Degrees:
B.S., 1961, History and Education, North Texas State University; M.L.S., 1964, University of Oklahoma; Ph.D., 1973, Library Science, Indiana University.
Bio:
Dr. Lukenbill worked as a librarian at Seguin High School, Seguin,
Texas, as a reference librarian at Austin College Library, Sherman,
Texas, and as an instructor of school library media center management in
the College of Education at Louisiana Tech University. He has also
served as Assistant Professor and coordinator the undergraduate school
library certification program in the College of Information Studies at
the University of Maryland. He holds an MLS from the University of
Oklahoma and a Ph.D. from Indiana University. Dr. Lukenbill's research
interests center on children's and adolescent literature and media,
communication theory, sociology of information, and media-center
administration and management. He has written extensively and has
lectured widely at national and international conferences. His books
include AIDS and HIV Programs and Services for Libraries, (1994),
Collection Development for a New Century in the School Library Media
Center, (2002), Community Resources in the School Library Media Center
(2004), and Biography in the Lives of Youth: Culture, Society, and
Information (2006).