Tschera Harkness Connell
Associate Professor
Head, Scholarly Resources Integration Department
The Ohio State University Libraries
1858 Neil Avenue Mall
Columbus OH 43210-1286
Voice: 614-247-7462
Fax: 614-292-2015
Email: connell.17@osu.edu

EDUCATION

EMPLOYMENT

SELECTED COURSES TAUGHT

• Foundations of Librarianship 307 (1975-1978) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  
• Cataloging and Classification I 407 (1990) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  
• Organization of Information 60601 (1991-1999), Kent State University
  
• Cataloging and Classification I 60602 (1991-1999), Kent State University
  
• Cataloging and Classification II 60603 (1991-1999), Kent State University
  
• Indexing and Abstracting 60649 (1995), Kent State University
  
• Selection and Acquisitions 60614 (1991-1999, 2005) Kent State University
  
• Technical Services 60661 (1991-1995)
  
• Fundamentals of Acquisition (Online Continuing Education) for the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books and monographs

• Connell, Tschera Harkness. Librarian Subject Searching in Online Catalogs: An Exploratory Study of Knowledge Used. 1991 Ph.D. diss., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• Connell, Tschera Harkness and Robert L. Maxwell, editors. The Future of Cataloging: The Lubetzky Symposium. Chicago: ALA, 2000.

• Lancaster, F. Wilfrid, Calvin Elliker, and Tschera Harkness Connell, "Subject Analysis." In Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, edited by Martha E. Williams, vol. 24: 35-84. New York: Elsevier Science Publishers, 1989
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. "Subject Cataloging." In Technical Services Management, 1965-1990: A Quarter Century of Change and a Look to the Future. Editors, Linda C. Smith and Ruth C. Carter. New York: Haworth Press, 1996. 211-222.

• Connell, Tschera Harkness. "Comparing the Circulation of Library Materials Ordered by Faculty and Librarians," Collection Management 14 no. 1/2(1991):73-84.
• Lancaster, F. Wilfrid, Tschera Harkness Connell, Nancy Bishop, and Sherry McCowan. "Identifying Barriers to Effective Subject Access in Online Catalogs," Library Resources & Technical Services 35 (Oct. 1991):377-391.
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. "User Acceptance of Library Catalog Results: An Exploratory Study," Library Resources & Technical Services 35 (April 1991):191-201.
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. "Techniques to Improve Subject Retrieval in Online Catalogs: Flexible Access to Elements in the Bibliographic Record," Information Technology & Libraries 10 (June 1991):97-98.
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. "Subject Searching in Online Catalogs: Metaknowledge Used by Experienced Searchers," Journal of the American Society for Information Science 46 (Aug. 1995):506-518.
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. "Use of the LCSH System: Realities," Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 23 (1996):73-98.
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. “Effect of Series Authority Control for Acquisitions,” Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory 22 (1998):393-407, 1998.
• Connell, Tschera Harkness, and Jennifer E. Tipple. “Testing the Accuracy of Information on the World Wide Web Using the Altavista Search Engine,” Reference and User Services Quarterly 38 (1999):360-368
• Connell, Tschera Harkness and Chandra Prabha. “Characteristics of Resources Represented in the OCLC CORC Database,” Library Resources & Technical Services 46, no. 2 (April 2002): 9-49.
• Fields, Anne M. and Tschera Harkness Connell. “Classification and the Definition of a Discipline: the Dewey Decimal Classification System and Home Economics,” Libraries and Culture 39, no. 3 (Summer 2004): 245-259.
• Connell, Tschera Harkness, Sally A. Rogers, and Carol Pitts Diedrichs. “A Study of OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center Use by Ohio State University Faculty and Students, “ portal 5, no. 3 (July 2005):371-390.
• Connell, Tschera Harkness and Carl Franklin. "The Internet: Educational Issues,". Library Trends 42, no. 4(Spring 1994):608-625. (Invited paper)

• Connell, Tschera Harkness. Review of Technical Services in the Medium-sized Library: An Investigation of Current Practices by Shelia S. Intner and Josephine Riss Fang. Hamden, Conn.: Library Professional Publications, 1991. In: Library Resources & Technical Services 36 (Oct. 1992):523-524.
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. Review of Introduction to Cataloging and Classification by Mildred Marlow Downing and David H. Downing. 6th ed. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1992. In: Library Resources & Technical Services 37(Oct. 1993):448-449.
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. Review of Portraits in Cataloging and Classification: Theorists, Educators, and Practitioners of the Late Twentieth Century, edited by Carolynne Myall and Ruth C. Carter. New York, Haworth Press, 1998. Reviewed prior to publication for Haworth Press.
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. Review of Maxwell’s Guide to Authority Work by Robert L. Maxwell. Chicago, ALA, 2002. Serials Librarian 45 (2003):125-126.

• Connell, Tschera Harkness. "Librarian Subject Searching in Online Catalogs" Research Forum, ALISE annual conference, 22 January 1992. (Invited paper)
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. "An Educator's View of Research," Meckler Computers in Libraries '92 conference, Washington D.C., 5 March 1992. (Invited paper)
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. "Knowledge Elicitation for Purposes of Evaluation and Planning," Library and Information Technology Association (of the ALA), New Orleans, LA. 28 June 1993 (Invited paper)
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. “The Ohio State University Libraries: CORC Project,” presentation to an OHIONET workshop, October 20, 1999.
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. “CORC at OSU,” 1/3 of OCLC CORC Panel Discussion, ALA Midwinter in Chicago, Illinois, January 15, 2000.
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. “Librarian Selected Web Resources: An Analysis of the CORC Database,” American Society of Information Science and Technology, Central Ohio Chapter (CO-ASIS&T) Program meeting, Nov. 21, 2000 at OCLC (Invited paper)
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. “Cataloging Web Resources on the OCLC – CORC: Issues Identified in an Empirical Study. NASIG Workshop May 24, 2001
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. “How Different? Web Resources and CORC versus Everything Else,” Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians (NOTSL) Presentation, June 8, 2001.
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. “National Standards and Local Policy,“ Ohio Library Council Technical Services Workshop, Mohican State park, Ohio, 5 May 2003.
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. “Providing Access Through the Catalog, “Academic Library Association of Ohio, OCLC, Dublin, Ohio, 14 May 2003.
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. “A Study of OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center Use by Ohio State University Faculty and Students, Fall 2002,” study performed by Tschera Harkness Connell, Sally A. Rogers, and Carol Pitts Diedrichs. Presentation sponsored by the Libraries, Oct. 13, 2003.
• Connell, Tschera Harkness. “From Theory to Practice: the Great Divide?” Academic Library Association of Ohio, Technical Services Interest Group Workshop, Kent State University, 4 March 2005.
• David, Prabu, Lewis R. Horner, Carol Pitts Diedrichs, Tschera Connell, and Sally Rogers. “An Experiment with Respondent Burden in Pop-Up Web Survey.” Poster session presented at the American Association for Public Opinion Research annual conference, May 2003, Nashville, Tenn.

RESEARCH AWARDS

• Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Research Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, 1991.
• Berner-Nash Award for the outstanding doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1991.
• Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory (LAPT) 1996 Research Award.

• HEA Title II-B Fellowship in Library and Information Science. Awarded Fall 1987.
• Hostetter Fellowship 1990-1991. Awarded full tuition and fees to work on dissertation.
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Graduate College Dissertation Grant, Awarded Fall 1990.
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Graduate School of Library and Information Science (UIUC-GSLIS( Reece Endowment Fund Grant. (Awarded for dissertation research, Fall 1990).)
• 1996 Library Acquisitions Practice & Theory Research Award ($1,000). Awarded.
• Kent State University. Division of Research and Graduate Studies. 1997 Summer Research Appointment ($6,500). Proposal to study the effect of different organization schemes on the use of KSU-SLIS website. Awarded but not accepted due to change of employment.
• OCLC/OSU Joint Research Project on the Characterization of Web Resources in the CORC Database. OCLC provided data and personnel to assist in the initial data gathering of the project. Project dates Oct. 2000-Feb. 2001.
• Battelle Endowment for Technology & Human Affairs (BETHA), with Carol Diedrichs (Principal Investigator) and Sally Rogers. $31,940.35 for “Creating Change: The Impact of Technology and Economics on Scholarly Communication,” – lecture series and research project. Project dates June 2003-2004. Renewed through June 2005.
• Advisory Committee on Research, Ohio State University Libraries. $500 to support data gathering for content analysis of 50 years of Library Resources & Technical Services. Fall 2005.

EDITORSHIP OR SERVICE AS A REVIEWER FOR JOURNALS

Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS). Book Reviewer, 1991-1995; 2002-2003. Editorial Board, 2004-
Serials Review. Editorial Board, 2002-

Manuscripts refereed for (in alphabetical order):

Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS)
Library Quarterly
Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS)
Serials Review

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE

• Illinois Library Association (ILA). Executive Board, 1975-1976.
• Illinois Library Association. Resources and Technical Services Section (RTSS). President, 1975-1976.
• American Library Association (ALA). Council on Regional Groups. 1976. (Appointed)
• Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS).
  • Best of LRTS Committee, 1993-1994; Chair 1994-1995
  • ALCTS Representative to CIP Advisory Committee (advises LC on CIP programs) July 2000-2005
  • ALCTS Planning Committee, 2003-
  • Cataloging and Classification Section (CCS) Education, Training, and Recruitment for Cataloging Committee, 2001-2003.
  • Serials Section (SS) Policy, Research and Publications Committee, 2001-2003. Chair, 2002-2003.
  • Serials Section (SS) Policy Committee, 2004-
• American Society for Information Science (ASIS). Pratt-Severn Best Student Research Paper Award Jury, 1997-2000. Chair 2000
  • Central Ohio Chapter of the American Society for Information Science (CO-ASIS). Secretary, 1993-1996.
  • Central Ohio Chapter of the American Society for Information Science (CO-ASIS). Program chair, 1997-1998.
  • Central Ohio Chapter of the American Society for Information Science (CO-ASIS). Chair, 1998-2000.
• OhioLINK Database Management and Standards Committee. Associate Member representing Ohio State University Libraries (Appointed) 2002- ; Chair 2003-2005.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND COMMITTEE SERVICE

University Libraries Committees

• OSCAR/OhioLINK User’s Committee, August 1999-2001
  
• Electronic Resources Working Group, August 1999-2000
  
• Search/Screen Committee for Middle East Studies Librarian, 1999-2000
  
• CORC Project Task Force 1999-2000
  
• Stacks Improvement Committee, July 2000-March 2001
  
• “I’m an Electronic Resource” Tour development and maintenance committee, Aug. 2000-
  
• Search/Screen Committee for Electronic Resources Coordinator, Serials and Electronic Resources Department (SER) January-
• March 2002.
  
• Cataloging Interfaces Working Group. February 2002-August 2002
  
• OSUL Faculty Planning and Policy committee, 2002/3-2004/5; Chair, 2003/4
  
• Knowledge Bank Advisory Committee, 2004-
  
• Knowledge Bank Steering Committee, 2004-2005 (merged with DISC 2005)
  
• Digital Initiatives Steering Committee (DISC) 2005-
  
• Search/Screen Committee for Metadata Librarian, Access, Support and Accounting Department (ASA). 2003/04.
  Ex officio member
  
• Search/Screen Committee for 2 Systems Librarians. 2005
  
• Search/Screen Committee for 3 Librarians: Cataloging Coordinator, Cataloger, and Metadata Librarian. 2005.
  Ex officio member