Thomas Nisonger, Ph.D.

Professor of Library and Information Science Emeritus

Research interests include collection development/collection management, journal ranking, use of bibliometric data for evaluation, and library evaluation in an electronic environment.

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1976

Books

Nisonger, T. E. Evaluation of Library Collections, Access, and Electronic Resources: A Literature Guide and Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT and London: Libraries Unlimited (Greenwood Publishing Group), 2003. 316pp.

Nisonger, T. E. Management of Serials in Libraries. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1998. 443pp. (Also issued as electronic book by netLibrary)

Nisonger, T. E. Collection Evaluation in Academic Libraries; A Literature Guide and Annotated Bibliography. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1992. 271pp. (Also issued as electronic book by netLibrary).

Book Chapters

Nisonger, T. E. "The Internet and Collection Management in Academic Libraries: Opportunities and Challenges." In The Role and Impact of the Internet on Library and Information Services," edited by Lewis-Guodo Liu, 59-83. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001. Revised from Collection Management for the Twenty-First Century, edited by G. E. Gorman and Ruth H. Miller, 29-57. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997.

Nisonger, T. E. "Should Courses in Acquisitions and Collection Development Be Combined or Separate."In Recruiting, Educating, and Training Librarians for Collection Development, edited by Peggy Johnson and Sheila S. Intner, pp. 127-143. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994.

Selected Refereed Journal Articles

Nisonger, T.E. & Davis, C. H. "The Perception of Library and Information Science Journals by LIS Education Deans and ARL Library Directors: A Replication of the Kohl-Davis Study." College & Research Libraries 66 (July 2005): 341-77.

Nisonger, T. E. "Citation Autobiography: An Investigation of ISI Database Coverage in Determining Author Citedness." College & Research Libraries 65 (March 2004): 152-63.

Nisonger, T. E. "The Relationship between International Editorial Board Composition and Citation Measures in Political Science, Business, and Genetics Journals." Scientometrics 54, no. 2 (2002): 257-68.

Nisonger, T. E. "Use of Journal Citation Reports for Serials Management in Research Libraries: An Investigation of the Effect of Self-Citation on Journal Rankings in Library and Information Science and Genetics." College & Research Libraries 61 (May 2000): 263-75.

Nisonger, T. E. "JASIS and Library and Information Science Journal Rankings: A Review and Analysis of the Last Half Century." Journal of the American Society for Information Science 50 (September 1999): 1004-1019.

Harter, S. P., and T. E. Nisonger. "ISI's Impact Factor as Misnomer: A Proposed New Measure to Assess Journal Impact." Journal of the American Society for Information Science 48 (December 1997): 1146-1148.

Editorial Board Member for the following journals: Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian, Collection Building, Collection Management, and Serials Librarian

Published 60 book reviews.

Refereed for 13 different journals.

Chairperson, American Library Association, Library Research Round Table, 2001-2002

Guest Editor, Library Trends, vol. 48, no. 4 (Spring 2000). "Collection Development in an Electronic Environment:" 639-941.