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Biographical Information:

Dr. Weiner is Co-Chair of the National Forum on Information Literacy and Co-Chair of the Peabody Academic Library Leadership Institute. She is a Distinguished Member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals and received the State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Librarianship in 1999.  She is Past-Chair of the Special Libraries Association Education Division and has been the principal investigator for a number of grant-funded projects.

Previously, she was the Director of Peabody Library at Vanderbilt and a department head at the University at Buffalo Health Sciences Library.

Her research interests focus on academic library leadership; the role and contribution of the library to higher education; and the organization of the literature of emerging and cross-disciplinary fields.

Presentations:

Weiner, Sharon A. "The Symbolic Value of the Library: Transforming Perceptions" (Powerpoint)

Selected Publications:

Weiner, Sharon A.  "The Relative Contribution of Selected University and Library Measures To Institutional Reputation Rating," Thesis (EdD in Higher Education Leadership), Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, August 2007.

Weiner, Sharon A. "Book Review: Quality and Performance Excellence in Higher Education: Baldrige on Campus," International Journal of Educational Advancement, 6(1):80-2, November 2005

Weiner, Sharon Gray, "Library Quality and Impact: Is there a Relationship between New Measures and Traditional Measures?" Journal of Academic Librarianship, 31(5):432-7, Sept. 2005.

Weiner, Sharon Gray, "The History of Academic Libraries in the United States: A Review of the Literature," Library Philosophy and Practice, 7(2), Spring 2005.

Weiner, Sharon Gray, "Leadership of Academic Libraries: A Literature Review." Education Libraries 2003, 26(2):5-18.

Weiner, Sharon Gray, "Resistance to Change in Libraries: An Application of Communication Theories." Portal: Libraries and the Academy 2003, 3(1):69-78.

Gray, Sharon and Teresa Abaid. "Building a Multicultural Media Collection." MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship 2002, 8(2).

Gray, Sharon A., Stewart Brower, Heather Munger, Amanda Start, and Pamela White. "Redefining Reference in an Academic Health Sciences Library: Planning for Change." Medical Reference Services Quarterly Fall 2001, 20(3).

Gray, Sharon A., Robert O'Shea, Mary E. Petty, and John Loonsk, "The Western New York Health Resources Project: Developing Access to Local Health Information," Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 1998, 86(3):335-9.

Gray, Sharon A. Health of Native People of North America: A Guide to Resources. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1996. 400 p.