Robert S. Freeman
Assistant
Professor of Library Science
Foreign Languages and Literature Bibliographer
Reference Librarian, HSSE Library
Contact Information:
Purdue University Libraries HSSE
504 West State Street,
West Lafayette IN 47907-2058
STEW Room 346
Phone: (765) 494-7664
FAX: (765) 494-9007
E-mail: rsfree@purdue.edu
Serving the Department
of Foreign Languages and Literature and the Programs in Comparative Literature,
Classical Studies, and Linguistics, and the Music Division of the Department
of Visual and Performing Arts as follows:
Faculty Liaison. Instruction in library research for classes in the above
subject areas, featuring electronic and paper resources. Specialized reference
service to students, faculty, and others
Collection development
Education
M.S. Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, 1994.
M.A. Germanic Languages and Literature, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, 1983.
B.A. Oriental Studies/History, University of Arizona, 1980.
Other Academic Experience
Germanic Languages and Literature, University of Hamburg, 1985-1987
Germanic Languages and Literature, Washington University, 1987-1992
Research Interests
History of libraries and library classification systems
History of publishing English translations of German literature
German literature of the 16th & 17th centuries.
Encyclopedias and cosmographies of the 16th & 17th
centuries
Other Interests
Languages: German (nearly fluent). Reading
knowledge of French and Spanish. Some Latin.
Memberships
American Association of Teachers of German
American Library Association
Association of College & Research Libraries
Western European Specialists Section Reference and User Services Collection
Development and Evaluation Section
Library History Round Table
Beta Phi Mu: International Library Science Honor Society
Popular Culture Association
Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing
Publications
Freeman, Robert S. "University of Tubingen Library." International Dictionary of Library Histories, ed. by David H. Stam, forthcoming.
Freeman, Robert S. "Hans Carossa." In Encyclopedia of Life Writing, ed. by Margaretta Jolly. London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, forthcoming.
Freeman, Robert S., Scott B. Mandernack, and John Mark Tucker. "An Issue in Search of a Metaphor: Readings on the Marriageability of Libraries and Computing Centers." In Books, Bytes, and Bridges: Libraries and Computer Centers in Academic Institutions, ed. by Larry Hardesty, 13-25. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2000.
Freeman, Robert S. "Brown, John Carter." In American National Biography," edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes, vol. 3, 695-697. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
White, Erdmute W., John T. Kirby, and Robert S. Freeman. "French Literature (Continental)." In The Comparative Reader: A Handlist of Basic Reading in Comparative Literature, edited by John T. Kirby, 75-78. New Haven, CT: Chancery Press, 1998.
Stephenson, Marcia, Patricia Hart, and Robert S. Freeman. "Spanish-American Literature." In The Comparative Reader: A Handlist of Basic Reading in Comparative Literature, edited by John T. Kirby, 180-182. New Haven, CT: Chancery Press, 1998.
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