Josephine Kibbee

Reference Librarian

300 Main Library

1408 W. Gregory Dr.

Urbana, IL 61801

217.244.1883

jkibbee@uiuc.edu

1998-2006: Head of Central Reference Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
1997: Visiting Social Sciences Liaison Librarian, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
1995-1999: Coordinator of Central Public Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
1987-1988: Reference Librarian and User Education Coordinator, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
1985-1987: Anthropology Subject Specialist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
1979-1985: Reference Librarian, Western Kentucky University.
1978-1979: Head of Reference, Bartholomew County Library.
1977-1978: Technical Services Librarian, Bartholomew County Library.
1975-1977: Reference Assistant, Indiana University.

1985 - Master of Arts, Folklore and Intercultural Studies: Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY.
1976 - Master of Library and Information Science: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
1974 - Certificat d'Etudes Françaises: Université de Dijon, Dijon, France.
1972 - Bachelor of Arts: Hunter College, New York, NY.

Appointed to the Editorial Board of Reference Services Review.
Emerald Press Literati Award for best article of the year in Reference Services Review, (2002).
Choice award for Outstanding Academic Book for Cultural Anthropology: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources, (1992).

2005: Prepare 2nd Edition of Cultural Anthropology: A Guide to Reference and Information Services, Library Research and Publications Committee.
2004: 5th International Conference on Libraries in a Digital Age, Scholar's Travel Fund.
2002: Investigate access needs of remote library users, Library Research and Publications Committee.
1999: 3rd Northumbria Conference on Performance Measurement, Scholar's Travel Fund.
1998: American Library Association Annual Meeting, Scholar's Travel Fund.

Kibbee, Josephine. "Librarians Without Borders: Virtual Reference Service to Unaffiliated Users." Journal of Academic Librarianship, 32/5 (2006): 467-473.
Kibbee, Josephine. "Aux Armes Citoyens! Confronting the Extreme Right in French Public Libraries." Libri: International Journal of Libraries and Information Services, 53/4 (2004): 227-36.
Kibbee, Josephine. "Aux Armes Citoyens! Les Bibliotheques Publiques Francaises Face a l'Extreme Droite." Bulletin des Bibliotheques de France, 9 (2004): 10-19.
Kibbee, Josephine. "Virtual Service, Real Data: Results of a Real Time Online Reference Trial." Reference Services Review: An Introduction. 265-278.
Kibbee, Josephine. "The WITS Colloquium: A Model for Feminist Education and Activism." Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources, 17/2 (1996): 38-39.

Kibbee, Josephine and JoAnn Jacoby, 2007. Cultural Anthropology: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources, Libraries Unlimited.

Kibbee, Josephine, forthcoming. “Organizing and Delivering Reference Services.” in Reference and Information Services: An Introduction. 32 manuscript pages.
Kibbee, Josephine, 2004. "User Behavior in the Digital Reference Environment: Implications for Service Development." in Human Information Behavior and Competencies for Digital Libraries. Proceedings of the 5th Libraries in a Digital Age Conference, 2004, 25-31.
Kibbee, Josephine and Caroline Szylowicz, 2003. "Humanities Scholarship, Computing, and the Library: The Collaboration the Created the Kolb-Proust Archive." in Electronic Collaboration in the Humanities: Issues and Options.
Kibbee, Josephine and Lynn Wiley, 2002. "Take Us With You: Delivering Library Resources and Services to Users in the Field." in Libraries Without Walls 4: The Delivery of Library Services to Distant Users. Proceedings of the 4th Libraries Without Walls Conference, 2001, 62-72.
Kibbee, Josephine and Jennifer Ward, 2000. "The Impact of System Migration on Users: Assessing and Addressing Reactions to a New Public Access Catalogue." Proceedings of the 3rd Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services, 87-91.

Kibbee, Josephine, "Opening Pandora's Box? The Intersection of Virtual Reference and Document Delivery." International Federation of Library Associations annual conference, Seoul, Korea: 2006.
Kibbee, Josephine, "User Behavior in the Digital Reference Environment: Implications for Service." Libraries in a Digital Age, Dubrovnik, Croatia: 2004.
Kibbee, Josephine, "From Desk to Desktop: Providing Real Time Online Reference Service." CIC Conference on Virtual Reference Services, Madison, WI: 2001.
Kibbee, Josephine, "Assessing and Addressing User Reactions to a New Online Catalog." 3rd Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement and Evaluation in Libraries, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK: 1999.
Kibbee, Josephine, "A Tale of Two Libraries: Perspectives on an International Job Exchange." American Library Association, International Relations Roundtable, Annual Conference, Washington D.C.: 1998.