Andersen, Deborah Lines 1948–

PERSONAL: Born July 10, 1948, in Suffern, NY. Education: Mount Holyoke College, A.B. (with distinction), 1970; Wesleyan University, M.A.T., 1972; Simmons College, M.S.L.S., 1977; State University of New York at Albany, Ph.D., 1996.

ADDRESSES: Home—New Fadum Farm, 1167 Delaware Turnpike, Delmar, NY 12054-5517. Office—School of Information Science and Policy, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY 12222. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Writer. Junior high school English teacher in Glastonbury, CT, 1971; high school English teacher and dramatics coach in Suffield, CT, 1971–73, and Winchester, MA, 1973–77; New York State Library, Albany, reference librarian, 1977–82; State University of New York at Albany, adjunct professor, 1992–93, 1996–97, visiting assistant professor and academic coordinator of Korean Partnership Program, 1997–98, assistant professor of information science and policy, 1998–. University of Glasgow, visiting professor at Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute, 2003. Workshop and conference presenter; consultant to New York State Forum for Information Resources Management and to regional and city libraries. New Fadum Farm (sheep and wool enterprise), owner and operator, 1982–; Altamont Fair, mentor and demonstrator of fiber production techniques, 1987–, director of sheep barn fiber activities, 1999–; Hancock Shaker Museum, fiber arts interpreter, 1997.

MEMBER: International System Dynamics Society (vice president for publications, 2004–), American Library Association, American Association for History and Computing (member of executive committee and policy council, 1999–2006), American Historical Association, Beta Phi Mu.

AWARDS, HONORS: Award for best article, American Association for History and Computing, 1999, for "Academic Historians, Electronic Information Access Technologies, and the World Wide Web: Longitudinal Study of Factors Affecting Use and Barriers to That Use."

WRITINGS:

(Editor) Digital Scholarship in the Tenure, Promotion, and Review Process, M.E. Sharpe (Armonk, NY), 2004.

Contributor to books, including History.edu: Essays on Teaching with Technology, edited by Trinkle and Merriman, M.E. Sharpe (Armonk, NY), 2000. Contributor of articles and editorials to periodicals, including System Dynamics Review, Public Library Quarterly, Pantaneto Forum, and Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. Associate editor, Journal of the Association for History and Computing, 1998–.

SIDELIGHTS: Deborah Lines Andersen told CA: "Computers are changing the way we do everything in our lives. In the academic world we find that more and more faculty members are using computing, not just to type their manuscripts, but also to give new forms and functions to the way that they do research, teaching, and publication. The World Wide Web allows academics to pursue new venues for dissemination of their work—creating virtual communities of scholars around the world.

"Tenure, promotion, and review are critical to academics who wish to continue at universities and colleges. Digital scholarship has made their work richer and more accessible, but it has also made evaluating this work more difficult. Academics were once reviewed based upon books or articles produced on paper. Now, although they may choose paper formats, they may also select the World Wide Web, CD-ROM, DVD, computer simulations, or a wealth of other media—textual, auditory, and/or visual—in which to display and disseminate their scholarship.

"My research and teaching focus to a large degree on evaluation for policy formation and redesign. Digital Scholarship in the Tenure, Promotion, and Review Process specifically addresses the issues, methods, and policies involved both in creating nontraditional scholarship and in evaluating that scholarship for academic advancement."