Claudia J. Gollop, PHD
Assistant Professor
School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB# 3360, Manning Hall
Chapel Hill, N. C. 27599-3360
(919) 962-8362 (phone); (919) 962-8071 (FAX)
gollop@ils.unc.edu

Academic Background

PHD, Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1993

MLS, Library Science, Columbia University, 1975

BA, Sociology, City College-CUNY, 1974

Selected Professional Work Experience

• 1994-present: Assistant Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,

• 1993-1994: Post Doctoral Fellow, School of Information Science, Library and Information Science Dept., University of Pittsburgh (PA)

• 1989-1990: Circulation Librarian, Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College, New York, NY

• 1986-1989: Librarian, Katharine Gibbs School, New York, NY

• 1984-1986: Librarian, New York Public Library, New York, NY

• 1977-1981: Administrator, Information Services, Earl G. Graves, Inc., New York, NY

Selected Publications

• Gollop, C. J. Library and information science education: Preparing librarians for a multicultural society. (1999). (Refereed). College and Research Libraries 60(4).

• Wilson, F.L, Baker, L.M., Brown-Syed, C., Gollop, C.J. An analysis of the readability and cultural content of information on NCI’s website: CancerNet™. (1999). (Refereed). Seminars in Oncology Nursing. (Submitted) 16 manuscript pages.

• Lipscomb, C.E., Moran, B.B., Jenkins, C.G., Cogdill, K.W., Friedman, C.P., Gollop. C.J., Moore, M.E., Morrison, M.L., Tibbo, H.R., Wildemuth, B.M. (1999). Feasibility and marketing studies of health sciences librarianship education programs. (Refereed). Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 87(1), 50-7.

• Gollop, C. J. African Americans and consumer health information (CHI). (1998). In E. J. Josey (Ed.) The Handbook of Black Librarianship (2^nd ed.). In press. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc.

• Gollop, C.J. Health Information-Seeking Behavior and Older African American Women. (1997). (Refereed). Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 85(2), 141-6.

• Gollop, C. J. Where have all the nice old ladies gone?: Researching the health information-seeking behavior of older African American women. (1997). In K. M. Vaz (Ed.), Oral narrative research with black women. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 143-155.

• B. Moran, C. Jenkins, C. Friedman, C. Lipscomb, C. Gollop, M. Moore, P. Morrison, H. Tibbo, and B. Wildemuth. (1996). Preparing Tomorrow’s Health Sciences Librarians: Feasibility and Marketing Studies. (Refereed).Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 84(4), 541-8.

• Josey, E. J. and Gollop, C. J. Improving Library Services to the Older Multicultural Community. In Toward the 1995 White House Conference on Aging: Priorities and Policies for Library and Information Services for Older Adults. (Abstracted). National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. Proceedings of a National Pre-White House Conference on Aging (Philadelphia, PA, February 3, 1995), p 198-9.

• Gollop, C. J. (1992). Selection and acquisition of multicultural materials at the libraries of the City University of New York. (Refereed). Urban Academic Librarian, 8 (Winter 91-92), 20-9.