Dr. Joel Battle

Joel Battle, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Studies

Professional Preparation

Ph.D., University of North Texas
Information Science

M.L.I.S., University of North Texas
Information Science

B.S., Chicago State University
Business/Administration, Management Information Systems

Professional Experience

• Librarian, Administrator Rank, Dallas Community College District, Richland College
• Advisory Systems Instructor, IBM
• Advisory Systems Availability Specialist, IBM
• Senior Associate Programmer, IBM

Teaching

• At Master’s level: LS 5143 Technical Services, LS 5623 Reference

Scholarship/Honors

• Recipient of Excellence in Libraries Awards, American Library Association/Association of Colleges and Research Libraries (ALA/ACRL), 2004
• American Library Association, Library of the Future Award, 2001
• EBSCO, Achievement Award for Outstanding Program Development, 1999

Service

• Member, American Library Association
• Member, Texas Library Association
• Member, American Society for Information Science and Technology
• Member, Special Library Association