M.S. (Library Science)- Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1969
B.A. (English) - Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee, 1966
Simon Schwob Memorial Library, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
Dean of Libraries (Associate Professor, tenured), August 2004 -
Director (Associate Professor, tenured), July 1998 - July 2003
Coordinator of Technical Services (Associate Professor, tenured), November 1991 - June 1998
Coordinator of Public Services (Associate Professor, tenured), September 1985 - October 1991
Coordinator of Technical Services (Assistant Professor, tenured), January 1977 - August 1985
Head of Circulation (Assistant Professor), September 1975 - December 1976
Reference Librarian (Assistant Professor), July 1974 - August 1975
Library, Macon College, Macon, GA
Public Services Librarian (Assistant Professor), February 1969 - December 1969
Oversaw the establishment of an Information Commons in the Main Library, Fall 2002
Coordinated a University-Wide Faculty Research Forum Series, 2002, 2003, and 2004
Coordinated a Brown Bag Book Talk Series, featuring recently published CSU faculty authors, Spring 2001
Oversaw the establishment of a Music Library in the RiverCenter
Member of GIL Planning Committee, 1997-1998 (Statewide Integrated Library System)
Coordinated a two-day conference entitled "Remembering Nunnally Johnson: A Centennial Celebration," December 5 - 6, 1998.
This was a Columbusite who became one of Hollywood's most successful and prolific screenwriters. Secured $11,000 worth of grants. Planned and oversaw fabrication of a museum-quality, eighteen-panel display. Booked noted speakers, including Hollywood producer David Brown, film historian Tom Stempel, and Mrs. Nunnally Johnson.
Oversaw implementation of NOTIS cataloging and online catalog subsystems, 1992.
Oversaw the implementation of cataloging via the OCLC bibliographic utility, 1981.
Oversaw the implementation of a retrospective conversion project, begun in 1982 and completed in 1992.
Regents' Academic Libraries Committee, 1998 -
Chair, 2003-2004 (Also Chair of GALILEO Steering Committee for same time period)
Chair-elect, 2002-2003
Secretary, 2001-2002
Member of GALILEO Steering Committee, 2000-2002
Member of GIL Steering Committee, 1999-2001
Co-Chair of GIL Users' Group Meeting for June 2001
American Library Association, 1996 - 2001
Member of ALCTS Media Resources Committee, 1999-2001 (minutes-taker)
Intern on ALCTS Media Resources Committee, 1998-1999 (minutes-taker)
Attended Annual Conventions: San Francisco (1997), Washington, D.C. (1998),
New Orleans (1999), Chicago (2000)
Attended Mid-winter Conferences: New Orleans (1998), Philadelphia (1999), San Antonio (2000)
Georgia Library Association, 1987 - present
Nominated for Chair-Elect, 2004
Secretary, 2002 - 2003
Have attended most COMO (GLA) conventions, 1987 - present
Member of Readers' Panel, GLA Academic Library Division, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Secretary of Academic Library Division, 1997
Member of Local Arrangements Committee, 1987
GLA Parliamentarian, 1991-1992
Columbus Area Library Association, 1985 - present
President, 1985 - 1986, 1993 - 1994
Publicity Chair, 1987 - 1988, 1988 - 1989
Member of National Library Week Committee, 1988
Muscogee Genealogical Society
President, 2004-2005, 2002-2003, 1990 - 1993, 1986-1987
Editor, Muscogiana, 1996 - 1998
Program Chair, 2000-2001, 1988 - 1989
Vice President for Programming, 1994 - 1995
Member of the Editorial Board, 1989 - 1996
Miscellaneous activities (ongoing):
Taught 2 CSU Honors Course sections: genealogy and necrogeography
Numerous talks on genealogical subjects to local and regional groups
Lead genealogical field trips to regional libraries and archives
Talks on burial customs to Columbus High School magnet students
Columbus Archives and History Center, Inc
Chairman of the Board, 1999 - present
Historic Columbus Foundation
Ex-Officio member of the Board, 2000 - present
Historic Linwood Foundation (historic cemetery)
Member of the Board, 1997 - 2004
Elected Secretary, 2001-2002, 2002-2003
Member of Executive Committee, 1998 - 2002
Wrote successful grant to pay for cemetery assessment survey, 1997
Wrote educational plan for the Foundation, 1999
Gracious Lady of Georgia, 2004
Soroptomist Woman of the Year, Columbus Chapter, 2003
Faculty Development Awards, 1993, 1989, 1986
Historic Preservation Award from Historic Columbus Foundation, 1985
Attended British Genealogy seminar (3 weeks) sponsored by Samford University, London, 2002
Member of CSU's Executive College, 2001
Attended Harvard/ACRL Leadership Conference (1 week), Cambridge, MA, 1999
Attended VUGM (Voyager Users' Group Meeting), Chicago, IL, 1999
Attended North Carolina Serials Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, 1998
Attended seminar on English Libraries and Librarianship (2 weeks), Oxford, England, 1996 and 1989
Attended LAMA-LITA Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 1996
Attended Archives Seminar on Description and Arrangement of Manuscripts, Madison, WI, 1993
Attended Rare Books School at UVA (1 week), Charlottesville, VA, 1993
Attended NUGM (NOTIS Users' Group Meeting), Chicago, 1990 - 1995
Took two five hour undergraduate American history courses at Columbus College for credit, 1985, 1986
Attended Emory's Archives Institute (2 weeks), Atlanta, Summer 1986
Attended various SOLINET workshops in Atlanta and Montgomery, 1991 - present
Latest were on Space Allocation (2001) and MARC Holdings (1999)
Emens, Joan; Erma Davis Banks and Callie B. McGinnis, eds. Columbus Sports Memories: A Summer 1996 Commemorative. Columbus, GA: The Columbus Area Library Association, 1996.
McGinnis, Callie B., transcriber. "Hatcher and McGehee Negro Book, Part One." Muscogiana 4 (1993): 8-16.
McGinnis, Callie B., transcriber. "Hatcher and McGehee Negro Book, Part Two." Muscogiana 4 (1993): 59-63.
McGinnis, Callie B. "Stalking the Local History Archives: A Guide for Family Historians." Muscogiana 1 (1990): 232-235.
Emens, Joan and Callie B. McGinnis, eds. The Columbus Book of Lists. Columbus, GA: The Columbus Area Library Association, 1990.
McGinnis, Callie B. "About Columbus: A List of Books in Print." Muscogiana 1 (1989): 87-89.
McGinnis, Callie B. "Columbus College's Term Paper Clinic: A Ten Year Tradition." The Georgia Librarian 25 (1988): 88-90.
McGinnis, Callie B. "GLA to Meet 'Down by the Riverside': A Columbus Sampler." The Georgia Librarian 24 (1987): 69-71.
McGinnis, Callie B. and Sandra K. Stratford. 1860 Muscogee County, Georgia Census Index. Columbus, GA: Yesteryear Research Associates, 1985.
Book reviewer for:
Muscogiana, 1992, 2002 (2 published reviews)
Georgia Librarian, 1986 - 1991 (4 published reviews)
Library Journal, 1975 - 1979 (28 published reviews)
"Faculty Research Forums at the CSU Library," Joint Meeting of Georgia Public and University System Directors. Columbus, March 2004.
"Genealogy for Librarians," COMO. Jekyll Island, October, 2003.
"The Idea of a Regional Archives," Society of Georgia Archivists. Macon, November 2001
"GIL Panel Discussion--Cataloging Issues." COMO. Macon, October, 1998.
"Accessing the Salt Lake City Family History Library without Leaving Town." COMO. Savannah, November, 1992.
"Early History of the Bodleian Library." COMO. Savannah, November, 1992.
"Helping Genies: A Guide for Public and Academic Librarians." COMO. Jekyll Island, March, 1990.
LIBR 1105, a one semester hour credit course. Taught 1 section, 2001.
LIS 105, a one quarter hour credit course. Taught 25 sections, 1978 - 1990.
Honors Enrichment seminars. Taught 2 sections: Genealogy (2002) and Necrogeography (2004)
Teach numerous course-related one-hour bibliographic instruction classes.
Liaison Librarian to History and Art Departments (Fall 2000-Spring 2001).
Temporary Liaison to Language and Literature Department (Fall 2001 - Summer 2002).
Liaison Librarian to Art and Theatre Departments (Fall 2002 - Present)
Team-taught a five credit hour history course (HIS 345: Family History and Genealogy) with a member of the History Department (Dr. John Lupold), Fall 1986, Fall 1987 and Winter 1991.
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