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VCU Libraries Faculty Vita

Ibironke Lawal

Collection Librarian for Engineering and Science (Associate Professor)
Collection Management, James Branch Cabell Library, 206
Email: ilawal@vcu.edu | (804) 828-8739

Education

Ph.D. Education. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2008.
M.A. Communications. Michigan State University, 1985.
M.L.S. Librarianship. University of Ibadan, 1974.
B.S. Zoology/Botany. University of Lagos, 1968.

Previous Professional Experience

Coordinator, Branch Science Libraries
University of Virginia, 1995-2000

Physical Sciences Reference Librarian
Dartmouth College, 1992-1995

Head Acquisitions/Collection Management
University of Ife, Ile Ife, Nigeria, 1974-1990

Publications

Collection Management. "Student Success in College:An Examination of the Relationship between Institutional Expenditures and Persistence.." A Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University. (2008).

Collection Management. "Lawal, Ibironke Review of: Scholarship in the Digital Age: Information, Infrastructure, and the Internet, by Christine L. Borgman. Cambridge, Massachusetts, MIT Press, 2007. xxiv, 336pp. ISBN:9780262026192 ." Issues in Science and Technology 53 (Winter/Spring) (2008).

Lawal. "Scholarly Communication: The Use and Non-use of E-print Archives for the Dissemination of Scientific Information." Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (2002).

Lawal. "Integrating Chemical Information into the Undergraduate Curriculum: Information Literacy and a Change in Pedagogy." Science and Technology Libraries. 20 (2001).

Lawal. Metal-working in Africa south of the Sahara: An annotated bibliography. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. 270p, 1995.

Lawal. "Science Resources: Does the Internet Make Them Cheaper, Better? ." Bottomline: Managing Library Finances 15 (3):116-124. (03/02).

Lawal. "Scholarly Communication at the Turn of the Millennium: A Bibliographic Essay." Journal of Scholarly Publishing. 32 (03/01).

Presentations

"Fading of the greyness in grey Literature: Is grey literature still grey?". ALA Annual Conference. 2003

"Using Citation Analysis as a Collection Development tool at Virginia Commonwealth University". ASEE Annual Conference. 2003

"Scholarly Communications: The use and non-use of e-print archives in the dissemination of scientific information". ALA Annual Conference. 2002

"Building collections and developing services to support new engineering programs: Challenges of the digital era". ASEE Annual Conference. 2001

"Integration of chemical information into the undergraduate curriculum: University of Virginia Experience". ALA Annual Conference. 2000

Teaching Experience

LSC 608 Collection Management, Catholic University of America.

LSC 801 The College and University Library, Catholic University of America.

University Committee Work

University Council. 2002-2005.

Professional Organizations

American Chemical Society (Chemical Information Division). 1998-2004.

American Society for Engineering Education (Engineering Libraries Division). Liaison to American Chemical Society

. 2001-2004.

Association of Research Libraries. Co-chair, ACRL/STS Subject and Bibliographic Access to materials Committee 2001-2003; Co-Chair. 1992-2004.