Academic Library Resources - Tourism
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| Bryna R. Coonin, MSLS, MBA Associate Professor, Academic Library services Joyner Library Reference Dept. 1002 East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858 Voice: 252-328-0431 FAX: 252-328-2271 cooninb@ecu.edu |
Community Outreach Interests
My interests lie in the area of assisting the ECU community with their research needs. I have been a reference/research librarian for many years serving students and faculty at the University of Georgia, North Carolina State University, and East Carolina University. As Coastal Resources Librarian serving the PhD program in Coastal Resources Management here at ECU, I have had the opportunity to serve students and faculty across the disciplines touching upon coastal resources—including geography, recreation, geology, economics, policy, cultural history, and maritime studies. Five years as a staff member in the Verona Langford North Carolina Collection within Joyner provided an additional opportunity to concentrate my efforts in research touching specifically upon the historical, political, tourism, and business environments in North Carolina.
Research Interests
My own research relates more to libraries and to scholarly communication than to disciplines directly touching upon tourism. My strength is less in doing research directly on tourism, but in helping others find existing research, and to assist them in producing more of it.
Notable Publications
Coonin, Bryna and Cynthia Crosser, et al. (ALA MARS User Access to services Committee). 2007. "An Exploration of the Working Relationship Between Systems/IT and Reference/Information Services Staff in an Academic Library Setting." Reference & User Services Quarterly. 46(4): 37-48.
Galbraith, Jim and Bryna Coonin. 2001, "GIS in Business: Building a Core Collection for Business Geographics." Reference & User Services Quarterly. 41(1): 9-17.
Coonin, Bryna. 2001. "Enabling Scientists: Serving Sci-Tech Library Users With Disabilities." Issues in Science & Technology Libraries, 32(Fall).
Coonin, Bryna. 2000. "Local History in North Carolina Libraries: Selected Bibliography & Directory." North Carolina Libraries. 58(1): 18-23.
Courses
LIBS 6014: Introduction to Reference Information Resources & Services
LIBS 6225: Special Topics: Government Information Resources
