Peter Hernon

Peter Hernon Professor

Professor Hernon teaches in the areas of government information, public policy, evaluation of library services, research methods, and academic libraries. He is the author of more than 240 publications of which forty-four are monographs. He is the 1999 ALA's Highsmith Award winner for the best book in library and information science. He is coeditor of Library & Information Science Research, former editor-in-chief of the Journal of Academic Librarianship, and founding editor of Government Information Quarterly. During the 1995-1996 academic year, Hernon served as a visiting professor in the Department of Library and Information Studies at Victoria University in New Zealand. In 1998, he returned to New Zealand to lecture and consult, and in 2002 he spent his sabbatical leave teaching there. He has also spoken in Britain, Canada, Portugal, Spain, and South Africa. Together with Candy Schwartz, he is currently working on an IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Services) Librarians for the 21st Century grant on developing a Ph.D. program in managerial leadership.

Teaching Areas

LIS 403: Evaluation of Information Services
LIS 428: U.S. Government as Publisher
LIS 451: Academic Libraries
Doctoral courses on research, evaluation and statistics

Articles

Hernon, Peter; Powell, Ronald R; Young, Arthur P. "Academic library directors: what do they do?" College and Research Libraries, 65(November 2004): 538-561.
Hernon, Peter; Powell, Ronald R; Young, Arthur P. "What Will Gen Next Need to Lead?" American Libraries, 35(May 2004): 32-35.

Books

Hernon, Peter; Powell, Ronald R; Young, Arthur P. The Next Library Leadership: Attributes of Academic and Public Library Directors Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2003.

Book Chapters

Hernon, Peter. "A Customer-Centered Approach to Library Services: The Role of Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction," in Challenges in Delivering Quality Services in Management and Technical Libraries, edited by Manjunatha K, Rekha D. Pai and K. Shivananda Bhat, 3-10. New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 2003.
Hernon, Peter; Relyea, Harold C. "Information Policy," in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, vol. 2., edited by Miriam A. Drake, 1300-1315. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2003.

Editorials

Hernon, Peter and Schwartz, Candy. "Library Education and Its Accrediting Body: An Opportunity for Partnerships." Library & Information Science Research no. 26 (2004): 1-4.
Hernon, Peter and Schwartz, Candy. "Peer Review." Library & Information Science Research no. 25 (2003): 359-361.

Book Reviews

Hernon, Peter and Schwartz, Candy. Review of "Research Questions for the Twenty-first Century" (Library Trends). Library & Information Science Research no. 25 (2003): 489-490.
Hernon, Peter. Review of "Student Learning Assessment." Library & Information Science Research no. 25 (2003): 355-357.

Speeches and Conference Presentations

"Research Misconduct: A Serious and Growing Issue. How Can We Cope with It," presentation at the one-day conference: "Information Ethics & Academic Honesty," Colby College (Maine), October 14, 2003.
"Four Perspectives on Assessment and Evaluation," keynote address at 5th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services: "Library Measures to Fill the Void: Assessing the Outcomes," July 30, 2003, Collingwood College, Durham, England. Also part of the concluding panel discussing "Measures to Fill the Void."

Committee Service to GSLIS

Chair, Committee on Rank, Tenure and Appointment, 2003 (Fall term)
Member, Committee on Doctoral Studies
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Workload, 2003-2004

Academic Background

B.A., University of Colorado (Boulder)
M.A. (History), University of Colorado (Boulder)
M.A. (Library Science), University of Denver
Ph.D., Indiana University (Bloomington)

PETER HERNON