EDUCATION:

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

1998 Masters of Fine Arts in 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,  2005 to present.

Adjunct Instructor, Department of English, University of Montevallo, Fall, 2008

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

Adjunct Instructor, Department of English, University of Alabama, Spring 2002.    

Poetry Editor, Black Warrior Review, 1997-1998.  

 
PUBLICATIONS

Articles

"Interview with Jake Berry, Editor of Outré, Artifact Collective Texts, Anomaly, The Experioddicist, and Currently 9th St. Laboratories." Serials Librarian 55.1-2 (2008):  296-303.

"From Print to Online to Print: Small Press Publishing with Ander Monson, Editor of  DIAGRAM." Serials Librarian 49.4 (2006): 125-134.

“Library 2.0 at a Small Campus Library.” Forthcoming in Technical Services Quarterly.

Poems

Over 30 poems published in literary magazines, including The New Orleans Review (Loyola State University), Phoebe (George Mason University),  Yemassee (University of South Carolina ) The Laurel Review  (Northwest Missouri State University), Willow Springs (Eastern Washington State University), Poetrymagazines.org.uk. (Poetry Library on the South Bank , London) and small press and online journals such as Double Room, a Journal of Prose Poetry and Flash Fiction, Kulture Vulture, BlazeVOX, Eratio, Mudfish, String of Small Machines, Spell, and Words on Walls.

Books

Dead Letters. Kenmore, NY: BlazeVOX, 2008. <http://www.blazevox.org/bk-am.htm>

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.
 

RECORDINGS:

Alan may Reading from His Book, Dead Letters. BlazeVOX, 2009.
     <http://www.blazevox.org/alan%20may%20BlazeVOX%20mp3.mp3>.

 

PRESENTATIONS:

“Team Blogging: Blogging at the University of Montevallo’s Campus Library.” (co-presented with Rosemary Arneson and Jason Cooper)  Mississippi Library 2.0 Summit, June 15, 2007.

"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.

"Serials in the Library: Two Pieces of the Puzzle." (co-presented with Tim Bucknall) Southeastern Library Association and North Carolina Library Association Joint Conference, November 11, 2004. This presentation concerned free and open access periodicals and journals.

 

ACADEMIC SERVICE

 CAMPUS ACTIVITIES

        University Technology Planning Committee, 2008.
                       
                        Subcommittee: Learning Technologies Committee, Chair, 2008.

McNair Scholar Library Mentor, 2007- 2008.

Montevallo Literary Festival Committee, Fall 2006 to present.

         Luminis Portal Implementation Committee, University of Montevallo, 2007 to 2008.

                        Subcommittee: Branding Committee.

Awards and Scholarships Committee, Fall 2007 to 2008, University of Montevallo.

Delegate for the University of North Alabama at the University of Montevallo’s Founders’ Day / 14^th Presidential Inauguration.

 
OFF-CAMPUS ACTIVITIES

Alabama Library Associations Bibliographic Committee, 2003-2004, Member and Chair.

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