John P. Abbott
Appalachian State University
Coordinator, Collection Management
abbottjp@appstate.edu
John Abbott is Coordinator of Collection Management @ Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. He previously served as North Carolina State University’s Associate Head of Collection Management with responsibilities for life sciences/agriculture, and as Texas A&M University’s Agriculture Librarian. Before librarianship, he was a field biologist mapping vegetation in Utah and New Mexico and live-trapping deer and elk: all good preparations for collection analysis and evaluating user behavior. BS and MS from Colorado State University. MSLS from Florida State University. Research interest: The examination of mid-sized academic library collection practices and how those practices should differ from R-1s.