Dr. Gary Fitsimmons
Director of Library Services Professor of Information Literacy
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D., 2005, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
- M.L.S., 1990, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
- B.A., 1978, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK
Academic Honors and Recognitions
- Marquis' Who's Who in America, 2009, 2010
- Marquis' Who's Who in the World, 2010
Professional Activities
- ALA Ambassador, Annual Conference, 2008
- ALA New Member Round Table mentor 2009-10
- Appalachian College Association's Bowen Library Director's Council: Ad Hoc BCLA Structure Assessment Committee 2009-
- Appalachian College Association's Bowen Library Director's Council: Administrative Issues Committee 2009-
- Leadership Development Committee, Texas Library Association, 2004-2006
- LLAMA - Fund Raising and Financial Development Section: Trends, Marketing, and Project Development Committee 2007-2009
- LLAMA - Library Organization & Management Section: Risk Management and Insurance Committee 2007-2011, Current Chair
- LLAMA - Systems and Services Section: Management Practices Committee 2007-2009
- Moderated 'You've Been Shopped! Mystery Shopping for Better Service' at ALA Annual Conference, 2008
- Resource Identification and Priorities Work Group, Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative, 2005
- 'The Institutional Repository as a Platform for a Digital Commons' presented at the Snezek Library Leadership Institute of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, July 15-17, 2009
Professional Associations
- American Library Association
- Library Leadership, Administration, and Management Association
Selected Publications
- Regular column: "Small Academic Library Perspective: Library Leadership' in The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances, Emerald Publishers beginning vol. 21 no.1 (2008)
- Academic Library Directors in the Eyes of Hiring Administrators,' Advances in Library Administration and Management vol. 26 (2008)
- Salary Studies: Approach with Caution' CHECS/NMARL Fall Conference, 1996
Topics of Expertise
- Copyright and "Fair Use" in Higher Education
- Information Literacy
- Library and Information Science
- Library Management
