Paul O. Jenkins
University Librarian
EDUCATION
- B.A., German Literature, Lawrence University
- M.A., Library Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
COURSES TAUGHT
- MU234 The Beatles: Voice of a Generation
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND AREAS
- The Beatles
- Protest Music
- Folk Music
- Information Literacy
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Professional Memberships
- American Library Association (ALA)
- Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
Conferences Attended
- ACRL, Baltimore, 2017
- ACRL, Portland, 2015
- ACRL, Indianapolis, 2013
- ACRL, Philadelphia, 2011
- ACRL 2021 (virtual), Educause 2020
Grants Received
- Created Equal (National Endowment for the Humanities)
- IDEAL (Davis Foundation)
Service
- Habitat for Humanity
- Institute for Climate Action
Quote
“people are good at different things.”
HONORS AND AWARDS
- 2010: Distinguished Scholar Award, College of Mount St. Joseph
- 2006: New York Times Academic Librarian Award (Now called “I Love My Librarian”)
- 2022-23: SGA Staff Recognition Award
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Jenkins, Paul O. Ralph McTell: Every Album, Every Song. Sonicbond Publishing Limited, 2023
“From Innocence to Experience, and Other Transitions in Selected Lyrics of John Prine.” Popular Music & Society, vol. 45, no. 5, Dec. 2022, pp. 553–67.
Bluegrass Ambassadors: The McLain Family Band in Appalachia and the World. West Virginia University Press, 2020.
Hugh Jenkins & Paul O. Jenkins (2020). “Playing with The White Album,” Rock Music Studies.
“Why the Beatles Mattered and Still Matter,” presented at the 2019 Amos Fortune Forum, Jaffrey, NH, August 2, 2019.
“Don’t Ever Leave Me Alone,” poster session at The Abbey Road Conference, Rochester, NY, September 28, 2019.
Jenkins, Paul O, and Hugh Jenkins, editors. Teaching the Beatles. Routledge, 2018.
“Teaching the White Album.” Presented at the International Symposium on the White Album. Monmouth University. November 11, 2018.
"Sam Gleaves: Coming into His Own." The Old-Time Herald, 14 (7). April, 2017. 6-13.
“The Beatles: Will You Read My Book.” (bibliographic essay) Choice, 53 (9). May, 2016. 1267-1277.
“The Price Sisters: Living the Tradition.” Bluegrass Today, October 7, 2015.
“They Sang for You: The McLain Family Band Re-examined.” Bluegrass Unlimited, 48 (10) April, 2014. 46-48.
“Leadership Ethics: An Emerging Academic Discipline,” Choice 49 (2) October, 2011. 239-249. (Co-authored bibliographic essay.)
Richard Dyer-Bennet: The Last Minstrel. University Press of Mississippi, 2009.
Faculty-Librarian Relationships. Oxford, UK: Chandos, 2005.
“SWORCS: A Work in Progress,” Against the Grain 16 (3) June 2004. 30-34.
“The Approval Plan: What’s in it for Small Ohio LINK Libraries?” Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services 27 (2003) 179-181.
“Getting Wise on Old-Time Music: The Reel World String Band,” The Old-Time Herald 9 (1) Fall 2003. 34-36.
“They’re Not Just Using Web Sites,” College and Research Libraries News 63 (March, 2002), 164.
