David E. Vancil, MLS, PhD
Librarian and Department Head
Special Collections
Cunningham Memorial Library
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
Phone:
(812) 237-2611
FAX:
(812) 237-2567
E-mail:
libvanc@isugw.indstate.edu
Primary Responsibilities
Manages the Special Collections Department. Provides leadership both in planning and implementing projects and in evaluating and organizing bibliographical access to holdings. Plans and manages digitization projects. Works closely with donors and researchers to expand and make use of holdings. Supervises directly one support staff, coordinates activities of catalogers, and directly or indirectly supervises select student projects.
Education
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PhD, English (Modern American and English Literature)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1985
Dissertation:
The Quest for the Native Self: The Novels of John Cheever
Minors in medieval English literature and early American and 18th-century
British literature
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MLS
University of Texas at Austin, 1974
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MA, English (Creative Writing)
University of Texas at Austin, 1971
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BA, English
McNeese State University, 1968
Selected Published Books
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Compiler Name Authority Records (Incunable Dictionaries: A Checklist and Publishing History). 2003.
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Dictionaries Published Prior to 1501,
With Original Place and Date of Publication Followed by a List of Subsequent Publication Dates: A Digest of Incunable Dictionaries: A Checklist and Publishing History. 2003.
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Supplement to Catalog of Dictionaries, Word Books, and Philological Texts, 1440-1900, 2001. Role: Compiler & editor. [55 pp.; additions through 2000; arranged by main entry. PDF version available.
- Walker Collection: Catalog of Textbooks, 2001. Role: Editor. Hardcover, 215 pp. PDF version available.
The Floyd Family Collection: Catalog of Textbooks and Related Materials
. Terre Haute, IN: Friends of the Cunningham Memorial Library, 1999. Role:
Editor. [Also available in HTML and PDF formats.]
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The Homesick Patrol [poems]
. Woodridge, CT: Viet Nam Generation, Inc. & Burning Cities Press, 1995.
Role: Author.
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Incunable Dictionaries: A Checklist and Publishing History
. Kevin Jett, Editorial Assistant. Terre Haute, IN: Friends of the Cunningham
Memorial Library, 1994. Role: Compiler.
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Catalog of Dictionaries, Word Books, and Philological Texts, 1440-1900:
Inventory of the Cordell Collection, Indiana State University
. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993. Role: Compiler.
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The Art School Baby [poems]
. Terre Haute, IN: Hawkhead Press, 1992. Role: Author.
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Indiana Federal Writers' Project/Program Papers: Guide to the Microfilm Edition
at Indiana State University. Compiled by Robert L. Carter. Terre Haute, IN: Friends of the Cunningham
Memorial Library, 1992. Role: Editor.
Recent Committee Service
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Intellectual Property Committee
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Arts Endowment Committee
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Veterans Education Committee
Cunningham Memorial Library, 650 Sycamore St., Terre Haute, IN 47809 812.237.2580
Updated July 17th, 2008 Maintained by: Special Collections
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