Professional Preparation

Ph.D., 1997, Texas Woman’s University
Library Science

M.L.S., 1991, Texas Woman’s University
Library Science

Professional Experience

• Associate Professor, Texas Woman’s University
• Assistant Professor, Texas Woman’s University
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas Woman’s University
• Associate Consultant, Providence Associates Inc.
• Adjunct Faculty, Texas Woman’s University

Teaching

• Master’s level courses: LS 5013 Information Storage and Retrieval, LS 5003 Collection Development, LS 5303 Public Libraries, LS 5643 Literacy Programs, LS 5513 Online Information Retrieval, LS 5813 Information Professions, LS 5383 Library Management
• Doctoral level courses: LS 6723 Critical Inquiry, LS 6733 Action Research, LS 6373 Research and Issues in Library Information Systems
• Advises an average of 129 MLS students each semester
• Received International Beta Phi Mu Excellence Award, 2005
• Named Outstanding TWU COPE Professor, 2004
• Named Outstanding COPE Research Advisor 2003

Scholarship

• Co-presenting with Dr. Lee at ALISE 2006
• Award feature in American Libraries Sept 2005
• Dr. Akin has been the author or co-author of more than twenty published articles including:
• Akin, Lynn, and Donna MacKinney. 2004. Autism, Children and Libraries: The 3 R’s: Repetition, Routine, and Redundancy. Children and Libraries 1, no. 2: 57-63.
• Akin, Lynn . 2004. Project LEAD Final Report. IMLS final grant evaluation. Available at http://lasso.woodstock.edu/uc_project/preport.lasso.
• Ross , Virginia and Lynn Akin. 2003. Texas Public Libraries and Children with Learning Disabilities. Public Library Quarterly 21, no. 4: 9-18.

Service