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Reference Sources Committee

Purpose:

To select the annual list of outstanding reference sources recommended for small and medium-sized libraries.

2008-2009 Chair
Phone/Email
Review Area

Theresa Mudrock (2005 - 2009)
Reference & Research Services
Suzzallo Library, 352900
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-2900

Phone: 206.685.1623
Fax: 206.616.6135
E-mail: mudrock@u.washington.edu

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Membership

Name
Phone/Email
Review Area

Kathleen Collins (2005 - 2009)
Odegaard Undergraduate Library, 353080
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3080

Work: 206.685.2771
Fax: 206.685.8485
E-mail: collinsk@u.washington.edu
300s – Social Sciences (e.g., sociology, anthropology, political science, economics, law, military science, education, communications, transportation, folklore)

Danise Hoover (2007 - 2009)
Hunter College Library
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021-5085

Work: 212.772.4190
Fax: 212.772.4142
E-mail: dhoover@hunter.cuny.edu

800s – Literature & Rhetoric (e.g., poetry, drama, fiction)

Suzi Kaplan (2008 - 2009)
Key Information Service
7109 Amy Lane
Bethesda MD 20817-4817

Phone: 301.320.3322
E-mail: suzik@keyinfoservice.com

600s – Applied sciences (e.g., engineering, agriculture, food, home economics, accounting, medicine)

Deborah Katz (2007 - 2009)
7209 Cambridge Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63130

Phone: 314.935.4822
Fax: 314.935.4919
E-mail: dkatz@wustl.edu

700s – Arts (e.g., architecture, landscape architecture, art, music, photography, interior decoration, games, sports)

Peggy Keeran (2008 - 2009)
Penrose Library
University of Denver
2150 E. Evans Avenue
Denver, CO   80208

Phone: 303.871.3410
Fax: 303.871.3446
E-mail: pkeeran@du.edu

000s – Generalities (e.g., computing & information science, general encyclopedias, museology, journalism)
100s – Philosophy & Psychology
400s – Languages & Linguistics (e.g., language dictionaries, grammar handbooks)

Jacalyn A. Kremer (2006 - 2008)
DiMenna-Nyselius Library
Fairfield University
1073 North Benson Road
Fairfield, CT 06824

Phone: 203.254.4000 x2587
Fax: 203.254.4000
E-mail: JKremer@mail.fairfield.edu

200s – Religion (e.g., Bible, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism)

Stella Terrazas (2007 - 2009)
Teton County Library
125 Virginian Lane
P.O. Box 1629
Jackson, WY 83001

Phone: 307.733.2164 x242
Fax: 307.733.4568
E-mail: eterrazas@will.state.wy.us

500s – Natural Sciences & Mathematics (e.g., astronomy, physics, chemistry, geology, paleontology, physical anthropology, biology, botany, zoology)

Patrick Wall (2008 - 2009)
University City Public Library
6701 Delmar Blvd
University City, MO 63130

Phone: 314.727.3150
Fax: 314.727.6005
E-mail: pjwall@ucpl.lib.mo.us

900s – History & Geography (e.g., atlases, gazeteers, biographical dictionaries)


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