Jonathan H. Rodgers

Curriculum Vitæ

October 2006

Postal Addresses:

Near East Division

Hatcher Graduate Library

University of Michigan                                    4750 Whitman Circle

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1205                            Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103-9773

(734) 764-7555                                               (734) 426-4989

FAX: (734) 763-6743

E-mail:

Web Pages:

http://www.umich.edu/~aos/ (American Oriental Society)

http://www.lib.umich.edu/area/Near.East/index.html (Near East Division, University of Michigan Library)

http://www.lib.umich.edu/area/MELANotes/MELANotesIntro.html (MELA Notes, electronic edition)

Education

Diploma in Arabic, Defense Language Institute, Monterey, 1967

B.A. Semitic Languages, Harpur College, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1972

Ph.D. Near Eastern Languages and Literatures, Yale University, 1977

MSLS University of Kentucky, College of Library and Information Science, 1983

Positions

  • Arabic Instructor, Yale University Summer Language Institute, 1975, 1977

  • Manuscript Processor, Hebrew Union College Library, Cincinnati (NEH funded grant), 1977–1979

  • Judaica Librarian, Hebrew Union College Library, Cincinnati, 1979–1983

  • Assistant Librarian, Head of Special Collections and Conservation, Hebrew Union College Library, Cincinnati, 1980–1983

  • Head Librarian, Near East Division, Catalogue Department, Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, 1983 –1987   

  • Head, Near East Division, Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan, 1987 –present  

  • Coordinator, Area Programs Technical Services, Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan, 1990–1996

  • Coordinator, Area Programs, Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan, 1996–present

Other Positions

Member Executive Committee, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Michigan, 1987-   
Research Affiliate, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures, Yale University, 1983–1987
Voice Intercept Radio Operator and Translator (Arabic), US Army, 1968–1970

Translator (Arabic), Joint Publication Research Service, 1977–1983

Honors and Awards

   Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1972

   Beta Phi Mu, University of Kentucky, College of Library and Information Science, 1983

Organizations and Professional Activities

  • Secretary, American Oriental Society, 1985–1991

  • Secretary, Oriental Club of New Haven, 1986–1987

  • Secretary-Treasurer, American Oriental Society, 1991–present

  • Editor, MELA Notes: Journal of Middle Eastern Librarianship, 1997–2007 (Middle East Librarians Association)
  • Secretary, Middle East Microform Project Executive Board, 2000–
 

Papers and Publications

“Semitic Accentual Systems”. (Dissertation, Yale University, 1977)

Review of F. Leemhuis. The D and H Stems in Koranic Arabic, in Journal of the American Oriental Society 100/2 (1980)

“Report on Special Collections”. Studies in Bibliography and Booklore 13 (1980)

Review of W. Behn. Index Islamicus 1665–1905, in MELA Notes no. 50–51 (1990); Studies on al-Khalil ibn Ahmad. Edited by Karin C. Ryding. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 1998, in MELA Notes no. 71–72 (2001)

“The Subgrouping of the South Semitic Languages”, in Studies in Honor of Wolf Leslau. Ed. Alan S. Kaye. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 1991

Review of S. Roman. The Development of Islamic Library Collections in Western Europe and North America, in IJMES 25 (1993)

Grammar of Classical Arabic (3rd rev. English ed. of Wolfdietrich Fischer, Grammatik des klassischen Arabisch. Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz, 1987). New Haven : Yale University Press, 2001.

Papers read, panel participation at Annual Meetings of the American Oriental Society, North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics, Middle East Studies Association, Middle East Librarians Association, Association of Jewish Libraries

Consulting, etc.

  • Evaluation of the University of California Berkeley Library Near East Collections (June 2002)

  • Contributor/advisor to “Arab Culture and Civilization” project of The National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (current); “The Arab World: Introduction to the Bibliographic Resources” (al-Musharaka Seminar–ACRL Annual Meeting, Apr. 2003)

  • Consultant: Yale University Library/American Oriental Society Library (Jan. 2003)
 • Grant Application Review Panelist, National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access, 2005-