Linda Jones Roccos CV 2006 LINDA JONES ROCCOS, Ph. D.

Professor of Library Science
Reference/Instruction Librarian and
Coordinator of Electronic Resources
College of Staten Island Library, City University of New York
2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island NY 10314
718-982-4004 (office) 718-982-4002 (fax)

Email: Linda.Roccos@csi.cuny.edu
Home Page: www.library.csi.cuny.edu/roccos/
CV Page: www.library.csi.cuny.edu/roccos/cv.html
Web Page: www.library.csi.cuny.edu/roccos/greekcostume/
ART 203: www.library.csi.cuny.edu/roccos/art203/
 

CONTENTS
Professional Experience | Education | Fellowships and Awards | Academic Experience | Other Skills
Refereed Publications | Encyclopaedia Articles | Reviews | Refereed Papers
Professional Associations | Committees, Service, etc. | Library and Other Presentations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1997-Present
Professor of Library Science
Coordinator of Electronic Resources and Projects
College of Staten Island Library, City University of New York

  • Chair, Library Self-Study Committee for Middle States Review, 2009-2012
  • Member, CSI Assessment Committee for Middle States Review, 2009-2012
  • Member, CSI Strategic Planning Committee, 2010-2012
  • Library Appointments Committee, 2004-2012
  • Library Promotions Committee, 2004-present
  • Library Technology Committee 1998-present
  • Library Ad-Hoc Committee for Second Floor Renovations, 2008-present
  • Elected Member, Faculty Senate Research Committee, 2007-2009
  • Co-Curator for SIIAS@CSI Archaeology Study Collection Exhibition, 2000-2010
  • CSI Representative to CUNY Electronic Resources Advisory Committee 1997-present
  • Library Strategic Management Team 2001
  • Department Representative to Faculty Senate, 2005-2008
  • CSI Institutional Review Board, 2005-2008
  • PSC-CUNY Research Award Panels: Art History and Library, 2000-2005
  • President's Task Force on Graduate Education, 2005-2006, CSI
  • CSI Search Committee for Ancient Historian, 2003-2004
  • CSI Search Committee for Art Historian, 2000-2001
  • President's Task Force on the Library Mission 1998-1999
  • Technology Subcommittee for Middle-States Evaluation 1999-2000
  • Coordinator, Faculty Electronic Information Library Workshops 1997-2003
  • Webmaster for CSI Library 1997-2002
  • Secretary 1999-2000, LACUNY (Librarians' Association of the City University of New York)
  • President, LACUNY, 2003-2004 (Vice-President 2002-2003; Past-President 2004-2005)
  • Chair, LACUNY Professional Development Committee 1999-2003; Co-Chair 2006-2007


    1985-1997
    Information Specialist, Alexander Library
    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08903

  • Developed and coordinated research activities for the U. S. Center of the
    Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (encyclopedia of classical mythology)
  • Administered grant and assisted in preparing grant applications
  • Prepared operating budgets and controlled expenditures for U. S. Center
  • Managed photographic archives, including ordering and cataloguing photographs
  • Hired, trained, and supervised graduate student research assistants
  • Wrote training manual for database entries
  • Assisted in developing computer database system
  • Served on Rutgers Library committees as requested


    1976-1984
    Research Assistant for Ancient Art and Assistant Curator (part time)
    Slide Collection, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

  • Created and implemented classification system for ancient studies
  • Reclassified older lantern slides


    EDUCATION

    M.L.S. 1997
    School of Communication, Information and Library Science,
    Rutgers The State University, New Brunswick, NJ
    Major Fields: Management; Reference

    Ph.D. 1986
    Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, New York, NY
    Major Fields: Classical Art and Archaeology
    Minor Fields: Near Eastern Art and Archaeology; Renaissance Art
    Dissertation Advisor: Prof. Evelyn B. Harrison
    Dissertation: "The Shoulder-pinned Back Mantle in Greek and Roman Sculpture"

    Summer Session 1978
    American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece
    Director: Prof. Frederick Cooper, University of Minnesota

    M.A. 1977
    Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY
    Major: Art History
    Thesis Advisor: Prof. Mary B. Moore

    B.A. 1973
    Washington Square College, New York University, New York, NY
    Major: Fine Arts
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    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

  • Professional Staff Congress/CUNY Research Award PSC 38, 2007, "Bibliography for the Archaeology Study Collection at the College of Staten Island"
  • Library Association of the City University of New York, Professional Development Grant 2007, for the ALA-GODART pre-conference: "International Documents in an Electronic Age - the Open Internet and Beyond: Challenges, Tasks and Tools for All Libraries"
  • College of Staten Island, Center for Excellence in Learning Technologies, Minigrant 2007, "Digital Image Study Collection"
  • Professional Staff Congress/CUNY Research Award PSC 37, 2006, "Bibliography for the Archaeology Study Collection at the College of Staten Island"
  • CUNY Faculty Sabbatical Leave, 2005-2006.
  • College of Staten Island, Center for Excellence in Learning Technologies, Minigrant 2005, "Digital Image Study Collection"
  • National Endowment for the Humanities, 2004 Seminar in Rome "Archaeology and Ideology in Modern Rome"
  • Professional Staff Congress/CUNY Research Award PSC 34, 2003, "Women's Costume in Hellenistic Greek Art and Culture"
  • City University of New York Graduate Center Faculty Development Grant 2003 "Teaching Antiquity"
  • Professional Staff Congress/CUNY Research Award PSC 33, 2002, "Hellenistic Greek Costume: Chronological Developments and Regional Variations"
  • Professional Staff Congress/CUNY Research Award PSC 31, 2000, "The Iconography of Ancient Greek Costume: A Literature Review"
  • Association of College and Research Libraries "Immersion '99" Institute for Information Literacy, 1999
  • City University of New York Graduate Center Faculty Development Grant 1999 "Teaching with Technology"
  • Professional Staff Congress/CUNY Research Award PSC 30, 1999, "The Iconography of Ancient Greek Costume: A Literature Review"
  • College of Staten Island Divisional Deans Research Award 1999
  • National Endowment for the Humanities, 1994 Seminar in Rome "The Roman Art of Emulation"
  • American Philosophical Society, Research Grant, 1992
  • National Endowment for the Humanities, Travel-to-Collections Grant, 1991
  • Rutgers University, Merit Award, 1989
  • American Philosophical Society, Research Grant, 1988
  • Institute of Fine Arts, Dissertation Fellowships, 1980-1982
  • Julia Harwood Summer Travel Grant, 1981
  • Research Assistant, Institute of Fine Arts, 1982-84 (Prof. Evelyn B. Harrison)
  • Research Assistant, Institute of Fine Arts, 1979-81 (Prof. Peter H. von Blanckenhagen)
  • Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology Fellowship, IFA, 1979-81
  • Florence Waterbury Fellowship, IFA, 1978-79
  • American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Lawler Scholarship, 1978
  • Institute of Fine Arts, Summer Travel Grant, 1978


    ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

  • College of Staten Island, Staten Island NY, PCA Dept., Adjunct Professor, Spring 2009 (ART 203)
  • College of Staten Island, Staten Island NY, Continuing Education Dept., Lecturer Spring 2001
  • College of Staten Island, Staten Island NY, PCA Dept., Adjunct Professor, Spring 2000 (ART 200)
  • Kean College of New Jersey, Union NJ - Adjunct Professor 1989, 1990
  • Adelphi University, Garden City, NY - Adjunct Instructor 1985
  • College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY - Adjunct Instructor 1980
  • William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ - Adjunct Instructor 1981, 1984
  • Samothrace Excavations, Greece - Staff Member 1980


    OTHER SKILLS

  • Computer: HTML, Word, Excel, Power Point, Publisher, Access
  • Languages: German (reading); French (reading); Modern Greek (reading, speaking); Ancient Greek

    Selected Internet Pages (several hundred web pages in all):

  • http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/artgallery/
  • http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/siias/
  • http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/siias/artifacts/
  • http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/roccos/stateni/
  • http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/roccos/greekcostume/
  • http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/~DISC/
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    REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

  • Ancient Greek Costume: An Annotated Bibliography, 1784-2005, Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co., Inc. (2006) http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?isbn=0-7864-2774-4r

  • "The New Information Professional: Not your Father's Librarian," Journal of Education for Library and Information Science (JELIS), Winter 2003, Volume 44, Issue 2.

  • "The Citharode Apollo in Villa Contexts: A Roman Theme with Variations," in The Ancient Art of Emulation: Studies in Artistic Originality, Tradition, and Practice from the Present to Antiquity. ed. Elaine K. Gazda, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press (2002), pp. 273-293.

  • "Distance Learning and Distance Libraries: Where are they now?" in Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration vol. 4:3 (2001) September 15.

  • "Back Mantle and Peplos: The Special Costume of Greek Maidens in Fourth-Century B.C. Funerary and Votive Monuments," Hesperia vol. 69:2, 2000, pp. 235-265.

  • "Votive Reliefs to Apollo from Asia Minor: External and Regional Influences," in Regional Schools in Hellenistic Sculpture, eds. Olga Palagia and William Coulson, Oxford: Oxbow Books (1998), pp. 261-279.

  • "Chronology and Classicism in Fourth-Century B.C. Greek Sculpture," American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 100, 1996, p. 377 (abstract).

  • "The Kanephoros and her Festival Mantle in Greek Art," American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 99, 1995, pp. 641-666.

  • "Athena from a House on the Areopagus," Hesperia, vol. 60, 1991, pp. 397-410.

  • "Apollo Palatinus: The Augustan Apollo on the Sorrento Base," American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 93, 1989, pp. 571-588.

    OTHER PUBLICATIONS

  • SIIAS@CSI Archaeological Study Collection for Ancient and Medieval Civilizations - E-Catalog for the Library Exhibition 2000-2001 - www.library.csi.cuny.edu/siias/

  • "Archaeological Research Online -- Finally! The Birth of the ARGOS Project," Computers in Libraries November/December 2000, vol. 10:10, pp. 36-41.

  • "From the Archives of the New York Society of the Archaeological Institute of America," New York Society AIA - Newsletter Spring 1997, p. 1.

  • The Published Writings of Evelyn B. Harrison. A Bibliography, ed. with E. J. Milleker and J. Gaunt, Lawrenceville NJ, 1995.


    ENCYCLOPAEDIA ARTICLES

    Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae

  • "Perseus," vol. VII (1994) pp. 332-348 (pls. 272-309).

  • "Polydektes," vol. VII (1994) pp. 427-428 (pl. 344).

  • "Lynkeus I and Idas," vol. VI (1992) pp. 319-322 (pls. 165-166).

  • "Marpessa," vol. VI (1992) pp. 364-366 (pls. 182-183).


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    REVIEWS

    Choice Magazine

  • Vol. 50, 2012 (50-0672) Moormann, Eric M., Divine interiors: mural paintings in Greek and Roman sanctuaries
  • Vol. 49, 2011 (49-4027) Robinson, Betsey A., Histories of Peirene: a Corinthian fountain in three millenia
  • Vol. 49, 2010 (49-1625) Beckmann, Martin, The Column of Marcus Aurelius: the genesis and meaning of a Roman imperial monument
  • Vol. 45, 2008 (45-4538) Susan E. Alcock and Robin Osborne, eds. Classical Archaelogy
  • Vol. 44, 2007 (44-4538) Anthony Snodgrass, Archaeology and the Emergence of Greece
  • Vol. 42, 2004 (42-6651) The Etruscans outside Etruria, ed. by Giovannangelo Camporeale
  • Vol. 42, 2004 (42-4795) Hayden, Barbara J. Reports on the Vrokastro area, Eastern Crete: v.2: The setttlement history of the Vrokastro area
  • Vol. 41, 2004 (41-3595) Roma Sotterranea: Subterranean Rome (Internet Resource 1998-2004)
  • Vol. 41, 2003 (41-1071) Mary Beard, The Parthenon, 2002.
  • Vol. 39, 2002 (39-4957) Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, 2002.
  • Vol. 39, 2002 (39-2547) Encyclopedia of Archaeology: History and Discoveries, 2001.
  • Vol. 39, 2001 (39-1276) Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land, 2001.
  • Vol. 38, 2001 (38-4231) Monuments of Syria, 2000.
  • Vol. 38, 2001 (38-3102) The Makers of Classical Archaeology, 2000.
  • Vol. 38, 2000 (38-0688) Who's Who in the Greek World, 2000.
  • Vol. 37, 2000 (37-3644) Ancient Roman Writers, 1999.
  • Vol. 36, 1999 (36-6013) Bibliography of modern art on disc, 1998.

    Bryn Mawr Classical Review
    http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2003/2003-05-16.html

  • 2003.5.16 - John M. Camp, The Archaeology of Athens. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. Pp. 352. ISBN 0-300-08197-9. $39.95.

    Bryn Mawr Electronic Resources Review
    http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/bmerr/1999/RoccoOnLiBFeb.html

  • February 1999 - "Freedom of Bibliography: Three Online Bibliographic Databases: Diotima, Gnomon Online, TOCS-IN"

    American Journal of Archaeology

  • Vol. 105:3, 2001, pp. 569-570. C. Landwehr, Die römischen Skulpturen von Caesarea Mauretaniae. II. Idealplastik, Maennliche Figuren, Mainz 2000.

  • Vol. 102:2, 1998, pp. 446-447. P. A. Webb, Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture: Figural motifs in Western Anatolia and the Aegean Islands, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996.

    Classical World

  • Vol. 92:1, 1998, pp. 86-87. J. Boardman, Greek Sculpture, the Late Classical Period and Sculpture from Colonies and Overseas, New York and London: Thames & Hudson 1995.

  • Vol. 91:4, 1998, pp. 300-301. J. Barringer, Divine Escorts, Nereids in Greek Art, Madison: University of Wisconson Press 1995.

  • Vol. 90:5, 1997, pp. 383-384. B. S. Ridgway, Greek Sculpture in the Art Museum, Princeton University. Greek Originals, Roman Copies and Variants, Princeton University Press 1994.


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    REFEREED PAPERS

  • "Collaboration Works: Library/History Collaboration for SLS 301 Ancient Cultures at the College of Staten Island, CUNY," 2004 Poster Session at the Annual Meeting of the American Library Association, Orlando, FL, June 26, 2004.

  • "Collaborating with a History Professor for an SLS Course, "Humanities I: Ancient Cultures," with Prof. Eric Ivison, at the 2003 LACUNY Institute (Library Assocation of CUNY), LaGuardia Community College, May 16, 2003.

  • "Distance Education: Transforming Libraries - - and Librarians" (with Prof. Ann Grafstein) for the 2002 Poster Session at the Association of College and Research Libraries President's Program at ALA, June 17, 2002.

  • "Where is the Library in Distance Learning" at the 7th Annual Mid-Atlantic Community College Technology Conference, Teaching, Learning, and Managing with Technology, Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA, October 19, 2001.

  • "Chronology and Classicism: Greek Sculpture of the Fourth Century B.C.," Poster Session at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America at San Diego CA, December 1995.

  • "Not Yet a Bride: Athenian Maidens in the Fourth Century B. C.," 1993 Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America at Washington DC, December 1993.

  • "Perseus Equipped," 1992 Meeting of CAMWS: The Classical Association of the Midwestern and Southern States at Richmond VA, October 1992.

  • "The Delphi Pediment Apollo Kitharoidos," 1990 meeting of CAAS: Classical Association of the Atlantic States at Princeton NJ, October 1990.


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    CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • American Library Association
  • American School of Classical Studies at Athens Alumni Association
  • Archaeological Institute of America
  • Archaeological Institute of America New York Society
  • Art Libraries Society of North America, New York
  • Assocation of College and Research Libraries New York
  • Institute of Fine Arts Alumni Association


    COMMITTEES and OTHER ACTIVITIES

    Archaeological Institute of America

  • Archives Committee, 1996- Chair, 2006-2009
  • Council Delegate - Annual Meetings, 1992-
  • 1996 New York Annual Meeting Committee
  • Governing Board - New York Society, 1994-
  • Archivist and Webmaster - New York Society, 1994-
  • Editor - 1994 Newsletter of the New York Society

    American School of Classical Studies at Athens

  • Search Committee for Blegen Library Head Librarian, 2000-2001 and 2004-2005
  • Committee on the Blegen Library, 1998-2003
  • Blegen Library Technology Advisory Committee, 1998-2003
  • Managing Committee, 1998-2003
  • Alumni Class Coordinator, Summer Sschool 1978

    Association of College & Research Libraries

  • Web Advisory Committee for Library Instruction Round Table, 2006-2009
  • Library Instruction Round Table, 2005-2009
  • Committee for Research & Scholarship in Instruction Section, 2000-2005
  • Committee for Emerging Technology in Instruction Section, 1998-2000
  • Distance Learning Section, 1999-present

    Bryn Mawr Electronic Resources Review

  • Editorial Board

    Institute of Fine Arts Alumni Association

  • Membership Chair, 1995-2003
  • Editor, 1997 & 2000 Alumni Directory

    Rutgers, The State University

  • Panel Member for Library School Career Seminar, 1997
  • Microsoft Windows Trainer - Alexander Library, 1996-97
  • Reference Desk Assistant - Alexander Library, 1996-97
  • Focus Group for Adult Learners, 1996


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    CUNY LIBRARY PRESENTATIONS

  • Facilitator for Council of Chiefs Program on Information Literacy, March 2000
  • Discussion Group on Information Literacy at Hunter College, November 1999
  • Presentation on Immersion 99 Program to Council of Chiefs, September 1999
  • Presentation of Current Contents to ProCite at Queens College Library, June 1999

    LACUNY Presentations (Library Association of the City University of New York)

  • Coordinator & Moderator for Grants Workshops: October 2001, May 2002, September 2002, September 2003
  • Presenter for Grants & Reassignments for Librarians, Spring Membership Meeting, June 2001
  • Coordinator for LACUNY Institute 2000 Web Tutorial Discussion Group, May 2000
  • LACUNY Fall Meeting Presentation on Immersion '99, December 1999

    LACUNY Electronic Information Services Committee Presentations

  • Distance Learning and Academic Libraries, Fall 2001
  • Advanced Word (with James Watson), Fall 2000
  • Exporting References from Current Contents to ProCite, 1999
  • Using the Yahoo Calendar for library scheduling, 1999
  • E-Reserves on the Web, 1998


    CSI LIBRARY PRESENTATIONS

  • Cyberprofessor Seminar 2002, Blackboard courseware
  • Collection Development Resources Online, 2001
  • CSI Faculty Internet Workshops, 1997-present
  • Library Faculty WebCat Workshops, 1997-present
  • Library Faculty Online Database Workshops, 1997-present


    CSI PRESENTATIONS

  • CUNY Faculty Development Seminar Series, Fall 2003: "Teaching Antiquity: Material Culture as a Resource for Cuny Faculty,"
    Project Co-Investigator (with Prof. Eric Ivison): September 18: Egypt; October 23: Greece; November 20: Rome http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/siias/seminars/

  • "The SIIAS@CSI Collaboration" for the CSI Museum Training Class: Spring 2002, Fall 2002

  • CSI Alumni Celebration of Excellence Day, Speaker: "Archaeology in the Library," October 20, 2001

  • World on Wednesday Series, Speaker: "From Egypt to Greece to Rome in the Library," October 17, 2001

  • "SIIAS@CSI Antiquities Exhibition" with Prof. Eric Ivison, for the SIIAS Lunch & Learn series, April 20, 2001

  • Moderator for "Collectors & Collecting," CSI Archives & Special Collections, November 30, 2000

  • Millenium Conference Panel on Digital Libraries, Speaker: "Finding the Needle in the Webstack," February 19, 2000

    REFERENCES

    For references, please contact Linda.Roccos@csi.cuny.edu

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