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Dominique Daniel

Professor, Kresge Library
Humanities Librarian for History and Modern Languages
Coordinator of Archives and Special Collections

Office: 244 Kresge Library
Phone: 248-370-2478
Fax: 248-370-2458
Email: daniel@oakland.edu

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orcid.org/0000-0002-0275-0388

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Services provided

• Library instruction
• Research consultations
• Collection development for, and liaison to, Modern Languages and History
• Research support
• all University Archives and Special Collections services

Research interests

• History of libraries and archives in the United States and Canada
• Information literacy instruction and distance learning
• Evolution of scholarly publishing in the digital era

Publications

BOOKS

Oakland University (Campus History Series, Arcadia Publishing, 2017)
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Dominique Daniel and Amalia S. Levi, eds., Identity Palimpsests: Archiving Ethnicity in the U.S. and Canada (Los Angeles: Litwin Press, 2014)

PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES

"Elusive Stories: Collecting and Preserving the Foreign-Language Ethnic Press in the United States," Serials Review 45 no. 1-2 (2019): 7-25. DOI: 10.1080/00987913.2019.1610148

"Knowledge is Power: The Rise and Fall of the Libraries of the United Automobile Workers' Union," Libraries: Culture, History, and Society 3 no. 1 (2019): 72-96. DOI: 10.5325/libraries.3.1.0072
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"Interpreting American Ethnic Experiences: The Development of the Balch Library Collections," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (Fall 2016): 335-363. DOI: 10.5215/pennmaghistbio.140.3.0335
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"Shaping Immigrant and Ethnic Heritage in North America: Ethnic Organizations and the Documentary Heritage," IdeAs: Idées d'Amérique no 6 (Fall/Winter 2015)
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"Archival Representations of Immigration and Ethnicity in North American History: From the Ethnicization of Archives to the Archivization of Ethnicity." Archival Science 14, no. 2 (2014): 169-203. DOI 10.1007/s10502-013-9209-6
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Greer, K., S. Swanberg, M. Hristova, A. T. Switzer, D. Daniel, and S. W. Perdue, "Beyond the Web Tutorial: Development and Implementation of an Online, Self-Directed Academic Integrity Course at Oakland University." The Journal of Academic Librarianship 38, no.5 (2012): 251–258. DOI:10.1016/j.acalib.2012.06.010.
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"The Politics of Ethnic Heritage Preservation in Canada: The Case of the Multicultural History Society of Ontario." Information & Culture: A Journal of History 47, no. 2 (2012): 206-232. DOI: 10.1353/lac.2012.0011
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"Teaching Students How to Research the Past: Historians and Librarians in the Digital Age." The History Teacher 45, no. 2 (Feb. 2012): 261-282.
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"Documenting the Immigrant and Ethnic Experience in American Archives." The American Archivist 73, no. 1 (Spring 2010): 84-102.
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PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE REVIEWS

"Faculty Still Rely on Library Resources and Services for their Research: A Review of Faculty information behaviour in the electronic environment: Attitudes towards searching, publishing and libraries by A. Borrago & L. Anglada." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 11 no. 3 (2016): 99-101.
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"Embedded Library Guides in Learning Management Systems Help Students Get Started on Research Assignments: A Review of Embedding guides where students learn: Do design choices and librarian behavior make a difference? by S. A. Murphy & E.L. Black." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 11 no. 1 (2016): 528-534.
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"Students Taking Numerous Honours Courses in High School Have Higher Information Literacy Levels: A Review of Fortifying the pipeline: A quantitative exploration of high school factors impacting the information literacy of first-year college students by J. L. Fabbi." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 10 no. 3 (2015): 99-101.
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"Library Research Courses that Follow Universal Design Principles and Best Practices for Online Education of Special Needs Students Improve Student Learning Experiences: A Review of Improving distance education for students with special needs: A qualitative study of students' experiences with an online library research course by A. Catalano." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 10 no. 1 (2015): 69-71.
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"Learners with Low Self-Efficacy for Information Literacy Rely on Library Resources Less Often But Are More Willing to Learn How to Use Them: A Review of Distance learners' self-efficacy and information literacy skillsby Y. Tang & H.W Tseng." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 9, no. 3 (2014): 101-103.
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"Ethnographic Study at a Music Library Found Students Prefer Short Stopovers and Longer Solitary Study: A Review of What do patrons really do in music libraries? An ethnographic approach to improving library services by D. W. Hursh & C. B. Avenarius." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 9, no. 1 (2014): 45-47.
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"Gender, Race, and Age of Librarians and Users Have an Impact on the Perceived Approachability of Librarians: A Review of Structural diversity in academic libraries: A study of librarian approachability by J. L. Bonnet & B. McAlexander." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 8 no. 3 (2013): 73-75.
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"Millennial Generation Students Search the Web Erratically, with Minimal Evaluation of Information Quality: A Review of A Study of the Information Search Behaviour of the Millennial Generation by A. Taylor." Evidence-Based Library and Information Practice, 8, no.1 (2013): 81-83.
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS

"Navigating the Scholarly Publishing Waters: Lessons from the Creation of Libraries: Culture, History, and Society," Libraries: Culture, History, and Society 7 no. 2 (2023): 164-175. doi:10.5325/libraries.7.2.0161

"Research Distancing": Conducting Library History Research Online During a Pandemic," Libraries: Culture, History, and Society 5 no. 1 (2021): 230-235. doi: 10.5325/libraries.5.2.0230

"Ethnicity and Archives." In Luciana Duranti & Pat Franks, eds., Encyclopedia of Archival Science (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015).

Daniel, D. and E. W. Kraemer, "Integrating the Credit-Bearing Information Literacy Course into the Curriculum: Goals, Benefits, and Challenges." In LOEX Conference Proceedings 2012. 6 (2014). Link to full text.

"Using Web-Based Audience Response Systems to Enhance Student Interaction in Online Classes." Proceedings of the 2012 Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching. Link to full text.

Presentations

"Rest in Peace, Labor Ignorance!" - The United Auto Workers and the Written Word During the Cultural Front, 1936-1951," Annual Meeting of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing, Amsterdam, June 15-19, 2020 (peer-reviewed)
- cancelled due to COVID-19

"Books for Labor: The UAW's Education Program and the Printed Word in the 1930s and 1940s," Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives Brown Bag Series, School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, Michigan State University, December 3, 2019 (invited)

"Books for Labor: The UAW's Education Program and the Printed Word  in the 1930s and 1940s," Annual Meeting of the Labor and Working Class Association, Duke University, May 31, 2019

"The History of Oakland University," Troy Public Library, April 10, 2019 (invited)

"From Meadow Brook Farms to Oakland University," History Comes Alive lecture series, Oakland University, September 18, 2018 (invited)

"The History of Oakland University," Rochester Hills Public Library, September 4, 2018 (invited)

"Oakland University and the Meadow Brook Music Festival," presentation to the Pioneer Club, Oakland University, August 24, 2018 (invited)

"Oakland University: the Book," Authors at Oakland, Oakland University, March 14, 2018

"Elusive Stories: Collecting and Preserving the Foreign-Language Press in North America since the 1960s," 5th International Transfopress Encounter, University Paris-Diderot, Paris (France), October 16-18, 2017

"Developing Labor Literacy: The UAW Libraries and Workers' Education in the 1930s and 1940s," Library History Round Table Research Forum, American Library Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, June 25, 2017

"Rare Books Preservation on a Shoestring," with Emily Spunaugle, South East Michigan League of Libraries meeting, Oakland University, March 31, 2017

"From the Flivver King to The Other America: The United Auto Workers and the printed word in the Reuther era," North American Labor History Conference, Detroit, MI, October 21, 2016

"Buildings @ OU: An Online History of Campus Buildings," panel on Narrowing the Focus of Social and Digital Media Outreach, Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, August 21, 2015

"Vecoli's 'diamonds': Documenting the history of immigration to North America since the 1950s." Great Lakes History Conference, Grand Valley State University, October 11-12, 2013

Panel on "Librarians, General Education, and Information Literacy: Stories From Across Michigan." - Academic Libraries 2013, Michigan Library Association, Traverse City, Michigan, May 16-17, 2013

"Forget the catalog: re-envisioning information literacy learning outcomes and strategies for web-scale discovery instruction." Roundtable chair, ACRL Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 10-13, 2013

"At the intersection of public and scholarly history: archives and museums of immigration and ethnicity in North America from the 1950s to the digital age." Annual Meeting of the Society for History in the Federal Government and Oral History in the Mid Atlantic Region, April 4-5, 2013, College Park, MD

"Using Web-Based Audience Response Systems to Enhance Student Interaction in Online Classes." Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching, Traverse City, Michigan, Sept. 20-23, 2012

"Shaping Immigrant and Ethnic Heritage in North America: Ethnic Organizations and the Documentary Heritage." Annual meeting of the Institute of the Americas, Paris (France), June 6-8, 2012

With Beth Kraemer: "Integrating the Credit-Bearing Information Literacy Course into the Curriculum: Goals, Benefits, and Challenges." LOEX 2012 conference, Columbus, Ohio, May 3-5, 2012

"Representations of Ethnicity and Collection Development in American Archives." French Association of American Studies Annual Meeting, Brest (France), May 25-28, 2011

"Teaching Students to Research the Past: Libraries and e-Resources." American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Boston, January 6-9, 2011

"The Politics of Ethnic Heritage Preservation in Canada: the Case of the Multicultural History Society of Ontario." Library History Round Table Research Forum, American Library Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., June 24-29, 2010

Service

TO THE PROFESSION

Editor, H-HistBibl Discussion Network
2012-present

Member, Editorial Board, Libraries: Culture, History, and Society
2019-present

Vice-President Research and Publications, H-Net
Jan. 2019-Dec. 2020

Member, H-Net Executive Council
Jan. 2017-Dec. 2018

Chair, Library History Round Table (American Library Association)
2014-2015

Member, ACRL Instruction Section Professional Education Committee (American Library Association)
2012-2014

Vice-Chair/Chair Elect, Library History Round Table (American Library Association)
2013-2014

Secretary-Treasurer, Library History Round Table (American Library Association)
2012-2013

Secretary-Treasurer Elect, Library History Round Table (American Library Association)
2011-2012

Liaison for the Library History Round Table (American Library Association) to the Society of American Archivists and the Organization of American Historians
2010-present

Member of the Library History Round Table's Donald G. Davis Article Award Committee
2010-2012

TO OAKLAND UNIVERSITY (selected)

University Senate
2023-2025

Center for Public Humanities Advisory Board
2019-2022

Center for Civic Engagement Advisory Board
2018-present

Faculty Re-employment and Promotion Committee
2018-2021 (Chair, 2020-2021)

Senate Library Committee
2010-2014, 2021-2023

University Senate and Senate Steering Committee
2015-2017, Winter 2019

General Education Committee
2011-2015, Fall 2021

Senate Academic Conduct Committee
2010-2012

TO THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY (selected)

Digital Strategies Team
2017-present

60th Library Anniversary Task Force
2021-2022

Merit / Travel Committee
2010-2014, 2020-present

Elections Committee
2017-2020

Frank Lepkowski Award Committee
2017-2019

Library Committee on Appointment and Promotion
2011-2013, 2014-2017 (Chair, 2016-2017)

Executive Committee
2015-2017 and 2019-2021

Professional affiliations

American Library Association (ALA)
2007-present

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
2007-present

Society of American Archivists (SAA)
2009-present

Michigan Archival Association (MAA)
2009-present

Organization of American Historians (OAH)
2000-present

Michigan Academic Library Association (MI-ALA)
2015-present

Historical Society of Michigan (HSM)
2014-present

Michigan Library Association (MLA)
2007-2010

Awards and honors

NEH Preservation Assistance Grant for Smaller Institutions (2018-2019, 2019-2021)

Faculty Research Grant, Oakland University (2018)

Balch Fellowship, Historical Society of Pennsylvania (2012)

Faculty Research Award, Oakland University (2010)

Margaret Mann award, University of Michigan School of Information (2009)

Rackham Non Traditional Fellowship, University of Michigan 2009

Collegiate Sorosis Foundation Scholarship, Center for Education of Women, University of Michigan (2008)

Michigan Business and Professional Women's Foundation scholarship (2008)

North American Studies Association (France), Best Doctoral Dissertation award (1994)

Fullbright Fellowship, University of Southern California (1989-1990)

Digital projects (selected)

Kresge Library's 60th Anniversary

The Rod and Susan Wilson collection of Rochester history

Oakland University Historical Photographs

Oakland University Student Newspapers

Encyclopedia of Diderot and d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project (University of Michigan, 2009) - Translated plates and encoded in XML.

Women in Politics - Guide to Bentley Historical Library Collections (2009)

Educational background

Doctorate in North American Studies, University of Paris-Diderot (France)

Master of Science in Information (MSI), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Master's degree in English Studies, University of Sorbonne Nouvelle (France)

Bachelor's degree in French and English, University of Rennes 2 (France)

Additional education in France:

Habilitation, University of Paris 7 (France)

Graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud (France)

Previous experience

Before joining the Kresge Library at Oakland University, I taught American and Canadian history at university level. You will find highlights of my CV here.

Created by MH / Updated on July 22, 2020 by MH