Beth McNeil

Beth McNeil is Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Purdue University Libraries, where she is responsible for public services and collections. Prior to joining Purdue in 2007, McNeil was Associate Dean of Libraries at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she led technical services operations, coordinated the staff development program, coordinated library-wide statistics efforts, and managed library-wide special projects. Prior to coming to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,...See more

Beth McNeil is Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Purdue University Libraries, where she is responsible for public services and collections. Prior to joining Purdue in 2007, McNeil was Associate Dean of Libraries at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she led technical services operations, coordinated the staff development program, coordinated library-wide statistics efforts, and managed library-wide special projects. Prior to coming to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, McNeil was Head of Reference Services at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. Previously, she served as Serials and Collection Management Librarian at Bradley. She received an MS in library and information science, and an AB in English, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her books include Patron Behavior in Libraries: Positive Approaches to Negative Situations and Human Resource Management in Today s Academic Library: Meeting Challenges and Creating Opportunities. See less