Gail P. Hueting


Assistant Modern Languages Librarian
Associate Professor of Library Administration

Campus Address:
Modern Languages and Linguistics
425 Main Library
1408 W. Gregory
Urbana, IL 61801
Telephone: (217) 244-0481
E-mail:ghueting@uiuc.edu

Division: Arts and Humanities

Major Responsibilities:

I participate in all the major professional activities in the Modern Languages and Linguistics Library: reference, book selection for linguistics and Scandinavian, and original cataloging. I am the cataloging coordinator and the computer coordinator for the unit, also cataloging coordinator in the Arts and Humanities Division.

Publications and Creative Works:

1. Chapters in books

"Literary Caricature in the German Democratic Republic," Studies in GDR Culture and Society (Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1981), p. 223-238.

"Book Collecting and the Cultural Heritage of the German Democratic Republic," Studies in GDR Culture and Society, 3 (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1983), p. 43-55.

"Literature for Tomorrow's Citizens: Children's Books in the German Demo- cratic Republic," Studies in GDR Culture and Society, 7 (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987), p. 15-32.

"U.S.-German Cooperation in Cataloging: Achievements, Obstacles, Prospects," Western European Studies: Current Research and Library Resources (WESS Occasional Publications, 3). Chicago: Western European Specialists Section, Association of College and Research Libraries, 1990, p. 81-92.

2. Articles in journals

"Book Publishing in the German Democratic Republic," Library Quarterly, 52 (July, 1982), 240-259.

"Perspectives on Book Publishing in the German Democratic Republic,"Collection Management, 6 (Spring/Summer, 1984), 45-57. Also published in The State of Western European Studies: Implications for Collection Development (New York: Haworth Press, 1984), p. 45-57.

"Alvaro-Augustin de Liaso and His Books in Leopold von Ranke's Library," Syracuse University Library Associates Courier, 20 (Spring, 1985), 31-48.

"A Book from the Library of Christoph Scheurl (1481-1542)," Syracuse Univer- sity Library Associates Courier, 23 (Spring 1988), 49-56.

"Right Now, Reality Is More Exciting Than Fiction": The Implications of Recent Events in the GDR for Publishing and Libraries," Western European Specialists Section Newsletter, 13, no. 1 (1990), 1, 3-5.

"A Watch on the Rhine: Further Changes for German Publishing and Librar- ies," Western European Specialists Section Newsletter, 13, no. 2 (1990), p. 1, 3.

"Bibliography on Germany, 1989-1990," Behavioral & Social Science Librarian, 11, no. 1 (1991), 55-71.

"Microform and Printed Catalogs of Major German Libraries," Western European Specialists Section Newsletter, 15, no. 1 (1992). Reprinted in German Studies Library Group Newsletter, no. 12 (1992), p. 21-22.

Service to Disciplinary and Professional Societies or Associations:

Editor of "Europe by Bits and Bytes" column, Western European Specialists Section Newsletter, 1994- .
Beginning with the Fall 1994 newsletter, these columns (including links to web pages) are available on the World Wide Web:

Contributed abstracts of reviews published by the Institut fur Bibliothekswesen to Reference Reviews Europe:
IfB Abstracts, a service on the World Wide Web, 1995-

Secretary of Western European Specialists Section (ACRL), 1995-96

Member of Subject Analysis Committee (ALCTS CCS)

Membership in Professional Organizations:

Life member of American Library Association.

Member of Association of College and Research Libraries.

Member of Association for Library Collections and Technical Services.

Education:

1971: Knox College, Galesburg, Ill. B.A. Major: German Area Stud- ies. Minor: Russian. 1969-1970 Exchange scholarship at Free University of Berlin, West Berlin.

1973: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. M.S. in Library Science.

1980: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (part-time study). M.A. in German with thesis: Book Publishing and Literary Activity in the German Democratic Republic (advisor, Prof. Karl-Heinz Schoeps).

Other Links

The web page that best reflects my professional interests is WESSWeb.

A comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources with over 1,600 links may be found on the Human Languages page.


 

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