e-mail: rwomack@rci.rutgers.edu

homepage: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~rwomack

Education

M.S.L.S., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Library Science, 1996

· Thesis on the economics of libraries and the internet

M.A., University of Pennsylvania, Economics, 1993

· Concentration in public economics, thesis in economic history

B.A., Columbia University, Economics, 1989

· summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Librarianship

Data and Economics Librarian, New Brunswick Libraries, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2008-

· Responsible for numeric data collections, primarily in the social sciences, supporting quantitative research at Rutgers.

· Provide individual consultation, in person and electronically, on data services with faculty and students.

· Plan and deliver data services electronically and in the Libraries’ Data Center.

· Responsible for all aspects of collection development in the areas of economics and agricultural economics for the New Brunswick Libraries.

· Provide bibliographic instruction for courses and research consultation for faculty and students to the Departments of Economics and Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics, as well as other social science disciplines.

· Develop and maintain online subject research guides and other electronic guides to numeric data and economics, including RutgersData blog (rutgersdata.wordpress.com).

· General reference duties include regular desk hours at Alexander Library and Kilmer Library, and participation in e-mail and chat reference service.

· Participate in selection and evaluation of systemwide electronic resources.

Business & Economics Librarian, New Brunswick Libraries, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1999-2007

· Granted tenure and promotion to the rank of Librarian II in 2005.

· Responsible for all aspects of collection development in the areas of business, economics, agricultural economics, and career information for the New Brunswick Libraries.

· As liaison to the School of Business, the Department of Economics, and the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Resource Economics, provided bibliographic instruction for courses and research consultation for faculty and students.

· Responsible for training New Brunswick Libraries' faculty and staff on databases and resources in business and economics.

· Developed and maintained online subject research guides and other electronic guides to collections in business and economics.

· Maintained “Wild Card” guide to truncation symbols, 1999-2009.

· General reference duties included regular desk hours at Kilmer Library and Alexander Library, and participation in e-mail reference service.

· Participated in selection and evaluation of systemwide electronic resources.

Assistant Professor of Bibliography, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1996-1999

· Responsible for collection development and liaison with the College of Administrative Science, and the departments of Art and Art History, English, Foreign Languages, Music, and Philosophy.

· Taught the credit course, Library Research in Business and Economics.

· Provided instruction, research consultation, and general reference service.

Publications

Work in Progress

· Ryan Womack, “Academic Libraries and the Public Purpose”, to be submitted to Portal: Libraries and the Academy [peer-reviewed journal].

Peer-reviewed Articles

· Ryan Womack, “The Orientation and Training of New Librarians for Business Information”, Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship, forthcoming

· Ryan Womack, “Basic Business Dictionaries Compared”, Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship, volume 10, issue 4, 2005, pp. 3-14.

· Ryan Womack, “Information Intermediaries and Optimal Information Distribution”, Library and Information Science Research, volume 24, issue 2, 2002, pp. 129-155.

· Ryan Womack, “Bel Jour: A discipline-specific portal to periodicals”, Information Technology and Libraries, volume 21, number 2, 2002, pp. 81-86.

Edited Collections

· Ryan Womack (Editor), Success by the Numbers: Statistics for Business Development. Chicago: Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association, 2005. (RUSA Occasional Paper, number 28).

Articles in Reference Books

· Ryan Womack, “Azerbaijan”, Child Labor World Atlas: A Reference Encyclopedia, Hugh Hindman (Editor). ME Sharpe, Forthcoming.

· Ryan Womack, “Kazakhstan”, Child Labor World Atlas: A Reference Encyclopedia, Hugh Hindman (Editor). ME Sharpe, Forthcoming.

Published Conference Proceedings

· Ryan Womack, “High Speed, High Price, High Demand: Business Internet Resources and Databases in American Academic Libraries”, Proceedings of Central Asia 2002: Internet and Library, Information Resources in Science, Culture, Education, and Business, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, October 2002, pp. 37-41.

Other Papers

· Ryan Womack, “Career Exploration Resources”, pp. 32-37, in Gary W. White (Ed.), Help Wanted: Job and Career Information Resources, RUSA Occasional Paper, number 26, 2003.

· Ryan Womack, “Radio and the Internet: A study in the development of new communications technology”, Alabama Librarian, volume 49, number 3, 1998, pp. 10-14.

Electronic Publications

· Ryan Womack and Pam Craychee, “Career Exploration Resources” section in “Help Wanted: Jobs and Career Information for the New Millennium”, bibliography prepared by the Business and Reference Services Section of the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association, available online at http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/brass/brassprotools/brasspres/careersemp/careersemployment.htm (1999).

· “Issues in Access to Information”, bibliography prepared by the Access to Information Committee of the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association, available online at http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaprotools/issuesinaccess/issuesaccess.htm (1999).

Reviews

· Ryan Womack, “eVenturing Entrepreneur’s Resource Center”, Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship, vollum 14, number 2, 2008

· Ryan Womack, Human Development Report, American Reference Books Annual (ARBA), forthcoming.

· Ryan Womack, The Street.com Ratings’ Ultimate Guide Tour of Stock Investing, ARBA, volume 39, 2008.

· Ryan Womack, World Directory of Business Information Libraries 2007, ARBA, volume 39, 2008.

· Ryan Womack, A Financial History of Moden U.S. Corporate Scandals: From Enron to Reform, ARBA, volume 38, 2007.

· Ryan Womack, An Historical Atlas of Central Asia, AAMES Newsletter, volume 4, number 1, Fall 2006.

· Ryan Womack, World Monetary Units, ARBA, volume 37, 2006.

· Ryan Womack, An Eponymous Dictionary of Economics, ARBA, volume 37, 2006.

· Ryan Womack, Corporate Giving Directory, ARBA, volume 36, 2005.

· Ryan Womack, “Economist.com”, Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship, volume 10, number 6, 2005, pp. 39-45.

· Ryan Womack, “Bonds Online”, Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship, volume 5, number 4, 2000, pp. 59-65.

· Ryan Womack, “Thomas Register”, Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship, volume 4, number 2, 1999, pp. 69-75.

Presentations

· “Libraries as Information Intermediaries”, Scholarly and Professional Activities Committee, Rutgers University Libraries, March 10, 2004.

· “High Speed, High Price, High Demand: Business Internet Resources and Databases in American Academic Libraries”, Central Asia 2002: Internet and Library, Information Resources in Science, Culture, Education, and Business, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, October 16, 2002.

· “Bel Jour: Building a Discipline-Specific Portal to Periodicals”. Presented at "Who's in the Driver's Seat: You or Technology", New Jersey Library Association College and University Section/ACRL New Jersey Chapter Spring Symposium, Lincroft, New Jersey, May 22, 2002.

Editorial

· Editor, Economics, Resources for College Libraries, http://www.rclweb.net/, ACRL/Bowker, 2007-

· Editor, World Wide Web Review Column, Journal of Business and Finance Librarianship, vol. 12- (2006- ). Topics covered to date are International Trade, Corporate Governance, Human Resources, Mutual Funds, Economic Ratings, and Real Estate, and Retirement.

Grants

· Co-Principal Investigator, Virtual Collaboratory for Food, Nutrition and Business Information, 2004-2008, (Rutgers course and web portal, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Higher Education Challenge Grants Program)

Professional Activities

Offices held in Scholarly and Professional Societies

· Chair, Vendor Relations Committee of the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of the American Library Association (ALA), 2008-2009

· Past Chair, BRASS, 2007-2008

· Chair, BRASS, 2006-2007

· Chair, BRASS Executive Committee, 2006-2007

· Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect, BRASS, 2005-2006

· Chair, BRASS Membership Committee, 2004-2005

· Chair, 2004 BRASS Annual Program Committee, 2002-2004

· Chair, Thomson Financial/Primark Student Travel Award Committee, BRASS, 2000-2002

· BRASS Representative to RUSA Emerging Leaders Proposals Task Force, 2007

· BRASS Representative to RUSA Conference Program Coordinating Committee, 2004-2005

· BRASS Representative to the Access to Information Committee, RUSA, 1999-2001

· Member, Eurasia and Central Asian Subcommittee of the ALA International Relations Committee, 2008-2010

· Member, RUSA Board of Directors, 2006-2007

· Member, RUSA Planning and Finance Committee, 2005-2006

· Member, BRASS Executive Committee, 2005-2008

· Member, BRASS Publications Committee, 2004-2006

· Member, 2005 RUSA President's Program Committee, 2004-2005

· Member, RUSA Conference Coordinating Committee, 2004-2005

· Member, 2003 Preconference Planning Committee, BRASS, 2001-2003

· Member, Collection Evaluation Techniques Committee, Collection Development and Evaluation Section, ALA, 1998-2002

· Member, Access to Information Committee, RUSA, 1997-1999

· Member, 1999 Program Planning Committee, BRASS, 1997-1999

Memberships in Scholarly and Professional Societies

· American Library Association, 1996-, including memberships in the Association of College and Research Libraries (Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Section; Slavic and East European Section), Reference and User Services Association (Business Reference and Services Section; Collection Development and Evaluation Section) Government Documents Round Table, Maps and Geography Round Table, and International Relations Round Table

· IASSIST (International Association for Social Science Service and Technology), 2007-

· American Economic Association, 1998-2006

· American Society for Information Science and Technology, 1998-2005

· Special Libraries Association, 2001-2005

Service

Regional

· Advisory Board, New Jersey State Data Center, 2005-

· Member, Virtual Academic Library Environment (VALE) Interface Committee, 1999

University

· AAUP Representativie, University-Wide Committee on Work and Family Issues, 2008-2009

· Member, AAUP Work and Family Standing Committee, 2008-

· Member, Rutgers New Faculty Traveling Seminar, 2007

· Member, Search Committee for School of Management and Labor Relations Librarian, 2007

· Member, Advisory Committee for Instructional Computing, 2005

· Member, School of Management and Labor Relations Library Task Force, 2000-2001

College

· Member, Curriculum Committee, Livingston College, 2001-2007

· Fellow, Livingston College, 1999-2007

Rutgers University Libraries

· Chair, RUL World Languages Task Force, 2006-

· Chair, LibData Review Committee, 2006

· Chair, Rules of Procedure Committee, 2003-5

· Chair, Social Sciences Networked Resources Evaluation Committee, 2001-2002

· Chair, Scholarly and Professional Activities Committee, 1999-2001

· Social Sciences Representative to User Services Council, 2008-2010

· Social Sciences Representative to Scholarly Communication Committee, 2007-2009

· Social Sciences Representative to Collection Development Council, 2001-2002

· New Brunswick Representative to Planning and Coordinating Committee, 2006-2008

· New Brunswick Representative to Planning Committee, 2006-2008

· Member, Meebo (Chat) Reference Team, 2008-

· Member, Alexander Library Reference and Lobby Redesign Committee, 2007-

· Member, Faculty Coordinating Committee, 1999-2001, 2003-2004, 2006-2008

· Member, Personnel Policy and Affirmative Action Committee, 2005-2007

· Member, Digital Repository Review Committee, 2004-2007

· Member, Rules of Procedure Committee, 2005-2006

· Member, Scholarly Communication Committee, 2003-2006

· Member, ex officio, Communication/Marketing Team, 2005-2006

· Member, Social Sciences Networked Resources Evaluation Committee, 1999-2003

· Member, Collection Development Council Working Group on Digital Projects, 2002

· Member, Electronic Statistics Subgroup of Collection Development Council, 2002

· Member, Content Management System Working Group, 2002

· Member, Real-Time Reference Committee, 2002

New Brunswick Libraries

· Chair, New Brunswick Libraries Faculty, 2007-2008

· Chair, Social Sciences Subgroup, New Brunswick Collections Group, 2005-2009

· Chair, Search Committee for Social Sciences Data Librarian, 2006-7

· Co-Chair, Travel Allocation Committee, 2008-2009

· Deputy Chair, New Brunswick Libraries Faculty, 2006-2007

· Acting Data Librarian, 2003, 2007

· Acting Liaison for Reference and Information Services, Kilmer Library, 2002

· Member, New Brunswick Collections Group, 1999-

· Member, Peer Evaluation Committee, 2006-2008

· Member, Reading Committee for Librarian III tenure action, 2006

· Member, Reading Committee for Librarian III reappointment, 2005

· Member, Annual Review Committee for Librarian V, 2005

· Member, Technology Awareness Group, 2000-2005

· Member and Temporary Acting Chair, Search Committee for Digital Initiatives Librarian position, 2001

· Member, Exploratory and Search Committee for Information and Instruction Librarian position, 1999-2000

· Member, Committee to Develop A Vision Statement for the Kilmer Library for the 21st Century, 2000

· Member, New Brunswick Technology Group, 1999-2000

· Member, Real-Time Reference Working Group, 2000

· Member, Approval Plan Fund Code Committee, 1999

Linguistic Ability

English, French, Italian, Russian, Turkish