Carol Smallwood

Carol Smallwood
Occupation librarian
Nationality American
Alma mater Eastern Michigan University
Genres poet, creative nonfiction, fiction
Notable awards National Federation of State Poetry Societies Award

Carol Smallwood is an American poet and writer. She won the National Federation of State Poetry Societies Award.[1] Smallwood also was awarded the Franklin-Christoph Poetry Contest Winner title, and the Eric Hoffer Award for Prose.[1]

Career

Smallwood has been working in the education and library administration fields as early as 1961.[2] She has written non-fiction books for libraries, including Library Services for Multicultural Patrons: Strategies to Encourage Library Use, co-edited with Kim Becnel.[3] The book provides public and higher education libraries with strategies and tested programs to encourage patron interaction with libraries.[3] Library Journal found that there was a "useful array of ideas for administrators, IT staff, and frontline librarians seeking programming and service success."[4] Also published around the same time was Continuing Education for Librarians: Essays on Career Improevement through Classes, Workshops, Conferences and More (2013) which was called "timely and informative" by Feliciter.[5] Her book, How to Thrive as a Solo Librarian (2011), presents librarians with practical advice for librarians who must take on multiple roles in their career.[6] She edited The Frugal Librarian: Thriving in Tough Economic Times (2011), which Library Resources & Technical Services described as being broad in scope, with not all resources useful to all readers.[7] Information Today called The Frugal Librarian a "valuable resource" for libraries dealing with tough economic times.[8] Librarians as Community Partners: An Outreach Handbook (2009), works best as an idea-generator for programs, but Booklist lamented that there were "no guidelines for reproducing these successes or assisting readers in designing their own outreach."[9] Smallwood's book, Insider's Guide to School Libraries: Tips and Resources (1997) shares Smallwood's own advice based on her own twenty-years' worth of experience.[10] The Journal of Academic Librarianship wrote that Smallwood's book, A Guide to Selected Federal Agency Programs and Publications for Librarians and Teachers (1986) was a useful and comprehensive guide to Federal agencies in the United States.[11]

Smallwood's work as a poet has been called "skilled and generous" by Women's Studies.[12]

Her book, co-edited with Cynthia Brackett-Vincent, Contemporary American Women: Our Defining Passages (2009) collects "multicultural narratives by American women from diverse backgrounds and life experiences."[13]

Early life and education

Smallwood received her Bachelor's of Science degree from Eastern Michigan University in 1961.[2] She later earned a Master's degree in Art in 1963.[2] and MLA Library Science degree from Western Michigan University in 1976.[14]

Publications

Books

Chapbooks

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Carol Smallwood - Directory of Writers". Poets & Writers. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Depin, Kelly (9 August 2010). "Footnotes August 2010: NMRT Member Profile: Carolyn Smallwood". New Members Round Table (NMRT). Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 Glantz, Shelley (2013). "Library Services for Multicultural Patrons: Strategies to Encourage Library Use". Library Media Connection. 32 (1): 58 – via EBSCOhost. (subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ Glass, Betty J. (February 2013). "Library Services for Multicultural Patrons: Strategies to Encourage Library Use". Library Journal. 138 (2): 75. Retrieved 10 October 2016 – via EBSCOhost. (subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ Brockmeyer, Donna (August 2013). "Continuing Education for Librarians: Essays on Career Improvement through Classes, Workshops, Conferences and More". Feliciter. 59 (4): 61. Retrieved 10 October 2016 – via EBSCOhost. (subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ Paulk, J. Sara (January 2012). "How To Thrive as a Solo Librarian". Library Journal. 137 (1): 116. Retrieved 10 October 2016 – via EBSCOhost. (subscription required (help)).
  7. ↑ Zietlow, R.A.; Medeiros, N. (January 2012). "The Frugal Librarian: Thriving in Tough Economic Times". Library Resources & Technical Services. 56 (1). Retrieved 10 October 2016 – via EBSCOhost. (subscription required (help)).
  8. ↑ Gregory, Gwen M. (September 2011). "Pinching library pennies.(Book review)". Information Today. Retrieved 10 October 2016 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  9. ↑ Marcus, Sara (2010). "Librarians as Community Partners: An Outreach Handbook". Booklist. 106 (18): 72. Retrieved 10 October 2016 – via EBSCOhost. (subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ Davies, Judy (September 1998). "Insider's Guide to School Libraries: Tips and Resources". Teacher Librarian. Retrieved 10 October 2016 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  11. ↑ Stevens, Norman (1987). "The JAL Guide to Professional Literature: School Libraries". Journal of Academic Librarianship. 13: 180. Retrieved 10 October 2016 – via EBSCOhost. (subscription required (help)).
  12. ↑ "In Brief". Women's Studies. 41 (4): 507–508. 2012-06-01. doi:10.1080/00497878.2012.662882. ISSN 0049-7878.
  13. ↑ Koivu, Annarina (March 2012). "Contemporary American Women: Our Defining Passages.(Book review)". Journal of International Women's Studies. Retrieved 10 October 2016 – via HighBeam Research. (subscription required (help)).
  14. ↑ http://libraryofmichigan.state.mi.us/Authors/AuthorNames/Details/1300?searchString=smallwood&page=1&searchParameter=LastName&searchType=Quick
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 Bender, Sheila; Smallwood, Carol (7 July 2016). "Carol Smallwood, Poet, and Anthology Creator Extraordinaire, Tells Us How She Does It". Sheila Bender's Writing It Real – Community Writing Resource. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  16. ↑ "Compartments: Poems on Nature, Femininity and Other Realms by Carol Smallwood - Word Riot".
  17. ↑ Bundy, Alan; Consulting, Auslib Library; Australia, South (1 February 2016). "Book review: Carol Smallwood (ed.), Creative Management of Small Public Libraries in the 21st Century". Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. 48 (1): 105–106. doi:10.1177/0961000615616476. ISSN 0961-0006. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  18. ↑ http://writersmonthlyreview.com/book-reviews/
  19. ↑ "The Commonline Journal: Review of Christine Redman-Waldeyer's "Writing After Retirement" - by Aline Soules".
  20. ↑ Consolino-Barsotti, Gina (6 January 2016). "A Conversation with Carol Smallwood". Literary Mama. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

11. WorldCat.[1] 12. Poems.[2]

External links

  1. ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3A+carol+smallwood&qt=results_page
  2. ↑ http://classicalpoets.org/against-the-light-and-other-poetry-by-carol-smallwood/Society of Classical Poets. 2016.
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