Faculty Profile

Jennifer Sheehan

Title
Adjunct Faculty
Department
Information Science
College
College of Information

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
MLS, Texas Woman's University, 2011. 
Major: Library Science
PhD, University of North Texas, 2006. 
Major: Information Sciences
MA, Baylor University, 2002. 
Major: Museum Studies
BA, Trinity University, 2000. 
Major: English & History





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
No current or future courses scheduled.


          
*
  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  


    

    

      


        


          


            
Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    INFO 5450.001, Rare Books, Spring 2022  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.001, Rare Books, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.005, Rare Books, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.001, Rare Books, Summer 8W1 2021 
                    

                    INFO 5450.005, Rare Books, Summer 8W1 2021 
                    

                    INFO 5450.001, Rare Books, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.005, Rare Books, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.001, Rare Books, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.005, Rare Books, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.001, Rare Books, Summer 8W1 2020  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.001, Rare Books, Spring 2020 
                    

                    INFO 5450.005, Rare Books, Spring 2020 
                    

                    INFO 5450.001, Rare Books, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.005, Rare Books, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.001, Rare Books, Summer 8W1 2019  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.005, Rare Books, Summer 8W1 2019  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.001, Rare Books, Spring 2019  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.005, Rare Books, Spring 2019  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.001, Rare Books, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.005, Rare Books, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.791, Rare Books, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.001, Rare Books, Summer 10W 2018  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.005, Rare Books, Summer 10W 2018  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.001, Preservation, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.005, Preservation, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.792, Preservation, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.002, Rare Books, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.006, Rare Books, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.796, Rare Books, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.001, Preservation, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.005, Preservation, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.791, Preservation, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.795, Preservation, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.001, Rare Books, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.005, Rare Books, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.791, Rare Books, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.001, Preservation, Summer 10W 2017  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.005, Preservation, Summer 10W 2017  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.001, Preservation, Spring 2017  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.005, Preservation, Spring 2017  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.002, Rare Books, Spring 2017  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.006, Rare Books, Spring 2017  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.001, Preservation, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.005, Preservation, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.001, Rare Books, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.005, Rare Books, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.001, Preservation, Summer 10W 2016  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.005, Preservation, Summer 10W 2016  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.791, Preservation, Summer 10W 2016  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.001, Preservation, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.005, Preservation, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.791, Preservation, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.002, Rare Books, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.006, Rare Books, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.001, Preservation, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.005, Preservation, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5295.791, Preservation, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.001, Rare Books, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.005, Rare Books, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5450.791, Rare Books, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Summer 10W 2015  SPOT
                    

                    SLIS 5295.005, Preservation, Summer 10W 2015  SPOT
                    

                    SLIS 5295.791, Preservation, Summer 10W 2015  SPOT
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Spring 2015 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.005, Preservation, Spring 2015 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.002, Rare Books, Spring 2015 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.006, Rare Books, Spring 2015 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Fall 2014 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.005, Preservation, Fall 2014 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.791, Preservation, Fall 2014 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.795, Preservation, Fall 2014 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.001, Rare Books, Fall 2014 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.005, Rare Books, Fall 2014 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Summer 10W 2014 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.005, Preservation, Summer 10W 2014 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Spring 2014 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.005, Preservation, Spring 2014 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.007, Preservation, Spring 2014 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.008, Preservation, Spring 2014 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.009, Preservation, Spring 2014 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.791, Preservation, Spring 2014 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.002, Rare Books, Spring 2014 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.008, Rare Books, Spring 2014 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.792, Rare Books, Spring 2014 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Fall 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.007, Preservation, Fall 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.001, Rare Books, Fall 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.005, Rare Books, Fall 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.007, Rare Books, Fall 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.008, Rare Books, Fall 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.009, Rare Books, Fall 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Summer 5W2 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.005, Preservation, Summer 5W2 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.007, Preservation, Summer 5W2 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.009, Preservation, Summer 5W2 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.001, Rare Books, Summer 5W1 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.007, Rare Books, Summer 5W1 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.009, Rare Books, Summer 5W1 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.070, Rare Books, Summer 5W1 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Spring 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.791, Preservation, Spring 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.002, Rare Books, Spring 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.007, Rare Books, Spring 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.792, Rare Books, Spring 2013 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.002, Preservation, Fall 2012 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.001, Rare Books, Fall 2012 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Summer 5W2 2012 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.001, Rare Books, Summer 5W1 2012 
                    

                    SLIS 5450.070, Rare Books, Summer 5W1 2012 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Spring 2012 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.008, Preservation, Spring 2012 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Fall 2011 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.791, Preservation, Fall 2011 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Summer 5W2 2011 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.888, Preservation, Summer 5W2 2011 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Spring 2011 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.791, Preservation, Spring 2011 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Fall 2010 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Summer 5W2 2010 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Spring 2010 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.008, Preservation, Spring 2010 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Fall 2009 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Summer 5W2 2009 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.791, Preservation, Summer 5W2 2009 
                    

                    SLIS 5900.704, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2009 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Spring 2009 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Fall 2008 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Summer 5W1 2008 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.888, Preservation, Summer 5W1 2008 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Fall 2007 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.001, Preservation, Summer 3W1 2007 
                    

                    SLIS 5295.791, Preservation, Summer 3W1 2007 

          


          
*
  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book Chapter
Sheehan, J. K. (2014). Building Books and Breaking Them Down: Using Historic Materials to Teach Modern Preservation. Using Primary Sources: Hands-On Instructional Exercises. 
Sheehan, J. K. (2007). "Investing in Education: A Cost Analysis of Museum Studies Graduate Programs, Costs of Living for Students, and Salaries Commanded by Graduates" in Museum Studies: Perspectives and Innovations, ed. Stephen L. Williams and Catharine A. Hawks, 185-192. Washington, D.C.: Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections.. 
Sheehan, J. K. (2007). "Pursuing a National Agenda in Academics: Merging Museum Studies and Library Science" in Museum Studies: Perspectives and Innovations, ed. Stephen L. Williams and Catharine A. Hawks, 161-174. Washington, D.C.: Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections.. 
Book Review
Sheehan, J. K. (2015). Review of The Book: A Global History. 
Sheehan, J. K. (2013). Review of Academic Archives: Managing the Next Generation of College and University Archives, Records, and Special Collections, by Aaron D. Purcell. Library Resources & Technical Services 57(1): 71-72.. 
Sheehan, J. K. (2012). Review of A Lancastrian Mirror for Princes: The Yale Law School New Statutes of England, by Rosemary McGerr. RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 13(2): 203-204.. 
Sheehan, J. K. (2012). Review of Beautiful Bookbindings: A Thousand Years of the Bookbinder's Art, by P. J. M. Marks. College & Research Libraries 73(1): 102-103.. 
Sheehan, J. K. (2012). Review of Early Printed Books as Material Objects, by Bettina Wagner & Marcia Reed, eds. RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 13(1): 69-70.. 
Sheehan, J. K. (2012). Review of Poetry, Pictures and Popular Publishing: The Illustrated Gift Book and Victorian Visual Culture, 1855-1875, by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra. SHARP News 21 (1): 10.. 
Sheehan, J. K. (2012). Review of The Dynamics of Heritage: History, Memory and the Highland Clearances, by Laurence Gouriévidis. Information & Culture: A Journal of History. Available via http://www.infoculturejournal.org/book_reviews/gourevedis_sheehan_2012.. 
Sheehan, J. K. (2012). Review of The History of the Library in Western Civilization: From Petrarch to Michelangelo, by Konstantinos Staikos. Information & Culture: A Journal of History. Available via http://www.infoculturejournal.org/book_reviews/staikos_sheehan_2012.. 
Sheehan, J. K. (2011). Review of Books Will Speak Plain: A Handbook for Identifying and Describing Historical Bindings, by Julia Miller. RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 12(2): 141-143.. 
Sheehan, J. K. (2011). Review of Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts, by Mark Bland. RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 12(2): 135-138.. 
Journal Article
Sheehan, J. K. (2009). "Making the Most of What We Have: A Framework for Preservation Management in Rare Book Collections." RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 10(2): 111-121.. 
Sheehan, J. K., Templer, M., Gregory, M., Hanumanthaiah, R., Troyer, D., Phan, T., Thankavel, B., Jagadeeswaran, P.  (2001). Demonstration of the extrinsic coagulation pathway in teleostei: identification of zebrafish coagulation factor VII.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 98(15), 8768-73. 
Magazine/Trade Publication
Sheehan, J. K. (2012). "Don't Fall in Love in Library School: The Trials and Tribulations of a Two-Librarian Household." Library Worklife: HR E-News for Today's Leaders 9(7). Available via http://ala-apa.org/newsletter/2012/09/10/dont-fall-in-love-in-library-school-the-trials-and-tribulations-of-a-two-librarian-household/ .. 
Sheehan, J. K. (2012). "Tips for Finding a Professional Position in Special Collections." Library Worklife: HR E-News for Today's Leaders 9(6). Available via http://ala-apa.org/newsletter/2012/06/10/tips-for-finding-a-professional-position-in-special-collections/.. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    
			This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
				
      
					
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    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
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  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    
			This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
				
      
					
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
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    • The intellectual challenge presented was
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    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
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    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
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