Background
Barnes, Joseph William was born on December 15, 1945 in Bayonne, New Jersey, United States. Son of Sydney Morrell and Emily Dorothy Barnes.
Barnes, Joseph William was born on December 15, 1945 in Bayonne, New Jersey, United States. Son of Sydney Morrell and Emily Dorothy Barnes.
Bachelor, University Rochester, New York, 1966. Master of Arts, University Rochester, New York, 1968. Master of Arts, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1971.
Master of Library Science, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1974.
Social studies teacher Greece Arcadia High School, New York, 1966—1968. City historian Rochester Public Library., 1973—1985. Assistant library State University of New York, 1987—1989.
Library director Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 1989—1999, Dunwoody Campus, Georgia Perimeter College, New York, since 1999.
Member of American Library Association (chapter councilor 1995-1999), Georgia Library. Association, Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Phi Mu.
Married Marlaine P. Podosek, September 13, 1975. Children: Nathanael Greene, Jeremiah VanRensselaer, Jessica McCullough.