Projects
Library Space Planning
Project Page
Collaborative Learning
Commons (Proposal)
Annual Bibliography and Register of UNC Asheville
Books
UNCAudio and
UNCA Podcasts
Streaming audio project with Brandy Bourne, Web Services
Librarian
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 Read an
archived version.)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., English and Journalism/Mass Communication
(1991)
Samford University, Birmingham, AL
Professional Development:
Frye
Leadership Institute, Emory University (2008)
Web
Guides (a selection)
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
Asian
Films in Ramsey Library
Books
That Have Shaped Us
Slave
Narratives
Early Christianity
Using
Google for Research
Blogs
Albums That Hold Up
Some Favorite Links
My
del.icio.us favorites
Open
Library
The Commons - Library of Congress on flickr
Folkstreams - The Best of American Folklore Films
Old Hat Records
Southern
Foodways Alliance
NC
Barbecue Society Historic Trail
WWOZ - New Orleans' Jazz
& Heritage Station
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