Contact Information:
Abilene Christian University
Margaret & Herman Brown Library, Room 232
Abilene TX 79699-9208
Phone: (325) 674-2387, Fax: (325) 674-2202
E-mail: mark.tucker@acu.edu
Education
Biographical Listings
Directory of American Scholars (1999)
Directory of Library and Information Professionals (1988)
Who's Who in America, Vols. 50-62 (1995-2008)
Who's Who in the Midwest, Vols. 27-28 (2000-02)
Books Published
Libraries & Culture: Historical Essays Honoring the Legacy of Donald G. Davis, Jr., edited with Hermina G.B. Anghelescu and Cheryl Knott Malone. Washington D.C.: Library of Congress Center for the Book, 2006.
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.
Contributions to Selected Reference Sources
Branscomb, B(ennett) Harvie (1894-1998). In Dictionary of American Library Biography, Second Supplement, edited by D.G. Davis, Jr., 35-39. Westport, Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited, 2003.
Work, Monroe Nathan (1866-1945). In Dictionary of American Library Biography, Second Supplement, edited by D.G. Davis, Jr., 227-30. Westport, Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited, 2003.
Land Grant University Libraries. In International Dictionary of Library Histories, edited by D.H. Stam, 1:88-90. Chicago, Illinois: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001.
Contributions to Selected Collected Works & Published Proceedings
Abilene Christian University, with Mark McCallon. In Transforming Library Service through Information Commons: Case Studies for the Digital Age, edited by D.R. Bailey and B.G. Tierney, 99-103. Chicago, Illinois: American Library Association, 2008.
Six Black Women Who Influenced My Life: A Journey in Spiritual and Intellectual Formation. In Restoring the First-century Church in the Twenty-first Century: Essays on the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement in Honor of Don Haymes, edited by W. Lewis and H. Rollmann, 323-34. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock, 2005.
For the Love of Books: Eddie Lovett and His Backwoods Library, with Emily J. Branson. In Libraries to the People: Histories of Outreach, edited by R.S. Freeman and D.M. Hovde, 219-30. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2003.
An Issue in Search of a Metaphor: Readings on the Marriageability of Libraries and Computing Centers, with Robert S. Freeman and Scott B. Mandernack. In Books, Bytes, and Bridges: Libraries and Computer Centers in Academic Institutions, edited by L.L. Hardesty, 13-25. Chicago, Illinois: American Library Association, 2000.
Contributions to Selected Journals
The Ministry of Scholarship: The Jubilee History of Restoration Quarterly Part I: Context and Challenge. Restoration Quarterly 50 no. 1 (2008): 3-14.
An Emerging Model for the Undergraduate Library. Library Issues 27 no. 5 (May 2007): 1-4.
Fides et Historia: Christian Sources for the Professional Contributions of Donald G. Davis, Jr. Libraries & Culture 40 (2005): 460-74. Reprinted in Libraries & Culture: Historical Essays, edited with H.G.B. Anghelescu and C.K. Malone, 460-74. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress Center for the Book, 2006.
Introduction: Donald G. Davis, Jr.: A Scholar and a Gentleman, with Hermina Anghelescu and Cheryl Knott Malone. Libraries & Culture 40 (2005): 207-12. Reprinted in Libraries & Culture: Historical Essays, edited with H.G.B. Anghelescu and C.K. Malone, 207-12. Washington D.C.: Library of Congress Center for the Book, 2006.
Wilderness Journey During the Jim Crow Era. Libraries & Culture 40 (2005): 149-55.
"Written for Our Instruction": Professional Ancestors Who Integrated Faith and Practice, with Donald G. Davis, Jr. Christian Librarian 47 no. 1 (2004): 11-15, 22-25.
Logos, Biblos, and Bibliotheke: Christian Influences in Library Development. Christian Librarian 45 no. 1 (2002): 7-13.
Oral Presentations
"The Ministry of Scholarship: The Jubilee History of Restoration Quarterly: Communities of Influence." Christian Scholars Conference: The Christian Faith, Life of the Mind, and the Public Square, Lipscomb University, 27 June 2008.
"Libraries, Learning & Community: The Learning Commons Concept at Abilene Christian University." CCCU Library Directors: Snezek Library Leadership Institute, George Fox University, 20 July 2007 and with Dwayne VanRheenen, Seattle Pacific University, 18 July 2007.
"Synergies of Technology & Libraries: The Learning Commons Concept at Abilene Christian University," with Laura Baker. National Council of Academic Deans, University of Central Arkansas, 24 July 2006.
"Building Community through Library Hospitality: Co-curricular Learning Spaces for the 21st Century," with Laura Baker and Carisse Berryhill. Inscription Conference: Intersections of Faith and Learning, Abilene Christian University, 29 September 2006 and Christian College Librarians, Florida College, 1 June 2006.
"A New Definition for the Academic Library." Christian College Librarians, Rochester College, 20 May 2005.
"Creating a Library Information Commons: Creating Our Futures: The Libraries Electronic Academy at Purdue University." Indiana Library Federation, Library Automation & Technology Division, Indianapolis, Indiana, 15 April 2003.
Service to Selected Professional Associations & Service Organizations
American Library Association (ALA)
--Association of College & Research Libraries, President's Program Committee, 1999-2000
--Library History Round Table, Chair, 1993-94
--Library Research Round Table
Christian College Librarians, ACU hosted conference, 2007
Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) Library Directors [Snezek Library Leadership Insitute] ACU hosted conference, 2008
Collection Management, book review editor, 1984-87
Dictionary of American Library Biography, member of editorial board
Libraries & the Cultural Record (Univ. of Texas Press), member of advisory board, manuscript reviewer
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