Lucretia McCulley
Director, Outreach Services, Boatwright Memorial Library
Profile
As director of Outreach Services in Boatwright Memorial Library, McCulley provides administrative oversight for the Outreach Services Division, including instruction and information services; customer service; and stacks, building and interlibrary loan services. Other areas of responsibility within the library include marketing, public relations, assessment and staff development. She also serves as the liaison librarian for the Jepson School of Leadership Studies and the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program. During the 2010-2011 academic year, she served as WGSS Program Coordinator.
Presentations
“Sustaining Feedback: Assessment in the Liberal Arts College Library,” Association of Research Libraries Library Assessment Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, October 25-27, 2010.
“Who Do You Trust: Wikipedia and the Authority of Anonymous Strangers," (with Dan Ream), Association of College and Research Libraries Thirteenth National Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, March 28-30, 2007; Johns Hopkins University Libraries' Annual Retreat Conference, May 27, 2007; PALINET Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, October 29 - 30, 2007.
“What College Freshmen Need To Know About the Library," (with Dan Ream and Matt Ball), Virginia Association of Independent Schools Annual Conference, Richmond, Virginia, November 5, 2007.
Speaker for Wikipedia Roundtable, Creating and Consuming Culture in the Digital Age, Virginia Commonwealth University, April 11, 2007.
Professional Experience
Director, Outreach Services, Boatwright Memorial Library (2007-present)
Director, Outreach and Instruction Services, Boatwright Memorial Library (1999-2007)
Director of Public Services, Boatwright Memorial Library (1988-1999)
Reference Librarian, Boatwright Memorial Library (1987-1988)
Assistant Professor and Reference Librarian, Tompkins-McCaw Library, Virginia Commonwealth Univerisity (1986-1987)
Assistant Professor and Reference Librarian, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Libraries (1983-1986)
Reference Librarian, University of Georgia Libraries (1982-1983)
Instructor and Reference Librarian, University of Tennessee-Knoxville Libraries (1981-1982)
Publications
Books
Gender and Women's Leadership: a Reference handbook. Karen O'Connor, editor. Lucretia McCulley, consulting editor. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Reference, 2010.
Political and Civic Leadership: A Reference Handbook. Richard Couto, editor. Lucretia McCulley, consulting editor. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Reference, 2010.
Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations: A Reference Handbook. Kathryn A. Agard, editor. Lucretia McCulley, consulting editor. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Reference, 2010.
Chapters
“Taking the Best of Both Worlds: Success and Challenges with the Hybrid Model of Library Instruction,” in An Introduction to Instructional Services in Academic Libraries, New York: Routledge, 2008.
Education
M.S.L.S., Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
B.A., Salem College, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Contact Information
(804) 289-8670