About

Dr. Nitecki's primary research interests focus on library metrics and use in management, library as place, and academic library service models. She is currently focusing on her new assignment as Dean of Libraries, but expects to teach in the future in areas related to academic libraries services, research methods and management. Dr. Nitecki's professional experience includes administrative positions in large academic research libraries, publishing, teaching in both classroom settings as well as online professional development programs. Prior to coming to Drexel, Dr. Nitecki has held administrative positions in libraries of the Universities of Tennessee, Illinois, Maryland and Yale. Prior teaching experiences include graduate courses in library research methods and evaluation at universities in US and Parma Italy, and professional online series through ARL.

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Organizational Affiliations

Dean of Libraries, DUL Administrative Services, Drexel University Libraries, Drexel University

Professor, College of Computing and Informatics, Drexel University

[Retired Faculty], Drexel University

Past Affiliations

Professor, College of Information Science and Technology (1995-2013), Drexel University

Visiting Faculty, University of Parma (Italy, Parma) - UNIPR

Associate University Librarian, Yale University (United States, New Haven)

Associate Director for Public Services, University of Maryland, College Park (United States, College Park) - UMD

Acting Associate Director for Library Systems, University of Maryland, College Park (United States, College Park) - UMD

Associate Professor, Coordinator of Illinois Research & Reference Activities, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (United States, Urbana) - UIUC

Instructor; Assistant Professor, Head, Interlibrary Services, University of Tennessee at Knoxville (United States, Knoxville) - UT

Assistant Professor, tenured, Coordinator of Automated Information Retrieval Services , University of Tennessee at Knoxville (United States, Knoxville) - UT

Professor of Practice, Lecturer, Simmons College, Graduate School of Library & Information Science (United States, Boston)

Adjunct Faculty , University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences

Co-designer & facilitator of online course, Association of Research Libraries (United States, Washington) - ARL

Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Highlights - Publications

Journal article

by Danuta A Nitecki and Adi Alter

Published 2021

Data science journal, 20, 1

Education

Early entrant
1965–1966, 12th grade certificate, University of Chicago (United States, Chicago) - UC
Art History
1966–1970, BA , University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

graduate year credits toward MA; BA senior honors 1970

Library Science
1970–1971, MS, Drexel University (United States, Philadelphia)
Communications
1972–1975, Master of Science, University of Tennessee at Knoxville (United States, Knoxville) - UTK
Library & Information Science
1990–1995, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park (United States, College Park) - UMD