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Staff Biography

Adina Mulliken

Adina Mulliken


Librarian for Aging/Gerontology, Child & Family Studies, Disability Studies, Gerontology, Marriage & Family Therapy, Social Work, Speech-Language Pathology
Research, Collections & Scholarly Communication
Bird Library

315.443.9519
amullike@syr.edu

Subject Areas

Aging/Gerontology, Child and Family Studies, Disability Studies, Gerontology, Marriage and Family Therapy, Social Work

Professional interests

Policy on web accessibility for people with disabilities, accessibility of vendor provided electronic library resources, accessibility of web resources created in house by libraries, academic library services for people with cognitive disabilities, reference services with assistive technology users, library disability services.

Employment

Adina began her Library career at Kean University, Union, NJ as a library assistant in the Ethnic Studies Center. She then worked as a reference librarian at Kean. She came to Syracuse University Library as the librarian for Social Work and Allied Fields in September 2002. Before working in libraries, she was an employment consultant for people with disabilities at P.A.T.H. Inc. in northeast Philadelphia, PA.

Selected professional association activities

  • American Library Association active in: ACRL EBSS Social Work/ Social Welfare Committee, ASCLA Library Services for Special Populations Section (LSSPS). Previous liaison to Diversity Council for LSSPS. Previous member and participant in ASCLA Ad Hoc Committee on Electronic Accessibility.
  • Accessibility to Library Databases and Other Online Library Resources for People with Disabilities. ALA-ASCLA wiki page, initiated September, 2008.
  • ACRL Universal Accessibility Interest Group Past Convener
  • Co-authored American Library Association’s Resolution for Purchasing of Accessible Electronic Resources.  Adopted July, 2009. http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/august2009/accessibility_council.cfm
  • Helped write and implement S.U. Library’s Electronic Accessibility Policy for collection development.  Adopted Fall, 2008. http://library.syr.edu/services/space/disability/electronic/index.php
  • Represented the Library on University wide disability related committees- Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee Work Group and Chancellor’s Task Force on Disability.


Publications, presentation, honors

  • Mulliken, Adina and Atkins, Ann. “Academic Library Services for Users with Developmental Disabilities: Partnership of Access and Syracuse University Library.” (May 2, 2009). This is a preprint of an article accepted by The Reference Librarian. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1398085
  • Citations for Classroom and Other Campus Related LGBT Texts” Interrupting Heteronormativity: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pedagogy and Responsible Teaching at Syracuse University. The Graduate School of Syracuse University: Syracuse, NY. 2004.
  • High Impact Award for leading more than 30 instructional events and reaching over 500 participants” from Syracuse University Library Instructional Programs, 2004-2005 academic year. Scholarship to the New York Library Association conference from the Academic and Special Libraries Section, 2003.
  • Paper titled “Sound and the Fury’s Benjy Compson as human” presented at New Jersey College English Association Conference, March 25, 2002.
  • First prize, Phi Kappa Phi term paper contest award for Paper titled “Sound and the Fury’s Benjy Compson as human”, 2002.
  • Book review of Rupp, Leila J. A Desired Past: A Short History of Same-Sex Love in America. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. ISBN 0-226-73155-3. Published in EMIE Bulletin: Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Roundtable. American Library Association. Vol. XVII No. 4, Summer 2000.


Education

  • Syracuse University, audited IDE 600 – Assistive Technology Integrating Students with Special Needs, December 2008.
  • Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI) Certificate for completing course Barrier Free Information Technology, June 2007.
  • Kean University Union, NJ. 12 credits toward Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, August 2002.
  • Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ. MLS, December 2000. Albright College Reading, PA. BA English and Philosophy (dual major), certificate in Women’s Studies. May 1994.
  • Current student in Cultural Foundations of Education masters degree program.  Completed 18 credits.


Community Activities

Member of local Iroquois Group Sierra Club

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