Biographical Sketch

(Excerpted from Dr. Campbell's Curriculum Vitae)

Personal
Education
UMC Conference Relationships
Professional History
Select Professional Associations
Select Professional Service
Select Publications and Addresses

Personal

Name: Jerry D. Campbell
Born: 1945
Wife: LaVeta Campbell
Children: 1 adult daughter
Residence: Pasadena, Calif. (soon to relocate to Claremont, Calif.)

Education

• Ph.D. (American History) University of Denver, 1982
  Dissertation: "Biblical Criticism in America 1858-1929: The Emergence of the Historical Critic"
• M.S.L.S. (Library Science) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1972
• M.Div. (Summa Cum Laude) The Divinity School, Duke University, 1971
• B.A. (Summa Cum Laude) McMurray College, 1968

UMC Conference Relationships

• Elder, North Carolina Conference (1985-present)
• Elder, North Texas Conference (1981-1985)
• Elder, Rocky Mountain Conference (1973-1980)
• Ordination, North Carolina Conference (1972)
• Deacon, North Carolina Conference (1969-1972)

Professional History

University of Southern California

• Chief Information Officer and University Librarian (1997-Present)
• Dean of the University Libraries and University Librarian (1996-1997)
• Select Service:
  • Facilities Improvement Committee (1999-2005)
  • Capital Planning Committee, Founding Co-Chair (1998-2001)
  • Presidential Commission on Distance Learning (1999)
  • Budget Analysis Committee (1996-1997)
  • Information Council, Chair (1996-present)

Duke University

• Vice Provost for Library Affairs and University Librarian (1985-1995)
• Professor for the Practice of Theological Bibliography (1985-1995)
• Vice Provost for Computing (1989-1994)
• Select Service:
  • Information Systems Committee, Chair (1989-1993)
  • Presidential Search Committee (1992)

Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University

• Director, Bridwell Library (1980-1985)
• Associate Professor (1980-1985)
• Select Service:
  • Council of Directors of SMU Libraries, Chair (1983-1984)
  • Founder, Institutional Archives (1983)
  • Task Force on University Records Management Program (1981)

The Iliff School of Theology

• Director of Library and Bookstore Operations (1978-1980)
• Director, Ira J. Taylor Library (1976-1978)
• Assistant Professor (1976-1980)
• Assistant / Associate Librarian / Director of Technical Services (1972-1976)
• Select Services:
  • Faculty Marshal (1978-1980)
  • Advance Planning Steering Committee (1977-1980)
  • Commission on Human Sexuality, Rocky Mountain Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, faculty liaison (1978-1979)

Select Professional Associations

Association of Research Libraries (1985-present)

• Diversity Committee (2001-present)
• Scholars Portal Working Group, chair (2001-2002)
• President (1994-1995)
• Board of Directors (1991-1996)

American Theological Library Association (1972-1985)

• President (1981-1982)
• Vice-President (1980-1981)
• Board of Directors (1977-1980)

EDUCAUSE (Formerly EDUCOM and CAUSE) (1989-present)

• Board of Directors (2005-present)

National Humanities Center, Board of Trustees (1990-1996)

Select Professional Service

• Faculty, Program on Frontline Leadership, Fry Leadership Institute, Emory University (2002)
• Faculty, Graduate Seminar on Management Styles, Department of Information Science, University of California at Los Angeles (1999)
• Association of Theological Schools (ATS) Review Teams (1981-1984)
• Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), Senior Colleges and Universities Commission, commissioner (2004-present) Review Teams: Concordia University, Golden Gate University, California State University, San Bernardino
• Other Institutional Review Teams: New York University, Johns Hopkins University, Boston University, Howard University, Concordia Theological Seminary, Covenant Theological Seminary
• Expert Testimony: To the Commission on Building a Cyberifrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences established by the American Council of Learned Societies (2004)
• Expert Testimony: On behalf of National Endowment for the Humanities, U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies (1994)

Select Publications and Addresses

Dr. Campbell has published nearly 40 articles and book chapters and has given over 70 invited addresses on educational, administrative and theological topics. The following is a representative sample of his scholarship.

"Changing a Cultural Icon: The Academic Library as a Virtual Destination" (cover article), Educause Review, Jan/Feb 2005.

"The Voice of God," Dinner address to the Board of Trustees of the Methodist Foundation (Pasadena, CA), April 2004.

"Scholars Portal," Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science
(Marcel Decker, 2003).

"Scholars Portal as Metaphor," Address for the Ebsco Executive Seminar, ALA Mid-Winter (New Orleans, LA), January 2002.

"The Impact of Digital Technology on Libraries: A Chaotic Revolution," in Development of Digital Libraries: An American Perspective, ed. By Deanna B Marcum (Greenwood Press, 2001).

Commencement Address, McMurry University (Abilene, TX), May 2001.

"Evolving Effective Organizations in an Age of Technology: Beyond University Libraries as Separate Divisions," in Proceedings of the International Conference on New Missions of Academic Libraries in the 21st Century, Oct. 25-28, 1998 Beijing, China (Beijing: Peking University Press, 1998).

"Back into the Refiner's Fire: Re-Casting Universities for a New Century," The 32nd Michael Harrah Wood Memorial Lecture, The University of the South (Sewanee, TN), January 1998.

Commencement Address, USC Graduate School (Los Angeles, CA), May 1997.

"Building an Effectiveness Pyramid for Leading Successful Organization Transformation," in Library Administration and Management, 10 (Spring 1996).

"Getting Comfortable with Change: A New Budget Model for Libraries In Transition," Library Trends, 42 (Winter 1994).

"Should a Baldheaded Man Tell a Barefaced Lie: The Real Truth About Reference," Address to the Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Library Association (Greenville, SC), November 1991.

"Thoughts on a Theology of Language," Address to the Duke Divinity School Alumni at the North Carolina Annual Conference (Fayetteville, NC), June 1989.

"Fundraising for Theological Libraries," Address to the American Theological Library Association (Columbus, OH), June 1989.

"Fundraising," North Carolina Libraries 44/4 (Winter 1986).

"Presidential Address," Proceedings of the American Theological Library Association (1982).

"Video Usage in the Seminary Setting," Proceedings of the American Theological Library Association (1975).