Associate Dean and Professor

Dean Smith lectures in reference, humanities, and oral history. He cowrites the column "Guide to the Professional Literature" in The Journal of Academic Librarianship. Smith is an authority on the history of the Appalachian Dulcimer, and he has lectured and written often on the subject. Prior to joining Simmons in 1978, Smith lectured at the College of Librarianship in Aberystwyth, Wales, for nearly ten years.

Teaching Areas

LIS 407: Reference/Information Services
LIS 413: Literature of the Humanities
LIS 433: Oral History

Articles

• With Laura Reiner, "The JAL Guide to the Professional Literature," Journal of Academic Librarianship. This is a regular column abstracting articles from the literature of librarianship.

Academic Background

B.A., Ohio University
M.A., University of Denver
Ph.D., Institute of Dialect and Folklife Studies, University of Leeds, England

 

Contact Information

Room P-212E
Phone: 617-521-2795
Fax: 617-521-3192
Email: allen.smith@
simmons.edu

 

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