Michael Vocino Curriculum Vitae Department of Political Science University of Rhode Island Washburn Hall 80 Upper College Road, Suite 4 Kingston, RI 02881-0817 voice mail (401) 874-4605 fax (401) 874-4608 You can e-mail me at                                                            vocino@uri.edu

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Michael Vocino Ph.D. (cand.), Universiteit van Amsterdam. Professor of Political Science and Professor in the Library; Adjunct Professor of Library and Information Science.

Professor Vocino is currently the Collection Management Officer for all URI Libraries and is  former Director/Associate Dean of the University of Rhode Island Libraries and teaches in the Rhode Island Master of Public Administration Program and the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. He is the co-director of the Rhode Island Ethics Project, an undertaking funded by a three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE). He is co-author of Labor and Industrial Relations Journals and Serials: an Analytical Guide (New York: Greenwood Press, 1990) and is also co-author of the book Ethical Decision Making in Public Administration (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1995). He co-authored the chapter, "A Model for Exploring Ethical Dilemmas with M.P.A. Faculty and Practitioners," in the book Teaching Ethics and Values (J. Bowman, ed. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1996.) Professor Vocino was a Final Round Grant Application Reviewer for the U.S. Dept. of Education (FIPSE). His current research interests include public ethics and the media; popular culture and political theory; gay and other minority politics; and information and technology policy issues.

Most recently Professor Vocino has taught courses at the undergraduate level in political theory, film theory and political ideology.  This past summer he offered his newly created course "Political Science and the Internet."  At the graduate level he teaches courses in information management, information ethics and co-teaches "Ethics for Public Administrators" in the Rhode Island Master of Public Administration Program which is a joint venture of the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College.

EDUCATION:

B.S. — Boston University
M.A. (Political Science) — University of Rhode Island
M.L.S. — University of Rhode Island
Certificate (graduate level) (Film and Television) -- Universiteit van Amsterdam
Ph.D. (Cand.) -- Universiteit van Amsterdam

Dissertation working title: Public Ethics and the Televisual
Promoters: Prof. Dr. Thomas Elsaesser and Dr. Jan Simons

AWARDS AND ACADEMIC HONORS:

1979 URI Teaching Assistantship; 1980- Phi Kappa Phi (national honor society);
1983 Marquis Who’s Who of Online Professionals;
1987,1988,1989 Salary Merit Awards;
1996 Listing in Guide to Reference Books, Chicago: American Library Association; 1996/97- Marquis Who’s Who in the East;
1999 Certificate of Appreciation, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies Advisory Committee.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Professor, Library and Professor of  Political Science (Joint Appointments); adjunct Professor in Library Science and Information Studies, Collection Management Officer, Bibliographer in Political Science, Afro-American Studies, Film and Television Studies, Women’s Studies, 2000-.

Professor, Library and Professor of Political Science (Joint Appointments); adjunct
Professor in Library Science and Information Studies, Electronic Serials Cataloger, Bibliographer in Political Science, Afro-American Studies and Film and Television Studies, 1999-2000

Sabbatical leave: Universiteit van Amsterdam 1998-1999.

Interim Dean of Libraries, University of Rhode Island Libraries, Kingston, RI 02881 (1996–1998.)
     The Library has over 1,000,000 volumes, 1,300,000+ microforms, 11,768 serials, over 700,000 Government publications, numerous indexes on CD-ROM and through Internet access, 12,000 slides; 1,534 VHS tapes, 141 films, 244 music CDs, 6,250 maps and full internet access for many other resources including electronic journals. Its current budget is just under $5,000,000. Staffing is currently at 64 FTE and part-time students (19 faculty librarians and 45 paraprofessional and support staff, and student assts. with hundreds of FTE hours each week.) The system consists of the Main Library in Kingston and two branch libraries: the Pell Marine Sciences Library in Narragansett, and the College of Continuing Education Library at the URI Providence Center.

Director and Associate Dean of University Libraries; and Tenured Professor, University Libraries and adjunct Professor of Political Science and adjunct Professor of Library and Information Science, University of Rhode Island (1995–1998. )

Chair, Technical Services Department (functions at the Associate Dean level), University of Rhode Island Library (1986–1995).

Bibliographer for Political Science, Marine Science, Women’s Studies, African-American Studies, Military Science and Law, University of Rhode Island Library (1992–1995).

Area Bibliographer for the Social Sciences, (1984–1992); Head, Cataloging Unit (1986–1987).

Government Publications Librarian/Reference Bibliographer, (1982–1986); and Cataloger/Political Science Bibliographer, (1980–1982).  University of Rhode Island Library.

Reference Librarian, Thomas Crane Library, Quincy, MA 02169 (1968–1979). (Served Quincy College, Quincy High School and as the Public Library for the City of Quincy, MA.)

COURSES TAUGHT 1989–2002, all with excellent SETs (Student Evaluations of Teaching):

LSC502 --- Management of Library and Information Services (multiple times)
LSC 504 — Organization of Knowledge (multiple times)
LSC 506 — Technical Services (multiple times)
LSC 595 — Professional Field Experience (multiple times)
LSC 597 --- Information Ethics (multiple times)
PSC 240 — Major Political Ideologies (multiple times)
PSC 304 — Introduction to Public Administration (multiple times)
PSC 342 --- Modern and Contemporary Political Theory (multiple times)
PSC 455,456 — Directed Study/Research (multiple times)
PSC 461 — The American Presidency
PSC 482-----Political Science and the Internet
PSC 504 — Ethics in Public Administration (multiple times)
FLM203--- Introduction to Film Theory

ADVISING ASSIGNMENTS AND ACTIVITIES

Advisor to undergraduate students (undecided and political science majors) in
University College, 1990, 1992–1994.
University Year for Action, Faculty Advisor — 1993, 1994, 1995.

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY:

RECENT GRANT PROPOSALS FUNDED: $659,130

$1000, “Academic Computing and Libraries: a Conference Proposal,” Fall, 1993, URI Foundation Competitive Grant.
$180,630, “Integrating Ethics Throughout a Master of Public Administration Program,” U.S. Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE), 1992–1995. Project Director (with A. Killilea).
$1000, URI Council for the Humanities Grant, “What Can Be Done About Ethics in Public Life in Rhode Island,” April 9, 1992 (with A. Killilea).
$500, URI Honors Program and Visiting Scholars Committee, “What Can Be Done About Ethics in Public Life in Rhode Island,” April 9, 1992 (with A. Killilea).
$200,000, “Combination Grant for an Integrated Library System for the Higher Education Library Information Network of Rhode Island (HELIN),” U.S. Department of Education, The College Library Technology and Cooperation Grants Program, 1990–1992. Co-Principal Investigator (with L. Cameron).
$117,000, Champlin Foundations Grant, Automated Library System, 1990. (with L. Cameron.)
$160,000, Champlin Foundations Grant, Automated Library System, 1989. (with L. Cameron.)

BOOKS

Ethical Decision Making in Public Administration. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1996. (editor with A. Killilea and Lynn Pasquerella.). 220p.

Labor and Industrial Relations Journals and Serials: An Analytical Guide.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1989. (with L. Cameron). 214p. (honored with a listing in Robert Balay, Guide to Reference Books, Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.)

Braintree: The American Revolution and After. Quincy, MA: Norfolk County, 1974. (Editor). 60p.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

“’A Coney Island of the Mind’: Constructing, Storing and Retrieving Memory in Libraries,” in Proceedings of Traveling Concepts III: Memory (Sponsored by Universiteit van Amsterdam and Cornell University), Amsterdam: Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis, March 13-15, 2002

“Public Numbing and Private Profits: Titanic and Lesser Spectacles,” in Proceedings of Event and Engagement Conference on Connecting Cultures (Sponsored by Universiteit van Amsterdam and Cornell University), Amsterdam: Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis, May 25-29, 1998.

“A Model for Exploring Ethical Dilemmas with M.P.A. Faculty and Practitioners,” in Teaching Ethics and Values (James Bowman, ed.) Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1997.

“F.B.I. and Libraries,” in Ethical Decision Making in Public Administration. New York: Praeger, 1996.

SELECTION OF REFEREED ARTICLES

“Memories of a Biblioteca Mezzogiorno:  Problematizing And Decentering the Notion of an Objective Library Memory,”  The Journal of Educational Media and Library Science (accepted for publication 2002.)

“Plan for Information Literacy at the University of Rhode Island,” 2000.   ERIC microfiche ED455849. (et al)

“Ethics for Skeptics in Public Administration,” Spectrum: Journal of State Government, Fall 1995. (with A. Killilea, L.Pasquerella.)

“Evaluating Signs in a University Library,” Collection Management: A Quarterly Journal Devoted to the Management of Library Collections, vol. 16, no. 3 1992):81-101, (with G. Eaton, M. Taylor).

“Labor and Industrial Relations Journals and Serials: An Annotated Core Collection,” The Serials Librarian: The International Quarterly of Serials Management, vol. 18, no. ¾ (1990):155-169. (with L. Cameron).

“International Newspapers for U.S. Academic Libraries,” Collection Management: A Quarterly Journal Devoted to the Management of Library Collections, vol. 9, no.4 (Winter1987):61-68.

“Limits of Outreach,” Reconstructionist: Journal of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, vol. 50, no. 2 (October/November 1984):26-29.

NON-REFEREED ARTICLES: selection of non-refereed articles published, including:

“Library and the Problem Patron,” Wilson Library Bulletin, vol. 50 (January 1976):372-374+. Reprinted in part in: Lincoln, A. Crime in the Library (NY: Bowker, 1984):522-523.

“Final Report of the R.I. Higher Education Library Integrated Network (HELIN) Taskforce on Bibliographic Control,” 1991. ERIC microfiche ED342 408. 

“Student Employees in Academic Libraries: Premise and Potential,” 1989. ERIC microfiche ED301 220. (with M. Kellogg). 21p.

“Report of the Committee on Computer Applications in the Library,” September 1985. (with D. Carlson, et al.) 92p. ERIC microfiche ED261 710. Abstracted in: Information Retrieval and Library Automation, vol. 22, no. 3 (August 1986):11.

“Reference Service: Meeting Patron’s Needs,” Rhode Island Library Association Bulletin, vol. 56, no. 2 (February 1985):13-17. Abstracted in Library Administrator’s Digest, vol. 21, no. 1 (January 1986):4.

REVIEWS: 400+ book reviews published

SELECTION OF PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS DELIVERED:

“’A Coney Island of the Mind’: Constructing, Storing and Retrieving Memory in Libraries,” in Proceedings of Traveling Concepts III: Memory (Sponsored by Universiteit van Amsterdam and Cornell University), Amsterdam: Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis, March 13, 2002

“Electronic Resources Initiatives,” sponsored by the Information Resources Council, University of Rhode, Kingston, RI, February 13, 2002.

“Women’s Studies Resources at the University of Rhode and the Impact of E-Resources,” University of Rhode Island, Women’s Study Committee, February 11, 2002.

“E-Journals and E-Databases:  Issues on the Road to a URI Strategy,”  University of Rhode Island Council of Deans, February 6, 2002.

“Theorizing a new descriptive for public ethics: An historicized view from the transcendental Kantian categorical imperative or immutable, unmovable foundations to the postmodern administrative ethos developed through the writings of Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari.” Roma, Italia. Universita di Roma (La Sapienza) March 16, 2001. Repeat at Universita di Roma (Terza) March 17, 2001.

“Report on the North East Regional Computing Program’s Information Technology Special Interest Group Workshop on Journal Locators,” held January 10, 2001, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT. University Brown Bag Seminar, University of Rhode Island, January 18, 2001.

“Internet Support for Using Cases to Teach Political Science,” New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Hartford CT, May 5-6, 2000.

“CORC - OCLC’s Cooperative Online Resources Catalog: Fact and Fiction,” University Brown Bag Seminar, University of Rhode Island, December 1, 1999.

“Touch Screen, Televisuality and Contact Cinema: American Trash TV.” Universiteit van Amsterdam, November 6, 1998.

“Public Numbing and Private Profits: Titanic and Lesser Spectacles,” Event and Engagement Conference on Connecting Cultures (Sponsored by Universiteit van Amsterdam and Cornell University), Amsterdam: Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis, May 27, 1998.

“Team Teaching Partnerships with Academic Faculty: What Are You Doing?” American Library Association Mid-Winter Meeting (ACRL/Instruction Section’s Teaching Methods Committee), Washington, D.C., February 16, 1997.

“Benefits of Outsourcing a Large University Library’s Technical Services Functions,” Annual Meeting of the Rhode Island Library Association, Providence, Rhode Island, June 6, 1996.

“Public Ethics in the United States: Rhode Island’s Ethics Project” University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 26 and March 28, 1996.

“The Rhode Island Ethics Project,” National Symposium on Ethics and Values in the Public Administration Academy, Tampa, Florida, February 1995.

“Aligning the Library with User Needs in the Electronic Age,” St. Anselm’s College, New Hampshire, March 1994.

“MPA Faculty and Practitioner Dialogues on Teaching Ethics,” Conference on Overcoming Dilemmas in Public Governance. American Society for Public Administration, Burlington, Vermont, October 1994.

“Grant Writing: Library Faculty and Teaching Faculty Collaboration,” Law and Political Science Association Section. Association of College and Research Libraries Division, the American Library Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California, 1992.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE: served on University and College committees, including but not limited to:

AAUP Grievance Committee, 2002-2005

Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the Admissions of Athletes, 2002-

Faculty Senate Administrator Review Committee 2002-2003

Truman Scholarship Review Committee, 2001-

University Honors Program and Visting Scholars Committee, 2000-2003.

University Film Studies Advisory Committee, 2000-

Ad Hoc Committee for the Creation of an Alumni Association for the URI Graduate       School of Library and Information Studies (Chair), 2000. 

Search Committee, URI Assistant Archivist, 1999-2001

Search Committee, URI Political Papers Archivist, 1999-

Search Committee, URI Chair of Dept. of Technical Services, 1999-2000. 

Search Committee, URI Acquisitions Librarian, 1999-2001.  

URI Library Space and Environment Committee Taskforce (Vice Chair), 1999-2000.

Pell Marine Science Information Services Director Search, Chair, 1997 

Graduate School of Library and Info Science, Faculty Search Comm.1996

Vice Provost for Information Search Committee1995

University Curricula Affairs Committee1986–89;92–95

URI Faculty Senate Executive Committee1990–92

URI Faculty Senate1989–92

Graduate School of Library and Information Studies Advisory Committee1988–1999

University Appeals Board1985–87;91–94

AAUP Nomination Committee1988–89;92

AAUP All University Collective Bargaining Committee ;Alternate to Negotiating Team, 1992 1986–1995

Library Dean Search Committee (Vice-Chair & Secretary)1989

AAUP/Administration Joint Committee to Consider Funding for Professional Activities1984–85

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE/MEMBERSHIPS

Grant Reviewer (Final Round), U.S. Dept. of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education1996

American Association of Public Administration, member
Committee on Professional Ethics1997–99

R.I. Higher Education Library Information Network (HELIN)

Bibliographic and Authority Control Task Group1989–91

Working Group1987–91

Automation Task Group (chair)1988–89

American Library Association, member

Association of College and Research Libraries member; Law and Political Science Section  Chair, Nomination Committee1983–85

Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT) Alternate RI Delegate to Action Network1984–86

New England Library Association, member

NETSL Membership Committee1988–90

Government Publications Librarians of New England (A New England Library Network Committee)1983–87, Publications Committee1983–87, Microform Committee1984–87

Government Publications Librarians of RI (A Consortium of RI Academic and Research Libraries Committee)1982–87: Secretary1983–84, Chair1984–86

Rhode Island Library Association, member, Publications Committee1983–87, Features Editor, Bulletin of the RI Library Association 1983–85, Nomination Committee1992–95

Rhode Island State Advisory Committee for the State Publications, Clearinghouse (Chair)1983–87

American Political Science Association

American Society of Public Administrators, Professional Ethics Committee1997–1999

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Trustee, Kingston Free Library 1985-92

University Club: Board of Governors 1991-1998, V.P. 1993-1997

Mari Killilea Memorial Scholarship Trustee 1988-

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