Major areas of expertise include:
Amusement parks,
Technology & American culture,
Academic libraries administration,
Medical ethics
Service Statement
Major professional service includes:
Councilor, American Library Association;
Chair, UB Intercollegiate Athletics Board;
SUNY Faculty Senate and its Executive Committee;
UB Faculty Senate and its Executive Committee;
Grant reviewer, Institute of Museum and Library Services;
SUNY General Education Assessment Review Committee
Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Library
Administration and Management Association
Board of Trustees, Western New York Library Resources Council
Selected Major Publications
The American Amusement Park Industry: A History of Technology and Thrills. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1991. 227p. With Stephen Cutcliffe and Christine Roysdon. Technology and Values in American Civilization: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale Research, 1980. 704p. With Edward J. Gallagher and John Van Eerde. Jules Verne: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1980. 387p. Coney Island. Invited chapter in American Icons: People, Places, and Things that Have Shaped Our Culture. Edited by Dennis and Susan Hall. Greenwood Press. 2006. With Sharon Bonk. Electronic Information Technologies and Resources: Use by University Faculty and Faculty Preferences for related Library Services. College and Research Libraries 56 (March 1995): 119-131. The Promotion of New Technology through Fun and Spectacle: Electricity at the Worlds Columbian Exposition. Journal of American Culture 18 (Summer 1995): 45-55. "Current Bibliography in the History of Technology." Technology & Culture, annually 1984-1994. The Computer Catalog: A Democratic or Authoritarian Technology? Library Journal 113 (2): 31-36, February 1,1988.
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