SUE ANN CODY

Associate University Librarian for Public Services

William Madison Randall Library

University of North Carolina at Wilmington       

601 South College Road

Wilmington, North Carolina  28403-5616

910.962.7409

FAX:  910.962.3078

Email Address: codys@uncw.edu

Web Page:  http://library.uncw.edu/web/faculty/codys/index.html

 

Work Experience:

1979-Present:   Randall Library, UNCW, Wilmington, NC.

                        August 1997-present: Associate University Librarian for Public Services.

July 1996-August 1997: Interim Director of Library Services.

January 1995-July 1996: Head of Public Services.

June 1993-December 1994: Head of Instructional Services.

1992:  Promoted to Associate Professor.

                        1985-June 1993:  Head of Reference Services.                                                                          

                        1985:  Promoted to Assistant Professor with tenure. 

                        1984-June 1993:  University Records Officer. 

                        1981-1985:  Special Collections/Reference Librarian. 

                        1980-1982:  Interlibrary Loan/Reference Librarian. 

1979:   Appointed Assistant Readers' Services (Reference) Librarian & Lecturer. 

                       

1977-1979:      Marion Public Library, Marion, IN.

Position:  Head of Reference Services.

 

Education:

University of North Carolina at Wilmington

                              Master of Arts, U. S. History

                                    Thesis title: “After the Storm: Racial Violence in Wilmington, North Carolina and its Consequences for African-American, 1898-1905.”

1976:               Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

                              Master of Library Science.

1975:               Ball State University, Muncie, IN.

                              Bachelor of Science, Magna cum laude.

                              Major:  Social Science Area (economics, geography, history, political science, and sociology) with secondary education certification.

 

Publications:

Books:

Lowery, Roger C. & Sue A. Cody. 1993. Political Science: Illustrated Search Strategy and Sources, With an Introduction to Legal Research for Undergraduates.  Ann Arbor, MI:  Pierian Press.

Hiatt, Sue A. [Cody], Directory Committee Chair and Compiler. 1987. Archival and Manuscript Repositories in North Carolina: A Directory.  Raleigh: Society of North Carolina Archivists.

 


Articles:

Benedetti, Susannah, Sue Ann Cody and Arlene Hanerfeld. 2007.  “Integrating a Digital Library and a Traditional Library: Librarians and Scientists Collaborating for Sustainability.”  Technical Services Quarterly 24 (3): 15-27.

Williams, Lisa M., Sue Ann Cody and Jerry Parnell. 2004. “Prospecting for New Collaborations: Mining Syllabi for Library Service Opportunities.  Journal of Academic Librarianship 30(4):270-275.

Cody, Sue Ann. 2003.  “Getting in the Middle of It:  Librarians as Team Members in Web Course Development” in Swimming in the Electronic Current: Elements of an Online Course, edited by Patricia Turrisi, Wilmington, NC: UNCW Publishing Laboratory.   

Cody, Sue Ann, Dan Pfohl and Sharon Bittner.  2001.  “Establishing and Refining Electronic Course Reserves: A Case Study of a Continuous Process.” Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Information Supply 11(3):11-37.

Johnson, Ron and Sue Cody.  1998.  “‘Git’ It for Me on Interlibrary Loan: Patron Initiated Electronic Requesting and Document Delivery on the INNOPAC’s InterLibrary Loan Module.”  Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Information Supply 8(4):19-30.

Cody, Sue Ann. 1997. “Historical Museums on the World Wide Web: An Exploration and Critical Analysis.”  The Public Historian 19(4):29-53.

Hiatt, Sue A. [Cody]. 1981. "The North Carolina Visual Art and Artists Collection:  A Description." North Carolina Libraries 39:61-62.

 

Reviews:

Hiatt, Sue A. [Cody]. 1985. Review of Wilmington, North Carolina:  An Architectural and Historical Portrait, by Tony T. Wrenn.  North Carolina Libraries 43:53-54.

Hiatt, Sue A. [Cody]. 1983. Review of The North Carolina Museum of Art:  An Introduction to the Collections, edited by Edgar Peters Bowron. North Carolina Libraries 41:255.

 

Presentations:

Speaker & Discussion Leader, "Josephine Humpries' Nowhere Else on Earth." Let’s Talk About It Series, North Carolina Humanities Council.  Presented for Snead's Ferry Public Library, Snead's Ferry, NC, October 5, 2006.

Panelist, “Human Geographies: Building Communities, Past, Present, and Future.”  One Book, One Community Program, Wilmington, NC, February 10, 2006.

Panelist, “Building Effective Partnerships: The Archivist and the Community.”  Society of North Carolina Archivists Fall Meeting, Wilmington, NC, October 7, 2005. 

Panelist, “XML Harvester:  Integrating Digital and Traditional Libraries.”  Thirteenth Annual Innovative Users Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 3, 2005.

Panelist, “One Record or Many? Cataloging Electronic and Print Resources.”  North Carolina Library Association/Southeastern Library Association Conference, Charlotte, NC, November 2004.

Speaker, “Don’t Just Surf – Dive into the Deep Web” for the Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology” conference, UNCW Watson School of Education, June 14, 2004.

Panelist,  “Integrating Digital Libraries and Traditional Libraries,” 12th Annual Innovative Users Group meeting, Boston, MA, April 3 & 5, 2004. 

Speaker (with Dan Pfohl), “Managing Electronic Reserve in a Consortial Environment.” 10th Annual Meeting, Innovative Users Group Meeting, Houston, TX, April 29, 2002.

Speaker, “III E-Reserve.” Carolina Innovative User Group Meeting, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, October 26, 2001.


Speaker & Discussion Leader, “Anne Tyler’s Morgan’s Passing.  Let’s Talk About It Series, North Carolina Humanities Council.  Presented at Carteret County Public Library, Beaufort, NC, October 22, 2001.

Speaker, “E-Reserve or Coursepack?  Making Informed Decisions.” TLT Collaborative, UNCW, Wilmington, NC, May 24, 2001.

Speaker & Discussion Leader, “Charles Chesnutt’s the Marrow of Tradition as a Primer for the Jim Crow Era.” Let’s Talk About It Series, North Carolina Humanities Council.  Presented at Carteret County Public Library, Beaufort, NC, September 25, 2000, Harnett County Public Library, Lillington, NC, January 7, 2001, Pamlico County Library, Bayboro, NC, March 9, 2004, Sneads Ferry Public Library, Sneads Ferry, NC, September 13, 2004 and Pender County Public Library (Hampstead Branch), January 2005.

Speaker, “After the Storm:  Racial Violence in Wilmington, North Carolina and its Consequences for African-American, 1898-1905.” Presented at Federal Point Historical Society, Fort Fisher, NC, June 19, 2000. 

Panelist, “UNCW Faculty Writers,” Barnes & Noble, Wilmington, NC, March 17, 1998.

Panelist, “Customizing Reference Databases: Case Study -- the ERIC Project,” Innovative Interfaces, Inc. User Group Annual Meeting, Providence, RI, April 28, 1996.   

Panelist, “Instruction for Instruction: Should Bibliographic Instruction be Included in the Library School Curriculum?”  North Carolina Library Association Biennial Conference, Greensboro, NC, October 6, 1995.

Panelist, “Forging Ties in Library Instruction: The Public, School, and Academic Link.”  Southeastern Library Association Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC, October 27, 1994.

Speaker, “The North Carolina Visual Arts and Artists Collection.”  Art Libraries Society/North America Southeastern and DC-MD-VA Divisions Joint Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, November 6, 1982.

 

Poster Sessions:

Benedetti, Susannah and Sue Ann Cody.  “Integrating Digital Libraries and Traditional Libraries:  Collaboration, Education, Dissemination.”  Association of College and Research Libraries 12th National Conference, Minneapolis, MN, April 8, 2005.

Williams, Lisa M., Sue Ann Cody and Jerry Parnell. “Prospecting for New Collaborations: Mining Syllabi for Library Service Opportunities.” Association of College & Research Libraries Conference, Charlotte, NC, April 10, 2003.

 

Credit Courses Taught:

Science Humanities & Society 210:  Research Revolution, Spring 2006 (team taught with Dr. Diane Melroy)

Honors 110: Freshman Honors Seminar, “The University in the Life of the Mind”

      Fall 1998 (team taught with Dr. William Atwill)

      Fall semesters, 2001-2006

 


Grants:

UNCW Faculty Research and Development Fund, $2,400 to fund research travel, William Madison Randall Biography Project, 2005.

Co-Principal Investigator, “Integrating Digital Libraries and Traditional Libraries: A Model for Sustaining NSDL Collections”, $425,093, National Science Foundation, 2003-2005.

National Video Resources, “Research Revolution” Film Viewing and Discussion Program, $1,700. 

UNCW Faculty Research and Development Fund, $1,000 to attend Archives Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1983.

 

Memberships:

American Library Association/Association of College and Research Libraries

North Carolina Library Association:  Reference & Adult Services Section Director at Large, 1991-1994, Vice-Chair, 1994-95, Chair 1995-96; Ad-hoc Committee on NCLA Web Page, Chair, 1996; Secretary, 1999-2001, Continuing Education Committee, 2005-, Conference Planning Committee, 2006-.

Society of North Carolina Archivists: Executive Board, 1985-86; Directory Committee Chair, 1985-87; Vice-President & Program Committee Chair, 1990-91; President 1991-92; Nominating Committee Chair, 1993.

 

Professional Awards & Honors:

North Carolina Library Association Distinguished Library Service Award, 2001. 

UNCW Center for Teaching Excellence, Recognition for impact on UNCW teaching environment, 1999.

Baha’i Human Rights Award Certificate of Honor for work with 1898 Centennial Foundation, 1998.

YWCA Cape Fear Women of Achievement Certificate of Recognition,1998.

UNCW Office of International Programs, Librarian Exchange, DeMontfort University, Leicester, England, March 1994.

UNCW Club of Sigma Xi National Science Honorary Society, Sigma Xi Certificate of Recognition for Support of Scientific Research, 1992.

 

Beta Phi Mu, honor society in library and information science, 1976.

Phi Alpha Theta, honor society in history, 1999.

Phi Kappa Phi, honor society, 2000.

Pi Gamma Mu, honor society in social sciences, 1975.

 

Current Committee Assignments:

University:

Faculty Senate Steering Committee

Faculty Professional Relations Committee.

Public Service & Continuing Education Advisory Committee.

Residency Appeals Committee.

Center for Teaching Excellence Advisory Committee.

Science, Humanities and Society Program Advisory Committee.


Library:
Faculty Welfare Committee.
Library Curriculum Committee.
One Book, One Community Committee.
Policy Committee (Chair).
Primary Contact Team.
Task Force on Serials Management Issues
UNC Coastal Library Consortium Advisory Committee.

Community Service

1898 Centennial Foundation, Education Committee Co-Chair, 1998 - 1999.

WHQR Public Radio, pledge drive library team coordinator. 2004-.

Senior Project Judge, Hoggard High School, 2005-2006

Last update: July 25, 2007