Timothy J. Dickey

Dr. Timothy J. Dickey has been an adjunct instructor for the MLIS program at Kent State for almost ten years. He is currently an adult services librarian with the Columbus Metropolitan Libraries; before that, he worked with Lynn Silipigni Connaway at the OCLC Office of Research. He teaches courses in user studies, reference services, library technology, research methods, and music and humanities librarianship for Kent State, Catholic University, and San Jose State University. Dickey has presented at numerous professional conferences around the United States on topics such as teaching research methods in LIS programs, the behaviors of digital information seekers, and data mining. He is the author of Library Dementia Services: How to Meet the Needs of the Alzheimer Community (2020) from Emerald Press. He has also created e-courses for the American Library Association (ALA), is a frequent invited speaker, and has conducted staff training on the subject of Library Dementia Services.

*The School of Information faculty are superstars in the field. Therefore, it is impossible to list all of the great work they do on one page. Only a small selection of Dr. Dickey's work is listed. For further information see his CV (found below) or visit his LinkedIn profile.

Teaching

Academic Program
Library & Information Science

Information Access and Discovery

Courses

LIS 60030    People in the Information Ecology
LIS 60050    Research and Assessment in Library and Information Science

Selected Publications

Dickey, T. J. (2020).  Library dementia services: How to meet the needs of the Alzheimer community. Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN: 978-1838676940

Connaway, L. S., & Dickey, T. J. (2011, October). Publisher names in bibliographic data. Library Resources & Technical Services, 55(4), 182-194.

Dickey, T. J. (2011, May). Books as expressions of global cultural diversity: Data mining for national collection analysis. Library Resources & Technical Services, 55(3), 148-161.

Connaway, L. S., & Dickey, T. J. (2011). If it’s too inconvenient I’m not going after it: Convenience as a critical factor in information-seeking behaviors. Library & Information Science Research, 33, 79-190.

Connaway, L. S, O’Neil, E. T., & Dickey T. J. (2008, November). Estimating the audience level for library resources. Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, 59(13), 2042-2050.

Awards/Achievements

• OCLC Spotlight Award for superior performance, July 2008
• Sidney Jackson writing award for an essay on intellectual freedom, Kent State 2008
• LITA/ Endeavor National Student Writing Award, 2007
• Mary T. Kim Memorial Scholar, Library Science (Kent State University, inaugural award), 2007

Professional Service

Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) 

• Board of Directors (2017 - 2019); Chapter Assembly Director (2018-2019)
• Standards Committee (2008 - 2018), Co-chair (2015 - 2018; 2020-2021)
• Conference Chair, ASIS&T Midwest Regional Conference (2017)
• Editor, Special issue of the ASIS&T Bulletin, 43(2) technological standards in LIS (2017)
• Information Professionals Task Force (2014-2017)

Association for Library & Information Science Education (ALISE)

• Faculty Innovation Award committee (2017 - 2019)
• Juried paper committee (2013 - 2015)

Affiliations

• Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Member (2011 - Present)
• American Society for Information Science & Technology, Member (2006 - Present)
• American Library Association (2005 - Present)
• American Musicological Society (1996 - Present)