Mike Culbertson
Mike is a College Liaison Librarian at CSU’s Morgan Library. He is has been the Representative from the Library to the Colorado State University Faculty Council (1999-2002), member of the university Faculty Council Committee on Libraries (1998-2001, 2003-2004), and Chair of the Library Tenured Faculty Committee (2001-2002, 2006-2007). Mike has also served as the Chair of the Library Faculty Council (2005-2006).
Mike has published "Atmospheric sciences" in Magazines for Libraries, "Information retrieval and publishing" in Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and "Multimedia/Virtual reality". Library Hi Tech Bibliography. He has also published "Information seeking behavior for recreational activities and its implications for libraries." with Allison Level.
Mike is currently developing a study to look at how diverse populations use virtual reference services and developing a project to digitize the Colorado State University Civil Engineering Reports.
College Liaison
Departments
- Atmospheric Science
- Chemical & Biological Engineering
- Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Construction Management
- Mechanical Engineering
- Undergraduate Engineering
Research Interests
- Developing a study to look at how diverse populations use virtual reference services.
- Looking at how to compare graduate level collections among research libraries.
Education
- B.A., History, California State University, Los Angeles, 1976
- M.S., Library Science, University of Southern California, 1978
Current Publications
- Ernest, Doug, Allison Level, Michael Culbertson. "Information seeking behavior for recreational activities and its implications for libraries." Reference Services Review. 33, no. 2 (2005): 88-103.
- Culbertson, Michael. "Atmospheric sciences" In Magazines for Libraries, 11th ed., Cheryl LaGuardia, ed. New Providence, NJ: R.R. Bowker, 2002. 230-238.
- Culbertson, Michael. "Information retrieval and publishing" In Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, John G. Webster, ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000. 10, p. 109-114.
- Culbertson, Michael. "Multimedia/Virtual reality". Library Hi Tech Bibliography. 8 (1993): 117-128.