Jeffrey Beall

 

Education

                       

Institution

Date

Degree

Major

California State University, Northridge

1982

B.A.

Spanish

Oklahoma State University

1987

M.A.

English

University of North Carolina

1990

M.S.L.S           

Library Science

 

Professional Experience

 

2000-present    Metadata Librarian / Assistant Professor, Auraria Library, University of Colorado Denver

1990-2000        Cataloger, Widener Library, Harvard University

 

Refereed Publications

 

2009                 Beall, J. Free books: loading brief MARC records for open-access books in an academic library catalog. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 47.5:452-463.

 

2008                 Beall, J. and K. Kafadar. Measuring the extent of the synonym problem in full-text searching. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 3.4:18-33.

 

2008                 Brown-Sica, M. and J. Beall. Library 2.0 and the problem of hate speech. Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship 9.2: Online: http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/content/v09n02/brown-sica_m01.html

 

2008                 Beall, J. The weaknesses of full-text searching. The Journal of Academic Librarianship 34.5: 438-444.

 

2007                 Beall, J. The value of alphabetically-sorted browse displays in information discovery. Library Collections, Access, & Technical Services 31.3/4:184-194.

 

2007                 Beall, J. and K. Kafadar. Measuring typographical errors’ impact on retrieval in bibliographic databases. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 44.3/4:197-211. Also published in the monograph: Cataloger, Editor, and Scholar: Essays in Honor of Ruth C. Carter, Robert Holley, editor. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Information Press, 2007.

 

2006                 Beall, J. The death of metadata. The Serials Librarian 51.2:55-74.

 

2005                 Beall, J. Metadata and data quality problems in the digital library. Journal of Digital Information 6.3: Online: http://jodi.tamu.edu/Articles/v06/i03/Beall/

 

2005                 Beall, J. and K. Kafadar. The proportion of NUC pre-56 titles represented in OCLC WorldCat. College & Research Libraries 66.5:431-435.

 

2004                 Beall, J. Using OCLC Connexion to find typographical errors in authority records. OCLC Systems & Services 20.2:71-75.

 

2004                 Beall, J. and K. Kafadar. The effectiveness of copy cataloging at eliminating typographical errors in shared bibliographic records. Library Resources & Technical Services 48.2:92-101.

 

2001                 Beall, J. Publishers’ errors make catalogers [sic]: an analysis of the error indicators [sic] and [i.e.] in cataloging. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 32.3:87-107.

 

2000                 Beall, J. The impact of vendor records on cataloging and access in academic libraries. Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services 24:229-237.

 

1999                 Beall, J. Indexing form and genre terms in a large academic library OPAC:  the Harvard Experience. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 28.2:65-71.

 

1991                 Beall, J. Describing the foreign language skills of catalogers in academic libraries.  Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 14.1:39-47.

 

Refereed Reviews of Electronic Resources

 

2009                 Beall, J. Bentham Open. In: The Charleston Advisor 11.1:29-32.

 

2008                 Beall, J. Footnote. In: The Charleston Advisor 10.2:17-19.

 

2008                 Beall, J. WorldCat. In: The Charleston Advisor 9.4:46-49.

 

2007                 Beall, J. informaWorld. In: The Charleston Advisor 8.4:23-27.

 

2006                 Beall, J. ResearchNow. In: The Charleston Advisor 7.3:39-41.

 

2005                 Beall, J. CSA Illumina. In: The Charleston Advisor 6.4:46-48.

 

2004                 Beall, J. Marquis Who’s Who. In: The Charleston Advisor 6.2:21-23.

 

2004                 Beall, J. Oxford Scholarship Online. In: The Charleston Advisor 6.1:20-22.

 

2003                 Beall, J. Europa World Year Book Online. In: The Charleston Advisor 5.3:13-15.

 

2003                 Beall, J. Columbia Gazetteer of the World. In: The Charleston Advisor 5.1:22-24.

 

2001                 Beall, J. Inet Library. In: The Charleston Advisor 3.3:31, 34-35.

 

2001                 Beall, J. Oxford English Dictionary. In: The Charleston Advisor 2.4:32-34.

 

Book Chapters

 

2008                 Beall, J. OCLC: A Review. In: Radical Cataloging: Essays at the Front, K.R. Roberto, ed. p. 85-94. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.

 

Book Reviews

 

2001-2009        45 short book reviews published in Library Journal and Colorado Libraries.

 

Publications in Symposia Proceedings

 

1997                 Beall, J. Cataloging electronic resources: monographs. Summary of Proceedings: Fifty-First Conference of the American Theological Library Association, Boston, Mass.

 

Non-Refereed Publications

 

 

2009                 Beall, J. Cataloguing names the old-fashioned way. Science 324.5934:1514-1515.

 

2007                 Beall, J. Repurposing MARC data: some pitfalls. Library Hi Tech News 24.4:18-19.

 

2007                 Beall, J. The solution to the weaknesses of web search engines. E-letter response published in ScienceOnline. Available: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/eletters/317/5837/468

 

2007                 Beall, J. Why we still need metadata in a full-text searching world. Catalogue & Index 155:59-62.

 

2007                 Beall, J. Discrete criteria for selecting and comparing metadata schemes. Against the Grain 19.1:28-31.

 

2007                 Beall, J. Search fatigue: finding a cure for the database blues. American Libraries 38.3:46-50.

 

2006                 Beall, J. Ethnic groups and Library of Congress subject headings. Colorado Libraries 32.4:37-44.

 

2006                 Beall, J. Library databases and data quality. MLA News 388:26.

 

2006                 Beall, J. Stop the war on metadata. Library Journal 131.12:46.

 

2006                 Beall, J. The death of full-text searching. PNLA Quarterly 70.2:5-6.

 

2006                 Beall, J. Some reservations about FRBR. Library Hi Tech News 23.2:15-16.

 

2005                 Beall, J. 10 ways to improve data quality. American Libraries 36.3:36-37.

 

2004                 Beall, J. Typographical and factual errors in library databases. Informed Librarian Online, guest forum, December [Invited].

 

2004                 Beall, J. Dublin Core: an obituary. Library Hi Tech News 21.8:40-41.

 

2003                 Beall, J. How successful is copy cataloging at catching and fixing typographical errors in records imported from bibliographic utilities: a report on the research of the 2002 Lazerow Fellowship recipient. College & Research Libraries News 64.11:704-705.

 

2002                 Beall, J. What OCLC and RLIN don’t want you to know about the future of cataloguing. PNLA Quarterly 66.3:9-10.

 

2001                 Beall, J. Internet resources in rare diseases. Health Care on the Internet 5.4:11-17.

 

1999                 Beall, J. HTML on CD-ROM: the next generation of desktop publishing. MC Journal, the Journal of Academic Media Librarianship 6.2. Online: http://wings.buffalo.edu/publications/mcjrnl/v6n2/beall.html.

 

1998                 Beall, J. Guaranteed hits: how to make your library’s Web site stand out in Web search engines. College & Research Libraries News 59.3:160-162.

 

1997                 Beall, J. Cataloging World Wide Web sites consisting mainly of links. Journal of Internet Cataloging 1.1:83-92.

 

1991                 Beall, J. Class with Fred Kilgour. OCLC Newsletter 190, March/April:13-14.

 

1990                 Beall, J. An American classic. AB Bookman’s Weekly 86:557-558.

 

Papers Deposited in Digital Repositories

 

2006                 Beall, J. Metadata schemes points of comparison. E-Prints in Library and Information Science: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00005544/

 

2005                 Beall, J. Catalog or catalogue? examining a library dilemma. E-Prints in Library and Information Science: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00004983/

 

Publications in Preparation

 

In Prep.            Beall, J.  How Google Uses Metadata to Enhance Search Results (Article).

 

In Prep.                        Beall, J. Book Digitization (Article).   

 

In Prep:                        Beall, J. Geographical Research and the problem of Variant Place Names in Digitized                                   Books and other Full-Text Resources (Article).

 

Presentations at Meetings and Seminars Presented

 

2009                 American Library Association, Midwinter Conference, Innovative Users Group Meeting – Free Books: How Libraries Can Take Advantage of Open-Access, Digitized Books, Denver, Colo.

 

2008                 Nebraska Library Association, Technical Services Round Table, Spring Meeting – Metadata: Principles and Practice, Aurora, Neb. [Keynote speaker, invited].

 

2007                 Colorado Academic Library Summit (2nd) -- Metadata Culture vs. Keyword Culture: Observations on Search Technology Evolution in Academic Libraries, Denver, Colo.

 

2005                 Rocky Mountain Regional Innovative Users Group – The Principles of Manual Authority Control, Boulder, Colo.

 

2005                 Canadian Metadata Forum, Library and Archives Canada – The Death of Metadata, Ottawa, Ont. [Invited].

 

2002                 Rocky Mountain Regional Innovative Users Group – Millennium Create Lists and Global Update, Loveland, Colo.

 

2001                 Colorado Library Association, Technical Services and Automation Division -- Data Quality in Dublin Core Metadata, Denver, Colo.

 

1997                 American Theological Library Association, 51st Annual Conference --Cataloging Electronic Resources: Monographs, Boston, Mass.

 

Recognitions, Honors, etc.

 

Excellence in Librarianship Award – 2008. Auraria Library, University of Colorado Denver, Downtown Denver Campus

 

Excellence in Research Award – 2007. Auraria Library, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Downtown Denver Campus           

 

Excellence in Research Award – 2006. Auraria Library, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Downtown Denver Campus

 

Samuel Lazerow Fellowship for Research in Collections and Technical Services in Academic and Research Libraries – 2002. Association of College & Research Libraries

 

Unit Merit Award – 2002.  Auraria Library, University of Colorado at Denver

 

Professional Organizations

 

American Library Association

Association of College and Research Libraries

Library and Information Technology Association

Colorado Library Association

 

Other Indicators of Scholarship

 

Editorships

 

2008                 Guest editor, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly special issue on bibliographic database quality (vol. 46.1). With Stephen Hearne.

 

2007-2008        Editor, Journal of Library Metadata

 

2002-2005        Editor for Network Access and Applications, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly

 

2005-                Member, Editorial Board, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly

 

Grants

 

2005                 University of Colorado System, President's Initiative Fund for Diversity, Diversity & Excellence Grant (with Ellen Greenblatt [PI], Lorrie Evans, Ignacio Ferrer-Vinent, and Vera Gao) for “Improving Library Resources and Services for International Students.” Amount requested: $2610. Amount awarded: Nothing

 

Service

 

                        Library

                       

                        2009-                Chair, Research and Service Evaluation Committee

                        2007-2008        Chair, Library Faculty Assembly

2007                 Member, Reserves Library Technician Search Committee

2006-2007        Coordinator for Digital Library and Metadata Services Search Committee

                        2005-2007        Auraria Library Diversity Committee

                        2004-2006        Chair, Faculty Personnel Committee

2001-2005        Tenure Standards and Criteria Subcommittee, Faculty Personnel Committee

                        2001                 Library Associate Director Search Committee

 

University

 

2008-2009        Vice Provost's Diversity Committee

2008-2009        Chair, Faculty Assembly GLBT Committee

2007                 Discovery, Creativity & Innovation Task Force

2007-2008        Co-Chair, Faculty Assembly GLBT Committee

2006-2007        University Librarian and Director of the Auraria Library Search

                        Committee       

2004-2006        Faculty Assembly Disabilities Committee

2005-2006        Academic Master Planning Diversity / Inclusion Committee

 

Regional

 

2007-                Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, Alliance Digital Repository, Metadata Committee

 

Professional Associations

 

2006-                SACO At-Large Committee, American Library Association / Library of Congress

 

2004- 2006       Book Award Committee, GLBT Roundtable, American Library Association

 

2001-2003        Program Committee, GLBT Roundtable, American Library Association

 

2002                 Member of Policy and Research Committee, Cataloging and Classification Section, Association for Library Collections & Technical Services