Bryan Sinclair

Associate University Librarian
for Public Services

D. Hiden Ramsey Library | CPO# 1500
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Asheville, NC 28804
phone: 828.251.6636
email: sinclair@unca.edu

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What's New

My delicious bookmarks

Library Space Planning - Project Page

Collaborative Learning Commons - Project Page


New Book Talk Series
(Spring 2009)


Annual Bibliography of UNC Asheville Faculty Publications

The Compleat Web-Savvy Academician's Tackle Box
Interesting guide co-created with Helen Wykle, Special Collections Curator


Recent Presentations

"Evolving Library Space: From "Information Commons" to "Collaborative Learning Commons." Electronic Resources in Libraries Conference, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, February 22-24, 2007


Publications

Articles

Sinclair, Bryan. "Commons 2.0: Library Spaces Designed for Collaborative Learning." EDUCAUSE Quarterly 30, no. 4 (2007): 4-6. (view web version)

Sinclair, Bryan, and Anita White-Carter. "Profiles of African American Painters and Photographers." Book Links, January 2003, 20-26. (pdf via EBSCOhost)

Sinclair, Bryan. "North Carolina Jazz: A Selected Bio-Bibliography and Research Guide." North Carolina Libraries 59, nos. 3-4 (2001): 121-25. (updated as a web resource)

- - -. "Building a Better Jazz Recording Collection on Compact Disc: A Guide to Current Discography." Collection Building 19, no. 2 (2000): 70-75.

- - -. "Introducing the Blues." School Library Media Activities Monthly, February 2000, 21-23.

- - -. "Jazz Books Capture an American Art Form." Book Links, January 2000, 41-45.

- - -. "Why I Use the Google Search Engine in Web Instruction." LOEX News 26, no. 2 (1999): 4.

- - -. "Merging Streams: The Importance of the River in the Slaves' Religious World." Journal of Religious Thought 53, no. 2 / 54, no. 1 (1997): 1-19. (pdf via EBSCOhost)

- - -. "Internet Resources on Southern Culture." Southern Register, Winter-Spring 1997, 22-24.

- - -. "Teaching Students to be Critical Thinkers on the Web." The Teaching Professor, March 1997, 5+.

News & Reviews

Sinclair, Bryan. "The Joys of Vinyl: LPs Hold Their Own in a Downloadable Digital Market." Asheville Citizen-Times, 10 March 2006, D1+. (pdf)

- - -. "Internet Reviews: Google! Search Engine." College & Research Libraries News, June 1999, 481. (One of the first reviews of Google. Who knew? Read an archived version.)

- - -. "Internet Reviews: U.S. Census Bureau's American Factfinder." College & Research Libraries News, September 1999, 656+.

Books

Sinclair, Bryan, ed. Making Sense of Library Research: A Guide for Undergraduate Students. Asheville: University of North Carolina at Asheville, 1998. ERIC Clearinghouse,
ED 422012.

The textbook used in the library's required course in library research from 1997-2001. The 2001 Revised Electronic Edition is archived online.


AUL Duties

As Associate University Librarian for Public Services at UNC Asheville's Ramsey Library, I provide leadership in planning and management of all library public service functions, including circulation, research services, web services, space planning, course reserves, document delivery, interlibrary loan, stacks maintenance, information literacy instruction, special collections, and digitization initiatives; supervise a team of 12 (6 professional librarians and 6 staff) comprising the public services unit; provide instruction and research desk assistance to students and other library users in accessing information effectively; serve as departmental liaison and bibliographer for humanities, mass communication, music, and religious studies; and participate in the overall administration of the Library.


Education

M.A., Religious Studies (1995)
Thesis: O'er de Crossin': The Syncretic Concept of Heaven and the Afterlife Among the Gullah Slaves.
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Master of Library and Information Science (1992)
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

B.A., double major, English and Journalism/Mass Communication (1991)
Samford University, Birmingham, AL

Professional Development:
Frye Leadership Institute, Emory University (2008)


Web Guides (a selection from the past)

East Coast Piedmont Blues
Bio-bibliography of blues musicians from the Carolinas and Piedmont region. Class project by students enrolled in the Freshman Colloquia, "The Art of the Blues" (Fall '05) and "Jazz and Blues in American Culture" (Fall '03)

North Carolina Jazz Musicians

UNCAudio
Streaming audio (and video) guide co-created with Brandy Bourne, Web Services Librarian

Asian Films in Ramsey Library

Books That Have Shaped Us

Slave Narratives

Using Google for Research


Blogs & Discographies

Albums That Hold Up

Mississippi Records Illustrated Discography


Some Favorite Links

WorldCat.org

The Commons on flickr - "hidden treasures in the world's public photography archives"

Folkstreams - The Best of American Folklore Films

Southern Foodways Alliance

NC Barbecue Society Historic Trail

American Routes - public radio program produced in New Orleans

WWOZ - New Orleans' Jazz & Heritage Station

 


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Last updated 30 January 2009.