Thomas Weissinger

Associate Professor of Library Administration & African American Studies

Color photograph of Thomas Weissinger facing forward.

African American Studies & Philosophy Bibliographer

History, Philosophy & Newspaper Library

246F Main Library

1408 W Gregory Dr.

Urbana, IL 61801

(217) 333-3006

tweissin@illinois.edu

1985-2001: Africana Center Librarian, John Henrik Clarke Africana Library, Cornell University.
1982-1985: Reference Librarian, Kilmer Area Library, Rutgers University.
1980-1982: City Hall Librarian, Newark Public Library, City of Newark.

1980- M.L.S.: School of Library and Information Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1978- M.A.: School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1973- B.A.: School of Arts and Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.

AFRO 102/Researching the African American Experience, Department of African American Studies (2001- ).

Ebsco Publishing, History Advisory Board, (2007- ).
Appointment, Board of Editors, Black Periodical Fiction Project, (1986-1990).
Appointment, Alternate, Committee on Library Service to Cultural Minorities, (1984).

Weissinger, Thomas. "The Core Journal Concept in Black Studies." Journal of Academic Librarianship, 36(2) (2010): at press.
Weissinger, Thomas. "Black Power Movement Book Publishing: Trends and Issues." Collection Management, 31(4) (2007): 5-18.
Weissinger, Thomas. "Information as a Value Concept: Reconciling Theory and Practice." Library Philosophy and Practice, 8 (2005): 1-12.
Weissinger, Thomas. "The New Literacy Thesis: Implications for Librarianship." Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 4 (2004): 245-257.
Weissinger, Thomas. "Competing Models of Librarianship: Do Core Values Make a Difference?" Journal of Academic Librarianship, 29 (2003): 32-39.
Weissinger, Thomas. "Black Studies Scholarly Communication: A Citation Analysis of Periodical Literature." Collection Management, 27 (2002): 45-56.
Weissiinger, Thomas. "Defining Black Studies on the World Wide Web." Journal of Academic Librarianship, 25 (4) (1999): 288-293.

Wilson, Joseph and Thomas Weissinger, 1986. Black Labor in America , 1865-1983: A Selected Annotated Bibliography, Greenwood Press.

Weissinger, Thomas. 2005. "A Bibliography of John Henrik Clarke," in Jackson, Gerald G. We're Not Going to Take it Anymore: Educational and Psychological Practices from an Africentric Paradigm of Helping. Silver Spring, MD: Beckham Pubns, pages 167-176.
Weissinger, Thomas. 1994. "African-American Reference Books and the Reviewing Media," in Curry, Deborah A., Susan Griswold Blandy and Lynne M. Martin, editors. Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Academic Libraries: Multicultural Issues. New York: Haworth Press, pages 137-151.

Weissinger, Thomas, 2003. Ernest Thompson Papers, 1943-1976 (bulk 1951-1970). Manuscript Collection 1180 (New Brunswick: Special Collections and University Archives , Rutgers University Libraries).
Weissinger, Thomas, 2000. Inventory of the Hosea Hudson Papers, 1941-1980 (bulk 1952-1958) . (New York: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library).

Weissinger, Thomas, "Research Sources and Methods for African American Studies." Kufundisha Institute: Teaching the African American Sociohistorical Experience, Afro-American Studies & Research Program, Campbell Hall, University of Illinois: July 9th, 2007.
Weissinger, Thomas, "African American Studies Librarianship owes a huge debt to HBCUs." HBCUs and Libraries: Preserving and Strengthening Bonds, ACRL African American Studies Librarians Section, ALA Annual Conference, Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana: June 25th, 2006.
Weissinger, Thomas, "Integrating Library Resources and Services, and Information Literacy into the African American Studies Curriculum: the University of Illinois Model." African American Studies: Meeting the Challenge Today, Learning from the Past – Envisioning the Future, African American Studies & Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana: September 24th, 2004.
Weissinger, Thomas, "Bibliographic Black Studies: A Glimpse Into the Network of Resources Supporting the Discipline." Kufundisha Institute: Teaching the African American Sociohistorical Experience, Afro-American Studies & Research Program, Speech & Hearing Building, University of Illinois: July 25th, 2002.
Weissinger, Thomas, "Servicing the Academy: Competing Models of Africana Studies Librarianship." Africana Colloquium Series, Africana Studies and Research Center, Ithaca, NY: April 12, 2000.

American Library Association
- Council Committee on Professional Ethics
- Intellectual Freedom Round Table
- Association of College and Research Libraries, African American Studies Librarianship Section
- Black Caucus of the American Library Association