Diane Schmidt

Biology Librarian
Associate Professor of Library Administration

Campus Address:
Biology Library
101 Burrill Hall, MC-652
Urbana, IL 61801
Telephone: 217-333-0281
Email: dcschmid@uiuc.edu

Division: Life Sciences

Other Academic Positions Held:

• 8/1997-to date: Biology Librarian, UIUC
  
  
• 8/1996-8/1997: Acting Biology Librarian, UIUC
  
  
• 1/1995-6/1995: Acting Biology Librarian, UIUC
  
  
• 4/1990-8/1997: Assistant Biology Librarian, UIUC
  
  
• 12/1987-3/1990: Reference Librarian/Bibliographer for Science and Technology and Assistant Professor, J.D. Williams Library, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS.

Invited lectures and papers:

Envisioning the Electronic Collection: A User's Viewpoint. Presented at the Contributed Papers Session, Biological Sciences Division, Special Libraries Association, 85th Annual Conference at Atlanta, June 15, 1994. 8 ms p. (20 minutes).

Grants Received for Research:

• Received $3,000 grant for sabbatical travel from the Research Board, 1996
• Received $2,000 grant for sabbatical travel from the Library Research and Publication Committee.

Publications:

Books authored or co-authored:

• Schmidt, Diane and Elisabeth Davis. 2001. Using the Biological Literature: A Practical Guide, 3rd ed. New York: Marcel Dekker.
• Schmidt, Diane. 1999. A Guide to Field Guides: North America and the World. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited. 304 p.
• Davis, Elisabeth B. and Diane Schmidt. 1996. Guide to Information Sources in the Botanical Sciences, 2nd ed. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited. 275 p.
• Davis, Elisabeth B. and Diane Schmidt. 1995. Using the Biological Literature: A Practical Guide. New York: Marcel Dekker. 421 p.
• Adams, Barbara K., Gail T. Graves, Royce Kurtz, Diane C. Schmidt, Sharon L. Schreiber, Xiao-Yan Shen, and Tinsley Silcox, eds. 1991. Plot locator: An index to summaries of fiction and nonfiction. New York: Garland. 704 p.

Chapters in Books:

• Schmidt, Diane. 2001. "An Introduction to Biological Literature." In Handbook of Biological Investigation. Winston-Salem, NC: Hunter. In press.
• Schmidt, Diane. 2001. "Using the Library." In Handbook of Biological Investigation Winston-Salem, NC: Hunter. In press.
• Davis, Elisabeth B. and Diane Schmidt. 1998. "The Biological Literature." In Kent, Allen, ed. Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, v. 61. New York: Marcel Dekker. p. 1-16.
• **Schmidt, Diane. 1995. "Using the library." In: Handbook of Biological Investigation, 5th ed. Edited by H.W. Ambrose and K.P. Ambrose, Winston-Salem, NC: Hunter. p. 99-106.

Articles in journals:

• *Schmidt, Diane, Elisabeth B. Davis, and Ruby Jahr. 1994. "Biology journal use at an academic library: A comparison of use studies." Serials Review 20(2): 5-64. Co-author.
• *Schmidt, Diane. 1993. "The Electronic Library: A biblio- graphic instruction course for graduate students in the life sciences." Science and Technology Libraries 14(2/3): 49-60.
• *Schmidt, Diane. 1993. "Field guides for everyone: A guide to their diversity." Reference Services Review. 21(3): 43-48, 61.
• Schmidt, Diane. 1991. "Information resources in animal behavior." Science & Technology Libraries. 12(1):69-83.
• Schmidt, Diane and Elisabeth B. Davis. 1991. "CD-ROM use in a science library". Science & Technology Libraries. 12(2):29-41.
• Schmidt, Diane. 1990. "Biological databases on CD-ROM: A comparison of Compact Cambridge Life Sciences and Biological Abstracts." CD-ROM Professional 3(6):28-32.

Bulletins or reports.

• **Schmidt, Diane. 1999. "Writing a Guide to the Literature." Biofeedback, 24(4): 6-7.
• **Schmidt, Diane. 1994. "Cincinnati Zoo Trip a Wild Success." Biofeedback 19(1):3.

Published abstracts of papers presented at conferences:

• Schmidt, Diane and Elisabeth B. Davis. "Envisioning the electronic collection: A user's viewpoint." In Visioning Our Collections: Collection Development in Life Sciences Libraries; Contributed Papers Session, Biological Sciences Division, Special Libraries Association, 85th Annual Conference, Atlanta, June 15, 1994. p. 10-17.

Electronic publishing:

• Schmidt, Diane. 1998. International Field Guides: A Web Supplement to A Guide to Field Guides. http://www.library.uiuc.edu/bix/fieldguides/main.htm

Memberships in Professional Organizations:

Member, Special Libraries Association (Biological Sciences Division and Science and Technology Section).

Education:

• M.A. Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin- Madison, 1987
• M.S. Biology (Behavioral Ecology), Purdue University, 1982
• B.A. Biology/Psychology, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN, 1978

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