Contact Information:
Abilene Christian University
Brown Library
Room 217
Abilene TX 79699-9208
Phone: (325) 674-2387
E-mail: mark.tucker@acu.edu
Education
- University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library & Information Science, Ph.D.
- George Peabody College for Teachers of Vanderbilt University, Ed.S.
- George Peabody College for Teachers of Vanderbilt University, M.L.S.
- David Lipscomb University, B.A.
Selected Academic Institutions, Professional Associations, & Service Organizations
Association of College and Research Libraries
Library Administration & Management Association
Library History Round Table
Library Research Round Table
Collection Management
Editorial Board
Disciples of Christ Historical Society
National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Research Programs, Reference
Materials Program Reviewer
Society for Historians of the Gilded Age & Progressive Era
Southern Historical Association
Edited Collections
Untold Stories: Civil Rights, Libraries, and Black Librarianship. Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1998.
American Library History: A Comprehensive Guide to the Literature, edited with D. G. Davis, Jr. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 1989.
User Instruction in Academic Libraries: A Century of Selected Readings, edited with L. L. Hardesty and J. P. Schmitt. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1986.
Reference Services and Library Education: Essays in Honor of Frances Neel Cheney, edited with E. S. Gleaves. Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington Books, 1983.
Selected Contribution to Edited Collections/Published Proceedings
Change and Tradition in Land-Grant University Libraries, with D. G. Davis, Jr. In For the Good of the Order: Essays written in Honor of Edward G. Holley, edited by D. Williams, et al, 135-60. Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press, 1994.
Selected Journal Articles
Let the Circle be Unbroken: The Struggle for Continuity in African-American Library Scholarship, 1970-1995. Libraries Culture 31 (Summer / Fall 1996): 645-55.
User Education in Academic Libraries: A Century in Retrospect. Library Trends 29 (1980): 9-27.
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