Bishop has a master's degree in library and information science from the University of South Florida and a PhD from Florida State University. His research focus is on geographic information (GI) organization, access and use, as well as the study of GI occupations, education, and training.He has other research expertise that includes physical access for users to U.S. public libraries (using Geographic information Systems, GIS) and the evaluation of many other services and resources in academic and public libraries.