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Douglas M. Campbell

Associate Librarian

University of North Texas

Department of Library - PS - Undergraduate Engagement and Research

Email: Douglas.Campbell@unt.edu

Education

  • MA, University of Texas at Dallas, 2011
    Major: Humanities
    Specialization: History of Ideas
  • MS, University of North Texas, 2004
    Major: Library Science
  • MDiv, Golden Gate Bapitst Theological Seminary, 1998
    Major: Religion
  • BA, Stephen F. Austin State University, 1993
    Major: Sociology/Geography

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Associate Librarian, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2015 - Present).
  • Assistant Librarian, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2010 - 2015).
  • Librarian, Austin College. Austin College. (2004 - 2008).
  • Graduate Library Assistant, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2002 - 2004).
  • Library Technician, McLennan Community College. McLennan Community College. (2000 - 2002).
  • Library Assistant, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. (1995 - 1998).

    • Government

  • Librarian, Plano Public Library. Plano Public Library. (2009 - 2011).
  • Senior Librarian, Denton Public Library. Denton Public Library. (2008 - 2008).

Professional Memberships

  • Beta Phi Mu. (2004 - Present).
  • Association of College & Research Libraries. (2024 - 2025).
  • American Library Association. (2021 - 2025).
  • Association for Asian Studies. (2023 - 2024).
  • Society for Utopian Studies. (2023 - 2024).
  • Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association. (2020 - 2023).
  • Texas Library Association. (2018 - 2021).
  • American Library Association. (2015 - 2016).
  • American Historical Association. (2009 - 2012).
  • American Theological Library Association. (2009 - 2012).
  • Organization of American Historians. (2009 - 2012).
  • Geological Society of America. (2000 - 2002).

Development Activities

  • Conference Attendance, 2023 Comics Studies Society Conference: Comics on the Margins, Comics Studies Society. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (July 27, 2023 - July 29, 2023).
  • Workshop, 8-Week Online Generative Fiction Workshop, Catapult. New York,New York,United States of America. (July 14, 2022 - September 1, 2022).
  • Workshop, 2-Week Translation Seminar: Reviewing Literature in Translation as Community-Building, Catapult. New York,New York,United States of America. (July 30, 2022 - August 6, 2022).
  • Workshop, 4 Weeks of Reading the Millennial Novel as Writers, Catapult. New York,New York,United States of America. (June 14, 2022 - July 26, 2022).
  • Workshop, 6-Week Fiction Workshop: The Fundamentals for Beginners & Beginners at Heart, Catapult. New York,New York,United States of America. (May 18, 2022 - June 22, 2022).
  • Workshop, 4 Weeks of Reading Modern Comic Lit as Writers Online, Catapult. New York,New York,United States of America. (March 16, 2022 - May 4, 2022).
  • Workshop, 2-Day Translation Seminar: Experimental Translations, Catapult. New York,New York,United States of America. (April 9, 2022 - April 10, 2022).
  • Workshop, 5 Weeks of Reading Soviet Novels in Translation as Writers, Catapult. New York,New York,United States of America. (February 3, 2022 - March 31, 2022).
  • Workshop, 2-Week Nonfiction Workshop: Funny Personal Essays, Catapult. New York,New York,United States of America. (March 19, 2022 - March 26, 2022).
  • Conference Attendance, 2022 Evidence Against Intolerance: A Virtual Symposium on Teaching the Holocaust in the Digital Disinformation Era, Towson University. Towson,Maryland,United States of America. (February 23, 2022).
  • Workshop, 6-Week Online Fiction Workshop: Writing Bold Fiction, Catapult. United States of America. (July 16, 2021 - July 28, 2021).
  • Workshop, Online Generative Workshop: 6 Weeks, 5 Flash Fiction Pieces, Catapult. United States of America. (October 8, 2019 - November 12, 2019).
  • Workshop, 6-Week Online Fiction Workshop: Writing First-Person Voice, Catapult. United States of America. (August 5, 2019 - September 23, 2019).

Teaching

Teaching at Other Institutions

  • Texas Woman's University, LS 5493 Information Sources and Services in Social Sciences and Humanities, Fall 2017.
  • Texas Woman's University, LS 5263 Library Sources and Services, Fall 2016.
  • Texas Woman's University, LS 5313 The College and University Library, Spring 2016.
  • Texas Woman's University, LS 5313 The College and University Library, Fall 2015.
  • Texas Woman's University, LS 5313 The College and University Library, Spring 2015.

Awards and Honors

  • Outstanding Library Faculty Award, University of North Texas. (May 24, 2023).
  • I Love My Librarian Award, The award is a collaborative program of Carnegie Corporation of New York, The New York Public Library, The New York Times, and the American Library Association.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Conference Proceeding

  • Campbell, D., Hardin, G. (2019). Incorporating Propaganda Analysis in the Use of the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education in a Post-Truth Era. Texas Library Journal. Summer 2019 (Special Issue) 123-126. Austin, TX, Texas Library Association. https://issuu.com/txlibraryassociation/docs/tlj_summer-special_issue-contribute
  • Campbell, D.M. (2013). Bringing Books and People Together: Jennie Maas Flexner, First Readers' Advisory Librarian at the New York Public Library. Proceedings of the 48th Annual Convention of the Association of Jewish Libraries, Association of Jewish Libraries Annual Conference. Association of Jewish Libraries.
  • Campbell, D.M. (2012). The Role of Theological Librarians at the Librarians’ Convention of 1853. Summary of Proceedings: Sixty-Sixth Annual Conference of the American Theological Library Association. American Theological Library Association.
  • Campbell, D.M. (2010). William Ladd Ropes: Prototypical Theological Librarian. Summary of Proceedings: Sixty-Fourth Annual Conference of the American Theological Library Association. American Theological Library Association.

    • Journal Article

  • Campbell, D.M. (2014). Reexamining the Origins of the Adoption of the ALA’s Library’s Bill of Rights. Library Trends. 63 (1)

Presentations Given

    Demonstration

  • Campbell, D.M. (Author & Presenter), 2014 Library Research Seminar VI, Embedded Where They Live: Collaborating with Residence Life Staff to Meet the Library Needs of Resident Students at a Large Public University, American Library Association, Library Research Round Table, Urbana, IL, United States of America. (2014).

    • Invited Talk

  • Campbell, D. (Presenter), Koan School, Censorship and Banned Books, Koan School, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Campbell, D. (Presenter), 2019 Texas Library Association District 2 Fall Meeting, Library Book and Program Challenges, Texas Library Association District 2, Canyon, TX, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Campbell, D. (Author & Presenter), 2017 Library Instruction Round Table Summit, The Truth Is Out There, But How Do You Know It's True?: How I Teach Journalism Students to Evaluate Information, Library Instruction Round Table (TLA), Houston, TX, United States of America. (2017).
  • Campbell, D.M. (Author & Presenter), 2014 Texas Library Association Annual Conference, A Librarian for Residents: A Dynamic Collaboration Between Residence Life and the Libraries at the University of North Texas, Texas Library Association, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2014).
  • Campbell, D.M. (Author & Presenter), 2012 Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Modeled Approaches for Teaching Graphic Novels in LIS Education, Association for Library and Information Science Education, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (2012 - 2012).
  • Campbell, D.M. (Presenter), 2011 Comics in Education Symposium, Comics in Education Symposium: Comics Studies for K-12 Classrooms, United States of America. (2011 - 2011).
  • Campbell, D.M. (Presenter), 2010 Northeast Texas Library Systems Workshop, Graphic Novels Collection Development for School Libraries, Garland, TX, United States of America. (2010 - 2010).

    • Other

  • Campbell, D.M. (Panelist), 2015 Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Innovative Reference Services, Texas Library Association, College and University Libraries Division, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2015).

    • Paper

  • Campbell, D.M. (Author & Presenter), 2024 Library Research Seminar 8, So, What Exactly Do You Do? Using Statistics to Tell Your Story as a Subject Librarian, American Library Association's Library Research Round Table; University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information; UK School of Information Science; UK Libraries, Lexington, KY, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Campbell, D.M. (Author & Presenter), 2024 AAAS Annual Conference: Asian American Studies in the 2020s: Disciplinary, Ethnic, Diasporic Identities, Beyond Word Count: Novella As Metaphor in Xu Zechen’s Examination of Contemporary Chinese Fiction, American Association of Asian Studies, Seattle, WA, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Campbell, D.M. (Author & Presenter), 2023 Society for Utopian Studies 46th Annual Meeting, Going to the World: Utopianism in the Writing of Xu Zechen, Society for Utopian Studies, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Campbell, D.M. (Author & Presenter), 2023 53rd Annual National Conference of the Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association, The Lee-Peacock Feud of North Texas, 1867-1871, Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Campbell, D. (Author & Presenter), 2021 Library History Seminar XIV: Libraries Without Borders, In the Right Place at the Right Time: Jennie Maas Flexner's Service to Immigrants During World War II, American Library Association Library History Round Table, Online, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Hardin, G. (Author & Presenter), Campbell, D. (Author), National Conference of the Popular Culture Association, Incorporating Propaganda Analysis in the Use of the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education in a Post-Truth Era, Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association, Washington D.C., United States of America. (2019).
  • Campbell, D. (Author & Presenter), Hardin, G. (Author), 2019 Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Incorporating Propaganda Analysis in the Use of the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education in a Post-Truth Era, Texas Library Association, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Hardin, G. (Author), Campbell, D. (Author), 2019 Southwest Popular/American Culture Association 40th Annual Conference, Incorporating Propaganda Analysis in the Use of the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education in a Post-Truth Era, Southwest Popular/American Culture Association, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Campbell, D. (Author & Presenter), 2018 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference, Popular Literature and the Origins of the ALA’s Library Bill of Rights, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Campbell, D. (Author & Presenter), 2017 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference, The Amazing Adventures of a Comic Book Collection from Small Town Pharmacy to Research University Library, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, San Diego, CA, United States of America. (2017).
  • Campbell, D.M. (Author & Presenter), 2014 American Library Association Annual Conference, Embedded Where They Live: Collaborating with Residence Life Staff to Meet the Library Needs of Resident Students at a Large Public University, American Library Association, Las Vegas, NV, United States of America. (2014).
  • Campbell, D.M. (Author & Presenter), Venner, M.A. (Author & Presenter), Susan, W. (Author & Presenter), 2014 Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Students on Both Sides of the Desk: Effective Student Training for Exceptional Service at a Combined Services Desk, Texas Library Association, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2014).
  • Campbell, D.M. (Author & Presenter), 2013 Association of Jewish Libraries Annual Conference, Bringing Books and People Together: Jennie Maas Flexner, First Readers' Advisory Librarian at the New York Public Library, Association of Jewish Libraries Annual, Houston, TX, United States of America. (2013).
  • Campbell, D.M. (Author & Presenter), 2012 American Library Association Annual Conference, Reexamining the Origins of the Adoption of the ALA's Library's Bill of Rights, American Library Association, Anaheim, CA, United States of America. (2012 - 2012).
  • Campbell, D.M. (Author & Presenter), 2012 American Theological Library Association Annual Conference, The Role of Theological Librarians at the Librarians' Convention of 1853, American Theological Library Association, Scottsdale, AZ, United States of America. (2012 - 2012).
  • Campbell, D.M. (Author & Presenter), 2010 American Theological Library Association Annual Conference, William Ladd Ropes: Prototypical Theological Librarian, American Theological Library Association, Louisville, KY, United States of America. (2010 - 2010).

    • Poster

  • Campbell, D.M. (Author & Presenter), Venner, M.A. (Author & Presenter), Susan, W. (Author & Presenter), 2014 Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Students on Both Sides of the Desk: Effective Student Training for Exceptional Service at a Combined Services Desk, Texas Library Association, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (2014).

Media Contributions

    Internet

  • "I Love My Librarian!," Carnegie Corporation of New York. (December 4, 2015).
  • "Courtney P. Kincaid and Doug Campbell, Recipients of I Love My Librarian Award," Texas Library Association News. (December 4, 2015).
  • "Doug Campbell Receives ALA's I Love My Librarian Award," UNT Libraries. (December 4, 2015).
  • "LIS Alumnus receives ALA’s "I Love My Librarian" Award," UNT LIS. (December 4, 2015).
  • "Ten librarians named 2015 winners of the I Love My Librarian Award," ALA News. (December 3, 2015).
  • "2015 I Love My Librarian Award Winners," I Love Libraries. (December 3, 2015).
  • "PEOPLE OF DENTON: DOUG CAMPBELL," People of Denton. (October 6, 2015).
  • "Better than a search engine," IN House. (November 13, 2014).

    • Magazine

  • "I Love My Librarian Award Winners Announced," American Libraries Blog. (December 3, 2015).

    • Newspaper

  • "Two-wheel tally: City looks to improve bicycle infrastructure," Denton Record Chronicle. (September 16, 2015).
  • "Cycling the trails: A local biking culture," North Texas Daily. (July 10, 2015).
  • "Denton and TWU embrace cyclists," The Lasso. (May 28, 2015).
  • "Bearded UNT librarian becomes face of helpful trend," North Texas Daily. (January 28, 2014).

    • Other

  • "Doug Campbell on winning a 2015 I Love My Librarian Award," I Love Libraries. (March 6, 2016).
  • "Faculty-in-Residence: Taking Embedded Librarianship to a New Level," Texas Library Association - College and University Libraries Division Blog. (August 23, 2013).

    • TV

  • "Award Honors 2 North Texas Librarians & 8 Others Across U.S.," CBS DFW. (December 3, 2015).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Campbell, D.M., "I Bike UNT," sponsored by We Mean Green Fund, University of North Texas, $15000.00 Funded. (2016 - 2017).

Service

University Service

  • Faculty Mentor, Career Development Committee - Mentor Program. (August 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Faculty Senate. (September 9, 2020 - September 9, 2026).
  • Committee Chair, Faculty Senate Charter and Bylaws Committee. (September 1, 2023 - September 1, 2026).
  • Committee Member, Committee on Evaluation of University Administrators. (September 1, 2022 - August 31, 2025).
  • Committee Member, University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2025).
  • Committee Member, Library Faculty Salary Study Committee. (March 31, 2023 - December 31, 2023).
  • Committee Member, Library Public Services Division PAC. (June 1, 2021 - May 31, 2023).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee - Student Engagement Librarian. (January 2023 - April 2023).
  • Chairperson, UNT Libraries Grievance Committee. (2017 - 2018).
  • Committee Member, I Bike UNT. (September 2017 - August 2018).
  • Committee Member, We Mean Green Fund Committee. (September 2017 - August 2018).
  • Committee Member, Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Committee. (September 2016 - August 2017).
  • Committee Member, We Mean Green Fund Committee. (September 2016 - August 2017).
  • Member, Strategic Priorities Group (Library Tenure Task Force). (2015 - 2016).
  • Member, Faculty Profile System Advisory Users Group. (2013 - 2016).
  • Member, Faculty Senate Executive Committee. (September 2015 - September 2016).
  • Member, Faculty Senate. (September 2013 - August 2016).
  • Member, Public Services Division PAC. (2014 - 2015).
  • Member, Information Literacy Coordinator Search Committee. (2014).
  • Other (Past Chair), Library Assembly. (2013 - 2014).
  • Member, Principal Archivist Search Committee. (2013 - 2014).
  • Committee Chair, Library Assembly. (2012 - 2013).
  • Member, Library Assembly, Sunset Committee. (2012 - 2013).
  • Member, RIS Department Head Search Committee. (2012 - 2013).
  • Member, Collection Assessment Librarian Search Committee. (2011 - 2012).
  • Member, Special Collections Librarian Search Committee. (2011 - 2012).
  • Member, Comics in Education Symposium Organizing Committee. (May 2010 - February 2011).
  • Member, School of Library and Information Sciences Alumni Outreach Committee. (2008 - 2010).
  • Member, Library and Information Science Student Association. (September 2002 - August 2004).

Public Service

  • Chairperson, Denton Bicycle Coalition. Denton, TX. (April 2015 - April 2018).
  • Committee Member, City of Denton Library Advisory Board. Denton, TX. (2014 - 2016).

Professional Service

  • Committee Chair, Texas Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee. Austin, Texas. (April 2020 - April 2021).
  • Officer, President/Elect/Past, Texas Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee. Austin, Texas. (April 2019 - April 2020).
  • Officer, Secretary, Texas Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee. Austin, Texas. (April 2018 - April 2019).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Libraries: Culture, History, and Society. (September 2016 - August 2017).
  • Member, American Library Association, Library History Round Table, Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award Selection Committee. (2013 - 2016).
  • Member, American Library Association, Library History Round Table, Liaison to Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) and Public Library Association (PLA). (2013 - 2015).
  • Member, Denton Public Library Board Member. Denton, TX. (2013 - 2015).
  • Member, American Library Association, Library History Round Table, Membership and Outreach Committee. (2012 - 2013).