Dr. Frank Lambert
Assistant Professor & Program Coordinator

Mondays & Wednesdays, 10:00-1:00; or, by appointment. Always available via email: Frank.Lambert@mtsu.edu
I am happy to meet with students and colleagues via Skype, Zoom, etc
Departments / Programs
- Administration and Supervision [Ed.S] - Instructional Leader Licensure Program
- College of Education
- Library Science [M.L.S.]
- Curriculum and Instruction (Off-Campus Cohort) [Ed.S.]
- Administration and Supervision [Ed.S.] - Higher Education Specialization
- Department of Womack Educational Leadership
- Curriculum and Instruction in Culture, Cognition and the Learning Process [Ed.S.]
Degree Information
- PHD, University of Western Ontario (2008)
- MLIS, University of Western Ontario (2002)
- BA, University of Western Ontario (1992)
Areas of Expertise
I possess extensive experience in conducting empirical (primarily quantitative, some qualitative) basic and applied research in Informatics (community and e-government), Informetrics (Webometrics, citation analysis, and Web log data analysis), information organization (classification and descriptive metadata standards), information literacy, and, to a lesser extent, research methods that has resulted in substantial and impactful peer-reviewed scholarly publications. This experience has ...
Read More »I possess extensive experience in conducting empirical (primarily quantitative, some qualitative) basic and applied research in Informatics (community and e-government), Informetrics (Webometrics, citation analysis, and Web log data analysis), information organization (classification and descriptive metadata standards), information literacy, and, to a lesser extent, research methods that has resulted in substantial and impactful peer-reviewed scholarly publications. This experience has been applied to and reflected in an extensive and effective teaching background in in-person, online, and distributed video formats. To compliment my research and pedagogical skills, I possess a strong variety of professional library capabilities in cataloguing and reference services along with a long history of management experiences from a number of challenging private- and public-sector environments. The skills I developed through these professional experiences have been enhanced significantly by my work in a large and diverse number of service-based activities for my employers, the academy, my disciplinary profession, and my colleagues. As a consequence of my combined academic, professional, and service/volunteer experiences, I seek a career environment in the public or private sector that will continue to challenge me intellectually while I attempt to make beneficial contributions to humankind concerning information, its creation, its organization, how it is made available and accessed, and how it is used by various communities of persons.
Publications
Hebert, H. & Lambert, F. (2019). Providing voter registration and election information in libraries: a survey of public libraries in Tennessee. Public Library Quarterly. DOI: 10.1080/01616846.2019.1688079. Lambert responsible (50%) for questionnaire modifications, data analysis, write up of findings, editing final paper.
Panchyshyn, Roman, Lambert, F., & McCutcheon, Sevim. (2019). Resour...
Read More »Hebert, H. & Lambert, F. (2019). Providing voter registration and election information in libraries: a survey of public libraries in Tennessee. Public Library Quarterly. DOI: 10.1080/01616846.2019.1688079. Lambert responsible (50%) for questionnaire modifications, data analysis, write up of findings, editing final paper.
Panchyshyn, Roman, Lambert, F., & McCutcheon, Sevim. (2019). Resource Description and Access (RDA) implementation in public libraries in the United States. Library Resources and Technical Services (LRTS), 63(2), 119-130. Lambert responsible (33.3%) for creation and dissemination of data collection tool, data analysis, writing up findings, proofreading full paper.
Rosenzweig, J., Thill, M., & Lambert, F. (2019). Student constructions of authority in the framework era: A bibliometric pilot study using a faceted taxonomy. College and Research Libraries (CNRL), 80(3), 401-420. Lambert responsible (33.3%) for data analysis, writing up findings, proofreading full paper. -Citations – Google Scholar; 1
Gracy, Karen and Lambert, F. (2014). Who’s ready to surf the next wave? A study of perceived challenges to implementing new and revised standards for archival description. American Archivist, 77(1), 96-132. Lambert responsible (50%) for original research problem and research question articulation, original design and dissemination of data collection instrument (self-administered questionnaire), statistical data analysis, writing up findings, and proofreading full paper. -Class reading - INLS 757-1 Principles and Practices of Archival Description; School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina, Spring 2015. -Citations – Google Scholar, 7
Blundell, Shelley and Lambert, F. (2014). Information anxiety from the undergraduate student perspective: A pilot study of second-semester freshmen. Journal of Education in Library and Information Science (JELIS), 55(4), 261-273. Lambert responsible for supervising student Blundell, confirming validity of data analysis and write up of findings, and proofreading full paper. -Citations – Google Scholar, 22
Lambert, F. (Dec. 2014). Virtual trace: A framework for applying physical trace research methodology in a virtual electronic context. QQML-Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, 1001-1018. -Citations – Google Scholar; 1
Lambert, F., Panchyshyn, Roman, and McCutcheon, Sevim. (2013). Resource Description and Access (RDA) and Ohio public libraries. Public Library Quarterly, 32(3), 187-203. Lambert responsible (33.3%) for data analysis, writing up findings, proofreading full paper. -Citations – Google Scholar, 15; Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA), 2
Lambert, F. (2013). Seeking information from government resources: A comparative analysis of two urban communities' Web searching of municipal government Web sites. Government Information Quarterly, 33, p.99-109. -Citations – Google Scholar, 6
Lambert, F. (2011). Do provenance-based classification schemes have a role still in libraries and information centres? The case of government classification schemes. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. 49(3), 208-222. -Class reading - LIS 598 Government Information: Local, Provincial and Federal; School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta, Winter 2012. -Citations – Google Search Engine, 1; Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA), 1
Lambert, F. (2010). Online community information: The queries of three communities in southwestern Ontario. Information Processing & Management, 46(3), 343-361. -Class reading - INF2186H Metadata Schemas and Applications; Faculty of Information (iSchool), University of Toronto. -Citations – Google Scholar, 14; Web of Science Citation Index, 2; Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA), 1
Lambert, F. (2005). Assessing the authoritativeness of Canadian and American government health documents: A comparative analysis using informetric methodologies. Government Information Quarterly. 22(2), 277-296. -Citations – Google Scholar, 2
Lambert, F. (2004). Applying informetric methods to empirically assess the authoritativeness of Health Canada electronic documents. Government Information Quarterly. 21(3), 305-318. -Citations – Google Scholar, 2
Research / Scholarly Activity
I working currently on a number of research projects: 1) the potential utility of public libraries hiring new information professionals with a social work background and how the two professions may work together better to serve the public; 2) the potential need for Library and/or Information Science schools to educate such professionals; 3) the WHY (Who, How, whY) system of information literacy instruction; and, 4) how assessment librarians are using what they learned during their Master's education to serve in their respective specialized role.