October 30, 2002 – The Palmer School of Library and Information Science, headquartered at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville, NY, has announced the appointments of two new faculty. David Goodman, Ph.D., has joined the school as an Associate Professor of Library and Information Science, and Beatrice Baaden, Ph.D., came on board as an Instructor of Library and Information Science. Dr. Goodman will simultaneously retain a part-time position at Princeton University as a Visiting Research Scholar in the Library.

Dr. Goodman will teach advanced courses at C. W. Post’s Brookville and Manhattan campuses in academic libraries, science and technology reference sources, and serials librarianship as well as some of the basic library school courses. Dr. Baaden, a specialist in school media, will be teaching courses that include instructional leadership and design and school media center management, as well as supervising school media interns in a variety of schools in Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties.

Both faculty members have extensive experience in library sciences. Dr. Goodman has served as a general science librarian, initially at Brooklyn College and subsequently at Princeton University, first as a chemistry librarian for 12 years and then as a biology librarian. He also served as a research librarian and biological sciences bibliographer.

"I like teaching more than anything--except library work--and now consider I have reached the perfection of all possible combinations," Dr. Goodman said.

Dr. Goodman holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in molecular biology. He holds a B.S. degree from Brooklyn College in Mathematics. He has received research grants and conducted and published research at Berkeley as well as at Rutgers University where he was an assistant professor of biochemistry. He received a master of library science (MLS) degree form the Rutgers Graduate School of Library Service.

Dr. Goodman's combination of education and experience gives him a thorough understanding of the requirements and constraints of print and electronic information systems, of the way researchers and library users seek information and of the innovative possibilities with an academic library system. He is a member of the Electronic Resources Advisory Group at Princeton. He belongs to the American Society for Information Science as well as Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. He has presented talks and papers to many professional organizations including the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) and the Charleston Acquisition Conference. His research interests include library user studies, the structure of scientific information, and electronic journal publishing.

Thomas Krichel, assistant professor at the Palmer School, said, "David is a highly respected figure in the world of academic publishing and academic librarianship alike. He is fully up-to-date on the latest developments in academic digital publishing, both formal and informal. He will enhance existing strength in the Palmer School in this area."

Dr. Baaden too has extensive experience. She has been an educator for 24 years, 21 of which have been in the field of school media. For six years she was an adjunct professor at the Palmer School where she developed and implemented master’s level courses for pre-service school media specialists, including instructional leadership and design, school media center management, school media materials and services, teaching methodologies for school media specialists and information search process. She served as the head librarian at Packard Middle School in the Plainedge School District where she helped lead the school district to institute a curriculum writing project specifically to integrate research/technology skills into the K-12 curriculum.

She is currently working on a special project with the Roosevelt Public School District. Two students from the Palmer School, under Baaden’s direction, work in the district full-time as school media specialists while finishing their MLS degrees for New York State certification.

"The amount of freedom that I feel to do the work that I truly love to do is wonderful," Baaden said. "I love to work with teachers; I have a lot to offer since I have been a teacher and a school media specialist for many years. I’m pleased to be at my alma mater, Palmer School."

Dr. Baaden holds a Ph.D. in educational administration and policy studies and a professional diploma in educational administration, both from Hofstra University, as well as a certificate of advanced studies in educational administration. She holds a master of science in library and information science (MSLIS) from the Palmer School of Library and Information Science, a master of arts from Adelphi University and a bachelor of science in education from St. John’s University.

Dr. Baaden has developed presentations for professional organizations including Nassau BOCES and the Robin Hood Foundation in Manhattan for The New York State Board of Regents for Schools Under Registration Review (SURR).

For additional information about either faculty member or the Palmer School of Library and Information Science, call (516) 299-2866 or email palmer@cwpost.liu.edu.