Vitae

 

EDUCATION:

2001 MLIS, Library and Information Studies, University of Alabama.

1998 MFA, Creative Writing, University of Alabama.

1992 BA, English/Spanish, University of North Alabama.

EXPERIENCE:

Assistant Professor/ Electronic Resources and Reference Librarian, University of Montevallo, Carmichael Library, December 2005 to present.

Assistant Professor/ Catalog Librarian, University of Alabama Libraries, 2003 to 2005.

Stay at Home Dad, January 2002 to May 2003.

Part Time Temporary Instructor, Department of English, University of Alabama, Spring 2002.

Temporary Instructor, Catalog Librarian, University of Alabama Libraries, 2001-2002.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alabama, 1999-2001.

Poetry Editor, Black Warrior Review, 1997-1998. .

 

ORGANIZATIONS:

American Library Association, 2001, 2003 to present.

Library and Information Technology Association, 2004.

Southeastern Library Association, 2004.

Alabama Library Association, 2004 to present.

 

COMMITTEES:

Library and Information Technology Association/Library Systems and Services, Inc. Minority Scholarships Committee, a division of the American Library Association, 2004 to 2005

 

PRESENTATIONS:

"Serials in the Library: Two Pieces of the Puzzle." (co-presented with Tim Bucknall from UNC-Greensboro) Southeastern Library Association and North Carolina Library Association Joint Conference, November 11, 2004.

"Managing Electronic Resources—Maintaining Access to E-Serials." (co-presented with Jack Fitzpatrick and Beth Bernhardt) Southeastern Library Association and Tennessee Library Association Joint Conference, April 6, 2006. 

 

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS:

"From Print to Online to Print: Small Press Publishing with Ander Monson, Editor of DIAGRAM," Serials Librarian, Vol. 49, Issue 4, Mar. 27, 2006.  

 

CREATIVE WORKS:

Poetry:

Alan May’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Double Room (Independent, Online), The New Orleans Review (Loyola University), Interim (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), Perihelion (independent, online), The Laurel Review (Northwest Missouri State University), Phoebe (George Mason University), Willow Springs (Eastern Washington State University), Yemassee (University of South Carolina), Fire (independent, U.K.), thicket (Alabama Center for Literary Arts), Poetrymagazines.org.uk (Poetry Library on the South Bank, London), Kulture Vulture (independent, online), eratio (independent, online) and other periodicals and electronic resources.

Collaborations:

Drowned (2002) for baritone (mezzo-soprano) and piano, composed by Joe L. Alexander. Premiered April 16, 2002 at Wright Recital Hall on the campus of Samford University in Birmingham, and composed in response to the Alabama Composer/Writer Partnership’s call for new works, funded by the Alabama State Council on the Arts.