Bryan Sinclair Atlanta, GA USA Associate Dean, Public Services | Georgia State University Library work: bsinclair@gsu.edu | personal: sinclair.bryan@gmail.com What's New Article - Jones, Jennifer L., and Bryan Sinclair. "Assessment on the Go: Surveying Students With an iPad." Journal of Library Innovation 2, no. 2 (2011): 22-35. (pdf) Article - Sinclair, Bryan. “The University Library: Your Partner in Teaching and Learning.” Center for Teaching and Learning Newsletter (Georgia State University), Spring 2011, 1+. (pdf via SelectedWorks) My Bookmarks on Delicious esp. digital humanities and data management Various Writings Sinclair, Bryan. "The Blended Librarian in the
Learning Commons: New Skills for the Blended Library." College &
Research Libraries News, October 2009, 504-507+. (pdf
or html)
- - -. "Commons 2.0: Library Spaces Designed for Collaborative Learning." EDUCAUSE Quarterly 30, no. 4 (2007): 4-6. (pdf or html) - - -. "The Joys of Vinyl: LPs Hold Their Own in a Downloadable Digital Market." Asheville Citizen-Times, 10 March 2006, D1+. (pdf) - - - (with Anita White-Carter). "Profiles of African American Painters and Photographers." Book Links, January 2003, 20-26. (pdf via EBSCOhost) - - -. "North Carolina Jazz: A Selected Bio-Bibliography and Research Guide." North Carolina Libraries 59, nos. 3-4 (2001): 121-125. (updated as a web guide) - - -. "Building a Better Jazz Recording Collection on Compact Disc: A Guide to Current Discography." Collection Building 19, no. 2 (2000): 70-75. - - -. "Introducing the Blues." School Library Media Activities Monthly, February 2000, 21-23. - - -. "Jazz Books Capture an American Art Form." Book Links, January 2000, 41-45. - - -. "Why I Use the Google Search Engine in Web Instruction." LOEX News 26, no. 2 (1999): 4. - - -. "Internet Reviews: Google Search Engine." College & Research Libraries News, June 1999, 481. (One of the first reviews of Google. Who knew? Read an archived version.) - - -. "Internet Reviews: U.S. Census Bureau's American Factfinder." College & Research Libraries News, September 1999, 656+. - - - (editor). Making Sense of Library Research: A Guide for Undergraduate Students. Asheville: University of North Carolina Asheville, 1998. ERIC Clearinghouse, ED 422012. (1998 edition available through ERIC; 2001 revised electronic edition archived here.) - - -. "Merging Streams: The Importance of the River in the Slaves' Religious World." Journal of Religious Thought 53, no. 2 / 54, no. 1 (1997): 1-19. (pdf via EBSCOhost) - - -. "Internet Resources on Southern Culture." Southern Register, Winter-Spring 1997, 22-24. - - -. "Teaching Students to be Critical Thinkers on the Web." The Teaching Professor, March 1997, 5+.A Few Presentations w/Jennifer Link Jones, “Instant Surveying with a Tablet,” 2nd Annual Teaching with Technology Conference, Georgia State Univ., Oct. 26, 2011 (site) w/Laura Burtle, "Zip Learning - 12 Learning Commons in a Flash," ALA Annual Conference 2010, Washington, D.C., June 26, 2010 (site) "Evolving Library Space: From 'Information Commons' to 'Collaborative Learning Commons,'" Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference 2007, Atlanta, GA, February 22, 2007 (archived here) w/ Anita White-Carter, UNC Asheville Big Band, and others, Negro Baseball Leagues: Sounds and Voices of an Era, UNC Asheville, March 11, 2008 (video) Past Projects Collaborative Learning Spaces Resources, links, images, and ideas related to collaborative learning spaces in libraries Education M.A., Religious Studies (1995) Thesis: "O'er de Crossin'": The Syncretic Concept of Heaven and the Afterlife Among the Gullah Slaves. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Master of Library and Information Science (1992) B.A., double major, English and Journalism/Mass Communication (1991) Professional Development:
Albums That Hold Up
Personal log of LPs and CDs "that work as a whole and that 'hold up' after frequent listenings" East Coast Piedmont Blues
Bio-bibliography and research guide on Piedmont blues musicians (Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia primarily) compiled by students enrolled in the Freshman Colloquia, The Art of the Blues (Fall 2005) and Jazz and Blues in American Culture (Fall 2003) at UNC Asheville. Mississippi Records Illustrated Discography - MR-001 to MR-050 Discography of LPs and cassettes produced by the eclectic independent record label out of Portland, Oregon. Mississippi Records specializes in vinyl reissues of American roots, blues, gospel, art punk, and world music, among other recorded obscurities. North Carolina Jazz Musicians Bio-bibliography and research guide on jazz musicians from the Tar Heel State. Included are major 20th century figures (John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Nina Simone), forgotten sidemen, unknown early musicians and band leaders, contemporary recording artists, and jazz educators. Portions of this guide were originally published in the Fall-Winter 2001 issue of North Carolina Libraries.
Merriam-Webster My Food Bookmarks on Delicious (mainly ATL and Southeast) My Music Bookmarks on Delicious The Commons on flickr - "hidden treasures in the world's public photography archives" Library Sleevefacing - from Bowling Green's Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives Folkstreams - The Best of American Folklore Films National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of CongressStefan Wirz's American Music - blues discographies and more; a labor of love from one obsessive German record collector American Routes - public radio program produced in New Orleans by Nick Spitzer, folklorist and a professor of American studies and communication at Tulane 
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