Library Responsibilities
Main Job Responsibility
- Reference Desk assistance
- Library instruction
- Liaison and materials selector for the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences (Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Ethnic Studies, Geography and Environmental Studies, History, Military Science, Social Work, Sociology, Women's Studies)
Other Responsibilities
Task Forces
- Collection Development Council (CDC), Member, 2007-present
- Librarians' Council, Member, 2008-present
- Strategic Planning Steering Committee (SPSC), Member, 2008-present
- Library Space Planning Advisory Committee III (SPAC III), Member, January 2009-present
- Library Evaluation Committee, Member, 2008-2010
- Library Curriculum Committee (ad hoc), Member, 2009
Liaison to: College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Library Subject Specialist
History
Islamic Studies
General Social Sciences
Education
M.L.I.S. Library & Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001
B.A. History, University of California, Los Angeles, 1993
Campus and Other Responsibilities
Campus Committees
- Faculty Senate, Library Representative, 2009-2011
- Web Management Systems Committee, Library Representative, 2007-present
- Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee, Member, 2008-2010
- Honorary Degree Committee, Member, 2009-2010
Presentations and Publications
Books
Singleton, Brent D., ed. (2009) The Convert's Passion: An Anthology of Islamic Poetry from Late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Rockville, MD.: Borgo Press.
Singleton, Brent D., ed. (2007) Yankee Muslim: The Asian Travels of Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb. Rockville, MD.: Wildside Press.
Articles
Singleton, Brent D. (September 2009) "'That Ye May Know Each Other': Late Victorian Interactions between British and West African Muslims," Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, vol. 29, issue 3, pp. 387-403.
Singleton, Brent D. (December 2007) "Brothers at Odds: Rival Islamic Movements in Late Nineteenth Century New York City," Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, vol. 27, issue 3, pp. 473-486.
Singleton, Brent D. (August 2007) "The Moslem World: A History of America's Earliest Islamic Newspaper and Its Successors," Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, vol. 27, issue 2, pp. 297-307.
Singleton, Brent D. (December 2006) "Minarets in Dixie: Proposals to Introduce Islam in the American South," Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, vol. 26, issue 3, pp. 433-444.
Singleton, Brent D. (December 2006) "The Life and Work of D.H. Hyers (1913-1997)," Nonlinear Functional Analysis and Applications, vol. 11, issue 5, pp. 697-732.
Singleton, Brent D. (Winter 2004) "African Bibliophiles: Books and Libraries in Medieval Timbuktu," Libraries & Culture, vol. 39, issue 1, pp. 1-12.
Singleton, Brent D. (2004) "Rulers, Scholars, and Invaders: A Select Bibliography of the Songhay Empire," History in Africa, vol. 31, pp. 357-68.
Singleton, Brent. (February 2003) "Entering Academic Librarianship: Tips for Library School Students," College & Research Library News, vol. 64, issue 2, pp. 84-86.
Singleton, Brent. (October 2002) "The Ummah Slowly Bled: A Select Bibliography of African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas and the Caribbean," Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, vol. 22, issue 2, pp. 401-412.
Book Reviews
I am a reviewer for CHOICE and Reference & User Services Quarterly
Awards & Honors
- Team Achievement Award (Web Management Systems Committee), 2007-2008
- Outstanding Librarian, 2007-2008
- Teaching Skills Study Award, Spring 2007
- Faculty Professional Development Mini-Grant, 2006-07
- Teaching Skills Study Award, Spring 2006
- Teaching Skills Study Award, Spring 2005
- Faculty Professional Development Mini-Grant, 2004-05
- TRC Course Development Grant (joint grant), 2003
- Research Study Program Award, 2003
- Professional Development Fund for Librarians Award, 2003
- University Diversity Committee Event Funding Award, 2002
- Teaching Skills Study Award, Spring 2002.
- UC Regents Stipend in conjunction with Spectrum Scholarship, 1999
- ALA Spectrum Initiative Scholarship, 1998
- LITA/OCLC Minority Scholarship, 1998
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