VCU Libraries Faculty Vita
James S. (Jimmy) Ghaphery
Head, Library Information Systems (Associate Professor)
Library Information Systems,
James Branch Cabell Library,
234-C
Email: jghapher@vcu.edu |
(804) 827-3551
Education
M.T. Teaching. Virginia Commonwealth University, 1993.
B.A. English. College of William and Mary, 1985.
Previous Professional Experience
Librarian for Instructional Technology
Virginia Commonwealth University, 1998-2004
Library Assistant, Reference Services
Virginia Commonwealth University, 1993-1997
Publications
Ghaphery and Susan Teague-Rector, Sam Byrd. "Kinda Just Like Google: Presence and Variety of Search Options on Library Homepages." Against the Grain 20(3) (June 2008).
Ghaphery and Susan Teague-Rector (lead author). "Designing Search: Effective Search Interfaces for Academic Library Websites." Journal of Web Librarianship 2(4) (2008).
Ghaphery. "Google: An Information Literacy Case Study." College and Research Libraries News 65 (2004).
Ghaphery. "My Library at Virginia Commonwealth University: Third Year Evaluation." D-Lib Magazine (2002).
Ghaphery and Kesselman and Watstein. "Personalized Information Clients: Short Answers to Simple Questions about "My Library" Services." RSR 29(4) (2001).
Ghaphery and Dan Ream. "VCU's My Library: Librarians Love It....Users? Well Maybe." Information Technology and Libraries 19(4) (2000).
Ghaphery. "Adult Learning Theory and Reference Services: Consonances and Potentials." The Reference Librarian 69/70 (2000).
Presentations
"Location, location, location: A transaction comparison of catalog searches originating from the library homepage and Aleph" with Thomas McNulty and Susan Teague-Rector. Ex Libris Users of North America Annual Conference. 2009
"Are You Secure: Security in Aleph" with An Liu. Ex Libris Users of North America Annual Meeting. 2006
"Insert Content Here, Effective Beginnings and Endings". Virginia Library Association Annual Conference. Williamsburg, Virginia. 2004
"So You Want to Build a Digital Library?". Virginia Library Association Annual Conference. Hot Springs, Virginia. 2003
"How Advanced are Advanced Searchers". Virginia Library Association Annual Conference. 2001
"Do We Have This in Full-text?: Providing Access to Content in Full-text Aggregated Databases" with John McDonald. 19th Annual Charleston Conference. November 6, 1999. Charleston, South Carolina. 2000
"My Library: VCU's Personalized Library Web Page Service". Computers in Libraries 14th Annual Conference '99. 1999
Teaching Experience
Honors Module on Google (1.5 credit hours), Virginia Commonwealth University.
Honors Module on Information Technologies Crossing Boundaries (1.5 credit hours), Virginia Commonwealth University.
University Committee Work
Technology Advisory Group. 2007-present.
Social Security Number Task Force. 2007.
VCU Libraries Committee Work
Faculty Organization Chair and Chair Elect. 2002-2004.
Peer Review Committee. 1998-2001.
Professional Organizations
American Library Association and LITA. 2007-present.
Virginia Library Association. 1997-2006.