Reference Librarian
Professor of Library and Instructional Services
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Division – Academic Affairs
Unit – Library and Instructional Services
Department – Reference and Instructional Services

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Scott Atwell serves as the subject specialist in the areas of art, music, philosophy, and religion. Working in conjunction with the humanities faculty, his collection development and liaison responsibilities include the review of scholarly journals and the acquisition of materials pertinent to the current undergraduate and graduate curricula; the creation and management of electronic and print subject bibliographies; and furnishing annotations for authoritative electronic and print resources relevant to various humanities-related subjects. Scott provides specialized reference and research assistance in the disciplines of medieval and renaissance musicology and music theory locally and globally. Publications in the arenas of librarianship and musicology have appeared in Ad Parnassum: A Journal of Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Instrumental Music; Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries; Fontes Artis Musicae; Music Reference Services Quarterly; and Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. Scott corresponds frequently with distinguished national and international scholars, is an abstractor for RILM and reviewer for Routledge Reference Press, and is completing his first monograph on Ockeghem. He shares general and specialized reference desk and consultation services, and maintains and contributes to scholarly Web pages, including Die Goldberg-Stiftung, emanating from Berlin, Germany.

Scott has served on several committees during his tenure at Ferris State University. Some of these include the Athletic Advisory Committee; Sabbatical Leave Review Committee; the Library Promotion/Merit Committee; search committees for administration, faculty, and staff; the Graduate and Professional Council; the Graduate Education Task Force; Ferris State University Library for Information, Technology, and Education (FLITE) Core Planning Team; tenure committees for faculty; Distinguished Faculty Award Committee; Post-tenure Review Committee; Library/Historical/Archival Committee; Faculty Research Committee; Collection Development Committee; Academic Policy and Standards Committee; Kendall College Committee; and the Program/Planning Committee. Scott has also served for several years as the Ferris State University Faculty Advisor for Michigan Christian Campus Ministries.

Education:
Ph.D. (Musicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI)
M.A. (Musicology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH)
M.S. (Library Science, Simmons College, Boston, MA)
B.M. (Music History and Literature, University of Lowell, Lowell, MA)
A.A. (Liberal Arts, Cape Cod Community College, West Barnstable, MA)

Employed at Ferris since: 1993

Contact Information:
FLITE, Room 314
1010 Campus Drive
Big Rapids, MI 49307-2279
(231) 591-2948 (office)
(231) 591-3724 (fax)

Last updated: October 5, 2007