• Buffalo, NY native
  • Graduate of Kenmore Public Schools
  • General honors graduate of Johns Hopkins University (B. A.)
  • Post-graduate degrees from Syracuse University's School of Information Studies (M.L.S., Ph. D.)
  • Professor, School of Information, University of Michigan, 1987-
  • Senior Research Scientist, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 1981-1987
  • Researcher in the areas of subject access, classification, search strategies, digital libraries, and visual images
  • Educator in the areas of bibliographic control, library automation, online searching, multimedia production, and visual persuasion
  • Principal or co-principal investigator on grants from the Council on Library Resources, Department of Education, National Science Foundation, and OCLC
  • Author of four books, half dozen book chapters, six dozen journal articles, and two dozen research reports
  • Recipient of the American Library Association's Esther J. Piercy Award (1988), Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library & Information Technology (1998), and Jesse H. Shera Award for Distinguished Published Research (2000).
  • Fan of Buffalo Bills football and all Syracuse University athletics
  • Avid birder and squirrel watcher 
C o n t e nts
Q u i c k Bio
S u b j e c t Headings
C l a s s i fication
S e a r c h Strategies
D i g i t a l Libraries
V i s u a l Images 
B i r d ing
S q u i r rels