March 1986--
Sept. 1986
1976-1982
1970-1976
1998-2000
1995-1997
1982-1995
Dennis Kimmage
9 Erin Avenue
Plattsburgh, New York 12901
Home: (518) 561-5142; Work: (518) 564-5309
Administrative Experience
Group Leader, Collection Development Group
Feinberg Library, SUNY-Plattsburgh
Promote development of team orientation, group problem-solving,
design processes to accomplish tasks, lead, guide, plan, facilitate.
Group Leader, Information Services Group
Feinberg Library, SUNY-Plattsburgh
Group leader duties outlined above.
Head of Informational and Instructional
Services, Feinberg Library, SUNY-Plattsburgh
Manage personnel, plan and formulate policies for reference
services: library instruction, information desk, online and
end=user searching (CD-ROMs), research guides,
collection development;
Acting Director of Libraries
Feinberg Library, SUNY-Plattsburgh
Responsible for planning, implementation, and management of
library budget; staff supervision, evaluation, and hiring; public
relations; 1985/86 annual report;
Librarian and Teaching Experience
Reference Librarian
Feinberg Library, SUNY-Plattsburgh
Experience in all aspects of reference service, collection development expertise in Business, Canadian Studies, Political Science; library instruction;
Assistant Professor of Russian
Taught all levels of Russian language and 19th, 20 th century Russian
literature;

Education
Languages
Ph.D. (1974) and
Cornell University, Russian literature, minor in Russian history;
Master of Library Science
Syracuse University
B.A. with Honors
M.A.
(1967)
(1976)
(1965), Humanities
Binghamton University, Harpur College
Russian, German, French, Latin
Honors NDEA Title IV Fellowship, Cornell, 1965-1970
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Librarianship, 1993
Publications, Research
“Russian Library Journals since the Fall of Communism.
Solanus: the International
Journal for Russian and East European Bibliographic, Library, and Publishing
Studies June 1998.
IREX Short-Term Research Grant, June 1996, Moscow; interviews and research on editorial practices of Russian library journals.
Occasional Papers. Russian-American Seminar on Critical Thinking and the Library.
Papers from the seminar, Moscow, June 1-5,1992 Edited with Cerise Oberman.
Champaign, Illinois:Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1995.
"On the History of Russian and Soviet Libraries." In Encyclopedia of Library History . New
York: Garland, 1994. Edited by Wayne A. Wiegand and Donald G. Davis. Written in conjunction with Edward Kasinec and Richard H. Davis, Jr.
“Russian and American Librarians Meet in Moscow.” With Cerise Oberman, in College and
Research Libraries News , May 1993: 257-259.
Russian Libraries in Transition. An Anthology of Glasnost Literature . Jefferson, N.C.:
McFarland & Co., 1992.
"Library Instruction at an American College." In Opyt Raboty Nauchnoi Biblioteki MGU , pp.27-34. Moscow State University Press, 1991. (in Russian)
SUNY PDQWL Grant for research and translation project in preparation for publication of selected Soviet library literature, Summer 1990.
"User's of Moscow's Lenin Library Wrangle over Repairs: Structural and Philosophical."
American Libraries May 1990: 400-401.
Faculty Mini-Grant/Soviet Libraries: Widener Library, Harvard University, March 1990.

"Soviet Librarians Demanding More Glasnost in the Stacks." American Libraries October
1989: 849-850.
SUNY-Moscow State University Faculty Exchange , Fall 1989: research project involved bibliographic instruction and reference services in the USSR.
"Commentaries on General Sessions I, II, and III." In Access to Library Resources through
Technology and Preservation: Proceedings of the 1988 U.S.--U.S.S.R. Seminar, pp. 3, 11, 39-40, 55, 79-80, 97-98. Edited by Robert P. Doyle. Chicago: American
Library Association, 1989.
"Library Instruction and General Education: The Plattsburgh Experience." The Bookmark
Fall 1987: 9-13. (Published May, 1989)
Multicultural Communities: Guidelines for Library Service . International Federation of
Library Associations and Institutions, Section on Library Services to Multicultural
Populations, 1987. I did the translation of this document into Russian for IFLA in
1989, in preparation for the meeting in Moscow in 1992.
"Glasnost in Soviet Libraries: Open Stacks in a Closed Society." Parts 1 and 2. American
Libraries July/August 1988 and September, 1988: 570-575, 652-657.
Integrating CAI into an Undergraduate Library Skills Course.
ERIC, 1988. ED 290492.
Paper originally accepted for presentation at NECC (National Educational Computing
Conference), San Diego, June 1986.
"Scholar in USSR Faults 'Upside-Down Glasnost after Library Fire Destroying Half-Million
Books." American Libraries May 1988: 332-333.
Faculty Mini-Grant, March 1988: research on joint ventures for the College Business program; Baker Library, Harvard University;
SUNY PDQWL Grant awarded in 1987 to study the USSR library system; included research
in academic libraries in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
"Case Study #2: State University of New York College at Plattsburgh," with Carla List. In
Teaching Library Skills for Credit , by Mignon S. Adams and Jacquelyn M. Morris.
Phoenix, AZ: Oryx, 1985, pp.100-106.
LRS101: Library Research Skills . Plattsburgh, N.Y.: Feinberg Library, 1985. CAI software for college-level bibliographic instruction. Package of 7 programs.

Presentations and Professional Activity
East European Update.
Presentation for Global Issues Update Forum,
SUNY-Plattsburgh, September 27, 1997.
Impact of Technology on Reference Services.
Presentation to Russian librarians,
June 13, 1996, Moscow, Russian State Youth Library.
Rudy Weiss Lecture: Russian and American Librarianship: Renewing Contacts and Insights.
. Presented at the New York Library Associationa Annual Conference,
Niagara Falls, November 6, 1993.
Current Developments Affecting Slavic/East European Librarianship , American Library
Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, June, 1993; presentation to the
ACRL, Slavic and East European Section.
Russian-American Seminar on Critical Thinking and the Library, Moscow, June 2-4, 1992 .
Co-organizer with Cerise Oberman, gave introductory presentation for the American
delegation.
Change in the Soviet Union's Rhetoric and Reality.
Presentation, International Awareness
Forum, SUNY-Plattsburgh, October, 1991.
Humanism and Technology: the Soviet Library Experience . Paper presented at the State
University of New York Library Association 23rd Annual Conference, Utica,
New York, June, 1991.
Economic and Political Change in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union . Presentation at workshop for the Northeastern New York Center for Economic Education and
BOCES, Plattsburgh, N.Y., October, 1990.
Gorbachev and the New Russia: Still Relevant or Historical Relic?
Presentation at the
Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Montreal, September, 1990.
The New Russia and the Democratic Tradition . Presentation for the League of Women
Voters, Plattsburgh, N.Y., May 1990.
Development of the Parallel Press in the USSR . Presentation, International Awareness
Forum, SUNY-Plattsburgh, April, 1990.
Rise of National and Religious Consciousness in the USSR.
Presentation, International
Awareness Forum, SUNY-Plattsburgh, March, 1990.
An Analysis of the Election in East Germany . Panel participant, International Awareness
Forum, SUNY-Plattsburgh, March, 1990.

Ethnic and Religious Tensions in the USSR: Implications for Christians, Moslems and
Jews.
Presentation at the Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship, Plattsburgh, N.Y>,
February, 1990.
The New Europe: Changes in East Europe and the Soviet Union.
Presentation, International
Awareness Forum, SUNY-Plattsburgh, December, 1989.
Glasnost and Soviet Libraries . Presentation at Plattsburgh Showcase/89.
New Directions in Soviet Libraries.
Paper presented at roundtable on "Perestroika and the
Library," Mid-Atlantic Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Slavic
Studies, Dickinson College, Pennsylvania, April, 1989.
Books for College Libraries , 3rd edition, 1988. Scholarly consultant and reviewer for the
Russian and Eastern European literature section.
The Service Aspect: Handling Diverse Collections of the College and Research Library.
Presentation at the Eastern New York/ACRL Fall Conference, Plattsburgh, N.Y.,
1987.
Articulating Bibliographic Instruction . Presentation at the SUNY Council of Head
Librarians annual meeting, Rensselaerville, N.Y., 1986.
College Library Instruction for Credit: Two Model Programs . Presentation at the New
York Library Association annual meeting, Monticello, N.Y.,1980.
Committees Grievance Chairman, UUP, 1982-1989
Library Faculty Affairs Committee Chairman, 1987-1989
Presidential Search Committee, 1987
Library Automation Work Group, 1988-1992
Middle States Review, Library Evaluation Committee, 1991
ALA, I.R.C. Subcommittee on US-Soviet Relations, 1991
International Initiatives Committee, 1991
Library Services Analysis Task Force, 1995
Middle States Review Library Evaluation Committee, 1997-98
Chair, Library Faculty, 1998-2001
Study Abroad Task Force, 2000-2001
Promotion Review Board, SUNY-Plattsburgh, 1997-current
Fitness Center Advisory Board and Executive Committee, 2000-current
Secretary, Library Faculty, 2003-
Memberships National Association of Scholars