Samantha Hastings, Ph.D.
Director, Professor
113 Davis College
(803) 777-3858
Email: hastings@sc.edu

Dr. Hastings received her Bachelor's Degree in English from the University of Arizona, her Masters of Library Science at the University of South Florida and her Ph.D. in Library and Information Science from Florida State University in 1994.

Before coming to USC, Sam was Associate Professor at the University of North Texas School of Library and Information Sciences. She also served as interim dean at North Texas, was a consultant to the Bureau of Library Development for the state of Florida, and has been both a teacher and medical librarian in Tucson, Arizona . She was president of the American Society of Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T).

Dr. Hastings' research interests are in the area of retrieval of digital images, telecommunications and evaluation of networked information services.