Reference Librarian
Bibliographer for French Language and Literature

Education

Ph.D. French Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S. Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.A. French Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.A. French, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

Special Skills, Areas of Expertise, Research Interests

Web development with ColdFusion scripting and relational databases. Some library projects:

• Libraries Staff Directory
• Library Class Resources
• EndNote instructions & downloads
• Old Georgia Newspapers

I contribute to the Libraries LINKS newsletter.

I am updating and maintaining the library research guides for Classics, French Studies, Languages/Linguistics, Philosophy, and Religion.

For the past six years I have been fact-checking articles for the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

I am participating in the design and maintenance of the ACRL Western European Studies Section (WESS) French Studies Web.

Each spring I compile an unannotated list of articles of interest to scholars of French linguistics for the Modern Language Association Comparative Romance Linguistics Newsletter Bibliographies. Online version of Recent Studies in French Linguistics.

Professional Organizations

American Library Association; Association of College and Research Libraries; ACRL Western European Studies Section (WESS); Georgia Library Association

My Links

Shared bookmarks

Other Links of Interest

Librarians' Internet Index is great for finding professionally annotated and cataloged websites.

A number of years ago I spent a year each in the French cities of Lille and Metz. I grew up in Washington DC and surrounding Northern Virginia.

Contact Information

Reference
Main Library
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: (706) 542-0613
Fax: (706) 583-0268
Email: preidenb@uga.edu