Lawrence W. Onsager

Dean of University Libraries

James White Library

Andrews University

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

M.A., History, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, 1985

M.L., Master of Librarianship, University of Washington, Seattle, 1972

B.S., Geography, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1967

 

EXPERIENCE:

 

July 2001-            Andrews University, James White Library

                Jul 1, 2003 -            Dean of University Libraries and Associate Professor, Library Science

                July 2001-Jun 2003  Head, Patron Services & Collection s Librarian; Assoc Prof, Lib Sci

 

July 1986-Jun 2001           Library Director and Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine,

                Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (KCOM), Kirksville, Missouri 63501

 

1981-1986.   Library Director, Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska, Associate Professor.

 

1980-1981.  Acting Associate Director, La Sierra Campus, Loma Linda University, Riverside, CA, Associate Professor in Library Science

 

1972-1980,  Loma Linda Campus, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California

                1977-1980.  Chairperson, Department of Periodicals, Associate Professor in Library Science,

                                      History of Medicine Librarian.

                Dec 1976-Nov 1977.  Extramural Services Librarian, Assistant Professor in Library Science.

1972-1975.      Medical Reference Librarian Assistant Professor in Library Science.

1972-1976.       

Grants

 

American Osteopathic Association/American Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, “Osteopathic Research       Database Agreement,” project director, $88,973.44, 07/01/97-06/30/02.

National Library of Medicine, “Individual Library Outreach Project, “ project director, $25,000,           09/28//90-08/31/91; extended to 02/28/92.

National Library of Medicine, “National Preservation Program for the Biomedical Literature,” project                director, $13,237, 09/28/90-08/31/91.

Missouri State Library, “Consumer Health Information Project,” co-author, LSCA Title I, $140,000,   07/01/90-06/30/91.

National Osteopathic Foundation, “Microfilm Preservation of the Osteopathic Literature,” project director,    1988-90, $10,303.

U.S. Department of Education Title III Strengthening Grant, “Library Automation at Union College,”                1983-86, project director, $180,000.

 


Refereed Journal Articles

 

Onsager, LW and GV Summers, “Fees for Information Services to Hospitals: A California Experience.”            Bull Med Lib Assn, 66(October 1978): 414-19.

                Full-text: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=199528

                Cited: Burrows, S. and A. LaRocca, “Fees for Automated Reference Services in Academic Health

                Sciences Libraries No Free Lunches,” Medical Reference Services Quarterly, v. 2 (Summer

                1983):1-15.

 

Professional Journal/Periodical Articles (not refereed)

 

*Onsager, LW, “Bookmarklets,” ASDAL Action, v. 24, No. 3 (Spring 2005), p. 9.

 

Onsager, LW, “Random Surfing,” ASDAL Action, v. 22, No. 2 (Winter 2003): p. 11; v. 22, No. 3 (Spring

                2003), p. 10; v. 23, No. 1 (Fall 2003), p. 22.

 

Onsager, LW, “Random Surfing,” ASDAL Action, v. 22 (Fall 2002), p. 7.

 

Onsager, LW, “Invandring fraa Suldal til Juneau County, Wisconsin, USA,” Gamalt fraa Suldal;     Aarsskrift for Suldal Sogelag, 1 (1999): 12-16; http://home.no.net/sulsog/.

 

Michael, M., Onsager, LW, and Prosser, M., “Libraries Provide Consumer Health Information in       Northeast Missouri,” Show-Me Libraries, 42 (Fall 1990): 10-12.

                Cited by: Pifalo, V., “The Evolution of Rural Outreach from Package Library to Grateful Med:

                Introduction to the symposium.” Bull Med Libr Assoc, 2000 October, 88(4):339-345.

 

Onsager, LW, “David McBride and the Mauston Star,” Juneau County Historical Society Quarterly              Newsletter, April 1990, p. 1.

 

Onsager, LW, “Medical Library Profile: The A. T. Still Memorial Library,” Northeast Missouri Rural                Area Health Education Center, AHEC News, 1 (May 9, 1989): 3-4.

 

Onsager, LW, “School Profile: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine,” Northeast Missouri Rural           Area Health Education Center, AHEC News, 1(May 9, 1989): 1-2.

 

Prosser, M and Onsager, LW, “Automating the Small Public Library: Database Creation and Long Range       Planning,” Show-Me Libraries, 40 (Winter 1988): 21-23.

                Cited by: Technical and Access Services Bibliography #10, Center for the Study of Rural

                Librarianship, Department of Library Science, Clarion University of Pennsylvania,

                http://eagle.clarion.edu/~grads/csrl/bib10.htm.

 

Onsager, LW, “Library Expansion at the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine.” Show-Me       Libraries, 40 (Fall 1988): 37-39.

 

Onsager, LW and GA Walter, “The A. T. Still Memorial Library, Kirksville College of Osteopathic    Medicine,” Show-Me Libraries, 38(March/April 1987): 17-24.

 

Onsager, LW and S Job, “Access and Training for Online Catalog Users at Union College,” Show-Me             Libraries, 37(July 1986): 21-26.

 

Onsager, LW, “Pilgrims in a Strange Land: the First Norwegian-American SDA Church in the United               States,” Adventist Heritage, 11(Spring 1986): 33-39.

                Indexed in: Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index

 

Job, S and LW Onsager, “Competencies for Librarians in an Automated Environment: The Union College       Experience,” IN Krzywkowski, Valerie I., editor. Competencies for Librarians, Nebraska Library              Association, College and University Section, Proceedings, 1985, pp. 72-103.

                Indexed in: ERIC (ED262827)

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED262827&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=eric_accno&accno=ED262827

 

Onsager, LW, “J. N. Anderson’s China Diary.” The Cord, The Union College Alumni Magazine, XLXI

                (Spring 1984): 22-24.

                Indexed in: Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index

 

Onsager, LW, “Plans Unveiled for Ella Johnson Crandall Memorial Library,” The Cord, The Union   College Alumni Magazine, XLX (Fall 1983): 2.3.

 

Dunn, K and LW Onsager, “Will Computers Revolutionize College Libraries,” Journal of Adventist                 Education, 44(April-May 1982): 36-37+.

                Indexed in: Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index

 

Onsager, LW, “That Curious Book ‘The Breath of Life’ by George Catlin,” International Journal of                Orofacial Myology, 6(October 1980): 7-10.

                Indexed in: PubMed

                Cited by: Matthew, OP and Sant’Ambrogio, G., Respiratory Function of the Upper Airway, New

                York, Marcel Dekker, 1988, pp. 28, 623.

 

Onsager, LW, “Bibliography of Recommended Lists of Books and Journals for Health Sciences Libraries,”     Bull Med Lib Assn, 66(July 1978): 338-9.

                Indexed in: PubMed

                Full-text: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=199493

                Cited by: Topper, JM, Bradley, J, Dudden, RF, Epstein, BA, Lambremont, JA, & Putney, Jr., TR,

                “JCAH Accreditation and the hospital library: A Guide for Librarians.” Bull Med Libr Assoc, 1980

                April, 68(2): 212-219.

 

Chapters Contributed to Book/Volume

 

Onsager, LW, “List of Publications [of John Stedman Denslow, D.O.],” IN Selected Papers of John                 Stedman Denslow, D.O., Indianapolis, Indiana: American Academy of Osteopathy, 1993                 Yearbook, pp. 307-15.

 

Scholarly/Professional Papers Read

 

Onsager, LW, “Googling - Our Future?” A Paper Presented at the Annual Conference of the Association

                of Seventh-day Adventist librarians, June18, 2003, South Lancaster, MA.

                Full-text: http://www.asdal.org/minutes/onsagergoogling.html

 

Onsager, LW, “Mining the Internet for Adventist Resources,” A Paper Presented at the Annual

                Conference of the Association of Seventh-day Adventist librarians, June15, 2003, South

                Lancaster, MA.

 

Onsager, LW, “Uphill Battles: Challenges and Approaches for Technology Funds at Independent

                Institutions,” Facilitator, Roundtable session, Higher Education Learning and eXchange (HELIX)

                 2001; Converging Technologies: Effective Approaches in Distributed Learning, Tan-Tar-A

                Resort, Osage Beach, MO, March 22-23, 2001.

 

Onsager, LW, “Meet the Experts Roundtable: Grant Writing.”  Presenter and discussion moderator,                 Midcontinental & Midwest Chapters/Medical Library Association, Saint Louis, Missouri,   October 1, 1992.

 

Michael, M., Onsager, LW, and Prosser, M., “Health Information Partners,” Information Transfer, panel          no. 2, AHEC National Workshop, Charleston, South Carolina, July 3-6, 1991.

 

Onsager, LW and S Job, “Access and Training for Online Catalog Users at Union College,” A paper               presented at the spring conference of the Missouri Association of College and Research Libraries,            Maryville, Missouri, April 25, 1986.

 

Onsager, LW, “Course-related Library Instruction-Earlham Style,” A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of SDA Librarians, Keene, TX, June 20, 1984.

 

Onsager, LW, “Libraries and Campus Computing Centers,” A paper presented at the annual meeting of          the Association of SDA Librarians, Keene, TX, June 20, 1984.

 

Onsager, LW, A panel presentation on “Integrated Library Instruction-Earlham Style,” Nebraska Library        Association, Peru, Nebraska, April 15, 1983.

 

Onsager, LW and GV Summers, “Biomedical Information Services for Hospitals: The California         Experience,” A paper presented at the annual meeting of the Medical Library Association,     Chicago, June 13, 1978.

 

Poster Presentations

 

*Onsager, LW, “Andrew University and the Open WorldCat Program,” A poster presented at the Annual

                Conference of the Association of Seventh-day Adventist librarians, July 11-16, 2005, Union

                College, Lincoln, NE.

 

Onsager, LW and Esther Tyler, “Treasures in Your Library,” A Poster Presented at the Annual

                Conference of the Association of Seventh-day Adventist librarians, June16, 2003, South

                Lancaster, MA.

 

Onsager, LW, Sanders, R, Elam, CS, Brooks, A, Carter, B, Johnson, L, Martin, D, “The Development of

an International Osteopathic Literature Index,” Juried poster presentation, Midcontinental Chapter Medical Library Association (MCMLA), Annual meeting, Denver, Colorado, September 23-26, 2000, www.kumc.edu/mcmla/2000/handout3.htm

 

Johnson, Lynn F., Ann Brooks, Craig Elam, Dohn Martin, Lawrence Onsager and Robert Sanders. The

Development of an International Osteopathic Literature Index. Poster presented at the 2000 Medical Library Association (MLA) Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (May 5-10, 2000).Abstract. Poster (PDF).

 

Elam, CS, Brooks, A, Carter, B, Johnson, L, Martin, D, Onsager, LW, Sanders, R. “The Development of

an International Osteopathic Literature Index,” Juried poster presentation, Eighth International Congress on Medical Librarianship, London, England, July 2-5, 2000.

 

Brooks, A, Carter, BR, Elam, CS, Johnson, LF, Martin, D, Onsager, LW, Sanders, RS, “Osteopathic

                Research Literature Database,” Poster presented at the annual meeting of the South Central

                Chapter/Medical Library Association, Norman, OK, October 22-26, 1999.

 

Onsager, LW and X Chi, “Compute Now: Facilitating Community-Based Medical Training,” Juried, Show Me! Electronic Demonstration Session, Annual Meeting, Medical Library Association,             Kansas City, Missouri, June 1-2, 1996.

 

Onsager, LW and Essig, M., “National Center for Osteopathic History,” Poster session, Midcontinental &     Midwest Chapters/Medical Library Association, Saint Louis, Missouri, October 1, 1992.

 

Elam, C., Onsager, LW, and Eckart, S., “Survey of Osteopathic Medical School Libraries,” Juried poster          session, Medical Library Association, San Francisco, CA, June 4, 1991.

 

Onsager, LW, Prosser, M., and Michael, M., “Consumer Health Information Project,” Juried poster session, Medical Library Association, San Francisco, CA, June 4, 1991.

 

Scientific/Scholarly Abstracts

 

Elam, CS, Onsager, LW, “The Development of an International Osteopathic Literature Index,” (Poster abstract www.icml.org/posters/post12/postre12.html), Proceedings ot the Eighth International Congress on Medical Librarianship Conference, Robert Kiley, editor, London, England, 2000; web version: http://www.icml.org/confproc/.

 

Brooks, A; Elam, C; Johnson, LF; Martin, D; Onsager, L; Sanders, R., “AOA Research Conference

Abstracts: Indexing the World’s Osteopathic Literature,” The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 100 (Sep 2000): 588

Indexed in: OSTMED; the Osteopathic Literature Database

http://ostmed.hsc.unt.edu/ostmed/home.htm

 

Brooks, A, Carter, BR, Elam, CS, Johnson, LF, Martin, D, Onsager, LW, Sanders, RS, “AOA Research

                Conference Abstracts: Osteopathic Research Literature Database,” The Journal of the American

                Osteopathic Association, 99 (Sep 1999): 489.

                Cited by: Mason, T, and Lindsey, M., “1999 Bibliography of Publications,” Gibson D. Lewis

                Health Science Library, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, June

                2000, p. 47, http://library.hsc.unt.edu/news/facbib/facbib1999.pdf.

 

Academic Journals Edited

 

Onsager, LW, consulting editor, Bibliography for the Control of Anxiety, Fear and Pain in Dentistry,           2(Jan-Dec 1979).

 

Administrative documents

 

Onsager, L., Library Building Program; Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine; A. T. Still Memorial

                Library, Kirksville, MO, March 15, 2000.

 

Onsager, L., Union College Library Building Program, Lincoln, NE, March 1983.

 

Additional publications

 

*Onsager, LW, “Our Hadeland Ancestors – Ole T. Olson (Ole Olson Tingelstad), From Gran, Norway to

                Mauston, Wisconsin,” Hadeland BRUA, New Series, v. 5, No. 4 (November 2005), pp. 8-9.

 

Onsager, LW, From Hadeland Norway to Greenwood Township, Vernon County, Wisconsin and Beyond:

                The story of Truls Erikson Western and Gudbjor Olsdatter Malkjaernseiet in America, their

                ancestors and descendents. Berrien Springs, Michigan and Mauston, Wisconsin, Lemonweir

                Valley Press, 2003, 99 p.

 

Onsager, LW, The Juneau County, Wisconsin Bygdebok: A Genealogy of Norwegian Settlement,

                1850-1950, Berrien Springs, Michigan and Mauston, Wisconsin: The Lemonweir Valley

*              Press, 2001, 819 p., revised, 2005, web publication: http://home.no.net/sulsog/

                Linked to: 25 Internet sites.

 

Contributed to: Moe, Jon, Suldal Wisconsin, Suldal Kommune, Sand, Norway, 2000, list of

                contributors, p. [200].

 

Onsager, LW, The Suldal Cemetery in Lindina Township, Juneau County, Wisconsin; a

                biographical study, 2000, web publication www.rootsweb.com/~wijuneau/SULDALCM.htm;

                 http://home.no.net/sulsog/

 

Onsager, LW, The Hickory Grove Congregation and the Dauger (Duger) Hill/Hickory Grove Cemetery,

                2000, web publication: www.rootsweb.com/~wijuneau/DaugerHillCemetary.htm.

 

Onsager, LW, The Norwegian ancestors, descendents, and collateral relatives of Olga Bertine Knutson,

                grandmother of Oscar Martin Remington; the story of the movement of an extended family from

Roldal Township, Hordaland County, Norway and Suldal Township, Rogaland County, Norway to Juneau County, Wisconsin. Mauston, Wisconsin and Kirksville, Missouri: The Lemonweir Valley Press, 2000, 18 p.

 

Onsager, LW, Frank Provonsal, an Indian Trader and Ferryman in Juneau County, Wisconsin, 2000, 7 p.,

                web publication: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wijuneau/Provonsal.html

 

Onsager, LW, The Ninneman Family of Summit Township, Juneau County, Wisconsin,

1999, 8 p., www.rootsweb.com/~wijuneau/Ninneman.html

 

Onsager, LW, A History of the Peder Olsen Wold Family; Ancestors, Descendants, and Related Families

in Laerdal Township, Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway, Greenwood Township, Vernon County,

Wisconsin, the State of Wisconsin, the United States, and Canada, The Lemonweir Valley Press,

1998, 294 p..

 

Onsager, LW, The Hans O. Hanson Family of Laerdal Township, Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway,

Greenwood Township, Vernon County, Wisconsin and Juneau County, Wisconsin, Mauston,

Wisconsin and Kirksville, Missouri: The Lemonweir Valley Press, 1996.

 

Onsager, LW, A History of the Harry Porter and Mary Elizabeth (Prosser) Galvin Family of Juneau             County, Wisconsin, Mauston, Wisconsin and Kirksville, Missouri: The Lemonweir Valley Press,            1993.

 

Onsager, LW, Onsagerbraaten; The John Anderson Onsager Family in Norway and America, Mauston,      Wisconsin and Kirksville, Missouri: The Lemonweir Valley Press, 1992.

 

Onsager, LW, “The Removal of the Winnebago Indians from Wisconsin to Nebraska in 1873-4,“ 290 p.,          Masters thesis, Loma Linda University, 1985.

*              Cited by: Clyde, E, Lassiter, LE, Dunham, GH, eds., Pow wow, Lincoln, NE, University of

                Nebraska Press, 2005, pp. 64-5.

 

Onsager, LW, The Wisconsin Winnebago: an ethnographic reconstruction, Loma Linda Univ., 1980.

 

Onsager, LW, “Adams County 1850 Census - The First One Taken, Includes Juneau County,” ,” Juneau        County Historical Society Quarterly Newsletter, Jan 1980, pp. 3-4; April 1980, pp. 3-4; July               1980, pp. 3-4.

 

Onsager, LW, “New Lisbon Saving Link to Indian Past,” Milwaukee Journal, November 7, 1978.