Publications, Lectures, Grants

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Books:

• Basler, Beatrice K.; Basler, Thomas G. Health Sciences Librarianship: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Company, 1977. (Books, Publishing, and Libraries Information Guide Series, vol. 1)
• Kovacs, Beatrice. The Decision-Making Process For Library Collections: Case Studies in Four Types of Libraries. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1990. (Contributions in Librarianship and Information Science, no. 65)
• Mount, Ellis; Kovacs, Beatrice. Using Scientific and Technical Information Sources. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1991.
• Kovacs, Beatrice. ALA Fingertip Guide to National Health-Information Resources. Chicago: American Library Association, 1995.

Book Chapters

• Kovacs, Beatrice. Sources of information used by selectors in four medical school libraries for collection development. In: E. Mount, ed. Monographs in Sci-Tech Libraries. (pp. 53-64). New York: Haworth Press, 1983. (Also published in Science & Technology Libraries 3(3): 53-64, Spring 1983.)
• Kovacs, Beatrice. Preservation programs in science and technology libraries. In: E. Mount, ed. Preservation and Conservation of Sci-Tech Materials. (pp. 3-13). New York: Haworth Press, 1987. (Also published in Science & Technology Libraries 7(3): 3-13, Spring 1987.)
• Kovacs, Beatrice. The impact of weeding on collection development: Sci-tech collections vs. general collections. In: E. Mount, ed. Collection Management in Sci-Tech Libraries. (pp. 25-36). New York: Haworth Press, 1989. (Also published in Science & Technology Libraries, 9(3): 25-36, Spring 1989.)
• Kovacs, Beatrice; Reichardt, Beth. Alternatives for educating catalogers: a small library school perspective. Proceedings of the Simmons College Symposium on Recruiting, Educating, and Training Cataloging Librarians: Solving the Problems. (pp. 245-258). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1989.

Selected journal articles

• Spurlock, Sandra; Kovacs, Beatrice. Selected list of medical journals for the general collection. Serials Librarian 11(1): 63-106, September 1986.
• Kovacs, Beatrice. Sources of information used by selectors in four medical school libraries for collection development. Science & Technology Libraries 3(3): 52-64, Spring 1983.
• Kovacs, Beatrice. Preservation programs in science and technology libraries. Science & Technology Libraries 7(3): 3-13, Spring 1987.
• Kovacs, Beatrice. The impact of weeding on collection development: Sci-tech collections vs. general collections. Science & Technology Libraries, 9(3): 25-36, Spring 1989.
• Kovacs, Beatrice. An educational challenge: teaching cataloging and classification. Library Resources & Technical Services 33(4): 374-381, October 1989.
• Kovacs, Beatrice. "President's page." NCSLA Bulletin, 24(1): 1-4; 24(2):1-2; 24(3):1-3; 24(4):1-4, 1992-1993.
• Kovacs, Beatrice. (1993) "Visioning: A concept driving SLA?" NCSLA Bulletin, 24(4):12-14, April 1993.

Other current publications of a scholarly nature:

• Survey of Graduates: 1990-1993, analysis of a research survey conducted UNCG MLIS of graduates during summer and fall of 1995. (Typescript)
• Development of course matrix and creation of analytic matrices for all courses and the advisment process for the LIS program (October-November 1995). (Typescript)
• Kovacs, B., compiler. Program Presentation for Committee on Accreditation, American Library Association, March 1996.(Typescript)

SELECTED INVITED FORMAL LECTURES

• "Rx for Awareness: Materials in the Marketplace." ANCHASL Conference entitled Medical Information: Hazardous to Your Health?, Chapel Hill, NC, May 8, 1987.
• "Collection Development: Necessarily a Shared Enterprise." NCLA/RTSS conference entitled Merging Technical and Public Services: Fact or Fiction? Southern Pines, NC, September 29, 1988.
• "Alternatives for Educating Catalogers: a Small Library School Perspective." Simmons College Symposium on Recruiting, Educating, and Training Cataloging Librarians: Solving the Problems, Boston, MA, March 11, 1989.
• "Collection Development of Consumer Health Information." PLA/ASCLA program entitled Life and Death Information Issues: A Systems Approach to Health Care Information, Dallas, TX, June 24, 1989.
• "Do We Catalog For Other Catalogers?" First keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Online Audiovisual Catalogers, Rochester, NY, October 17, 1990.
• "Collection Assessment: Are We Buying What We Should?" Program speaker for the Collection Development Roundtable, Virginia Library Association, Richmond, VA, November 9, 1990.
• "Censorship." Speaker for the Greensboro Public Library Board of Trustees, Greensboro, NC, March 1994.

Workshops. etc.

• MCNC Symposium on Cataloging for Library Systems, October 21, on the MCNC interactive television network, with April Wreath, Systems Librarian for the Walter Clinton Jackson Library, UNCG.
• Inservice Worshop on Reference Interviews, with James V. Carmichael, Pembroke State University Library, Lumberton, NC April 19, 1993.
• Workshop on Intellectual Freedom for the Greensboro Public Library Board of Trustees, Greensboro, NC March 1994.
• Catalogin With MARC Format. Staff Development Workshop for Davidson Community College Library and Guilford Technical Community College Library staffs, Jamestown, NC, November 15, 1995.
• Serials and Non-Print Cataloging. Staff Development Workshop for the Davidson Community College Library and Guilford Technical Community College Library staffs, Jamestown, NC, December 122, 1995.
• Authority Workshop. Staff Development Workshop for the Davidson Community College Library and Guilford Technical Community College Library staffs, Jamestown, NC, May 2, 1997.

  RESEARCH GRANTS

  • Chief Investigator, grant for purchase and installation of OCLC M300 Workstation for the Department of Library Science and Educational Technology, UNCG, from the State of North Carolina. Fall, 1985.
  • Investigator, "Decision-Making in Collection Development: Public Libraries," grant from the Public Library Section of the North Carolina Library Association, January 1987-June 1987.
  • Investigator, Computer Technology Education Program, RJR Reynolds Foundation, grant for the purchase of microcomputer software and a printer for providing students the educational opportunity for hands-on practice with cataloging programs. Spring 1987.
  • Investigator, Advancement in Curriculum and Teaching Grant, UNCG, for development of a videotaped version of the course, LIS 615-Collection Management.

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