5. Preservation Profiles


guidelines for the project, and submitting quarterly reports to the Project Coordinator. She will be
assisted by professional and technical library staff who will conduct on-line searches, retrieve and prepare
project materials for microfilming, create and distribute bibliographic records for preserved materials,
and perform quality control of the microfilm. The Nebraska State Historical Society and the Nebraska
Library Commission have already agreed to lend UNL materials from their collections to complete serial
runs identified for filming.

In 1996/97, Bernthal and Walter developed a bibliography of agricultural and rural life titles produced in
Nebraska from the 1850's (after the first printing press arrived in the state) and 1945. The bibliography
was developed following the subject parameters and guidelines by Cornell University for the phase 1
project. Upon completion, the bibliography was referred to a scholarly review panel to rank the titles
according to their importance as research resources for humanities studies. Nebraska's Scholarly Review
Panel was comprised of three faculty:

Nebraska Scholarly Review Panel

Dr. E. Denis Erickson, D.V.M., Ph.D., is Professor of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of
Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska Lincoln. He has authored two
book chapters and written eleven refereed journal articles and twelve published abstracts. He has served
on numerous university committees including graduate studies, computer services, university libraries,
animal care, and academic senate. In addition to his teaching, research and committee service, he also is
manager of the Diagnostic Microbiology Service. His professional memberships include the American
College of Veterinary Microbiologists, the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory
Diagnosticians, the American Society for Microbiology and the Canadian Veterinary Medical
Association. His major research focus is in the area of veterinary microbiology. He received his D.V.M.
degree in 1964 from he University of Toronto and his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1973 in the area
of Immunochemistry. Dr. Erickson has been on the faculty of the University of Nebraska Lincoln
since 1977 and is a graduate faculty member.

Dr. James Stubbendieck, Ph.D., is Professor of Agronomy, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural
Resources, University of Nebraska Lincoln. During the past five years, Dr. Stubbendieck co-authored
two books on range plants of North America and weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains, authored the
chapter in the Encyclopedia of Agricultural Sciences on "Range Plants", co-authored eight refereed
journal articles, and published twenty-two abstracts. He has received numerous awards including the
President's Citation from the Society for Range Management, the Distinguished Teaching Award from the
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, the Honor Award from the Nebraska Statewide
Arboretum, and a fellowship from the Center for Great Plains Studies. His professional memberships
include the Society for Range Management, the Society for Ecological Restoration, Soil Conservation
Society of America, and the Prairie/Plains Resource Institute, Natural Areas Association, and the Natural
Science Society. His major research focus is the study of range plants in Nebraska and the Great Plains
and he currently has four active grants to pursue his major research project on the Ecological Studies of
Nebraska Rangeland Vegetation. He received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 1974 in the area
of Range Science (Ecology and Physiology) and has been on the faculty at the University of Nebraska -
Lincoln since 1974 and a graduate faculty fellow since 1978.

Dr. Marice Baker, Ph.D., is Professor, Agricultural Economics, College of Agricultural Sciences and
Natural Resources, University of Nebraska Lincoln. Dr. Baker has authored two book chapters, co-
edited two books, authored or co-authored twelve journal articles, abstracts and reviews, twenty other
research publications and thirty-seven other professional publications. His professional honors include
American Men and Women of Science and life membership in the Western Association of Agricultural
Economics. His professional memberships include the American Water Resources Association, the
American Agricultural Economics Association, the Association of Environmental and Resource