David Jank

(Full Curriculum Vitae)

Information Instruction
Coordinator Library 1101
Coordinator Distance Learning Library Services
Library Liaison, Dowling College Townsend School of Business

Member, Dowling College Faculty Personnel Committee
Member, Dowling College Environmental Planning Committee
Member, Dowling College Library Faculty Development and Curriculum Committee

First Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Research, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus (2006): "An 18th Century Internet: Knowledge Organization and Information Representation in the Colonial Williamsburg Historic Restoration"

First Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Research, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus (2005): "Toward a bibliographic examination of the published literature in systems analysis and design: A descriptive analysis and conceptual taxonomy"

Recipient, Elizabeth K. Reilly Award for Academic Excellence (2004)
Named to: "Who's Who in Information Technology' and Marquis' "Who's Who in America"
Professional service award, Special Libraries Association (National)
Past delegate, United States People to People International Delegation for Library and Information Science

LIB 1101: Information Literacy
ASC 4153: Cyberlife: Living with Information in the Digital Age (Senior Seminar)
PSY 2145: Industrial and Organizational Psychology
PSY 1001: General Psychology I
CLG 1001: College Orientation
CIS 1101: Computer Information Systems

Jank, D. (2007). Coordinated talk: The role of linguistics and language processing in cooperative technology product development. Presented at CONNECTIONS 2007: The 12^th Annual Great Lakes Conference on Information Studies, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. PDF Abstract

Jank, D. (2006). Serial killers: Managing serials collections in today's library environment. Presented at the 2006 Nassau County Library Association Symposium on Library Management, Uniondale, New York.

Jank, D. (2006). Government sources for education statistics on the Web. Presented at the 2006 LILRC Workshop on Government Information Access, Farmingdale, New York.

Jank, D. (2006). An 18^th century internet: Knowledge organization and information representation in the Colonial Williamsburg historic restoration. Presented at CONNECTIONS 2006: The 11^th Annual Great Lakes Conference on Information Studies, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. PDF Abstract

Jank, D. (2005). Toward a bibliographic examination of the published literature in systems analysis and design: A descriptive analysis and conceptual taxonomy. Presented at the 8^th Annual Colloquium on Doctoral Studies in Library and Information Science, Long Island University, Brookville, New York. PDF Abstract

Jank, D. (2004). Serials librarians and the lack of collection control. Keynote presentation at the 2004 LILRC Serials Librarians Conference, Farmingdale, New York.

Jank, D. (2004). Toward a bibliographic examination of the published literature in systems analysis and design: A descriptive analysis and conceptual taxonomy. Presented at the 13^th Annual LILRC Conference on Libraries and the Future, Oakdale, New York.

Jank, D. (2004). Documenting software engineering literature coverage in library and information science abstracting and indexing services. Presented at CONNECTIONS 2004: the 9^th Annual Great Lakes Conference on Information Studies, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Jank, D. (2004). Publisher-dictated collection development: is it good for libraries? Presented at the 2004 Long Island Library Conference, Woodbury, NY.

Jank, D. (2003). Library tech: Integrating technology into library services. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the BOCES Aspiring Superintendents Conference, Oakdale, NY.

Jank, D. (2003). Groupware for library and information services. In Drake, M. (Ed). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (vol 2, pp. 1175-1178). New York: Marcel Dekker.

Jank, D. (2003). The joy of reading, or, what reading really means to me. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Dowling College Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society, Oakdale, NY.

Jank, D. (2002). Bridging the gaps: Assessing library instruction effectiveness across varying age groups using archival test data. Poster session presented at the American Library Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Jank, D. (2001). Preparing for a disaster. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Long Island Library Resources Council Document Heritage Program, Oakdale, NY.

Blackman, J.D., & Jank, D. (1998). The Internet fact finder for lawyers: How to find anything on the net. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association.

Jank, D. (1997). Librarian, vendor, and information adventurer: Life with my MLS. In Sellen, B.C. (Ed). What else you can do with a library degree : Career options for the 90s and beyond. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers.

Jank, D. (1996). Data processing in library and information centers. In St. Clair, G. (Ed). Library and information professionals fact-finding tour of the Republic of South Africa (pp. 8-12). Seattle, WA: People to People International, Inc.

Jank, D., Levinson, D., & Wagner, R.A. (1993). Where east meets west: Bridging the gap between anthropology and computer science. In Hartson, H.R., & Briston, D.H. (Eds.). Advances in human-computer interaction : Volume three (pp. 668-677). Bristol, England: Intellect Books.

Jank, D. (1992). About some computer viruses. The Unabashed Librarian, 83, 19-21.

Jank, D. (1992). Unix and libraries. Information Technology & Libraries, 11(6), 182-183.