San Diego State University                                        Library and Information Access

On August 25, Bruce Harley received the Alumni Association's 2005 Outstanding Faculty Contribution (Monty) Award. However, Harley's interests extend far outside of the SDSU Library. "I find working with my colleagues both in and out of the library to be very satisfying," Harley said. "But what I find to be more satisfying is my personal interaction with students as part of my library instruction and, more significantly, instructing University Seminar and, most significantly, teaching cultural anthropology." Harley received a bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University and a master's degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton, both in anthropology. He earned his masters of library science from San Jose State University.

In February 1990, Harley began working at the SDSU Library as a government publications librarian, specializing in United Nations materials. In addition to his reference responsibilities, Harley also helps to develop the library's anthropology and geography collections, serves as liaison to the anthropology and geography departments and prepares subject-specific and general purpose Web-based instructional guides. "I also participate in the library's instruction programs and engage in instructional outreach activities for university programs, organizations and events," Harley said.

Harley has been involved with the library's electronic information services from its inception. "I served as the library's coordinator of electronic information services while the Internet and the Web were beginning to have an impact on library services," Harley said. He served on the library's Automation Planning and Electronic Services and Libweb committees and was appointed to the California State University's Electronic Access to Information Resources (EAR) Committee in 1997.

In spring 2001, Harley, fellow librarians Marilyn Hall and Patrick Sullivan, and Gene Lamke, then director of the SDSU Freshman Success Program (FSP), received a CSU Information Competence grant, which they used to develop a Web-based, interactive tutorial called Research Tutor, which helps students learn how to begin the research process. In addition, Harley has taught an SDSU FSP University Seminar each fall, beginning in 1998.

Harley pursues his interest in anthropology several ways. For the fourth year, he is teaching Anthropology 102 (Introduction to Cultural Anthropology). He and his wife, Patricia Knobloch, co-developed and maintain a specialized Web portal, or vortal, on Andean archaeology called Quipu, and they co-presented "Andean Archaeology Internet Research: A Vortal to the Past" at a poster session at the Society for American Archaeology Conference in 2001. Harley also is exploring the fusion of his two vocations. "I am currently interested in applying concepts and ideas from cultural anthropology to academic libraries," he said.