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rubinDirector of the School of Library and Information Science
SLIS Professor Kent State University
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Research Interests:

Human Resources Management

Library Administration

Intellectual Freedom and Censorship

Research Methods

 

Dr. Rubin has been a SLIS faculty member since 1988.

 

Education

Professional Experience

  • Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University, 1999-present.
  • Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University, 1993-1999.
  • Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University, 1988-1993.
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, June 1987-August 1988.
  • Research Assistant, Library Research Center, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 1984-August 1986.
  • Instructor, School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University, Summer 1984.
  • Personnel Director, Akron-Summit County Public Library, September 1980-July 1984.
  • Reference Librarian, Akron-Summit County Public Library, September 1977-September 1980.
  • Graduate Intern/Assistant, Kent State University Library, Kent State University, October 1975-May 1976.


Professional Affiliations

American Library Association (ALA)
Ohio Library Council (OLC)

Association for Library and Information Science Education


Research Interests

  • Human Resources Management
  • Library Administration
  • Intellectual Freedom and Censorship
  • Research Methods


Publications

Books

  1. Rubin, Richard.  Foundations of Library and Information Science.  New York:  Neal-Schuman, 1998.
  2. Rubin, Richard.  Hiring Library Employees.  New York:  Neal-Schuman, 1993.
  3. Rubin, Richard.  Human Resource Management in Libraries:  Theory and Practice.  New York:  Neal-Schuman, 1991.
  4. Rubin, Richard.  In-House Use of Materials in Public Libraries:  Monograph 18.  Urbana, Ill.:  Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1986.
  5. Byerly, Greg, and Richard Rubin.  The Baby Boom:  An Annotated Bibliography.  Boston:  Lexington, 1984.
  6. Rubin, Richard, and Greg Byerly.  Incest:  The Last Taboo:  An Annotated Bibliography.  New York:  Garland, 1983.
  7. Byerly, Greg, and Richard Rubin.  Pornography:  The Conflict Over Sexually Explicit Materials in the United States:  An Annotated Bibliography.  New York:  Garland, 1980.

Edited Monographs

  1. Rubin, Richard, ed.  Critical Issues in Library Personnel Management #29, Papers Presented at the Allerton Park Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, November 1987.  Also published as Rubin, Richard, Issue Editor. & quot;Personnel Management in Libraries."  Library Trends  volume 38, Summer 1989.

Refereed Articles

  1. Gedeon, Julie A. and Rubin, Richard E.  "Attribution Theory and Academic Library Performance Evaluation."  Journal of Academic Librarianship 25 (January 1999): 18-25.
  2. Rubin, Richard.  "A Study of Job Factors Affecting Current Public Library Employees' Desire to Remain with or Leave Their Employer."  Journal of Library Administration 22 (1995):  85-111.  (Published Summer 1996.)
  3. Rubin, Richard.  "Upward Appraisal:  What do Subordinates Consider Important In Evaluating Their Supervisors."  Library and Information Science Research  17 (1995):  151-161.
  4. Rubin, Richard.  "The Development of a Performance Evaluation Instrument for Upward Evaluation of Supervisors By Supervisors."  Library and Information Science Research  16 (1994):  315-328.
  5. Rubin, Richard and Buttlar, Lois.   "The Study of the Organizational Commitment of School Library Media Specialists."  Library Quarterly  62 (July 1992):  306-324.
  6. Rubin, Richard.  "The Future of Public Library Support Staff."  Public Library Quarterly  12 (1992):  17-28.
  7. Rubin, Richard.  "Ethical Issues in Library Personnel Management."  Journal of Library Administration  14 (1991):  1-16.
  8. Rubin, Richard.  "Employee Turnover Among Full Time Public Librarians."  Library Quarterly  59 (January 1989):  27-46.
  9. Rubin, Richard.  "A Critical Examination of the 1927 Proposed Classifications and Compensation Plan for Library Positions By the American Library Association."  Library Quarterly  57 (Fall 1987):  400-425.
  10. Rubin, Richard.  "A Pilot Study on Employee Turnover Rates of Librarians in Three Moderately Large Public Libraries in Ohio."  Journal of Library Administration  6 (Winter 1985/86):  89-106.
  11. Rubin, Richard.  "Azariah Smith Root and Library Instruction."  Journal of Library History  12 (Summer 1977):  250-261.

Invited Publications

  1. Rubin, Richard and Froehlich, Thomas J.  "Ethical Aspects of Library and Information Science."  Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science  volume 58, supplement 21.  New York:  Marcel Dekker, 1996, p p. 33-52.
  2. Rubin, Richard.  "Moral Distancing and the Use of Information Technologies:  The Seven Temptations."  In Social and Ethical Issues of the Computer Revolution, edited by Joseph M. Kizza, New York:  McFarland, ( Publication expected 1995).  Also published in Proceedings of the Ethics in the Computer Age Conference, November 11-13, 1994, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, 1995.
  3. King, David N. and Rubin, Richard E.  "A Philosophy of Service."  In Reference and Information Services:  An Introduction.  2nd edition.  Edited by Bopp, Richard E. and Smith, Linda C. Englwood, CO:   Libraries Unlimited, 1995, pp. 248-259.
  4. Rubin, Richard.  "Making Human Resource Decisions."  Occasional Papers, Critical Issues in Library Management, nos. 198/199, Edited by Bryce L. Allen and Terry L. Weech.  Urbana, Champaign:  Graduate School of Library and Information Science, June 1995, pp. 37-55.  Also published as Rubin, Richard.  "Making Human Resource Decisions."  In Organizing for Leadership and Decision-Making, #35.  Edited by Bryce Allen and Terry L. Weech.  Papers presented at the Allerton Park Institute, Urbana, IL.:  Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, 1993.
  5. Rubin, Richard.  "Evaluation of Reference Personnel."  In Evaluation of Public Services and Public Services Personnel #32.  Edited by Bryce Allen.  Papers Presented at the Allerton Park Institute, Urbana, Il: &nb sp;Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, 1991.
  6. Rubin, Richard.  "The Management of Library Automation." In Design and Evaluation of Computer/Human Interfaces: Issues for Librarians and Information Scientists, Edited by Martin Siegel.  Papers Presented at the 1988 Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, April 17-19, 1988.  Urbana:  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991.
  7. Rubin, Richard.  "An Exploration of Employee Turnover Behavior in the Public Library."  Library Personnel News 3 (Winter 1989):  8-9.

Research Reports

  1. Rubin, Richard.  "The Impact of the Public Library on Selected Citizens."  Ohio Coalition for Public Library Research (1993).
  2. Rubin, Richard.  "A Study of Employee Benefits in Selected Ohio Libraries."  Ohio Coalition for Public Library Research (1991).

Other Publications

  1. Rubin, Richard.  "Library Schools of the Future"  Ohio Libraries  (Spring 2000):  40-41.
  2. Rubin, Richard.  "Some Ethical Dimensions of Human Resource Management."  Ohio Libraries  7 (Summer 1994):  4-5.
  3. Rubin, Richard.  "Measuring the In-House Use of Materials in Public Libraries."  Public Libraries 25 (Winter 1986):  137-138.
  4. Rubin, Richard.  "The Confidentiality of Library Records:  A Case Study."  Library Journal  109 (September 1, 1984):  1602-1606.  (Reprinted in Library Literature-15: The Best of 1984.  Metuchen, N.J.:  Scarecrow, 1985.)
  5. Rubin, Richard.  "Sexually Explicit Materials." Ohio Library Association Bulletin  49 (October 1979):  27-30.