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

Title: Director, University Library Services
        Professor, Educational Media and Technology
Phone: (936) 261-1500
Fax: (936) 261-3139
Email:  rlalbritton@pvamu.edu
Office Location: John B. Coleman Library, 2nd Floor, Room 207D                   

 
   

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, University Library Services - 
                  Professor of Library & Information Science
                  Florida Memorial University
 
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: An
      Empirical 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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