PhD, MLS, MM
Dean and Associate Professor
Pratt-Institute
School of Information & Library Science
144 West 14th St.
New York, NY 10011
1-212-647-7682
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Tula and David Nicholas, Director UCL DIS with London Program - 2009
Anthony Caradonna, Architecture Professor and Tula with SILS Florence Program -2008
Tula Giannini, Dean and tenured Associate Professor at Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, holds a PhD in historical musicology from Bryn Mawr College, an MLS from Rutgers University, and a BM and MM from the Manhattan School of Music. Before coming to Pratt in 1998, she was Assistant Professor at Catholic University for five years heading programs in archives and special collections. She has also served on the faculty of Rutgers University and the University of Hawaii. Other positions that she has held include Curator of Musical Instruments at the Library of Congress, Director of the Talbott Library, Westminster Choir College, and Head, Collection Management at Adelphi University.
An interdisciplinary researcher across the fields of information science, historical musicology and archival science, Dr. Giannini is recognized internationally as leading scholar of French musical wind instruments. Her publications include nine articles in New Grove Dictionary of Music, her book, Great Flute Makers of France, described in Choice as "a model of archival research for all graduate students," which was published in Japanese in 2007 and the book chapter, "Frédéric Triebert (1813-1878), Designer of the Modern Oboe," Pendragon Press, 2006. Her many LIS publications focus on users of information in real and virtual environments. Her article, “Core Competencies for Art Museum Librarianship,” in Core Competencies for the Art Library and Visual Resource Professions, ARLIS, 2006, draws upon her teaching and curriculum development for SILS’ unique cultural informatics program.
Historical Musicology:
Frédéric Triebert (1813-1878), Designer of the Modern Oboe: Newly Found Archival Documents Featuring the Inventory and Auction of his Musical Instrument Enterprise in Liber amicorum Isabelle Cazeaux Symbols, Parallels and Discoveries in Her Honor, The Festschrift Series No.19, Pendragon Press. April 2005.
The Music Library of Jean-Baptiste Christophe Ballard, Sole Music Printer to the King of France, 1750 Inventory of his Grand Collection Brought to Light. 2003 Indexed in RILM ;
When Private Libraries and Lives Converge. 2005
A French of Dynasty of Master Woodwind Makers Revealed, Bizey Prudent and Porthaux, their Workshop in Paris, rue Dauphine, St. André des Arts, ca 1745-1812: New Archival Documents. AMIS Newsletter. February 1998.
Jacques Hotteterre le Romain and His Father, Martin: A Re-Examination Based on Recently Found Documents. Early Music, Oxford Uinversity Press, Vol. 21, No. 3, French Baroque II. (Aug., 1993), pp. 377--395.
(2001 November) Juried paper presented at Library Research Seminar II, University of Maryland. Online Searching - Does it Matter Where: Comparing User Research Experience and Outcomes in Real and Virtual Environments.
(2001 May) National Online Meeting, New York. Presented juried paper. Virtual Libraries on the Web, Dream or Reality: Studying the Impact of Information Architecture on Users in Real and Virtual Environments.
(2002 May) Paper presented at the National Online Meeting, Information Today 2002 Conference, Comparing Information Seeking Behavior in Real land Virtual environments.Learning on Location, Curriculum an d International Contexts. ALISE, 2004
Current Courses
LIS 698 - Practicum/ Seminar
LIS-697 - E-Publishing Summer School and Bloomsbury Conferenc in partnership with University College London, Department of Information.
LIS 697 - Florentine Art and Culture: Museum & Library Resources and Documentation.
