Suresh Ponnappa

BIDDANDA (Suresh) P. PONNAPPA

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Asst.Dean for Learning Resources &                                     201 Emerald Chase Circle
Director of Medical Library                                                  Johnson City, TN 37615
James H. Quillen College of Medicine                                     Ph: (423)-282-6226
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN 37614
E-mail: Ponnappa@etsu.edu

EDUCATION

1984 M.S.L.S. University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Library and Information Science

1977                      University of Tennessee, Knoxville
                              Master's in Agricultural Extension Education
                              (Admitted to Candidacy)

1977- 1984            University of Tennessee, Knoxville
                               Pursued course work towards Doctoral Degree in Education with
                               specialization in instructional media: methods and techniques.

1972 Dip-in Post-Graduate Diploma in Mass-Communication
Mass.Comm. St. Joseph's College, Bangalore, India

1970 B.S.(Agri) University of Agricultural Sciences,
Bangalore, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1/1999 -          Assistant Dean, Learning Resources and Director of the Medical Library,
                        James H. Quillen College of Medicine,
                        East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee.

8/1994 - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
1998 Associate Professor and Head, Agriculture-Veterinary Medicine Library

                        Responsibilities included: Overall planning, management and policy guidance of this branch
                        library, consisting of 2.5 FTE Librarians, 4 FTE support staff and 2.0 FTE student assistants;
                        for the development and implementation of all related programs and plans; for hiring, training
                        and evaluating personnel; and for contributing to the management of Public Services in particular
                        and the Libraries in general.

This branch has more than 150,000 volumes and subscribes to more than 600 journals.
This is also a depository library for agricultural documents distributed by the Government Printing Office.

2/1992 - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
7/1994 Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Interlibrary Services(ILS) and Distance Education

                        Duties included: Plan, direct, coordinate and monitor the operations of the ILS to improve access
                        to collections and materials outside the Libraries; contribute to this mission by managing the ILS unit,
                        including staff supervision; establishment and interpretation of policies and procedures; planning,
                        budget preparation, and cost assessment; and application of information technology to improve
                        interlibrary services; also, participate with Networked Services librarians in the design and implementation
                        of information services that involve networking and resource sharing; continue to participate in reference
                        and database search activities in the Reference Department for a few hours a week. Responsible for
                        about $150,000 budget a year. During this time we successfully implemented document delivery service
                        using the Ariel software; changed over to OCLC's ILL/Prism service; became member of RLIN
                        Shared Resources Program; and, National Library of Medicine's Docline service. Distance Education
                        related duties include offering BI classes to off-campus classes; help those students with easier access
                        to library services; provide input to the instructors about available library services.

11/1989 - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2/1992 Assistant Professor and Life Sciences Reference Librarian

                        Duties included: Provide Library related services such as reference assistance, database searching,
                        bibliographic instruction and collection development for the faculty and students in the following areas:
                        Biochemistry, Biology, Microbiology, Botany, Zoology, Ecology and Bio-Technology.
                        During this time developed a conspectus for the microbiology collection and participated in a project
                        to cancel $300,000 worth of serials subscriptions due to budgetary shortfalls. About 25% of all
                        database searches provided in the department were done by me.

4/1984 -           University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
10/1989           Assistant Professor/Instructor and Microforms/Government Documents
                        Reference Librarian

                        Duties included: overall management of the Microforms and Government Documents unit,
                        including budget recommendations; trained and supervised two full-time staff and 8-10 student
                        library assistants; provided reference service to library users; conducted online database search
                        services using any one of the following systems: Medline, Dialog, BRS(CDP), STN, RLIN,
                        OCLC, and NEXIS/LEXIS; provided general and specialized bibliographic instruction;
                        was responsible for collection development in the following subject areas: library and information
                        sciences, communications, anthropology and microforms; and, developed a database for microform
                        series guides, departmental procedural manuals, etc.

A SELECTIVE LIST OF PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

    Leach, Sandra., Ponnappa, Biddanda P.,
    "Journals Online News: Facilitating Communication on Evaluation of Subscriptions Using the
    World Wide Web" Quarterly Bulletin of the International Association of    Agricultural Information Specialists,
    Vol.42, No.3/4, pp.278-283, 1997

    Ponnappa, Biddanda P., Moderator of a Panel Discussion on "Document    Delivery for a Global Clientele:
    Prospects for the 21st Century",   USAIN/IAALD Joint Conference on The Information Frontier: Linking
    People and Resources in a Changing World, Tucson, AZ, 1997

    Ponnappa, Biddanda P., Phillips, Linda L., and Huggins, Annelle R.,
    "Using Interlibrary Statistics to Promote Reciprocity" Journal of     Interlibrary Loan, Document
    Delivery & Information Supply, Vol.6, No.2,   pp.75-82, 1995

Ponnappa, Biddanda P., "One Library's Response : Ariel Used at UT/Knoxville," in Doc Aquis
Column. Against the Grain, Vol.7,No.1, February 1995.

"Using the Internet as a Reference Tool," A Panel Presentation, TennShare Workshop, Knoxville, July 1995.

"Agricultural Information via the Internet," Presentation to Agriculture & Vocational Education Teachers from
East Tennessee High Schools, Knoxville, July 1995.

"Electronic networks and access to the Internet - An Overview," Panel presentation to the Vice-President and
the Deans of the Institute of Agriculture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, February, 1995.

Group Discussion Leader, "Ways and Means to improve ILL Cooperation and Productivity." Resource
Sharing Committee Program. Southeastern Library Association, Charlotte, NC, October 1994.

"Improving ILL Productivity -- Exploring some Ideas." OCLC/SOLINET Users' Group Program,
Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Nashville, 1994.

Ponnappa, Biddanda., "Internet: Slightly Beyond the Essentials," The UTK Librarian, Vol.9, No.1,
Fall 1993, pp.4-5.

Small Group Discussion Leader, "Using the Internet as a Reference Tool." TennShare Annual, Conference,
Nashville, November 1993.

"Imaging Applications at the University of Tennessee - The ARIEL Experience." American Society for
Information Society Midyear Meeting, Knoxville, May 1993.

"The Internet and It's Applications," Chattanooga Area Library Association, Chattanooga, March 1993.

"Impact of Information Technology on our Daily Lives", East Tennessee Library Association, Knoxville, January 1993.

Ponnappa, Biddanda., "Internet: The Essentials," The UTK Librarian, Vol.8, No.1, Fall 1992, (insert)

"What is the Internet?," Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Chattanooga, May 1992.

"Tapping Information Resources Through a Network - Part I." East Tennessee Chapter of the American
Society for Information Science, Knoxville, March 1992.

Phillips, Linda., Ponnappa, Biddanda., Thomas, Steve., et.al., "Tennessee Resource Sharing: A Microbiology
Case Study", Advances in Library Resource Sharing, Vol.2. pp.60-69, 1991.

"Focus Groups" U.T.K Libraries/GSLIS Research Incentives Group, Knoxville, November 1991.

"Using Internet for Library Related Activities" U.T.,K Library Faculty, Knoxville, October 1991.

Ponnappa, Biddanda., Thomas, Steve, and Wise, Flossie., "Boolean Searching in the Online Catalog,"
The UTK Librarian, Vol.6, No.2, Spring 1991, pp.4-5.

"Microbiology Faculty Survey as a part of the IRIS Project" U.T.,K Chancellor and his Associates,
Knoxville, September, 1990.

TEACHING AND WORKSHOPS

"Electronic Resources Library (ERL) via the Web" - a basic training for agriculture faculty, April 1997.

"The Internet - An Overview & Veterinary Information via the Internet", a workshop for the
"epi-in-action" participants. ( a training program for Regional group of practicing veterinarians) December 1996.

"A Primer to the Internet and Surfing to Locate Agricultural Information", a workshop for vocational
agriculture teachers from Tennessee counties, September, 1996.

"Gopher as an Internet Interface," at the Internet workshop organized by TennShare, Knoxville, July 1995.

"The Internet Basics," Workshop conducted by the Paraprofessional Roundtable of the Tennessee
Library Association, Knoxville, July 1994.

LIS 530, "Information Sources and Services," (3 hour Graduate Credit Course) School of Information Sciences,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Spring 1994 and Fall 1993.

"FTP as an Internet Interface," at the Internet Workshop organized by TennShare, Knoxville, May 1994.

"Basics of the Internet - A Hands On Workshop," conducted for the Librarians at the Chattanooga
State Technical College, Chattanooga, March 1993

LIS 534, "Government Publications," (3 hour Graduate Credit Course) Graduate School of Library & Information
Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Summer 1990

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

1984 - American Library Association (ALA)
    - Association of College and Research Librarians (ACRL)
    - Government Documents Round Table (GODORT)
    - New Members Round Table (NMRT) (formerly known as JMRT)
    Committee Activities:
    Chair, Booth Committee (1987-88)
    Member, Booth Committee (1986-87)
    Chair, Students to ALA Committee (1985-86)
    Member, Students to ALA Committee (1984-85)

1985 - Tennessee Library Association (TLA)
Chair, Program Planning Committee -- 1999 TLA Annual Conference
Webmaster, TLA Homepage, 1995-
Business Manager, Tennessee Librarian, 1992-1995
Chair, Tennessee Resource Sharing Roundtable, 1994-1995
Chair-Elect, Tennessee Resource Sharing Roundtable, 1993-1994
Chair, Membership Committee, 1989-1990
Member, Membership Committee, 1988-1989
Member, Audiovisual Facilities Committee for the 1988 TLA Annual Convention

1985 - 1998 East Tennessee Library Association (ETLA)
Editor, ETLA Newsletter, 1991-1994

1994 - 1998 United States Agricultural Information Network (USAIN)
Convener, Document Delivery Special Interest Group, 1995 -

1994 - 1998 International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists (IAALD)

HONORS AND AWARDS

Secured the First Rank among the graduating class of 1970. In doing so, established an all-time record in the
cumulative grade points obtained in the University. Was awarded gold medals for:

   General proficiency
   Obtaining highest grade point
   Horticulture
   Agricultural extension
   Agricultural economics
   Plant pathology

Member of Gamma Sigma Delta (Agriculture Honor Society)
Member of Phi Kappa Phi (General Honor Society)
Member of Phi Delta Kappa (Education Honor Society)

Silver medal award from the government of the State of Karnataka, India, in recognition of academic achievement in Agricultural Sciences.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

1994 Hindu Community Center, Knoxville. Advisor to the Library Committee
1976-79 President, India Association, Knoxville, TN.