Diane Kester
Office Location:  1104 Joyner Library
E-Mail:  kester@coe.ecu.edu
Office Telephone:  1.919.394.6272
Office Fax:  1.252.ECU.4368
Webpage:  Instructor's Homepage
Education:  Ph.D., Library Science
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
  Ed.S., Educational Supervision
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
  MLS, Library Science
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
  MA Ed., Educational Media
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
  BA, BS, Library Science
Texas Woman's University
Denton, TX
Professional Experience:   
Fall 2004-Spring 2007 East Carolina University, College of Education, Department of Library Science and Instructional Technology
Associate Professor Emeritus
Fall 2000-August 2004 East Carolina University, College of Education, Department of Library Science and Instructional Technology
Chair
Fall 1997- 2000 East Carolina University, School of Education, Department of Broadcasting, Librarianship, & Educational Technology
Chair
1996-2007  East Carolina University, School of Education, Department of Library Studies & Educational Technology
Associate Professor
1992-1996 East Carolina University, School of Education, Department of Library Studies & Educational Technology
Assistant Professor
Sept., 1990-1992 East Carolina University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Library & Information Studies
Assistant Professor
Aug., 1990  East Carolina University, Department of Library & Information Studies,
Instructor (tenure track)
1987-1990 East Carolina University, Department of Library & Information Studies
Lecturer (fixed term)
1986 (Summer)  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Library Science
Teaching Assistant
1982-1987 Wayne Community College, Division of Continuing Education
Goldsboro, North Carolina
Part-time Instructor
1969-1985/1986-1987  Eastern Wayne Junior High School
Goldsboro, North Carolina
Library Media Specialist
1967-1969 Central School
Goldsboro, North Carolina
Librarian
1966-1967 ESEA Title I Project
Big Spring, Texas
Librarian
1959-1960 Runnels Junior High School
Big Spring, Texas
Librarian
Selected Recent Publications:  Refereed articles: 

“Assessing Distance Learning Using a Website Survey”, ERIC Clearing House on Higher Education, June 2000, ED 433 781

“Adding Networking Skills to one's ‘tool box’: Proposed Instructional Interventions for the School Librarian and Technologist”, Co-authored with William Sugar. Educational Media and Technology Yearbook 2001, 66-75. 

“Measuring the Sight of Your Web Site,” North Carolina Libraries, Fall 1999, v.57, p. 114-117.

“From Skepticism to Acceptance: A Case Study of Technology Mentoring.” Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Spring, 1999. Abstract.

"A Study Using Technology of the Internet for Instruction," Southeast Regional Technology and Teaching Annual, 1997, 32-35.

"The PEN-PAL Project: Building an Electronic Community to Serve Children with Special Needs," Southeast Regional Technology and Teaching Annual, 1997, 117-119. Co-authored with Betty Beacham.

"Peopleography: " North Carolina Libraries, 
"Building an Electronic Community to Serve Children with Special Needs," Technology and Teacher Education Annual, 1997, 1047-50.

"The Birth and Growth of Library Resource Sharing in Wayne County," North Carolina Libraries, Fall 1995, 116-120. Co-authored with Shirley Jones.

"Preparing Preservice and Inservice Teachers to Use Technology: A Collaborative Model of Staff Development," SRATE Journal, Summer 1995, vol. 4(2), 9-15. Co-authored with Betty Beacham

"Getting Educated Drivers onto the Information Superhighway: A North Carolina Initiative to Begin the Journey," cited in May 1995 issue of Resources in Education. ED 378 173. Co-authored with Betty Beacham.

"Cooperating Teachers and Technology: How Well Prepared are Teachers Who Supervise Student Teachers?" North Carolina Journal of Teacher Education, Winter 1994: 32-45.

"A Model for Inservice Teachers, Preservice Teachers, and Methods Faculty Learning to Drive on the Information Highway," Technology and Teaching Education Annual 1995. Co-authored with Dr. Betty G. Beacham. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 1995, p. 652-655.

"Telecomputing Destinations," Signposts to Technology, proceedings of the NC AECT Teaching With Technology Conference, 1995.
"Resource Sharing in Wayne County, "Signposts to Technology, proceedings of the NC AECT Teaching With Technology Conference, 1995.

"Getting Educated Drivers onto the Information Highway," Renaissance Group: Conference Proceedings October 13-15, 1994. Co-authored with Dr. Betty G. Beacham.

"Reflections on Technology from a Teacher/Library Educator," Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, Fall 1994: 3-6.

"Cooperating Teachers and Technology: How Well Prepared are Teachers Who Supervise Student Teachers?" North Carolina Journal of Teacher Education, Winter 1994.

"Student Evaluation of a College Course by Perceived Learning," Action Research in Education, winter 1995. co-authored with Dr. Robert M. Brown.

"Secondary School Library and Information Skills: Are They Transferred from High School to College?" Reference Librarian, No. 44, 1994: 7-15.
"LM_NET, SIGS, and other Links," Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Teaching and Technology Conference, Greenville, North Carolina, 1993: 54-60.

"Computer Knowledge of Students in Basic Media Classes," Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Technology & Teaching Conference, Greenville, North Carolina, 1993: 85-90.

"School System Adoption of Library Networking," Resource Sharing and Library Networking, Fall 1992.

"CD-ROMS: Stand-Alone or Networked?," School Library Media Quarterly, Winter 1993:127-128.

"Accessing Information through the North Carolina Information Network," Proceedings of the Third Annual Technology & Teaching Conference, Greenville, North Carolina, 1992: 39-41.

"Modeling Library Adoption of Networking," Conference Proceedings. Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Washington, D.C., 1992: 452-461.

"Making Connections: Telecommunications for Teacher Educators," Technology and Teacher Education Annual, Society for Technology and Teacher Education, 1991: 116-119.

"Library and Information Science Research: Analysis of the 1984 Core Journal Literature," by Diane D. Kester, Patricia Feehan, Lee Gragg, and Michael Havener. Library and Information Science Research, (July/September, 1987): 173 185.

"Access to Information--Can Schools Provide It?" North Carolina Libraries, 44:3 (Fall, 1986): 135 138.

Books:

Teaching the Future: A Teacher's Guide to Multimedia, co-authored with Bob Brown, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 1994.
LIBS 1000 Research Skills, co-authored with Dianne B. Catlett. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1995.

Chapters in books:

"Secondary School Library and Information Skills: Are They Transferred from High School to College?", Chapter in School Library Reference Services in the 90s: Where We Are, Where We're Heading, Bill Katz. Haworth Press, Inc., 1994: 7-15.

Other:

Review of "The Ultimate Family Tree," ARBA, 1998.

Review of "Counting Your Way Through 1-2-3," ARBA, 1998
The Wide World of Technology, editor, annual of the Southeast Regional Technology and Teaching Conference, Greenville, NC and published by East Carolina University, 1997.

Creating Learning Communities, editor, annual of the Technology and Teaching Conference Greenville, NC and published by East Carolina University, 1996.

Technology Touches All Students Through Learning Partnerships, editor. annual of the Technology and Teaching Conference, Greenville, NC and published by East Carolina University, 1995.

"NCATE/AASL Folio," written for program review process, October 1994.

"Unveiling of WIN," computer presentation created for the community ceremony to announce the library cooperative system in Wayne County on March 22, 1994.

"WIN - The Wayne Information Network: The Birth and Growth of Library Resource Sharing in Wayne County." School of Education, East Carolina University. Written for Tele-Forum sponsored by the Rural Economic Development Commission and distributed at six sites during their teleconference on January 5, 1994.

Review of Introduction to Library Services by Barbara E. Chernik, in Journal of Academic Librarianship, December 1992.

"Internship Guide," Department of Library Studies & Educational Technology, August 1993.

Instructional Technology in Education, co-authored with Bob Brown. Student Stores, East Carolina University, 1993. 

"Telecomputing: Bringing the World Into the Classroom," Connections: Newsletter of the Model Clinical Teaching Program, School of Education, East Carolina University, Fall 1992: 3

"News from the Coast," NCASL Bulletin, 25:2 (Summer 1992):3
Review of Library Cooperation and Networks: A Basic Reader by Anne Wordsworth, in Library Resources & Technical Services, 36:246-247 (April 1992).

Library Science 1000 Research Skills Coursebook for Independent Studies, University of North Carolina, revised, 1992. (Original edition written by Dianne B. Catlett.)

Editorials, NCEMA Newsletter, Fall, Winter, Spring issues, 1984-1994.
"Conference Impressions," NCASL Bulletin, 22:3 (Fall 1989): 4 
Modeling the School System Adoption Process of Library Networking. Dissertation. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Published by University Microfilm International, 1990.
 

 
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