Faculty
Nancy PoehlmannHead, Humanities and Special Collections Unit
300 Smathers Library
P. O. Box 117007
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-7007
phone: 352-273-2728
fax: 352-392-7365
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, in progress
Comparative Literature Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Minors: English, French. Languages: French, German, Latin. Dissertation (in progress): The C. Hystoryes of Troye: An Edition of Robert Wyer’s Translation of Christine de Pizan’s Epistre d’Othéa.
Master of Library Science, 1985
School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Certificate in Medieval Studies, 1982
Institute for Medieval Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Master of Arts, 1982
Comparative Literature Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Thesis: Signposts to the Celestial Jerusalem: Precious Gem Symbolism in Pearl and the Roman d’Enéas.
Bachelor of Arts, 1976
Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA. Majors: English, French.
OTHER STUDY
Discovering New Horizons in Critical Thinking and Puzzling. 11th Annual Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching Conference for Associate Faculty and Lecturers, 2006. Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN.
Certificate in Supervisory Development, 2003. Executive Education, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN.
Supervisor’s Seminar, 1990. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
National Cooperative Cataloging Project (NCCP) Training, 1988. Intensive workshop on descriptive and subject cataloging, authority work, and MARC tagging. The NCCP was a pilot project with seven other universities and the Library of Congress, a predecessor to the Program for Cooperative Cataloging. Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.
The Early Printed Book Through the 17th Century, 1986. Newberry Library Summer Institute, taught by Henri-Jean Martin of the Ecole des Chartes, Paris, France. Newberry Library, Chicago, IL.
HONORS
Induction into Beta Phi Mu, 1985. School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Associate Instructor Award for Outstanding Teaching, 1984. Comparative Literature Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
PUBLICATIONS
Co-author, with Carrie Newsom and Jimmie Lundgren. "Not Just for Literature Anymore: Genre Headings in Chemistry and Engineering." In Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, in press.
Co-author, with Joel Fishman, Adrienne Adan, Laura Bedard, Margaret Duczynski, Christopher Knott, and Nancy McMurrer. “Bibliography of Legal History Articles in Law Library Journal, Volumes 1-94 (1908-2002)." In Law Library Journal 95:2 (2003), 217-278.
Translation of Klapisch-Zuber, Christiane. “Women Servants in Florence during the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries.” In Hanawalt, Barbara, A., ed. Women and Work in Preindustrial Europe. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1986, 56-80.
PRESENTATIONS
Coordinator and moderator, “What Do We Do Now That We Have (Almost) What We Want,” 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries, Seattle, WA.
Moderator, “Integrating Resources Workshop,” 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries, Orlando, FL.
“Author or Compiler: Christine de Pizan’s Use of the Manipulus Florum in the Epistre d’Othéa.” 29th International Congress of Medieval Studies, 1994.
“The Song of the Mockingbird: The Use of Parody in the Squire of Lowe Degre.” 16th International Congress of Medieval Studies, 1981.
COMMITTEES
TS Aleph Implementation Group, 2007.
Cataloging/Metadata Managers Group, 2007-
Library 2.0 Task Group, 2007-
Brittle Book Task Group, 2007-
Library Faculty Recruitment Policies and Procedures Committee, 2007-
Library News Editorial Board, 2007-
Faculty Senate, 2008-2010
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Library Association, 2004-
Association of Library Collections and Technical Services, 2004-
Planning Committee, 2008-
Cataloging and Classification: Description and Access Committee, 2008-
Association of College and Research Libraries, 2007-
Library Administration and Management Association, 2007-
Special Library Association, 2008-
American Association of Law Schools, 2001-2007
American Association of Law Libraries, 1999-2007
Legal History and Rare Books Special Interest Section, 1999-2007
Strategic Planning Subcommittee, 2001-2003
Technical Services Special Interest Section, 1999-2007
Cataloging and Classification Committee, 1999-2007; Chair, 2001-2003
Education Committee, 2001-2003
Ad Hoc Committee to Comment on Resource for Description and
Access, 2004-2005
Medieval Academy of America, 1978-
REGIONAL / STATE ORGANIZATIONS
Medieval Association of the Midwest, 1978-
