Two Palmer School Professors Honored for 15 Years of Service

Two faculty members from the Palmer School of Library and Information Science--Dr. Richard Smiraglia and Dr. Amy Spaulding--were honored November 14, 2007 for 15 years of service to the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University.

Dr. Smiraglia is an accomplished professor who teaches courses in knowledge organization and research methods at the graduate level. Prior to joining the Palmer School, Dr. Smiraglia was an assistant professor at Columbia University’s School of Library Service, and, before that, a music catalog librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

A widely-published author in the fields of knowledge organization, cataloging and bibliography, Dr. Smiraglia is currently a member of the editorial board of "Cataloging & Classification Quarterly" and the editor of "Knowledge Organization." He was editor of the journal "Library Resources & Technical Services" from 1990-96, and the Music Library Association's "Technical Reports" from 1988-94. Among his most recent journal publications are "Authority Control of Works: Cataloging's Chimera?", and "The 'Works' Phenomenon and Best Selling Books." Dr. Smiraglia's recent forays into domain analysis include "Two Kinds of Power: Insight In to the Legacy of Patrick Wilson" and "Music Information Retrieval: An Example of Bates' Substrate?"

Fellow honoree Dr. Amy Spaulding is one of the founders of the doctoral program in information studies and a specialist in services for diverse populations, materials and services for youth. She was the children's material specialist for the New York Public Library and has been both a Benjamin Dean Lecturer for the Morrison Planetarium of the California Academy of Sciences and a Lillian Bradshaw Lecturer for Texas Woman's University.

One of Dr. Spaulding's two books, "Storytelling in An Information Age," was an Anne Izard Storyteller's Choice award winner and Storytelling World award winner. Widely published and active in many professional associations, she is the councilor for the American Library Association and the chair of the Caldecott Award Selection Committee.

Drs. Smiraglia and Spaulding were two of six professors honored on November 14, 2007 for their 15 year anniversaries with the C.W. Post Campus.

Posted: November 14, 2007