Work: Science Library, Washington & Lee University (540-463-8647)
Home: 501 Lime Kiln Road, Lexington VA 24450 (540-463-4662)
Webpage: http://home.wlu.edu/~blackmerh/
1991-1992 Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information
Science (M.S.L.I.S. May 1992)
1986-1990 Institute for Writing and Thinking, Bard College (five
writing workshops)
1969-1972 Department of Anthropology, Stanford University
(M.A. 1971, Ph.D. 1976)
1967-1969 International Development Education Center (SIDEC),
Stanford University
1961-1965 Harvard College (A.B. Anthropology)
2003 R.E. Lee summer research funding (The Civil War and the Digital South)
2002 ACS Information Fluency Initiative grant (The Digital South: A Spatial Data Library)
2002 R.E. Lee summer research funding (Building a Web-based collaborative environment for the Brazil Consortium)
2002 ACS Information Fluency Initiative grant (Managing spatial information on ACS campuses)
2001 R.E. Lee summer research funding (Implementing an Internet map server)
1998 ACS Teaching with Technology Fellowship (purchase of ArcView Library License)
1997 Class of 1965 Endowment grant (image management tool development)
1993 Elected to Beta Phi Mu (Library Science Honor Society)
1992 Nominated by Simmons College for Library of Congress Intern Program
1991 Annual Conference Award Recipient, New England Chapter
of the American Society for Information Science
1979-80 Visiting Scholar, Stanford University (sabbatical leave)
1997- Associate Professor, Washington & Lee University
1996- Science Librarian, Washington & Lee University
1992-1996 Reference Librarian and Coordinator of Bibliographic
Instruction; Assistant Professor, Washington & Lee University
1991-1992 Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information
Science, Microcomputer Laboratory Supervisor and Teaching
Assistant
1989, 1990 Acadia University, Elderhostel Instructor (World Music)
1986-1987 Northfield Mount Hermon School, Visiting Teacher (World
History, Ancient History, Geography)
1973-1991 Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia CANADA
Lecturer (1973-1976) and Assistant Professor of Anthropology
(tenure granted 1977); Head, Department of Sociology (1988-1990)
1970-1971 Stanford University, Teaching Assistant in Anthropology
1965-1967 Peace Corps Volunteer in Sarawak, Malaysia (community
development and film making)
1964-1965 Harvard University, Laboratory Assistant in Still Photography
1962-1964 Research Assistant (preparation of data for Robert B. Textor
A Cross-Cultural Summary, HRAF Press 1965)
Reading knowledge of French and Swedish; working familiarity with Malay, Iban, Latin, German, Portuguese
University Scholars 203: Cross-Cultural Studies in Music: 21st Century Ethnomusicology, Winter 2005 (course page at http://home.wlu.edu/~blackmerh/musics/)
Anthropology 230 Anthropology of East Asia, Fall 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 (course page at http://home.wlu.edu/~blackmerh/anth230/)
Interdisciplinary Studies 131: Geography of Human Cultures, Winter 2004 (course page at http://home.wlu.edu/~blackmerh/humangeog/)
Interdisciplinary Studies 131 and 132: Global Stewardship Institute, Spring 2003, Spring 2004 (with Ron Nigh)
Biology 182 Use and Understanding of Biological Literature (with Biology faculty) --twelve years
East Asian Studies 190 Bibliographical Resources--six years
Computer Science 397 Landscapes of Computer Science, Spring 2002 (with Tom Whaley)
University Scholars 203 Human Geography, Fall 2001 (with Jim Kahn and Greg Cooper)
Computer Science 402 Digital Libraries, Spring 2001 (with Tom Whaley)
University Scholars 101/210 The Machine and the Garden: History and Prospects of Humanity Computing, Winter/Spring 2000 (course page at http://home.wlu.edu/~blackmerh/computer/)
University Scholars 203 Technology and American Frontiers, Winter 1999 (course page at http://home.wlu.edu/~blackmerh/technol/)
Psychology 395a Electronic Resources in Psychology (with Tyler Lorig) --two years
Psychology 432a Scientific Visualization (with Tyler Lorig) --two years
Alumni College, Summer 1996 Internet and Selected Software (with Pam Vermeer)
Musics of the Middle East (March 2005)
Music of Death and Dying (May 2001, May 2003)
Music in the Muslim World (February 1998)
The Pleasures of Klezmer Music (November 1996)
International Education/Global Stewardship Committee (1999-)
Watson Fellowship Selection Committee (1999-2003)
East Asian Studies Committee (2000-)
Culpeper Grant Committee (2000-2002)
Teaching and Learning Resource Group (2000-2001)
Faculty Review Committee (1998-2000 )
Intranet [Home Page] Committee (1996-98)
Science Center Celebration Planning Committee (1996-97)
Computer-Library Liaison Committee (1994-97 )
Introductory Anthropology, Population Analysis, Human Geography, Peoples and Cultures of Asia, Cross-Cultural Studies in Music, Contemporary Cultural Studies, Kinship and Family, Research Methods
2004 Blogging and Beyond: Faculty Academy, 15 December 2004
2004 Into the Blogosphere: Technology Forum, 13 October 2004
2004 Presentations at a workshop on Planning Digital Collections for Education and Research , 24-25 June 2004 (and June 2003),
Associated Colleges of the South Technology Center
2003 The Digital South: summary for ACS GIS Symposium, 28 February 2003
2003 Making room for disruptive and emergent technologies (NITLE News, February 2003)
2001 GIS and IMS (ACS Environmental Studies Symposium, University of Richmond)
2001 Teaching with GIS in Liberal Arts Colleges Roundtable (ESRI Educational Conference, San Diego)
2001 Building the Infrastructure to Teach with GIS (Instructional Technology Support Conference, Gettysburg College [with John Blackburn])
1999 Geographical Information Systems: an insurmountable opportunity?
(ACS Symposium on Information Fluency, Southwestern University, text at http://home.wlu.edu/~blackmerh/fluency/gis.html)
1999 Computing and Libraries: fostering collaboration for better
teaching (Pre-conference seminar at EDUCAUSE, Long Beach,
1999 The Web as a Teaching Tool to Develop Information Literacy
(panel at American Colleges and Research Libraries meeting,
Detroit, text at http://home.wlu.edu/~blackmerh/acs/acrl.html)
1998 Collaborating on Technology and American Frontiers (article for
Interactive Learning: Vignettes from
America's Most Wired
Campuses [David G. Brown, editor], Anker Publishing Company,
text at http://home.wlu.edu/~blackmerh/technol/vignette.html)
1998 Invited speaker, Virginia Collegiate Honors Council Annual Meeting
(text at http://home.wlu.edu/~blackmerh/vchc/ )
1995 Review of
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (College and Research
Libraries News [June])
1994 Review of HungerWeb (College and Research Libraries News [September])
1994 Gophers and Beyond in Library Instruction at Washington & Lee
(presentation at Virginia Library Association Library Instruction and
Microcomputer Interest Forum, University of Richmond [May])
1994 Electronic Access at Washington & Lee (presentation with John
Doyle at Computers in Libraries, Crystal City VA [March])
1993 Writing and the New Technology for Research. Writing in the Disciplines (May)
1991 Effects of
the Proposed NREN on Information Dissemination (NEASIS
Newsletter)
1989 Human Geographical and Political Boundaries of the Indian
Subcontinent. Symposium on South Asia, Acadia University.
1988 Invited speaker, Pictou County Social Studies Teachers In-Service
Conference, Nova Scotia
1985 How we use our resources (chapter on agricultural change for a
high school textbook, The Maritimes: Tradition, Challenge and Change
Toronto:James Lorimer)
1983 Family Farms in the Annapolis Valley. Paper presented at a
conference on Science, Technology and the Maritime Small Farm, Halifax.
1977 A Progress Report on Research in Nova Scotia Surname Geography.
Paper presented at meetings of the Atlantic Association of
Anthropologists and Sociologists, Wolfville, N.S.
1975 Agricultural
Transformation in a Regional System: the Annapolis
Valley, Nova Scotia. (Ph.D. dissertation, Stanford).
1974 Regional Landscapes in a Colonial Export Economy: the last century
in Nova Scotia. Paper presented at meetings of American Anthropological Association, Mexico City.
1973 Colonel Chicken in the Maritimes: the growth of Nova Scotia's broiler industry.
Paper presented at meetings of the Atlantic Association of Anthropologists and Sociologists, Halifax.
1968 Infrastructure and Development in Sarawak. Paper presented at
meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Berkeley.
July 2003 ESRI Users Conference (Dean of the College)
Fall 2002 Sabbatical leave: New England liberal arts colleges (W&L, ACS)
April 2002 Brazil (Environmental Studies Consortium)
March 2002 Sewanee, Furman and Davidson (ACS Information Fluency, GIS)
Nov 2001 University of Richmond (ACS Environmental Studies, GIS)
July 2001 ESRI Educational and Users Conferences (Dean of the College)
June 2001 Gettysburg College (Instructional Technology Support Conference)
March 2001 Biosphere2 (Dean of the College, with Larry Hurd)
Feb 2001 California (Global Stewardship, GIS)
July 2000 California, GIS in Education Conference (Dean of the College)
Feb 2000 California (International Education, GIS)
A substantial part of my work in the last ten years has been concerned with improving access to electronic resources, and chronological summaries of these activities can be found at http://home.wlu.edu/~blackmerh/weblegacy.html and in a running log of current projects at http://home.wlu.edu/~blackmerh/current.html.
My sabbatical activities in Fall 2002 centered on visits to more than a dozen New England liberal arts colleges, and connected with continuing initiatives and projects in several areas:
Evolution toward the digital library
Integration of GIS into teaching and learning across the curriculum
Support for information needs of interdisciplinary programs, especially Environmental Studies and Global Stewardship
Collaboration with Instructional Technology Group members in developing active uses of the Web