Kevin Gunn

Coordinator of Religious Studies and Humanities Services
Subject Librarian for Anthropology, Art, English, Modern Languages, Philosophy, and Sociology
Lecturer in the Department of Library and Information Science

Office Location: Mullen Library, Room 314

Office Phone: 202-319-5088

Email Address: gunn@cua.edu

Twitter: @KevinBGunn

Education: B.A. (Adv.) and M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, a M.L.I.S. from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and a Certificate in Computer Information Systems from Metropolitan College at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.

Research Interests: Humanities research methodologies; digital humanities; information ethics, philosophy of librarianship

Courses Taught:

• LSC634 Humanities Information
• LSC850 Digital Humanities

Recent Publications:

• Samuel Russell, Jennifer Adams, Taras Zvir, Dustin Booher, and K.B. Gunn. Comparing Religious Studies and Theology Faculty Citations and Library Holdings, 2002-2012: an Update.
  Poster presented at the CUA SLIS Symposium: Bridging the Spectrum at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, February 12, 2016.
• Samuel Russell, Jennifer Adams, Taras Zvir, Dustin Booher, and K.B. Gunn. Are We Serving Our Faculty?: Comparing STRS Faculty Citations and Library Holdings, 2006-2012.
  Poster presented at the CUA SLIS Symposium: Bridging the Spectrum at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, February 20, 2015.
• K.B. Gunn and John Spencer, co-editors, Special Issue: Scholarly Communication, College & Undergraduate Libraries, 21 (3-4), Sept. 2014.
• K.B. Gunn and John Spencer, Introduction, Scholarly Communication, College & Undergraduate Libraries, 21 (3-4), Sept. 2014, 241-243.
• Jennifer Adams and K.B. Gunn, Keeping Up With...Digital Humanities Association of College & Research Libraries, April 2013.
• K.B. Gunn and Elizabeth Hammond, editors. Leveraging Library Resources in a World of Fiscal Restraint and Institutional Change. New York: Routledge, 2013.
• Jennifer Adams and K.B. Gunn, Digital Humanities: where to start College & Research Libraries News 73(9) October 2012.
• K.B.Gunn, Ramon Llull Database (review), Journal of Religious and Theological Information 11(1-2), 2012.
• K.B. Gunn and Beth Hammond, co-editors, College & Undergraduate Libraries, The New Normal, 18(2-3), April 2011.
• K.B. Gunn and Beth Hammond, Introduction, College & Undergraduate Libraries, 18(2-3) April 2011, 133-135.
• K.B. Gunn, Madison Bolls, Cecilia Cho, Elizabeth Deegan, Elizabeth Dodson, Vivica Pattison, and Jessica Sprigings. Student as Teacher: Creating LibGuides as a tool for professional development. Poster presented at the CUA SLIS Symposium: Bridging the Spectrum at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, February 25, 2011.
• K.B. Gunn and Jonathan Smith. Are Google Books and Library Catalogs Enough? Developing an Online Research Advisory Tool in the Humanities. Poster presented at the CUA SLIS Symposium: Bridging the Spectrum at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, January 29, 2010.

Research Projects:

• Dustin Booher and K.B. Gunn. Literary Research and the Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Eras: strategies and sources. Scarecrow Press. Forthcoming.
• Kevin Gunn, Dustin Booher, Taras Zvir, and Jennifer Adams. Overlap between CUA Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Citation and Library Monograph Collections, 2002–2012.
• K.B. Gunn, Jonathan Smith and Steve Cherry, Research Advisory Tool for the Humanities, 2004–2016.