Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery

Research Assistance for Faculty

Simmona E. Simmons, Services Development & Special Projects Librarian

• Answers to specific or in-depth questions
• Suggestions for beginning your research for publications or grants
• Guidance for formulating an effective search strategy or performing literature searches in the appropriate database
• Faculty development programs including workshops and seminars and hands-on sessions focusing on electronic/print resources in a particular discipline which can be organized for an individual UMBC faculty member or department
• General information on library resources and new services

Library Services:

• Contact Information for Your Subject Librarian to Discuss Current Awareness Services or Library Instruction for Your Students
• Update on Information Literacy at UMBC
• Schedule of Customized Workshops or To Suggest a Session Contact simmons@umbc.edu
• Watch for Books & Bytes (News about Databases and Services)

Selected Resources on Teaching and Academic Integrity:

• Center for Excellence New York University
• Center for Teaching and Learning at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Teaching and Learning on the Internet
• Keeping a Lid on Plagiarism
• Advice on Designing Effective Assignments
• Selected Bibliographies
• Information on Grant$

Research Interests:

• International and comparative librarianship
• Digital Reference
• Knowledge management
• Academic library management
• Business management
• Entrepreneurship
• Language and Rhetoric
• Personal mastery and development
• Mentoring
• Communication and broadcasting
• Pioneers in African American & Women's History

Selected Teaching Experience:

• Library instruction classes for various courses, such as English, Computer Science, American Studies, Social Work, Women's Studies, Careers, and Business Management
• Seminars and workshops on internet basics and electronic and print resources for the humanities and social sciences
• Graduate library science field study class at University of Maryland College Park, College of Information Studies

Selected Writings:

• Dictionary of Black Architects, 2004, Associate Editor
• Handbook of Black Librarianship, 2nd edition, 2000, Contributor
• Writers of Multicultural Fiction for Young Adults: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook,1996, Contributor
• "Building Mentoring Relationships," The Crab,Winter 96-97
• Notable Black American Women, 1992, 1995, Contributor

Links

• The Association for Women in Computing
• Library Journal
• Center for Women & Information Technology
• How To Search The Web

Simmona E. Simmons

A.O.K. Library
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, Maryland 21250
Phone (410) 455-3587