Personal
· Current Title: Master Gardener, Fayette County,
Fayetteville, GA
The Mind is like a garden, your
thoughts are the seed
You can grow flowers or you can
grow weeds
· e-mail: jayhawk20041@spamarrest.com remove the ONE to send me
an e-mail
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Career Experience
· Master Gardener, Fayette County,
Fayetteville, Georgia October 1, 2011-
· Storyteller with the Southern Crescent Storytellers, Fayette
County, GA 2011-
· Patriotic Program Coordinator, VFW Post 3650,
Fayetteville, GA - 2009-
· Bible Class Teacher, Fayetteville church of Christ,
Fayetteville, GA January 2009 -
Bible material used is
at http://www.abiblecommentary.com/biblestudylessons.htm
· Distributor, Juice Plus, http://www.larmstrongjuiceplus.com
· Property Management Assistant, Armstrong Property Management,
October 1, 2004 - 2011
· Information Officer, Global Christian University,
2002-2010
Supported GCU faculty with information and assistance in using and
posting WebCT
for their courses. (Now affiliated with Oklahoma Christian University)
· Retired Librarian, June 6, 2003-
· Special Collections Librarian, William Allen White Library,
Emporia
State University, Emporia, Kansas, May 2001 – June 2003. http://library.emporia.edu
With
responsibility for sorting, organizing, and accessing the William Allen
White
Award documents and William Allen White Collection along with upgrading
and
reorganizing the Special Collections Reading room area and its
collections.
And selecting monographic resources for Education, Mathematics,
Computer
Science, Religion, Philosophy and Geography collections through liaison
with
faculty of those departments.
· Head of User Services, William Allen White Library, http://library.emporia.edu
Emporia
State University, Emporia, Kansas, June 1999- April 2001 - With
responsibility
for Reference, Government Documents and Special Collections, the
position
included budgets for the departments, hiring and training student
assistants
for Reference, working at the Reference Desk up to 13 hours a week,
selecting
monographic resources for Education, History and Geography, providing
instruction
in bibliographic information classes and conducting daily management of
the
Reference activities.
· Head of Technical Services, Brown Library, Abilene Christian
University,
Abilene, Texas, 1996-1999. http://www.acu.edu/academics/library/
With a staff of 5.5 FTE, responsibilities included setting standards
and procedures
for Technical Services, processing the William Faulkner collection of
over
800 titles, serving on the Library Consortium Bibliographic Committee,
publishing
handouts for Reference Services, working at the Reference Desk up to 39
hours
a month, and providing instruction in bibliographic information classes
using
the Library computer lab and selecting monographic resources for
Education,
History and Geography.
· Business Associate, All Star Cards, San Antonio, TX, January
1994
to December 1995. Provided sales assistance to the owner of a
sports
card shop.
· Retired Army Officer, (Fort Sam Houston, Texas), December 31,
1993-
· Senior Army Reserve Advisor, (COL) 5th U.S. Army, Ft. Sam
Houston,
TX, 1991-1993. Provided assistance to the staff and command group
of
the HQs in U.S. Army Reserve matters. (Now US Army North, http://www.arnorth.army.mil/)
· Inspector General (COL) 63rd Army Reserve Command, Los
Alamitos, CA, 1988-1991. Conducted command inspections and
investigated complaints within the command.
· Mobilizations Plans Officer, (LTC) J-4, Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Pentagon,
1985 -1987. Participated in joint service communications and
exercises
in logistics matters for the J-4. http://www.jcs.mil/page.aspx?id=19
· Force Integration Staff Officer (FISO) (LTC) Directorate of
Logistics, Department
of the Army, Pentagon, 1982 to 1985. http://www.hqda.army.mil/logweb/index.html
Established a $460,000,000 program to build, equip, and
staff eighteen Regional
Training Sites for the Army Reserve and the National Guard and have the
reputation
as the God Father for the program.
· Curator of Maps, Map Library, University of Kansas, Lawrence,
Kansas,
September 1970-1982, building the collection to over 400,000
maps. Participated in two, eight week Library of
Congress, Geography and Map Division
Summer Projects - 1974 and 1981. http://www.lib.ku.edu/mapscoll/index.shtml
· Battalion Commander (LTC) 317th Supply and Service Battalion
(USAR)
Lawrence, Kansas, August 1980 to August 1982. Responsible for all
aspects
of the position to include personnel training, recruiting and retaining
soldiers.
· Executive Officer, (MAJ) 317th Supply and Service Battalion
(USAR)
Lawrence, Kansas, 1977-1980.
· Staff Officer (MAJ) 326th Support Group, Kansas City, Kansas,
1975-1977
· Executive Officer (CPT) 317th Supply and Service Battalion,
1972-1974
· Director (CPT) Drill Sergeant and Leadership Academy, 89th
Training
Division, Kansas City, Kansas, 1969-1972
· Personnel Officer, (1LT) 4th Administration Company, 4th
Infantry Division, Ft. Lewis, Washington and Camp Enari, Vietnam,
1965-1967 (Old Web Address http://www.hood.army.mil/4id) http://www.carson.army.mil/units/4id/
Education
· Master of Library Science
School of Library and Information Management at Emporia State
University (1981) http://slim.emporia.edu/
Mentor: Dr. Ron Haselhuhn
· Master of Arts in Geography/Cartography
Department of Geography, University of Kansas (1975) http://www.geog.ku.edu
Mentor: Dr. George F. Jenks
· Master of Arts in Political Strategy and National Policy
Navy War College, Newport, Rhode Island (1988) http://www.nwc.navy.mil/
Mentor: Dr. Terry L. Deibel
· Bachelor of Arts in Geography
Department of Geography at Oklahoma State University (1965) http://www.geog.okstate.edu/
Mentor: Dr. James Stine
· Freshman Year
Oklahoma Christian University, 1959-1960. http://www.oc.edu
· 12 hours, Education Courses, College of Education and Human
Development,
University of Texas at San Antonio (1994-1995) http://www.utsa.edu/
Mentor: Dr. Richard Diem
· 3 Hours, Library Cataloging Course, School of Library and
Information
Studies, Texas Women’s University (1996) http://www.twu.edu/cope/slis/index.htm
· 3 Hours, Summer Institute in Urban Geography, Southwest Texas
State
University (1995)
Mentor: Dr. Richard G. Boehm http://www.geo.txstate.edu/
· K-12 Seiling Public Schools, Seiling, Oklahoma (1947-1959) http://www.seiling.k12.ok.us Other Education
· John Childer's Million Dollar Speaker Training, 40 hours, Las
Vegas,
NV, Aug 28-31, 2003
· Gale Research Databases, 3 hours, Oct 17, 2002, Emporia State
University.
· Palm ™ Handheld Training Seminar, 6 hours, Sep 15, and Oct 7,
2002,
Emporia State University.
· Motivating Employees Workshop, 6 hours, May 17, 2001, Kansas
City
Library & Information Network.
· Photoshop Applications, 9 hours, Sep 5 – Oct 17, 2000, Emporia
State
University.
· Virtual Geography, Technology Workshop II, 1998, (June 26 –
July
4) Department of Geography, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
Coordinator:
Dr. Kenneth H. Foote. URL: http://www.colorado.edu/geography/virtdept/workshops/1998/1998.html
· Certificates for Completion for Word 97, Excel 97 and
PowerPoint 97 courses, from Professional Development at Abilene
Christian University, 1998.
· Total Qualitative Management, U.S. Air Force, 1992.
· Operations Research and Systems Analysis, U.S. Army, 1981.
· Key Assets Protection Program, U. S. Army, 1974. Courses and Classes Taught
· Bibliographic Instruction, 1999 - 2001, William Allen White
Library,
Emporia State University for Freshman Seminar, Comp I, Comp II, subject
area
classes and high school classes.
· Using Netscape Composer to Build Web Pages, Professional
Development Course, Emporia State University, Feb 8; and Oct 13, 20,
27, 2000; Feb 9,
16, 23, 2001
· Exploring the Internet, Flint Hills Technical College,
Emporia, Jul
10-13; Jul 31-Aug 3; Sep 25-28 2000; Apr 9-12, 2001; Jul 16-19, 2001;
Oct
15-18, 2001
· Geography 354, Historical and Cultural Geography, (Spring
Semester,
1999), Abilene Christian University. The syllabus and student
work
is posted on Electronic Resources for Geography at http://ejw.i8.com/geog/99/plans99.html
· Geography 354, Historical and Cultural Geography, (Spring
Semester,
1998), Abilene Christian University. The syllabus and student
work
is posted on Electronic Resources for Geography at http://ejw.i8.com/geog/98/plans98.html
· Geography 354, Historical and Cultural Geography, (Spring
Semester,
1997), Abilene Christian University. The syllabus and student
work
is posted on Electronic Resources for Geography at http://ejw.i8.com/geog/97/plans97.htm
· Geography 400, Geography Independent Research, Summer, 1998.
· Bibliographic Instruction, 1996-1999, Brown Library, Abilene
Christian
University for Freshman Seminar and subject area classes.
Honors
Universities
· President’s Circle, Abilene Christian University, 1997-1999.
Libraries
· Who’s Who in Library Science, 1980.
Military
· Legion of Merit (Army) 1993.
· Department of Defense Meritorious Service Medal (Department of
Defense)
1987.
· Bronze Star for Meritorious Service (Army - Vietnam) 1967.
Areas of Technical Expertise
· Programs: Word, Word Perfect, Works, Excel, PowerPoint,
PhotoShop, Access, Netscape Composer, Dreamweaver, and Frontpage.
· Cataloging Systems and Programs: Innovative, DRA,
Readerware, OCLC Passport, CatME, and MARC.
· Hardware: PCs, MACs, PDAs, Servers, Scanners, and Digital
Cameras.
· Online Databases: InfoTrac Databases, OCLC Databases,
JSTOR,
MUSE, EBSCO, ERIC, LEXIS, StatUSA, SIRS, NetLibrary, CARL, and Wilson
Select,
plus numerous other single databases.
Conference Presentations
"Electronic Nightmares, Spam and Deadlinks," Workshop, Kansas City
Library
& Information Network, November 12, 2003.
“Disaster Plan Revisited” ESU Library Panel Member, College and
University Libraries Conference, Salina, Kansas, October 10, 2002.
"All Tangled Up With the Web: Unsolociated E-mail and Dead Hyperlinks
(Link
Rot)" Christian College Librarians' Conference, Oklahoma Christian
University,
May 15, 2002
“Keys to Great Reference Service” Professional Librarians’ Meeting,
William
Allen White Library and School of Library and Information Science, June
15,
2001.
“Library Assessment Tools,” Christian College Librarians' Conference,
David
Lipscomb University, May 24, 2001.
“Building a Directory of Electronic Resources,” College and University
Libraries
Section of the Kansas Library Association, McPherson, Kansas, October
6,
2000.
“Integrating the Internet into the Curriculum” and “Using the Web for
Finding
Digital Images of Rare Maps for Educational Purposes,” National
Endowment
for the Humanities, History of Cartography Institute ‘Cartographic
Traditions
in World History’ for Teachers, University of Illinois at Chicago,
August
2, 1999.
“Class Internet Projects,” Presentation, 11th Annual GeoTech
Conference, Bishop
Dunne High School, Dallas, Texas, May 16, 1999 (used an Internet
Presentation
found at http://ejw.i8.com/geog/geotech.html
“Integrating the Internet into the Social Studies Curriculum,”
Presentation, 12th Annual GeoTech Conference, Bishop Dunne High School,
Dallas, Texas, March
6, 1998
“Analyzing Geography Web Sites,” Presentation, National Council for
Geographic
Education, Indianapolis, Indiana, November 12, 1998.
“Analyzing Geography Web Sites,” Presentation, The Texas Alliance for
Geography
Conference, Round Rock, Texas, October 22, 1998.
“Analysis of Geography Related Web Sites,” Presentation, The Texas
Alliance
for Geography Conference, Cedar Vally Middle School, Texas, October 4,
1997.
“Bringing Together the National Standards for Geography and Geography
Related
Web Sites Through an Evaluation Process,” Presentation, National
Council
For Geographic Education Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, October
10,
1997.
"The Web of Historical Cartography: A Demonstration of Historic Maps on
the
Internet" Online presentation at the Texas Map Society Fall Conference,
November
8, 1997.
“Exploring Your Community,” Presentation, The Texas Alliance for
Geography Conference, San Antonio, Texas, October 15, 1994.
Publications
· Editor, Todd Family Cookbook,
2006
· Review of Chapter One, The Outrageous Idea of Christian
Scholarship
by George Marsden
http://www.acu.edu/academics/adamscenter/resources/faithlearning/christianschol.html
1999
· "The Web of Cartography," The Neatline, A Newsletter of
the Texas
Map Society,
Vol 1, No. 1, February 1998 · A Guide to the Reserve Components,
Fifth
U. S. Army, Ft Sam Houston, Texas, 1993
· Co-Editor, Fifth U.S. Army Wives Cookbook, Ft. Sam
Houston,
Texas, 1993
· Logistics Annex for the Navy War College War Games,
Newport,
Rhode Island, 1988.
· Thirteen acetate and ink illustrations for maps that are
published in the following books: Ice, The incredible journey, Saga
of a
wayward sailor, Inside Cuba, The politics of Torch, Walt Whitman’s
western jaunt, The making of the Popes- 1978, and The St. Louis
– San Francisco Transcontinental Railroad.
· Editor, Support Group Training Guide, 326th Support
Group,
Kansas City, Kansas, 1974
· Co-editor with Margaret Tranne Pearce, Unpublished Manucript -
A
Processing Manual for the Small Map Collection, September, 1973.
· Drill Sergeant Academy Operations Manual, Leadership
Academy,
89th Training Division, Kansas City, Kansas,1970.
Web Sites Published
· Web Based Resources, http://ejw.i8.com
· Dwight David Eisenhower, http://ejw.i8.com/ike/ike.html
· Electronic Resources for Geography, http://ejw.i8.com/geogweb.htm
· Electronic Resources for History, http://ejw.i8.com/histweb.htm
· The Fourth Infantry Division in Vietnam, http://ejw.i8.com/vn/vn.html
· Emporia Church of Christ Web Page, http://EmporiaChurchofChrist.i8.com
(2000-2004) Created the initial web pages for the congregation.
· ESU Christian Student Center, http://EmporiaChurchofChrist.i8.com/csc.htm
(2000-2004) Created the initial web pages for the Center.
· Christian Resources, http://christianresources.i8.com
· Online Recipe Sites, http://christianresources.i8.com/recipes.html
· Recipe Websites, http://recipesites.5u.com
· Texas Historical Map Society, http://libraries.uta.edu/txmapsociety
(1997-1999) Built the initial pages for the Society.
University Committees and Service
· Residency Committee, 2002-2003
· Facilities Committee, September 2000 – 2001.
· Library Representative to the Faculty Advisory Council, School
of
Library Information and Management, December 1999 – June 2000.
· ESU Distance Learning Task Force, 1999-2000.
· Member, ESU Team for PICTT, 1999-2001.
· ESU Faculty Advisor, Christian Student Center, ESU, 2000 -
2003.
· Adopt-A-Student, Christian Student Center, ESU, 2000 - 2004.
Library Committees and Service
· Chair, Library Faculty Committee, University Library and
Archives, ESU, Jun 2002-2003.
· Selectors Committee, University Library and Archives, ESU,
1999
- 2003.
· Library Faculty Committee, University Library and Archives,
ESU,
2000 - 2003.
· Disaster Planning Task Force, University Library and Archives,
2001-2003.
· Coordinating Editor, Library Lines, Library Newsletter, Vol.
1.
Nos. 1 and 2, University Library and Archives, ESU, 2001.
· Library Publicity Committee, Department of Library Services,
ESU
1999 - 2001.
· Instruction Committee, Department of Library Services, ESU,
2000
- 2001.
· Chair, Faculty Technology Help Committee, (Volunteer) Global
Christian
University, 2000-
· Unit Heads Committee, Department of Library Services, ESU,
1999
- 2001.
· Assistant Library Webmaster, ESU, 1999-2001.
· Assistant Library System Administrator, ESU, 1999-2000.
· Web Advisory Committee, Department of Library Services, ESU,
2000-2001.
· Library Book Truck Drill Team for Homecoming, ESU 2000.
· Chair, Search Committee for Reference Librarian and
Instruction Coordinator,
ESU 2000.
· Search Committee member for William Allen White Library
Director, ESU 2000.
· Bibliographic Control Committee, Library, Abilene Christian
University,
1997-1999.
· Scholarship Award Committee, Christian College Librarians,
1997-98.
Book Sale Coordinator, Library, Abilene Christian University,
March
1999.
· Editor, Gamit, Library Newsletter, Kansas University Library,
1978-1980.
Community Committees and Services
· Mentor, MAPS, Mentoring And Personal Success, Lowther
Elementary South, Emporia KS 2002-2003
· Deacon, Emporia Church of Christ, Emporia, Kansas March
2000-September 2004
· Tutor, Adult Literacy Program, Emporia, Kansas, 2000-2003.
· Mentor, HOSTS, Reading Program at the Walnut Elementary
School, Emporia,
KS 2001-2002.
· Chair, Search Committee for Campus Minister, ESU Christian
Student
Center, May-June, 2001.
· American Cancer Society Facilitator, MacArthur Church of
Christ, San Antonio, TX 1992-1995.
· City League Girl’s Basketball Coach, Falls Church, VA
1985-1987.
· Planning Committee, City of Lawrence’s (KS) U.S. Bi-Centennial
Parade,
1976.
· Co-host, City of Lawrence’s (KS) U.S. Army 200th Birthday
Parade,
1975.
· Little League Assistant Football Coach, Lawrence, KS
1976-1979.
Library Conference Attendance
· Managing Digital Video Content Conference, Atlanta, August
15-16,
2001
· Innovative User’s Group, May 19-22, 2001
· Motivating Employees Workshop, May 16, 2001
· KLA, College and University Section, October 5-6, 2000
· Kansas Tri-Conference, Wichita, April 12-14, 2000; Topeka,
April
4-6, 2001
· LAMA Institute held in Emporia, Kansas, July 30, 1999
· Special Library Association, Kansas City, 1981, Atlanta, 1994
· American Library Association, Miami, 1994; Atlanta, 2001
· National Council for Geographic Education, San Bernardino,
1997;
Indianapolis, 1998
· Christian College Librarian’s Annual Conference, 1996, 1997,
1998,
2001
Discussion List Participation
· Special Collections List, wxlibris@library.berkeley.edu (2001
-
)
· Kansas Librarians List, KANLIB-L@UKANS.EDU (2000 - 2004)
· ESU SLIM Alumni, SLIMALUM@esunix.emporia.edu (1999 - )
· PDA Libraries, pdalibraries@yahoogroups.com (2002 - )
· Distance Learning List, dlibs@jccc.net (2001 - 2004)
· College to College, c2c@list.jccc.net (2001 - 2004)
· Christian College Librarians, CCL-RSI@Harding.edu (1996 - )
