 1987.

Sievert, M. and Albritton, R. Investigating Computer Anxiety in an 
         Academic Library. Information Technology and Libraries.
         7 (3): 243-252, 1988



Other Publications (including Internet and ERIC Documents)

Web-Master/Publisher/Editor. AfriTECH ™ NEWSLINE: An Online 
     Magazine, and The AfriTECH™ Project Home-Page, 1998-2003.

Editor. The AfriTECH ’95 Newsletter. The Newsletter for the AfriTECH
     Electronic Discussion Group. Volume 1, no. 1 published September
     1994; Volume 1, no. 2 published December 1994; and Volume 1,
      no. 3 published June 1995, as AfriTECH NEWS.

Albritton, R. Developing Leadership in Academic Research Librarianship:
     The UMC Libraries’ Intern Scholar Program. Final Report to the
     Council on Library Resources (CLR). Program for Recent Graduates
     Grant #3103. ERIC Document  ED-310-769. 1990.

Albritton, R. and Sievert, M. Investigating the Effects of Human Factors on
      the outcomes of a Library Computer Literacy Program. Final Report to 
      the Council on Library Resources (CLR). Faculty/Librarian Grant
      #5002. ERIC Document ED-290-485. 1988.

 

 

 

 


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