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Katie Newman

Previous Position(s)

• 2001-2012: Biotechnology Librarian, Associate Professor of Library Administration, University of Illinois, Urbana,Illinois
• 1993-2001: Assistant Life Sciences Librarian, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
• 1999-2001: Associate Professor of Library Science, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
• 1993-1998: Assistant Professor of Library Science, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
• 1987-1992: Assistant Professor, Plant Biology Department, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
• 1983-1987: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Biology Department, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Education

• 1993 - Master's of Library and Information Science: University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
• 1983 - PhD. in Biology / Plant Physiology: University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
• 1978 - Master's of Science, Agronomy: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
• 1970 - Bachelor's of Science, Biology/Secondary Education: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska

Recent Publications

Articles

• Clark, Kathleen A. & Mai, Brent. 2000. Locating book reviews in agriculture and the life sciences. Science & Technology Libraries 18(4): 3-28. Abstract
• Clark, Kathleen A. 1999. Implementation of ISI’s Electronic Library Project at Purdue University: criteria for selection and publisher pricing schemes. Serials Librarian 35(4): 29-44. Abstract
• Clark, Kathleen A., Geahigan, Priscilla C., Mirkovich, Thomas R. and Haynes, Anita D. 1998. Cruising for travel information: visit these sites when you plan your next vacation. College & Research Libraries News 59(6): 427-431. Open Access Link
• Clark, Kathleen A. 1997. Internet Reference Resources for the Life Sciences. The Reference Librarian 57: 191-202. Abstract
• Clark, Kathleen A. 1996. Internet Resources for Agriculture. College & Research Libraries News 57(6): 359-363. Abstract

• Churchill, Kathleen A. and Heven Sze. 1984. Anion-sensitive, H⁺-pumping ATPase of oat roots:  Direct effects of Cl^-, NO₃^- and a disulfonic stilbene.  Plant Physiology 76: 490-497. Open Access Link
  

• Churchill, Kathleen A., Barbara Holaway, and Heven Sze. 1983 Separation of two types of electrogenic H⁺-pumping ATPases from oat roots.  Plant Physiology 73:  921-928. Open Access Link
  

• Churchill, Kathleen A. and Heven Sze. 1983. Anion-sensitive, H⁺-pumping ATPase in membrane vesicles of oat roots.  Plant Physiology 71: 610-617. Open Access Link
  

• Sze, Heven and Kathleen A. Churchill. 1981. Mg²⁺/KCl-ATPase of plant plasma membranes is an electrogenic pump.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences United States of America  78: 5578‑5582. Open Access Link
  

• Churchill, Kathleen A. and Lowell A. Klepper. 1979. Effects of ametryn  (2-(ethyl-amino)-4-(isopropyl-amino)-6-  (methylthio)-s-triazine) on nitrate reductase activity and nitrite content of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Pesticide Biochemistry & Physiology 12: 156‑162. Abstract.
  

Books

• Newman, Kathleen A., Deborah D. Blecic, and Kimberly L. Armstrong. 2007. Scholarly Communication Education Initiatives [SPEC Kit 299], Office of Leadership and Management Services.
• Schmidt, Diane, Melody M. Allison, Kathleen A. Clark, Maria A. Porta, and Pamela F. Jacobs. 2006. Guide to Reference and Information Sources in Plant Biology, Libraries Unlimited.

• Schmid, Walter E., Lawrence C. Matten, and Kathleen A. Clark. 1989. Study Guide for General Botany.  Champaign IL: Stipes.

• Schmid, Walter E., John H. Yopp and Kathleen A. Clark. 1988. A Laboratory Manual for General Plant Physiology, Fifth Edition.  Champaign IL: Stipes

• Churchill, Kathleen A. 1983. Electrogenic, proton-pumping ATPases in membrane vesicles from oat roots.  Ph.D. dissertation.  Lawrence KS:  University of Kansas.

• Churchill, Kathleen A. 1978. Effects of ametryn [2-(ethylamino)-4-(isopropylamino)-6-(methylthio)-s-triazine] on nitrate reductase activity and nitrite content of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and oats (Avena sativa L.). M.S. thesis.   Lincoln NE:  University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Book Chapters

• Clark, Kathleen A. 2002. Field Crops.  In Barbara S. Hutchinson & Antoinette Paris Greider, eds. Using the Agricultural, Environmental, and Food Literature. Marcel Dekker, pp. 241-279.

• Clark, Kathleen A. and Mary Helen M. Goldsmith. 1986. Effect of surface and membrane potentials on IAA uptake and binding by zucchini membrane vesicles. In Dieter Klämbt, ed., Plant Hormone Receptors.  Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp 99-112.

• Clark, Kathleen A. and Mary Helen M. Goldsmith. 1985. Roles of transport and binding in the specific DpH-dependent accumulation of auxin by zucchini membrane vesicles. In Martin Bopp, ed., Plant Growth Substances 1985:  proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Plant Growth Substances, held at Heidelberg, Aug. 16-31, 1985.  Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 203-208.

• Churchill, Kathleen A., Randall, Y. Wang, and Heven Sze. 1984. Nitrate and DIDS inhibition of an anion-sensitive, H⁺-pumping ATPase from oat roots. In Cram, W. J., K. Janacek, R. Rybova, K. Sigler, eds. Membrane Transport in Plants : Proceedings of the Symposium Held in Prague, Czechoslovakia, August 15-21, 1983. Chichester West Sussex ; New York: Wiley-Interscience, pp. 546-547.

• Sze, Heven and Kathleen A. Churchill. 1982. Electrogenic, H⁺-translocating ATPases of plant microsomal membranes.  In Current topics in plant biochemistry and physiology, 1983 : proceedings of the inaugural Plant Biochemistry and Physiology Symposium held at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 7 to 9 April, 1982 / sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Program in Plant Biochemistry and Physiology.  Columbia MO: The University,  pp. 122-135.

Other Publications

Book / Website Reviews:

• Newman, Kathleen A. 2012. Review of Synthetic biology: science, business, and policy. by Lewis D. Solomon.  Choice 49(8): 1470.
  
• Newman, Kathleen A. 2010. Review of Biology is Technology: the promise, peril, and new business of engineering life. By Robert H. Carlson. Choice: 47(12): 2359. 
• Newman, Kathleen A. 2010. Review of Wheat: Chemistry and Technology, 4th ed. By Khalil Khan and Peter R. Shewry, eds.  Journal of Agricultural and Food Information 10 (4): 348-349.
• Newman, Kathleen A. 2010. Review of The manga guide to molecular biology, by Masaharu Takemura, Sakura, and Becom.  Choice:  47 (8): 1504.
• Newman, Kathleen A. 2009. Review of A primer of genome science, 3rd ed. by Greg Gibson and Spencer V. Muse. Choice 47 (2): 332.
• Newman, Kathleen A. 2009. Review of Career Development in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, edited by Guruprasad Madhavan, Barbara Oakley, and Luis Kun. Choice 46(8): 1537.
• Newman, Kathleen A. 2009. Review of Biotechnology in Flavor Production, edited by Daphna Havkin-Frenkel and Faith C. Belanger. Journal of Agricultural and Food Information 10 (1): 76-77.
• Newman, Kathleen A. 2008. Review of Microbial biotechnology: fundamentals of applied microbiology, 2nd ed, by Alexander N. Glazer and Hiroshi Nikaido.  Choice 45(12): 2180.
• Newman, Kathleen A. 2007.  Review of Biodiversity databases: techniques, politics, and applications ed. by Gordon B. Curry and Christopher J. Humphries." Choice 45(3): 491-492.
• Newman, Kathleen A. 2007. Review of Bioinformatics: Genomics and Post-Genomics, edited by Frederic Dardel and Francois Kepes; translated by Noah Hardy." Choice, 44(8):1362.
• Newman, Kathleen A. 2006. Review of Bioinformatics Basics: Applications in Biological Science and Medicine, edited by Lukas K. Buehler and Hooman H. Rashidi." Choice 43(8): 1426.
• Clark, Kathleen A. 2006. Review of The Handbook of Plant Genome Mapping: Genetic and Physical Mapping, edited by Khalid Meksem and Guenter Kahl. Journal of Food and Agricultural Information, 7(2-3): 177-178.
• Clark, Kathleen A. 2005. Review of The Evolution of the Genome, edited by T. Ryan Gregory. Choice 42(11-12): 2009-2010.
• Clark, Kathleen A. 2005. Review of PlantFacts, developed by Dr. Tim Rhodus. Choice 42(8): 1427.
• Clark, Kathleen A. 2004. Review of Plant Genomics and Proteomics, by Christopher A. Cullis. Choice 42(1): 130-131.
• Clark, Kathleen A. 2002. Review of Ball Culture Guide: The Encyclopedia of Seed Germination, Third Edition, by Jim Nau. Journal of Agricultural & Food Information, 4(2): 98-99.
• Clark, Kathleen A. 2001. Review of Research Link 2000." Choice 37(August): 102.
• Clark, Kathleen A. 2000. Review of The Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery by Russell Stevens & Chuck Coffey and sponsored by the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore Oklahoma. Choice 38(1): 157.
• Clark, Kathleen A. 2000. Review of Agripedia, developed by the College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY. Choice 37(12): 102.
• Clark, Kathleen A. 2000. Review of The Spirit in the Gene: Humanity's Proud Illusion and the Laws of Nature, by Reg Morrison. Choice 37(8): 1492.

• Clark, Kathleen A. 1999-2000. Review of Brooks/Cole biology resource center,  http://www.cengage.com/cengage/discipline.do?disciplinenumber=22.  Choice 36(6): 1082 [36-3316; 36Sup-214; 37Sup-239; 38Sup-261].

• Clark, Kathleen A. 1998. Review of Cornell Composting, http://www.css.cornell.edu/compost/Composting_homepage.html /.  Choice 35(9): 154-155.

• Clark, Kathleen A. 1997-2002. Review of The Plant pathology Internet guide book, http://www.pk.uni-bonn.de/ppigb/ppigb.htm.  Choice 35(1): 155 [35-0269; 35SUP-195; 36Sup-246; 37Sup-271; 38Sup-284; 39Sup-0287].

• Clark, Kathleen A. 1997. Review of PLANTS national database, http://plants.usda.gov/. Choice 34(Supp): 62 [34SUP-066; 35SUP-196; 36Sup-247; 37Sup-272; 38Sup-285; 39Sup-0288; 40Sup-0248; 41Sup-0241; 43(August) 2006: 139].

• Clark, Kathleen A. 1996. Review of A colour atlas of tomato diseases:  observation, identification, and control by Dominique Blancard. Journal of Agricultural & Food Information 3: 91-92.

Professional Service

• Special Libraries Association
• USAIN (United states Agricultural Information Network)
• Health Science Librarians of Illinois, East Central Illinois Consortium

More Information

Biotechnology Information Center Graduate Assistants

The following Graduate School of Library and Information Science students worked in the Biotechnology Information Center for 5-25 hours/week.

 2002:  Yuanxiang Shi

2003:  Amanda Pippitt

2004:  Dyanna Gregory

2005:  Monica Anderson

2006:  Jing Cheng

2007:  Yun Zhang

2008:  Shu-wen Huang

2009:  Meg Griffin

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