Janet Brennan Croft Explained

Education:Indiana University
Main Interests:copyright, J. R. R. Tolkien

Janet Brennan Croft (born 1961)[1] is an American librarian and Tolkien scholar, known for her authored and edited books and journals on J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy. She won a Mythopoeic Award in 2005.[2]

Academic career

Croft earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and Classical Civilization (double major) from Indiana University in 1982 and graduated as a Master of Library Science in 1983 at the Indiana University School of Library and Information. She has worked at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and has been director and associate professor at Warden Memorial Library, Martin Methodist College. She became the Head of Access Services at Bizzell Memorial Library, University of Oklahoma, in 2001 and was given associate professorship in 2007.[3] In September 2014, she started as Head, Access and Delivery Services at Rutgers University Libraries.[4] and as of July 1, 2018, her title changed to Liaison to the School of Communication and Information and Librarian for Copyright and Disability Services. In August 2020, she became Associate University Librarian for Content Discovery at the University of Northern Iowa.[5] Her research interests focus on copyright laws concerning libraries and the work of J. R. R. Tolkien and other fantasy authors. This includes several academic lectures on Tolkien that she has held at University of Oklahoma.[6]

Since 2006, she has been the editor of Mythlore, a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Mythopoeic Society.[7] Among general publications on mythology and fantasy, it focuses on the three most prominent members of the Inklings: J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and Charles Williams. She is credited as "Tolkien Scholar" in Peter Jackson's .

Selected publications

On library science

On Tolkien

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Marquis Who's Who On Demand. . 28 July 2012.
  2. Web site: The Mythopoeic Society: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award Finalists. Mythopoeic Society. August 1, 2022.
  3. Web site: Janet Brennan Croft (biography) . . 28 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120205062056/http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/C/Janet.B.Croft-1/curriculumvita.html . 5 February 2012 .
  4. Web site: Minutes of July 23, 2014 Meeting, Circulation and Public Services Group, Access Services . Rutgers University Libraries . 15 September 2014.
  5. Web site: Janet Brennan Croft . Rod Library @ UNI.
  6. Web site: Janet Brennan Croft, Research Interests . . 28 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120305201741/http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/C/Janet.B.Croft-1/ . 5 March 2012 .
  7. Die aktuelle Tolkienforschung im Überblick: Personen – Organisationen – Verlage – Werke . A Survey of Research on Tolkien: People – Organisations – Publishers – Works . de . Frank . Weinreich . Thomas . Honegger . 63–89 . Zeitschrift für Fantastikforschung . 2011 . 2 . 9783643998880 .
  8. David . McCaslin . Legal Solutions in Electronic Reserves and the Electronic Delivery of Interlibrary Loan (review) . Library Student Journal . 2007 . February . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071214024956/http://www.librarystudentjournal.org/index.php/lsj/article/view/40/48 . 14 December 2007 . none.
  9. Garth . John . John Garth (author) . War and the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien (review) . . 2006 . 3 . 234–238 . 10.1353/tks.2006.0020. 170304532 .
  10. Thompson . Kristin . Kristin Thompson . Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's 'The Lord of the Rings' (review) . . 2006 . 3 . 222–228 . 10.1353/tks.2006.0035 . 170135592 .
  11. Book: Walters, James . Fantasy Film: A Critical Introduction . 135 . . 2011 . 978-1-84788-308-7 .

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