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Employer: Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
Position: University Librarian
Employment date: July 2014-
Provide leadership for Hamline University's Bush Memorial Library and University Archives as the initial leader of a newly consolidated library system. Responsible for planning, budgeting, and coordinating all library operations, including 27 staff employees and an approximately $1 million annual operating budget. Library assets include library collections of +500,000 print volumes, several thousand electronic resources, and shared governance of technology services provide by Cooperating Libraries in Consortium (CLIC).
Report to Provost. Hold faculty status and membership on Deans' Council. Collaborate actively with faculty and administrators in the College of Liberal Arts, School of Law, School of Business, and School of Education to strengthen academic programs and promote the University's strategic direction. Serve as a representative to various budget, planning, technology, reaccreditation, and website redesign committees and work groups.
Achievement Highlights: Leading library program planning effort, including re-imagining the Bush Library as an academic field house. Communicating and aligning this vision as a pillar of Hamline's forthcoming comprehensive campaign. Disestablishing the Law Library as an outcome of the pending merger of the Hamline University School of Law and William Mitchell College of Law to create a new entity: Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Consolidating library and technology physical service points within the Bush Library.
Employer: Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
Position: University Librarian and Professor
Employment date: September 2011-June 2013
Provided leadership for W&L's James G. Leyburn Library and Robert L. Telford Science Library. Responsible for planning, budgeting, and coordinating all library operations, including 30 staff and an approximately $1.5 million annual operating budget. Library assets included library collections of +700,000 print volumes, several thousand electronic resources, and the university's special collections and archives. Technology assets included an Innovative Interfaces integrated library system.
Reported to Provost. Held faculty status. Collaborated with W&L's Law Library, Lee Chapel Museum, University Office of Development, and Friends of the Library organization.
Achievement Highlights: Oversaw collection shifting and withdrawal of some 7,000 volumes to prepare conversion of one of three science library floors to an Integrative Quantitative (IQ) Center. Raised profile of Special Collections and Archives unit by hiring new leader, remodeling some spaces, and significantly augmenting technical capabilities of that unit. Established a Digital Services & Strategies (DSS) unit within the library organization while simultaneously downsizing some traditional technical services operations. Reinvigorated and revalidated efficacy of the Friends of the Library (FOL) group and its contributions to library development. Launched Research & Instruction Services (RSS) unit within the library. Oversaw recruitment of three professional positions.
Employer: U.S. Naval War College, Newport, RI
Position: Library Director and Professor
Employment date: August 2009-July 2011
Provided leadership for the college's Henry E. Eccles Library and the Naval Historical Collection (NHC). Responsible for planning, budgeting, and coordinating all library operations, including 30 staff and an approximately $0.5 million annual operating budget. Library assets included library collections of +350,000 print volumes, several thousand electronic resources, a Classified Library (security clearance required), and the NHC (archives and special collections). Technology assets included a SirsiDynix integrated library system.
Reported to Provost. Held faculty status. Served as member of Provost's Senior Staff. Held faculty status and rank. Chaired and/or served on several committees addressing library and technology services across the college, including Digital Asset Management Task Force. Collaborated with Naval War College Foundation staff for providing grant stewardship.
Achievement Highlights: Initiated library’s participation in NWC’s exploration of digital asset management practices and techniques. Assisted with recruiting a Chief Technology Officer and began discussions for relocating some IT staff and operations within the library’s physical space and integrating some IT service offerings with those of the library. Lobbied library and IT directors from peer institutions (Naval Postgraduate School, other war colleges, service academies, etc.) to confer more frequently and to begin exploring joint projects with aim of increasing services collectively while controlling costs. Initiated planning effort to remodel library’s physical spaces.
Employer: Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Position: Vice President for Library and Information Services
Employment date: January 2005-July 2009
Provided leadership for the college's Library and Information Services (LIS) Division, both in support of the college's academic mission and in its management and operations. Responsible for planning, budgeting, and coordinating all library and IT operations, including 62 staff, +200 student employees, and an approximately $3.5 million annual operating budget. LIS assets include library collections of +350,000 print volumes, several thousand electronic resources, and college archives and special collections. Technology assets included data network, +1,200 personal computers, SunGard SCT Banner as primary administrative computing system, and various other smaller, specialized systems such as Blackboard for course management, Resource25 for space and event scheduling, and Red Dot web content management.
Reported to President. Served as college officer and as member of President's Cabinet. Held faculty status. Chaired and/or served on several committees addressing library and technology services across the college, including the Library, Technology, and Learning Committee (LTLC) and the Administrative Technology Committee (ATC). Collaborated with Corporate and Foundation Relations staff for submitting several grant applications and providing grant stewardship.
Achievement Highlights: Created LIS organization, consolidated budgets, realigned and retooled staff after being hired to integrate library and technology units into a single administrative organization. Successfully lobbied Wheaton senior administration and library staff to join Rhode Island Higher Education Library Information Network (HELIN), including migrating library’s bibliographic data operations and services to HELIN’s union catalog. Initiated library’s campus-wide digital asset management planning process. Oversaw launching of campus-wide records retention policy review and program plan. Assisted with courting donors to fund ubiquitous wireless network access across campus; oversaw this project when funding became available. Invited to present and consult regionally and nationally on the topic of integrating library/IT services. Oversaw recruitment of about a dozen professional library/IT positions.
Employer: Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Position: College Librarian and Associate Vice President for Technology and Information Services
Employment date: August 2001-December 2004
Responsibilities identical to those above except: library and technology units were spread across two college divisions and position reported to Provost with informal reporting relationships to the Vice President for Finance and Operations (CFO) and the President. Hired to integrate library and technology units into a single administrative organization.
Employer: Carleton College, Gould Library, Northfield, MN
Position: Head of Information Technology
Employment date: August 2000-June 2001
Provided direction and leadership for college library's newly formed Information Technology Department. Responsible for planning, budgeting, and coordinating all library IT operations, including +80 desktop systems and associated peripherals, software applications, network connectivity, online resources, Innovative Interfaces automated system, library's Web presence, and library IT education initiatives. Served as library's liaison to Information Technology Services (ITS). Recommended annual budget (approx. $350,000) for library IT services and equipment to College Librarian. Instructed librarians, faculty, students, and staff in effective use of networked information tools and products. Collaborated with other librarians in developing library's Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant program for information literacy. Chaired library's Web Development Committee and co-chair library's Staff Development Committee. Supervised departmental staff of three and served in reference desk rotation.
Employer: Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Position: Interim Director of Administrative Computing
Employment date: November 1998-July 2000
Provided direction and leadership for Administrative Computing Services, which now is a subunit of Information Technology Services (ITS). Responsible for planning, budgeting, and coordinating all information technology operations serving the college's administrative units, including Admissions, Dean of Students, Business Office, Human Resources, Financial Aid, External Relations, Dean of the College, and the Registrar, among others. Coordinated all administrative computing Y2K preparation efforts. Key ACS assets included Datatel Colleague, BSR Advance, Hyland OnBase, Sequitur enrollment system, multiple Novell servers, +400 desktop systems and associated peripherals, an ACS departmental staff of 13, and an annual operating budget of $750,000. Recruited three professional IT staff.
Employer: Carleton College, Gould Library, Northfield, MN
Position: Interim College Librarian
Employment date: January-July 1998
In addition to those duties listed under my position as Associate Librarian, Loan Services and Instruction, provided direction and leadership for a staff of 25 (with 8 librarians), including recruitment of three librarians. Oversaw all library operations, including a collection exceeding 600,000 volumes, 1,500 serials titles, a large number of electronic resources, and an annual materials budget of $1.4 million. Prepared budget and space planning reports for Library Faculty Committee and Dean for Budget & Planning. Prepared policy documents and statistical analyses for library staff.
Employer: Carleton College, Gould Library, Northfield, MN
Position: Associate Librarian, Loan Services and Instruction
Employment Date: September 1996-October 1998
In addition to those instruction, website, and reference duties listed under my position as Associate Librarian, Systems Support and Instruction, managed and set policy for Loan Services Department (circulation and reserve) of four support staff and 80 student employees. Responsibilities included setting departmental budget, goals, and objectives as well as monitoring, reviewing, and improving operations as necessary. Prepared policy manuals, statistical analyses, and operation planning reports. Served as library liaison to faculty in humanities division.
Employer: Carleton College, Gould Library, Northfield, MN
Position: Associate Librarian, Systems Support and Instruction
Employment Date: April 1992-August 1996
Developed and maintained expertise for delivering electronic information services, including local integrated library system and Internet resources. Spearheaded selection, procurement, migration, and expansion of the Innovative Interfaces automated system; served as primary system manager and library automation vendor contact. Served as library's liaison to Academic Computing & Networking Services, which today is a subunit of Information Technology Services (ITS). Recommended annual budget for library computer services and equipment to College Librarian. Instructed librarians, faculty, students, and staff in effective use of networked information tools and products, including basic hardware and software support within the library. Collaborated with other librarians to expand library instruction programs. Established and managed library's website and web server. Served 25 percent of time in reference desk rotation, including evening and weekend duty.
Employer: Cooperating Libraries in Consortium (CLIC), St. Paul, MN
Position: Consortium Manager
Employment dates: October 1986-March 1992
Provided direction and leadership as chief officer for nonprofit consortium of seven private liberal arts college libraries, and one private reference library in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Established new consortium headquarters and central computing site at Macalester College. Conducted corporate business of consortium with $300,000 annual budget and $1.2 million grant stewardship. Managed operation of CLIC's first union online catalog and circulation system. Served as primary liaison to automation vendors (Carlyle Systems & Dynix). Managed twice-daily courier delivery service among 15 metro-area campus libraries and post offices. Hired, trained, and directed staff of four and managed activities of consortium office. Served as executive secretary and ex-officio member of consortium Board of Directors. Served as ex-officio member of all (approximately 15) consortium committees and coordinated efforts of these committees with staffs of member libraries.
Employer: Hamline University, Bush Library, St. Paul, MN
Position: Assistant Circulation/Collection Management Librarian
Employment dates: 1984-1986
Under direction of department head, assisted with management of all circulation functions. Hired, trained, and supervised staff of 40 student workers as well as part-time reference staff. Served in reference desk rotation and as liaison for bibliographic instruction program. Coordinated weeding, mending, and replacement of library materials. Managed binding of periodicals and indexes. Planned and monitored physical arrangement of library resources.
Employer: Hamline University, Bush Library, St. Paul, MN
Position: Reference/Collection Management Librarian
Employment dates: August-December 1983
Filled sabbatical vacancy. Served in reference desk rotation and bibliographic instruction program. Coordinated selection of new materials for acquisition. Assisted in hiring and training of part-time reference staff.
Employer: Hamline University, Bush Library, St. Paul, MN
Position: Evening Supervisor
Employment dates: September 1981-July 1983 (part-time)
Provided reference service evenings and weekends and supervised student staff assigned to these shifts. Responsible for library security during these shifts. Some bibliographic instruction, vertical file, and collection development responsibilities.
M.A., Library Science, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, June 1985. GPA: 3.85/4.0 Thesis: An Examination of Weeding Methods for Academic Libraries Based on Recorded Use of Library Materials with an Application on a Small Liberal Arts College Collection. University of Minnesota Hutchinson Scholarship recipient, July 1981.
B.A., geography and business administration, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN, June 1980. Magna Cum Laude. GPA: 3.87/4.0
Frye Leadership Institute Fellow 2000 -- Selected in a competitive application process to participate in the inaugural offering of this intensive, two-week residential program hosted by Emory University. Sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources, EDUCAUSE, and Emory University. (4-16 Jun 00; Atlanta, GA). Received Andrew W. Mellon Foundation scholarship to attend this institute, February 2000.
College Library Directors Mentor Program, 2001-2002 -- Selected in a competitive application process to participate in the 10th annual offering of this program. The program is designed to foster a mentoring relationship between an experienced library director and a first-year library director with the goal of enhancing leadership capabilities among new library directors. The program also included a three-day seminar held in association with the American Library Association's Annual Midwinter Conference. Sponsored by the College Libraries Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries. (15-18 Jan 02; New Orleans, LA)
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Certification -- Successfully completed certification training to administer and interpret the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment tool. Sponsored by the U.S. Naval War College's College of Operational & Strategic Leadership (COSL) (26-30 July 11; Newport, RI)
"Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Integrated IT/Library Organization," co-authored with Chris Ferguson and Gene Spencer in EDUCAUSE Review, vol 39, no 3, May/June 2004, pp. 38-47.
"Field House of the Mind," Wheaton Quarterly, Winter 2004, pp. 18-21.
"Finding the Third Space: On Leadership Issues Related to the Integration of Library and Computing," co-authored with Chris Ferguson in Leadership, Higher Education, and the Information Age: A New Era for Information Technology and Libraries edited by Barbara Dewey, Dean of Libraries and Professor at the University of Tennessee, and Carrie Regenstein, Associate CIO/Director, Division of Information Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, New York, NY: Neal-Schuman, c2003.
"Wanted: Library Leaders for a Discontinuous Future," Library Issues, vol 21, no 3, January 2001, pp. 1-6
"Cultivating Relationships with Information Technology Departments," Minnesota Library Association Newsletter, vol 26, no 6, November/December 1999, pp. 1, 3.
"Academic Libraries and Computing Centers: The Case for Collaboration," MoveableType, vol 6, no 2, Spring, 1999, pp. 7, http://libmedia.willamette.edu/xmlui/handle/10177/315
"Student Employees Enhance Internet Expertise for a LiberalArts College Library," in The Internet Initiative: Libraries Providing Internet Services and How They Plan, Pay, and Manage, Edward J. Valauskas and Nancy R. John, eds., Chicago, IL : American Library Association, c1995.
As the Carleton library's first webmaster, designed and authored the majority of content on the library's website from 1994-1998.
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2015
Invited Consultancy: Library Program Document Review -- College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University (CSB/SJU) Library Director, Kathy Parker, engaged me to examine the CSB/SJU libraries’ draft library program review document. Offered recommendations for revising and improving this document before it was submitted to the CSB/SJU senior administrations. Requested by College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University. (St. Joseph/Collegeville, MN)
Invited Consultancy: Library Program Review -- North Central College (NCC) Library Director, John Small, engaged me to perform a program review of the Oesterle Library, Archives, and Instructional Media operations. Conducted site visit. My assignments were twofold: (1) to gain a clearer impression of unit operations and capabilities, to learn how these units were organized and how their respective staffs were involved with providing services, and to sense the units' atmosphere and work environment; and (2) to provide the NCC administration with feedback about the library, archives, and media service's strengths as well as recommendations for improvements. Requested by North Central College. (6 Mar 15; Naperville, IL)
2014
Examining IT and Library Service Convergence -- Invited to present webinar on this topic as an offering in NITLE's Shared Academics seminar series. Sponsored by NITLE. (18 Mar 2014)
2013
Schenectady County Community College (SCCC) Faculty Institute -- Invited to collaborate with two other presenters to offer a three-hour workshop for SCCC faculty entitled, Maximizing 21st Century Teaching and Learning beyond the Classroom With Technology. Presentation offered perspectives on trends for both learning from a distance and online learning. We then engaged the faculty in two hands-on exercises to help them gain awareness of best-practice planning and execution of online learning. Hosted by SCCC. (18 Jan 2013; Schenectady, NY)
2012
Annual VIVA (Virtual Library of Virginia) Users' Group Meeting -- Participated on a four-member panel entitled, Exceptions to Every Rule: Managing the Ongoing Migration to E-Books and Streaming Media. Panel members offered their experiences and impressions of the impact on e-books on the future of libraries. Represented smaller private institutional libraries. This panel was a component of the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) annual user's group meeting held during the Virginia Library Association (VLA) 2012 annual conference. Hosted by VIVA and VLA. (25 Oct 2012; Williamsburg, VA)
2011
Invited Consultancy: Library/IT Strategic Planning -- St. Lawrence University (SLU) President, William Fox, engaged Gene Spencer Consulting to perform a review of information technology and libraries at SLU. Mr. Spencer requested my assistance with this effort. Conducted site visit. My assignments were twofold: (1) to gain a clearer impression of library and technology services at SLU, to learn how how these two units were organized and how their respective staffs were involved with providing services, and to sense the units' atmosphere and work environment at a time of leadership transition for both units; and (2) to provide the university's senior leadership with feedback and recommendations to aid them in making near-term library/IT leadership transition decisions as well as longer-term decisions about the direction for library/IT services and resources at SLU. Requested by St. Lawrence University. (21-23 Sept 2011; Canton, NY)
2010
PAJE Team Visit -- Served as member of PAJE (Process for Accreditation of Joint Education) team visit to National War College, a component of National Defense University (NDU). Participated as an observer (i.e., understudy) for the team member assigned to evaluate Standard Seven: Provide Institutional Resources to Support Educational Process. This standard encompasses library, financial, technological, and physical plant resources. My involvement as an observer qualifies me to evaluate Standard Seven for future PAJE visits at other military education institutions. Hosted by National War College. (25-30 July 2010; Washington, DC)
2008
Future of the Library -- (2008 EDUCAUSE preconference) Served as one of three presenters for this half-day seminar. The seminar reviewed the fluid landscape of the changing world of libraries, IT, and higher education. Attendees collectively identified challenges, proposed solutions, and charted strategic directions. (28 Oct 2008; Orlando, FL)
2008 NITLE Summit -- Participated on four-person panel describing experiences using the NITLE Technology Futures Market (TFM) social software tool for technology forecasting. Sponsored by NITLE. (5 Apr 2008; San Francisco, CA
REAL Advisory Board -- At the invitation of the ACRL Board of Directors, served as a select member of a five-person advisory board to help ACRL launch a new product (REAL), a quarterly subscription service providing research reports on topics and issues of interest to library deans and directors in all types of libraries. Our charge was to generate ideas for the first two years' worth of reports (8 topics) that would be of interest to the potential subscriber base. Sponsored by ACRL. (28 Feb 08; Chicago, IL)
2007
2007 Seminars on Academic Computing (SAC) -- Appeared on a two-person panel on the topic of Building Capacity for Successful IT/Library Collaboration in support of the Directors Leadership Seminar track. Sponsored by EDUCAUSE. (4-9 Aug 2007; Snowmass, CO)
Consultation: Colby-Sawyer College -- Conducted site visit to assess the Information Resource (IR) unit at Colby-Sawyer College (CSC). My assignments were twofold: (1) to gain a clearer impression of library and technology services at CSC, to learn how IR was organized and how its staff was involved with providing services, and to sense the unit's atmosphere and work environment at a time of IR leadership transition; and (2) to provide the college's senior leadership with feedback and recommendations to aid them in making near-term IR leadership transition decisions as well as longer-term decisions about the direction for library/IT services and resources at CSC. Requested by Colby-Sawyer College. (27-28 Apr 2007; New London, NH)
Creating Value Through Collaboration: 2007 NITLE Liaisons Summit Meeting -- Served as co-panelist for both opening and closing keynote sessions on topic of collaboration among NITLE institutions. Represented Wheaton at this gathering of liaisons for NITLE member institutions. Liaisons shareed successes and challenges, and explored new ways of collaborating within and across institutions. The new NITLE organizational structure was discussed. Sponsored and hosted by NITLE. (4-6 May 2007; St. Paul, MN)
2007 III Academic Library Directors Symposium -- Served as co-panelist and presented on topic of Using the III System at Small Colleges to Leverage Successful Connections with "Millennial" Students. The overall theme of the symposium was Architecting the Future. Sponsored by Innovative Interfaces, Inc. (13-14 Mar 2007; Berkeley, CA)
Forum on New Modes of Information Delivery in Higher Education -- Invited to offer feedback to representatives from three professional organizations surrounding the tension between existing and emerging technologies and how they will affect the relationship between academic institutions and providers of course materials. Hosted by EDUCAUSE, ACRL, and NACS. (5-6 Mar 07; Denver, CO)
Transformation of the College Library Workshops -- Presented on topic of collaboration between librarians and information technologists. Emphasisized how such collaboration is critically important to information literacy programs and offered examples for securing this collaboration, including "merged organizations" that administer library and technology services as a single administrative unit. This series of workshops was designed to strengthen the contribution of libraries to teaching and learning. The workshops focused on dramatic changes now occurring in college libraries and were intended to help small and mid-sized colleges and universities deal successfully with those changes. Co-sponsored by CIC and NITLE. (1-3 Feb 07; Savannah, GA and 1-3 Mar 2007; Portland, OR)
2006
MISO Survey Results Panel -- Represented Wheaton and participated on a four-person panel to discuss results of a 2006 Measuring Information Services Outcomes (MISO) survey conducted under the auspices of the CLIR CIOs. Sponsored by the CLIR CIOs and EDUCAUSE. (8 Oct 2006; Dallas, TX)
Mentor for 2006-2007 College Library Directors Mentor Program -- This program seeks to enhance leadership capabilities of new college library directors and to help them meet the challenges involved in directing libraries in small colleges. The program fosters a mentoring relationship with an experienced library director. First-year directors gain access to someone who will listen to their problems and questions and provide feedback and possible solutions. Mentors are experienced college library directors willing to serve as good "listeners" and helpers. Paired with Dan Speidel, Library Director at Rivier College. Sponsored by the College Libraries Section of ACRL.
2005
Consultation: Allegheny College -- Invited to present and consult on the topic of library/IT service integration at smaller colleges. Requested by Allegheny College. (11-12 Aug 2005; Meadville, PA)
2005 Seminars on Academic Computing (SAC) -- Invited to appear on a two-person panel describing experiences of IT management succession planning for the Directors Leadership Seminar track. Sponsored by EDUCAUSE. (August 7-10 August 2005; Snowmass, CO)
CLIR Scholarly Communication Institute 3 -- Invited to participate and present on one of four teams employing digital technology for teaching and scholarly communication in the humanities. Specifically represented TEI use at a small liberal arts college. Sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources and the University of Virginia Libraries. (17-19 July 2005; Charlottesville, VA)
2005 Frye Leadership Institute Presenter -- Panel describing experiences of re-entry into the workplace aftercompleting this institute. Sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources, EDUCAUSE, and Emory University. (16 June 2005; Atlanta, GA)
AMICAL 2005 -- Invited to present on the topic of how to plan and organize an academic library consortium and to facilitate several topical planning groups. Sponsored by Lebanese American University, American University of Beirut, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. (1-3 June 2005; Beirut, Lebanon)
2004-2005 College Library Directors Mentor Program Seminar, Panelist -- Panel describing experiences of the first year of serving as a college library director. This panel was a component of the College Library Directors Mentor Program, 2004-2005. Sponsored by the College Libraries Section of ACRL. (14 Jan 2005; Boston, MA)
2004
2004 Frye Leadership Institute Presenter -- Panel describing experiences of re-entry into the workplace after completing this institute. Sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources, EDUCAUSE, and Emory University. (17 June 2004; Atlanta, GA)
Defining the Library's Role in the Changing Academic Organizaiton: 2004 New England Chapter of ACRL Annual Conference -- Presented on the topic of library/IT integration within the scope of "Defining the Library's Role in the Changing Academic Organization." Sponsored by ACRL/NEC. (23 Apr 2004; Bryant College, Smithfield, RI)
2003
Leadership, Higher Education, and the Information Age: A New Era for Information Technology and Libraries -- Technology leaders from the Frye Leadership Institute class of 2000 shared experiences in pioneering new techniques and strategies for leadership. Presented "Transcending Tribes Within Library/IT Units (and Beyond)." Sponsored by NERCOMP and the Frye Leadership Institute, and hosted by Wellesley College. (3 July 2003; Wellesley, MA)
2003 Frye Leadership Institute Presenter -- Panel describing experiences of re-entry into the workplace after completing this institute. Sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources, EDUCAUSE, and Emory University. (12 June 2003; Atlanta, GA)
Directing the College Library: Leadership Alternatives for University & Community College Librarians -- 2003 ACRL annual conference panel session describing the attraction of being a college library director and of participating in the College Library Directors Mentor Program. Sponsored by the College Libraries Section of ACRL. (12 Apr 2003; Charlotte, NC)
2002
2002 Frye Leadership Institute Presenter -- Panel describing experiences of re-entry into the workplace after completing this institute. Sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources, EDUCAUSE, and Emory University. (13 June 2002; Atlanta, GA)
2001
2001 Frye Leadership Institute Presenter -- Panel describing experiences of re-entry into the workplace after completing this institute. Sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources, EDUCAUSE, and Emory University. (15 June 2001; Atlanta, GA)
2000
Frye Leadership Institute Update -- Panel of alumni describing experiences from the first annual Frye Leadership Institute. Represented small college perspective. Sponsored by EDUCAUSE. (11 Oct 2000; Nashville, TN)
Joint Library and Technology Administration: Trend Or Aberration? -- Guest lecture on the relationship between academic libraries and computing centers. Sponsored by The College of St. Catherine Graduate Program in Library Science. (8 Mar 2000; St. Paul, MN)
1999
Librarians As Technologists: Exploring Possibilities OrTesting Limits? -- Minnesota Library Association 1999 annual conference. Sponsored by MLA. (1 Oct 1999; Duluth, MN)
Keeping Up With Search Tools And How They Work -- Minnesota Library Association 1999 annual conference. Sponsored by MLA. (30 Sept 1999; Duluth, MN)
World Wide Web Fundamentals -- Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Center for Business Excellence. (14 July 1999; Minneapolis, MN)
1998
Web Searching For Librarians -- Minnesota Library Association 1998 annual conference. Sponsored by MLA. (8 Oct 1998; Rochester, MN)
Integrating Information Literacy Into Your Curriculum -- Minnesota Library Association 1998 annual conference. Sponsored by MLA. (7 Oct 1998; Rochester, MN)
World Wide Web "101" -- Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Center for Business Excellence. (26 Mar, 26 June, & 19 Oct 1998; Minneapolis, MN)
Introduction To HTML: Fundamentals Of Web Page Authoring -- Given for Minnegasco and sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School Center for Business Excellence. (6 & 7 July 1998; Minneapolis, MN); Sponsored by Augsburg College Continuing Education. (30 Jan & 29 May 1998; Minneapolis, MN); Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Center for Business Excellence. (24 Feb, 21 May, & 29 Sept 1998; Minneapolis, MN)
Techniques For Using The World Wide Web For Information Retrieval -- Sponsored by Augsburg College Continuing Education. (27 Apr 1998; Minneapolis, MN) Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Center for Business Excellence (30 Jan, 29 May, & 23 Nov 1998; Minneapolis, MN)
National Information Literacy Initiative Planning Day -- Participated as one of 35 invitees to help create a program of instruction for library leaders to be called the National Information Literacy Institute (NILI) under the auspices of ACRL. This effort is now known as the ACRL Institute for Information Literacy. (9 Jan 1998; New Orleans, LA)
1997
Library Technology Focus Group -- Served as guest specialist on library technology issues for strategic planning at the Folke Library at Gustavus Adolphus College. (15 Oct 1997; St. Peter, MN)
Fundamentals Of Web Search Tools -- MLA 1997 annual conference. Sponsored by MLA. (3 Oct 1997; Bloomington, MN)
Techniques For Using The World Wide Web For Information Retrieval -- Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Center for Business Excellence. (5 Aug 1997; Minneapolis, MN)
Introduction To HTML: Fundamentals Of Web Page Authoring -- Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Center for Business Excellence. (29 May & 14 Oct 1997; Minneapolis, MN)
Library Instruction Web Pages: The Carleton Experience -- Poster session presented at the Library Orientation Exchange (LOEX) 1997 annual library instruction conference. (10 May 1997; Charleston, SC)
Creating A Home Page And HTML Documents For Your Organization -- Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Center for Business Excellence. (5 Mar 1997; Minneapolis, MN)
World Wide Web "101" -- Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Center for Business Excellence. (23 Jan, 21 May, & 30 Sept 1997; Minneapolis, MN)
1996
World Wide Web "101" -- Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Center for Business Excellence. (23 July 1996; Minneapolis, MN)
Techniques for Using the World Wide Web for Information Retrieval -- Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Center for Business Excellence. (23 July 1996; Minneapolis, MN)
Introduction to the World Wide Web and HTML Authoring -- Given for US West Service Assurance Division. Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Center for Business Excellence. (19 Apr 1996; Plymouth, MN)
Introduction To the Internet -- Given for University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. (21 Feb 1996; Minneapolis, MN)
Creating a Home Page and HTML Documents for Your Organization -- Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Center for Business Excellence. (10 Jan & 23 May 1996; Minneapolis, MN)
1995
HTML as Library Courseware -- Presented at MLA 1995 annual conference. Sponsored by MLA. (12 Oct 1995; Mankato, MN)
Introduction to the Internet -- Presentations for the 9th annual conference of the American Prospect Research Association (APRA). Sponsored by APRA. (10 Aug 1995; Minneapolis, MN)
What about the End User? -- Presented at Academic Librarians' Day sponsored by MLA Academic & Research Libraries Division and Minnesota chapter of ACRL. (5 May 1995; St. Peter, MN)
Accessing Government Information via the Internet -- Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Management Center. (10 Mar & 29 June 1995; Minneapolis, MN)
Consulting Cyberspace: On the Internet -- Demonstration of how Carleton College uses Internet resources to support reference service. Sponsored by Southeast Library System (SELS). (23 Jan 1995; Rochester, MN)
Gopher: A Tool for Burrowing Through the Internet -- Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Center for Business Excellence. (19 Jan 1995; Minneapolis, MN)
Effective Use of Internet E-Mail And Mailing Lists -- Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Center for Business Excellence. (12 Jan & 15 June 1995; Minneapolis, MN)
1994
Reference Librarians and the Internet -- Guest lecture on the applications of Internet tools to enhance reference service. Sponsored by The College of St. Catherine Graduate Program in Library Science. (23 Oct 1994; St. Paul, MN)
Hands-On HTML -- Co-presented an HTML instruction session for librarians from five Minnesota liberal arts college libraries. Sponsored by Minnesota Oberlin libraries. (9 Nov 1994; Northfield, MN)
Becoming an Internet Tour Guide -- Presented at MLA 1994 annual conference. Sponsored by MLA. (5 Oct 1994; Duluth, MN)
Gopher: A Tool For Burrowing Through the Internet -- Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Center for Business Excellence. (22 Sept 1994; Minneapolis, MN)
1993
What Is a Systems Librarian? -- Guest lecture on the role of systems librarians. Sponsored by The College of St. Catherine Graduate Program in Library Science. (2 Dec 1993; St. Paul, MN)
Internet Room '93 -- Served as volunteer coordinator and presenter for the first "Internet Room" held during an American Library Association annual conference. Sponsored by ALA. (24 June-1 July 1993; New Orleans, LA)
1990
Automated Systems In Small Libraries: Cooperative Planning, Resource Sharing, And Linkages -- Presented at Five-State Academic Librarians Conference. Sponsored by Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota Library Associations and ACRL chapters. (27-29 Apr 1990; La Crosse, WI)
1989
User Support In Shared Systems -- Panel member. Sponsored by Minnesota office of Library Development Services. (31 Mar 1989; St. Paul, MN)
1987
CLIC Automation Project Summary -- Panel presenting information about library automation in the Twin Cities area. Sponsored by Minnesota American Society for Information Science (ASIS)/Special Libraries Association (SLA) chapters. (14 Oct 1987; St. Paul, MN)
Automating CLIC -- Presentation describing CLIC's recent automation installation. "Year in Review" sponsored by MLA Academic & Research Library Division and Minnesota chapter of ACRL (29 May 1987; Minneapolis, MN)
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2018
2018 LITA Forum—Attended sessions on intersection of law, tech, and libraries; gender equity in library technology; overcoming self-centered design; virtual reality, augmented reality, gaming, and gamification in the library; innovation on a shoestring; libraries as emerging technologies hubs; libraries disrupted through innovation; developing makerspaces; library as innovation and entrepreneurship incubator; library as innovative technology center; and the politics of library technology. Hosted by LITA. (9–10 Nov 18; Minneapolis, MN)
Fall Faculty Development Day—This day focused on enhancing course design through technological innovation. Attended sessions on using the Quality Matters Framework for achieving best practices in course design; leveraging best practices in universal design to support all students; new learning technologies “round robin” spotlight: Flipgrid, Loom, and Leganto; and teaching techniques that support a “student-ready” campus. Sponsored by the Hamline University Center for Teaching and Learning. (29 Aug 18; St. Paul, MN)
Spring Faculty Development Day—This day focused on imagining and practicing future-focused teaching, learning, and faculty development. Particular emphasis was given to using the U.N. sustainable development goal framework to support collaborative and engaged assignments and activities; information literacy, academic communications, and digital tools; inclusive excellence; and self-care. Sponsored by the Hamline University Center for Teaching and Learning. (25 May 18; St. Paul, MN)
2018 Minitex Interlibrary Loan Conference—The 27th offering of this annual conference explored issues and trends in how libraries collaborate by sharing collections. Attended sessions on how librarians and library staff can exceed users’ expectation given the current trends in library operations; ideas for creating a more seamless experience for library users by utilizing newly available technological tools; and designing and leading effective work teams. Sponsored by Minitex. (25 April 18; St. Paul, MN)
2018 CLIC Annual Conference—The conference was structured around themes in David Lewis’ book Reimagining the Academic Library. Specific topic included the evolution of the academic library, the growing popularity of open educational resources, and steps librarians can be taking now to prepare for future needs and conditions. Hosted by Hamline University. (11 Apr 18; St. Paul, MN)
2018 Library Technology Conference—The conference provided an opportunity for library professionals to discuss changing technologies that are affecting how users interact with libraries and to see how libraries are using technology to create new and better ways to manage their resources. Attended sessions on the HathiTrust; artificial intelligence; project management, freely available collaboration software applications; lending technology equipment; redesigning a library’s web presence; and overcoming self-centered design. Hosted by Macalester College. (14–15 Mar 18; St. Paul, MN)
2018 CLIC Reimagines UnConference—Attendees from CLIC institutions and other libraries convened to discuss aspects of David Lewis’ book Reimagining the Academic Library by organizing themselves into many variously themed, improvised, fluid discussions. Hosted by Concordia University. (1 Mar 18; St. Paul, MN)
Winter Faculty Development Day—This day focused on developing action plans for improving student success in the classroom. Attendees explored methods tailored to specific fields or disciplines, including previous classroom experiences, teaching styles, and ideas for developing innovative assignments and pedagogical approaches. Particular emphasis was given to collaborative problem solving, global engagement, curriculum maps, learning outcomes, and rubrics. Sponsored by the Hamline University Center for Teaching and Learning. (26 Jan 18; St. Paul, MN)
2017
Fall Faculty Development Day—This day focused on technology and instructional innovation. Attendees explored techniques tailored to specific fields or disciplines, including previous classroom experiences, teaching styles, and ideas for developing innovative assignments and pedagogical approaches. Special attention was given to online instruction. Sponsored by the Hamline University Center for Teaching and Learning. (30 Aug 17; St. Paul, MN)
Spring Faculty Development Day—This day focused on developing action plans for improving student success in the classroom. Attendees explored methods tailored to specific fields or disciplines, including previous classroom experiences, teaching styles, and ideas for developing innovative assignments and pedagogical approaches. Sponsored by the Hamline University Center for Teaching and Learning. (25 May 17; St. Paul, MN)
2017 Minitex Interlibrary Loan Conference—The 26th offering of this annual conference explored issues and trends in how libraries collaborate by sharing collections. Attended sessions on how librarians and library staff can use insights from Disney Institute best practices to understand how to enhance the experience of library patrons; future plans for OCLC resource sharing technology; ideas for creating a more seamless experience for library users by working towards smart fulfillment via a ¬unified user interface and account for all library services, including interlibrary loan; and what statistics are telling us about trends in patron behaviors and library usage during turbulent times. Sponsored by Minitex. (17 May 17; St. Paul, MN)
At the Helm – Leading Transformation: ACRL 2017 Conference—Attended sessions combining the language of the eye with the language of the mind to enhance understanding of complex data; building powerful partnerships across campus; significant changes in higher education and how they will influence the trends defining the future of academic libraries; the future of academic library value creation, demonstration, and communication; creating a 21st century teaching and learning environment; pressing trends, challenges, and technology for academic libraries; bolstering the library’s role through repository, publishing, and faculty research services; using altemetrics to transform collection development decisions; managing cooperative relationships; the future of academic libraries; navigating new directions for library liaisons; board game collections in academic libraries; and multiple poster and technology sessions. Sponsored by ACRL. (22-25 Mar 17; Baltimore, MD)
2017 Library Technology Conference—The conference provided an opportunity for library professionals to discuss changing technologies that are affecting how users interact with libraries and to see how libraries are using technology to create new and better ways to manage their resources. Attended sessions on supporting data use in undergraduate student research; library website redesign; overcoming barriers to effective use of digital texts; improving library staff communication, knowledge-sharing, and engagement with common platforms; creating impactful library tutorials; experiences of an emerging technologies librarian; and explore Google’s new Google App G Suite. Hosted by Macalester College. (15–16 Mar 17; St. Paul, MN)
Winter Faculty Development Day—This day focused on developing action plans for improving student success in the classroom. Attendees explored methods tailored to specific fields or disciplines, including previous classroom experiences, teaching styles, and ideas for developing innovative assignments and pedagogical approaches. Sponsored by the Hamline University Center for Teaching and Learning. (27 Jan 17; St. Paul, MN)
2016
Copyright: What Every Faculty Member Needs to Know -- Attendees learned how to make informed decisions about copyright and open-course materials in their classrooms and online course sites. Presenters provided guidelines and effective approaches to integrating library resources seamlessly into online course sites via the Stanford Intellectual Property Exchange (SIPX). Sponsored by the Hamline University Center for Teaching and Learning as session of Fall Faculty Development Day. (31 Aug 16; St. Paul, MN)
Spring Faculty Development Day -- This event was facilitated by Peter Doolittle, a nationally recognized educational psychologist, scholar of higher education teaching and learning, and a TED conference contributor. This day focused on using active and inclusive pedagogies to cultivate deep and flexible student learning, and included several interactive workshops. Sponsored by the Hamline University Center for Teaching and Learning. (26 May 16; St. Paul, MN)
2016 Minitex Interlibrary Loan Conference -- The 25th offering of this annual conference explored issues and trends in how libraries collaborate by sharing collections. Attended sessions on the Pew Research Center's latest findings about how people think about libraries and where they see libraries going; trends and technologies in the future of interlibrary loan; ebooks; digital preservation; and blending innovation, risk, and experimentation. Sponsored by Minitex. (10 May 16; St. Paul, MN)
2016 Library Technology Conference -- The conference provides an opportunity for library professionals to discuss the changing technologies that are affecting how users interact with libraries and to see how libraries are using technology to create new and better ways to manage their resources. Attended sessions on bias in search services, assessing ebook collections, flipped information literacy instruction, online experience quality assurance, top ten Google Apps tool tips, network privacy and confidentiality, educating library staff about library and campus technologies, design thinking for libraries, and building strong negotiating skills. Hosted by Macalester College. (16–17 Mar 16; St. Paul, MN)
2015
Sharing Library and IT Services at Your Institution -- This conference explored the topic of determining whether integrating library and IT services is the right choice for your institution. Attendees explored the complex design, implementation, and communication realities of converging these services. Hosted by Academic Impressions. (18–20 Nov 15; St. Louis, MO)
2015 LITA Annual Forum -- Attended sessions on digital governance within the organization; library cybersecurity; integrating open access resources into library collections; data designed for discovery; linked data and good intentions; recruiting, retaining, and developing library IT staff; assessing technology priorities in small academic libraries; girls and technology; building the library of the future; developing better discovery layers; achieving organizational buy-in for knowledge management; life outside the technology echo chamber, and multiple poster sessions. Hosted by LITA. (13–15 Nov 15; Minneapolis, MN)
2015 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference -- Attended sessions transforming an organization incrementally; preview of 2016 EDUCAUSE top ten IT issues and strategic technologies; e-texts; online learning excellence; results of 2015 campus computing survey; digital natives arrive at college; brilliant technologies changing our work; earning trust to get stuff done; 21st-century professional development; looking ahead to 2026: trends in technology and education; future of campus-based higher education; online pedagogy and design; technology at small colleges; the power of design as a change agent; and multiple poster sessions. Hosted by EDUCAUSE. (27–30 Oct 15; Indianapolis, IN)
Fall Faculty Development Day -- Attended sessions on using Google Hangouts and WebEX to conduct online meetings, support flipped instruction, and increase real-time interaction in online courses; creating a syllabus that enhances learning; using case studies for developing students’ critical thinking and problem solving abilities; and using information/data to create a visual representation of ways in which higher education can be most valuable to our students. Sponsored by the Hamline University Center for Teaching and Learning. (2 September 15; St. Paul, MN)
Hamline University Leadership Training Series:
Spring Faculty Development Day -- The day focused on flipping the classroom. Attended sessions on using technology to support learning outside of the classroom; activities to support learning inside the classroom; and structuring teaching assistant and apprentice teaching experiences. Sponsored by the Hamline University Center for Teaching and Learning. (28 May 15; St. Paul, MN)
Creating Sustainable Community: ACRL 2015 Conference -- Attended sessions on supporting multiculturalism in academic libraries; library study spaces in support of learning; co-locating student academic support services in the library to promote student success; reviewing ACRL’s framework for information literacy; new roles for academic librarians; the inspirational power of "gut churn" -- the sensation of taking risks; demand-driven acquisitions; embracing radical change in academic libraries; ACRL's framework for information literacy and its impact on student learning; exploring the student e-book experience; student feedback on library learning spaces; successful strategies for shaping print collections through weeding; Internet neutrality and open access; and multiple poster and technology sessions. Sponsored by ACRL. (25-29 Mar 15; Portland, OR)
2015 Library Technology Conference -- The conference provides an opportunity for library professionals to discuss the changing technologies that are affecting how users interact with libraries and to see how libraries are using technology to create new and better ways to manage their resources. Attended sessions on being a user entered library, blending the roles of instructional technologists and librarians, publisher and librarian viewpoints on ebooks, library analytics data collection, librarians in the second machine age, library discovery tools vs. Google, interpreting copyright law more liberally, and rethinking and revising library learning spaces. Hosted by Macalester College. (18–19 Mar 15; St. Paul, MN)
Active Learning Workshop -- Workshop focused incorporating active learning techniques into the classroom. Session was held in newly remodeled technology enhanced classroom. Attendees learned how to use some of this new technology as well as which teaching delivery strategies and learning styles best complement this type of space. Sponsored by the Hamline University Center for Teaching and Learning. (5 Feb 15; St. Paul, MN)
Winter Faculty Development Day -- The day focused on leveraging the Hamline undergraduate curriculum. Attended sessions on activities, assignments, and assessment for supporting student reflection; sorting learning outcomes by building categories and themes; and using student work to inform teaching. Sponsored by the Hamline University Center for Teaching and Learning. (30 Jan 15; St. Paul, MN)
2014
Make Your Marketing More Effective -- Focusing on academic libraries, this workshop reviewed what true marketing is, including tools, strategies, and steps in the process. Attendees participated in a 5-step exercise to develop marketing plans for their own libraries. There were three areas of concentration: segmenting customers into target markets and crafting specific messages to reach them most effectively, merchandising to upgrade space and increase circulation, and getting attention on Facebook. Sponsored by CLIC. (30 Oct 14; St. Paul, MN)
Copyright and Fair Use: What Do faculty Need to Know? -- This workshop reviewed the basics of copyright with a practical focus on understanding how faculty can share copyright protected materials in both physical and online courses. Emphasized an understanding Fair Use, and how non-profit educators can find a balance between promoting arts and sciences and respecting the scholarly community. Attendees were given practical tools and discussed real life scenarios. Sponsored by the Hamline University Center for Teaching and Learning and Hamline Libraries. (16 Oct 14; St. Paul, MN)
Fall Faculty Development Day -- Attended sessions on introduction to Digital Commons, Hamline’s open access institutional repository; principles, practice, and spaces for active learning; using rubrics for grading and assessment; and Hamline libraries vision. Sponsored by the Hamline University Center for Teaching and Learning. (27 Aug 14; St. Paul, MN)
2013
2013 NITLE Summit -- Represented W&L at this annual meeting where a small group of senior leaders from NITLE Network campuses, non-profit organizations, business, government, and foundations worked together to identify emerging trends in higher education with potential for inter-institutional collaboration. This year's Summit was organized around the theme of Strategic Collaborations: Shaping the Future of Liberal Education. The framework for this year's discussion was a report--based on a survey of the NITLE Network community--on the perspectives and priorities held by liberal arts campus leaders and practitioners on emerging trends in higher education. In examining these perspectives and priorities, participants focused on the intersection of emerging trends, strategic decision-making, and inter-institutional collaboration, and wrestled with the nuances of specific strategies for advancing liberal education. Sponsored by NITLE. (15 Apr 13; Atlanta, GA)
Imagine, Innovate, Inspire: ACRL 2013 Conference -- Attended sessions on using a photo study to reveal how students use library spaces; seating sweeps: an innovative research method to learn about how our patrons use the library; the location-less library: examining the value of the library building; taming the beast: dealing with a multiplicity of e-books; to e- or not to e-: understanding the student perspective in the move to e-textbooks; using environmental scanning for evidence-based planning; the ERIAL project: findings, ideas and tools to advance your library; becoming catalysts in exceptional research and learning: the intersections of information literacy and scholarly communication; informational tour of IUPUI campus library study space renovations; reviewing results of 2012 ITHAKA S+R faculty survey; the art of problem discovery; taking user-centered design farther: student participation in library design from concept to blueprint; the flipped classroom in the library: integrating formal and informal learning spaces; and multiple poster and technology sessions. Sponsored by ACRL. (10-13 Apr 2013; Indianapolis, IN)
2012
Washington and Lee Winter Academy -- Attended sessions on flipping the classroom version 1.1, finding funding, using cloud technology for collaboration, the W&L performance development plan (PDP), developing learning spaces, undergraduate faculty promotion and tenure, and future trends for liberal arts colleges. Sponsored W&L (10-13 Dec 2012; Lexington, VA)
2012 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on IT as a core academic experience; library and IT partnerships; the Kuali OLE: deep library collaboration and the release of a community-sourced library management system; digital scholarship at liberal arts colleges; beyond e-books: right-sized mobile content for learning anywhere; the Digital Preservation Network; disruptive innovation: current trends and future directions; blueprint for change in an era of rapid reinvention; the self-aware leader; grow leaders in your own organization; Frye Leadership Institute reunion; Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) update; moving your library to the cloud; top ten IT issues in higher education; JSTOR's big data challenge: mining log files to improve services to users; discovery in a digital world; and multiple poster sessions. Hosted by EDUCAUSE. (6-9 Nov 2012; Denver, CO)
Oberlin Group Library Directors Annual Meeting -- Represented W&L and attended sessions of interest to Oberlin Group library directors. Hosted by Vassar and Bard Colleges. (18-20 Oct 2012; Poughkeepsie, NY)
Organizational Development Coaching -- Received six 2-hour professional coaching sessions tailored to the organizational developments needs of W&L university library employees from Ken Redick, Professional Certified Coach. Sessions spanned from September through November, 2012.
Washington and Lee Fall Academy 2012 -- Attended sessions on flipping the classroom version 1.0, research in the writing program, registrar refresher, introduction to W&L classroom technology systems, and new faculty advisor training. Sponsored by W&L. (20-31 Aug 2012; Lexington, VA)
2012 VICULA Spring Meeting -- Represented W&L at 2012 VICULA spring meeting. Sponsored by VICULA and hosted by Randolph College. (1 June 2012; Lynchburg, VA)
Washington and Lee Manager and Training Development Series:
Copyright and Faculty Rights Webinar: Faculty Use of Copyright/Faculty Ownership of Copyright (2 parts) -- Attendees were introduced to the challenges and solutions of applying copyright law in classrooms, research, and scholarly publications. Sponsored by the W&L University Library, Law Library, the Williams School, and Office of the Provost. (2, 9 Mar 2012; Lexington, VA)
Copyright and Fair Use Webinar: Best Practice in Higher Education -- This webinar focused particularly on library and electronic reserves and educational media. Sponsored by W&L University Counsel. (23 Feb 2012; Lexington, VA)
AMA Manager Webinar: Difficult Performance Reviews: How to Turn Painful Conversations into Positive Results -- Attendees were introduced to tips and tactics for: preparing your employee for the conversation; overcoming review challenges related to poor performance; identifying nonverbal clues that can reveal hidden thoughts; delivering corrective feedback that inspires, motivates, and gets results; creating verbal and written records to protect your organization from legal liability; and directing the conversation so that your employee leaves with a sense of fairness and commitment. Sponsored by W&L. (24 Jan 2012; Lexington, VA)
Tips and Tricks for the iPad: A session for NEW iPad Users -- Attendees were shown 20 basic tips and tricks for using the Apple iPad efficiently and effectively. Sponsored by W&L Academic Computing. (13 Jan 2012; Lexington, VA)
Washington and Lee Staff Development Week 2012: How to Have Difficulty Conversations -- Workshop designed to avoid the pattern of dread and have productive difficult conversations with more successful outcomes. Sponsored by W&L. (5 Jan 2012; Lexington, VA)
2011
Washington and Lee Winter Academy 2011 -- Attended sessions on basic and intermediate Sakai functionality, Microsoft OneNote, technology available for loan from the library, presentation poster production, iPad basics, undergraduate faculty promotion and tenure, and iMovie. Sponsored by W&L. (12–15 Dec 2011; Lexington, VA)
2011 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on how winning ideas spread; Kuali Open Library Environment (OLE); integrating online gaming in information literacy instruction; using the cloud to archive and preserve the digital scholarly record: experiences from the DuraCloud Pilot; e-books, mobile technologies, and seamless service integration: three emerging models of mobile device access to academic library resources; iPad implications for higher education; access to data tomorrow means good data management today; innovation as an imperative; privacy in an era of social media; leading the changing workplace; we'll never have that much money again, so what can we do about it?; as learning goes mobile; forging strategic library/IT alliances in times of change; library and IT partnerships; cloud computing and mobility; changing the central IT business model; IT from both sides of the executive table; and multiple poster sessions. Hosted by EDUCAUSE. (18-21 Oct 11; Philadelphia, PA)
2011 Oberlin Group Library Directors Annual Meeting -- Represented W&L and attended sessions of interest to Oberlin Group library directors. Hosted by Agnes Scott, Morehouse, and Spelman Colleges. (6-8 Oct 2011; Atlanta, GA)
Washington and Lee Fall Academy -- Attended sessions on flipping the classroom, benefits of library research for in the writing program, registrar refresher for first-year student faculty advisors, introduction to W&L classroom technology, and training for new first-year student faculty advisors. Sponsored by W&L. (20–24 & 27-31 Aug 2011; Lexington, VA)
A Declaration of Independence: ACRL 2011 National Conference -- Attended sessions on the insanity of ROI and a need for new qualitative measurements of academic library success; towards demonstrating value--measuring the contributions of library collections to university research and teaching goals; new metrics of engagement of academic libraries; supporting the research needs of campus executive officers; the budgetary importance of building relationships; 13 issues of next-generation librarians; automating a digital special collections workflow through iterative development; issues in academic library leadership development, the value of academic libraries--a comprehensive review and report; millennial librarians; assessment and accreditation; building relationships between the library and information technology units; a creative design process for library space planning; Do faculty know why students seek librarian assistance?; librarian 2.0; why small academic libraries should bother with scholarly communication initiatives; transforming library spaces into new learning environments; the rights of readers and the threat of the Kindle; strategies for demonstrating the library's impact in a new world of assessment; the state of academic libraries in 2011; print vs. electronic resources--collection development with limited resources; user attitudes toward e-books; rethinking the copyright wars and the role of the academic library; humanizing and digitizing must both be advanced; Are born-digital materials in special collections really special?; and various poster sessions. Sponsored by ACRL. (30 Mar 2-Apr 2011; Philadelphia, PA)
Solving the Puzzle: 2011 HELIN Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on the information professional in the 21st century; digital innovations in the Harvard University Library Lab; and the Internet's potential to build connection and collaboration across barriers of language, nationality, and culture. Sponsored by HELIN and hosted by Bryant University. (13 Jan 2011; Smithfield, RI)
2010
MECC Distance Learning Coordinating Committee (DLCC), Defense Academic Information Technology Consortium (DAITC), and Educational Technology Working Group (ETWG) Combined ConferenceMembers of these three groups convened to discuss topics of common interest. Attended sessions on educational technology vision(s); strengths and weakness of various learning management systems (LMS); emerging e-reader devices (including Apple iPads); social media; Google Apps in academia and government; Apple computer products in the Department of Defense; and military security issues for Apple computer products. Hosted by US Naval War College. (14-16 Sept 2010; Newport, RI)
MECC Library Working Group Planning Meeting -- The Military Education Coordination Council (MECC) is an advisory body to the Director, Joint Staff, on education issues. The purpose of the MECC is to address key educational issues of interest to the joint military education community, to promote cooperation and collaboration among the MECC member institutions, and to coordinate joint military education initiatives. Represented NWC at these planning sessions of military academic and research library directors. Hosted by National Defense University (NDU). (22-23 July 2010; Washington, DC)
2010 ALA Midwinter Conference -- Attended various discussion group meetings on library technology and new, emerging information technologies. Also examined many library technology vendors' exhibits and explored new library technological tools. Sponsored by ALA. (14-18 Jan 2010; Boston, MA)
Measuring Success Through Collaboration: 2010 HELIN Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on how digital media design; web information infrastructure design; and the demise of privacy in a digital world. Sponsored by HELIN and hosted by Bryant University. (13 Jan 2010; Smithfield, RI)
2009
Toward New Horizons: 2009 Military Libraries Workshop -- Attended sessions on Navy/Marine Corps libraries; service report for Air Force libraries; new generations of discovery, interfaces, and automation systems for library technology; planning to make military libraries more "green"; service report for Navy libraries; the potential for virtual worlds (such as Second Life) for use in military libraries; service report for Army libraries; technology security challenges (and opportunities); service report for Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC); creative library outreach; transitions from library 2.0 to library 3.0; service report from the Federal Libraries and Information Center Committee (FLICC); service report from Marine Corps libraries; improving workplace communication; the future of information communication "tribes"; building perceived value of military libraries; and using social networking to market military libraries. Sponsored by the Military Libraries Division (MLD) of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). (7-10 Dec 2009; Nashville, TN)
Group of 17 -- Represented Wheaton at New England/Mid-Atlantic Liberal Arts College library directors annual meeting. Hosted by Smith College. (28-29 May 2009; Northampton, MA)
CLIR CIOs -- Represented Wheaton at CLIR Chief Information Officers spring 2009 planning meeting. Sponsored by CLIR. (31 March 2009; Philadelphia, PA)
2009 NITLE Summit -- Conference was designed for liberal arts college leaders to engage in high-level, peer-to-peer sharing with colleagues from other participating colleges, sharing information about the strategic responses and successful tactical approaches they have pursued and are pursuing to strengthen their learning missions with digital technology. Attended sessions on social software and the liberal arts college; distinguishing "core" from "context" in providing information services at liberal arts colleges; envisioning and planning trans-institutional work in the age of the Internet "cloud"; campus planning for software-as-a-service (SAAS), managed services, and other aspects of moving enterprise infrastructure towards cloud computing; managing digital resources in times of fiscal austerity; and multiple poster sessions. Sponsored by NITLE. (29-30 March 2009; Philadelphia, PA)
Pushing the Edge--Explore, Engage, Extend: ACRL Fourteenth National Conference -- Attended sessions on moral courage: ethics; 2009 ACRL trends for academic libraries; the liberal arts scholarly repository; Twitter for libraries: best practices and advanced uses of micro-blogs; digital libraries need digital organizations: identifying, defining and creating new academic library management structures; designing effective communication strategies for information organizations; where have all the librarians gone?...the academic library workforce of today and tomorrow; planning where you want to be in your career; the university president in challenging economic times; the right tool for the job: picking the best method for information literacy assessment; editing monologues, interviews and recorded events to create compelling narrative; and multiple poster and technology sessions. Sponsored by ACRL. (12-15 Mar 2009; Seattle, WA)
Creative Intersections, Wise Collaborations, and Sustainable Technology: 2009 NERCOMP Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on EDUCAUSE Current Issues Survey...Where do we go from here?; open-source administration; cloud computing: possibilities and practice; developing institutional analytics that draw data from the college's operations dashboard and industry databases; controlling expectations and setting priorities; how challenges in higher education IT form a crossroads of opportunity; bridging the gap: creating communication conduits between faculty and IT; today's clash of cultures on campuses and the role IT needs to play; organization and politics in higher education: success strategies for IT professionals; Moodle: collaborative development across the region or country; online course evaluation: if you build It, some will come; and multiple poster sessions. Sponsored by NERCOMP. (9-11 Mar 2009; Providence, RI)
Managing Time, Priorities, and Ourselves -- (2009 NERCOMP preconference) This seminar explored how, as IT professionals, the same technologies we promote can challenge our ability to "get things done." Being plugged-in means we are accessible at the office and at home, blurring our boundaries; the flow of information is relentless, and with multiple communication channels, requests find us no matter what we are doing, all of which creates a fast-paced, reactive, interrupt-driven rhythm in our lives. Attendees learned about strategies and tools to help us manage ourselves, be productive, and enjoy our accomplishments. This session also included a broad overview of managing priorities, identifying barriers to effectiveness, and handling stress. Sponsored by NERCOMP. (9 Mar 2009; Providence, RI)
Building a Blueprint: Net Gen Students, Web 2.0, and the Future of Learning -- (2009 NERCOMP preconference) This seminar considered how today's students, shaped by a lifetime of technological innovation, are increasingly different from the faculty who will teach them. The seminar examined how we could leverage today's technologies--from wikis and blogs to social networks and cyber infrastructure--to better serve their needs. Attendees explored the use of both the student voice and our own knowledge of learning and learning technologies to construct a blueprint of what the future might look like. Sponsored by NERCOMP. (9 Mar 2009; Providence, RI)
Remembering the Past...Embracing the Future: 2009 HELIN Annual Conference -- Celebrating 25 years of HELIN library cooperation. Attended sessions on the future in integrated library systems; Pew Internet & American Life Project; and libraries in an age of abundance. Sponsored by HELIN and hosted by Bryant University. (14 Jan 2009; Smithfield, RI)
2008
Interaction, Ideas, Inspiration: 2008 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on the unique human brain: clues from neurology; leading the IT workforce in higher education; PGP whole disk encryption implementation; library/IT partnerships; top-ten "gotchas" for the new CIO; the 2008 Campus Computing Survey; IT metrics; Will the last one to leave turn out the lights?: Does IT really matter?; IT matters, but information resources matter more; the facts of life in the high-tech age; beyond the prototype: scaling a grassroots tablet PC pilot for large-scale campus integration; change leadership; Is IT really strategic for higher education?; the annual Gartner/EDUCAUSE update; process and politics: IT governance in higher education; and various poster sessions. Sponsored by EDUCAUSE. (29-31 Oct 2008; Orlando, FL)
Oberlin Group/CLAC Meeting -- This half-day meeting constituted the first ever joint meeting of representatives of both the Oberlin Group and CLAC organizations. Discussion focused on the whys and wherefores of collaboration with the information services areas of liberal arts colleges. Its goal was to develop "a written outcome of specific projects that the Oberlin Group and CLAC want to work on together." (27 Oct 2008; Orlando, FL)
MISO Symposium 2008 -- Evaluation and discussion of current longitudinal results of the Measuring Information Services Outcomes (MISO) survey conducted under the auspices of the CLIR CIOs. Sponsored by the CLIR CIOs and EDUCAUSE. (27 Oct 2008; Orlando, FL)
2008 CLAC Annual Conference -- Represented Wheaton and attended sessions on giving thanks to 20 years of Bill Gates: and what the future of IT will be without him; adventures with content management systems (CMS's); today's IT leadership: it's about the people & the organization; using a Wiki as a project management tool; ECAR study on cyber infrastructure; strategic planning for learning spaces; and smart study spaces: a food fit for small residential colleges. Sponsored by CLAC and hosted by Union College. (17-19 June 2008; Schenectady, NY)
CLIR CIOs -- Represented Wheaton at CLIR Chief Information Officers spring 2008 planning meeting. You can read more about this initiative. Sponsored by CLIR. (12 May & 14 Nov 2008; Washington, DC)
2008 NITLE Summit -- Conference was designed to assist liberal arts college leaders in making strategic decisions about campus planning in the context of the challenges and opportunities that accompany technological change. Attended sessions on Furman University's Center for Teaching and Engaged Learning; technology forecasting with the NITLE Technology Futures Market; podcasting for the liberal arts campus; the crisis of significance and the future of education; planning for the millennial generation; the value of NITLE inter-institutional collaboration; and multiple poster sessions. Sponsored by NITLE. (4-6 Apr 2008; San Francisco, CA)
Education and Technology in Service of the Networked Society: 2008 NERCOMP Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on multiplatform computing in labs and classrooms: an analysis; from their viewpoint: college presidents; effectively communicating change: stop spamming your campus; developing and assessing a collaborative, computer-centric learning space; digital content for teaching and learning: an ITS/library collaborative at Yale University; tracking our progress, planning our future; agile project management; what NERCOMP innovators can learn from hollywood; rethinking computer labs: transformation or obsolescence?; supporting digital humanities research: the collaborative approach; using wikis for collaborative group work; and multiple poster sessions. Sponsored by NERCOMP. (10-12 Mar 2008; Providence, RI)
The Future of the Library -- (2008 NERCOMP preconference) This session reviewed the fluid landscape of the changing world of libraries, IT, and higher education, and drew on the presenters' experience of leading a merged information service organization. Topics included defining a new learning/teaching professional, reallocating staff, defining priorities, staffing institutional repositories, finding skilled cross-functional leaders, supporting data-rich scholarship, defining critical literacies for the new millennium, inserting library and technology staff into the curriculum in radical new ways, supporting community learning and learning outside of courses, matrix management organizations, cross-breeding research and social software, and thinking beyond the course management system. Sponsored by NERCOMP. (10 Mar 2008; Providence, RI)
Libraries Above the Fold: 2008 HELIN Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on “Library Future: Ripped from Tomorrow’s Headlines”; world digital libraries; and “The Web that Wasn’t.” Sponsored by HELIN and hosted by Bryant University. (8 Jan 2008; Smithfield, RI)
2007
Information Futures - Aligning our Missions: 2007 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on individual qualities that make a leader great; visualizing the institutional value of information services; improving IT governance through formal change management; library/IT partnerships; the 2007 Campus Computing Survey; important lessons learned in a 40-year career in higher education management, leadership, and technology; effective pedagogical strategies for social bookmarking; the role of information technology in an age of access, affordability, and accountability; IT leadership and the role of the CIO; change leadership; higher education and web 2.0; evolving technologies and how to use them to reach their full potential; best practices for policy development; EDUCAUSE Core Data Service 2006 results; ten information security trends; and various poster sessions. Sponsored by EDUCAUSE. (22-26 Oct 2007; Seattle, WA)
The End of the LMS? Web 2.0: Preparing for a New Focus in E-Learning -- (2007 EDUCAUSE preconference) This half-day seminar provided a systematic means to evaluate Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs, wikis, newsfeeds, and friend-of-a-friend (FOAF) profiles to support their judicious adoption in higher education. The seminar offered strategies for quickly identifying key issues and clarifying ideas about an appropriate educational role for such technologies and how they might be suitably incorporated in institutional systems. (22 Oct 2007; Seattle, WA)
Learning Technology in the Future: Connecting Today's Innovations to Institutional Priorities and Challenges -- (2007 EDUCAUSE preconference) This half-day seminar reviewed how the growth and evolution of learning technologies challenges institutions to keep pace with emerging pedagogies and learning environments while making them relevant to their core missions, goals, and challenges. The EDUCAUSE "grand challenges" initiative served as the session's backdrop for exploring some of higher education's access, retention, affordability, and accountability issues. (22 Oct 2007; Seattle, WA)
Oberlin Group Library Directors Annual Meeting -- Represented Wheaton and attended sessions of interest to Oberlin Group library directors. Hosted by Carleton, Gustavus Adolphus, Macalester, and St. Olaf Colleges, and College of St. Benedict/St. John's University. (14-16 Oct 2007; Northfield, MN)
2007 Seminars on Academic Computing (SAC) -- Attended Directors Leadership Seminar track, including sessions on Knowledge, Freedom, and the Purposes of Learning; the Disruptive Nature of Technology; the Role of Play and Preparing for a Changing Student Population; Privacy and Security in Higher Education: Filling the Policy Vacuum; the Confidentiality-Collaboration Conundrum; Building Capacity for Successful IT/Library Collaboration; Leading in the "Converged" Library/IT Organization; and the Institutional Challenges of Cyberinfrastructure and E-Research. Sponsored by EDUCAUSE. (4-9 Aug 2007; Snowmass, CO)
2007 CLAC Annual Conference -- Represented Wheaton and attended sessions on What Should We Do about Internet "Cruft"?; Strategies to Counter the RIAA's "Spring Offensive"; Responding to the EDUCAUSE Grand Challenges Initiative; Identity Management; A Behind the Scenes Look at Second Life; Outsourcing IT Services; and Preparing Your Network for Mixed Media and VOIP. Sponsored by CLAC and hosted by Reed College. (12-14 June 2007; Portland, OR)
Uncommon Commons -- The terms "information commons" and "learning commons" are being used to describe a wave of integrated service environments cropping up in libraries. These collaborative learning spaces are a place where information seekers have ready access to services and resources. This workshop showcased examples of creative use of existing space, staff, and resources in the implementation of a “commons” environment. Models of smaller, informal, inexpensive common spaces in libraries and other information service environments were also highlighted. Sponsored by NERCOMP. (5 June 2007; Norwood, MA)
Group of 17 -- Represented Wheaton at New England/Mid-Atlantic Liberal Arts College library directors annual meeting. Hosted by Middlebury College. (24-25 May 2007; Middlebury, VT)
CLIR CIOs -- Represented Wheaton at CLIR Chief Information Officers spring and fall 2007 planning meeting. You can read more about this initiative. Sponsored by CLIR. (14 May & 30 Nov 2007; Washington, DC)
Creating Value Through Collaboration: 2007 NITLE Liaisons Summit Meeting -- Represented Wheaton at this gathering of liaisons for NITLE member institutions. Liaisons shareed successes and challenges, and explore new ways of collaborating within and across institutions. The new NITLE organizational structure was discussed. Sponsored and hosted by NITLE. (4-6 May 07; St. Paul, MN)
2007 CNI Spring Task Force Meeting -- Represented Wheaton and all NITLE institutions. Attended sessions on digital technology in the humanities; student-centered space design; libraries' role in collaboration; what faculty think of the changing environment; technology and change in academic libraries; and a strategy for academic libraries in the first quarter of the 21st century. Sponsored by CNI. (16-17 Apr 2007; Phoenix, AZ)
Sailing into the Future - Charting Our Destiny: ACRL Thirteenth Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on how students learn, faculty teach, and new technologies are developed and applied; the reference question: where has reference been? where is reference going?; collaborating to assess information literacy; creativity and film; e-book evolution; injecting instructional design and technology skills into academic library jobs; top ten assumptions for the future of academic libraries; the state-of-the-art library; developing and assessing information literacy in the Arab world; inside the academic administrator's mind: what they really think about library value and support; technology and change in academic libraries; strategies for redesigning the website to reflect library transformation, higher education and national public policy; and various poster sessions. Sponsored by ACRL. (29 Mar-1 Apr 2007; Baltimore, MD)
Connections, Collaborations, and Community: 2007 NERCOMP Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on communication, collaboration, and transformation: building organic connections between the library and IT divisions at Bowdoin College; innovation: a 21st-century imperative; Integrating IT and library for a learning commons; understanding the business and financial side of IT; e-outcomes assessment project: technology linking assessment and learning; how will technology shape our future?; developing a shared vision for academic technology on your campus; universal access to human knowledge (or public access to digital materials); the Facebook phenomenon: what our students need to know; exploring the computational universe; balanced assessment: where are we? where are we going?; integration and support of tablet PCs into collaborative teaching environments; and multiple poster sessions. Sponsored by NERCOMP. (19-21 Mar 2007; Worcester, MA)
Applying Principles to Initiate and Advance Learning Spaces -- (2007 NERCOMP preconference) Efforts to bring together space, technology, and pedagogy for learner success have sufficiently matured to reveal a set of principles for engaging in the process. Through presentations, activities, and discussion, participants explored how to apply these principles and determine a methodology for initiating, assessing, and advancing learning space design appropriate for their institutional context. Sponsored by NERCOMP. (19 Mar 2007; Worcester, MA)
Project Portfolios: Managing Executive Attention and Decision-Making -- (2007 NERCOMP preconference) As IT makes up a growing percentage of campus budgets, technology leaders are under increasing pressure to contain costs, align IT projects with institutional mission, and develop strategic management methods for oversight. This seminar provided a brief review of best practices in project management, including project portfolio management at the institutional level. It focused on methods to engage executives, define decision processes, and develop good practices for the selection and sponsorship of projects. The format of this seminar was designed to review a range of concepts and seek practical application. Sponsored by NERCOMP. (19 Mar 2007; Worcester, MA)
Forum on New Modes of Information Delivery in Higher Education -- Invited to offer feedback to representatives from three professional organizations surrounding the tension between existing and emerging technologies and how they will affect the relationship between academic institutions and providers of course materials. Hosted by EDUCAUSE, ACRL, and NACS. (5-6 Mar 2007; Denver, CO)
2007 III Academic Library Directors Symposium -- Served as co-panelist and presented on topic of Using the III System at Small Colleges to Leverage Successful Connections with "Millennial" Students. The overall theme of the symposium was "Architecting the Future". Sponsored by Innovative Interfaces, Inc. (13-14 Mar 2007; Berkeley, CA)
Transformation of the College Library Workshops -- Invited to present on the topic of collaboration between librarians and information technologists. Emphasisized how such collaboration is critically important to information literacy programs and offered examples for securing this collaboration, including merged organizations that administer library and technology services as a single administrative unit. This series of workshops was designed to strengthen the contribution of libraries to teaching and learning. The workshops focused on dramatic changes now occurring in college libraries and were intended to help small and mid-sized colleges and universities deal successfully with those changes. Co-sponsored by CIC and NITLE. (1-3 Feb 2007; Savannah, GA and 1-3 Mar 2007; Portland, OR)
Project Management for Technology in Higher Education -- This day-long workshop emphasized the components of a successful project: project charters, work breakdown structures, creation of project schedules, critical paths, role delineation, decision management structures, conflict resolution and communication. It also focused on forming the right teams around people with complementary skills and perspectives, as well as managing up, across and down in a matrix organization, and development of project portfolios for executive support. The workshop was designed to be participative and engaging around what works (and what doesn't work) in higher education. Sponsored by NERCOMP. (19 Jan 2007; Southbridge, MA)
Libraries and the Net Generation: 2007 HELIN Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on how today's trends will affect tomorrow's libraries; Net Gen students, learning, and libraries; and liberal education and America's promise. Sponsored by HELIN and hosted by Bryant University. (11 Jan 2007; Smithfield, RI)
2006
The Benefits and Challenges of Self-Regulation: 2006 NEASC Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on using mixed methods of research to enhance assessment; using assessment data to improve student retention; the costs of education at New England's private liberal arts colleges: can institutions afford it?; assessment as viewed by a classicist/foundation president; and public disclosure and assuring the public trust. Sponsored by NEASC. (6-8 Dec 2006; Boston, MA)
2006 Oberlin Group Library Directors Annual Meeting -- Represented Wheaton and attended sessions of interest to Oberlin Group library directors. Hosted by Bates, Bowdoin, and Colby Colleges. (15-17 Oct 2006; New Brunswick, MA)
Spurring Innovation and Marshalling Resources: 2006 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on uncovering the science in computer science: challenges for the 21st century; IT/library partnerships; policy and process for security of institutional data; library/IT partnership constituent group; career development for IT professionals; the EDUCAUSE "Grand Challenges" Initiative; two questions that promote in-depth course assessment; the acceleration of technology in the 21st century: the impact on education and society; 2006 annual Gartner-EDUCAUSE update: the new imperative for IT-strategy, assessment, and institutional change; change leadership constituent group; student persistence: using the CMS as an early warning and intervention system; pioneering new territory and technologies; Penntags: creating and using social bookmarking in a university library; how faculty like to learn (and what should be done about It); the tower of Google; and various poster sessions. Sponsored by EDUCAUSE. (9-12 Oct 2006; Dallas, TX)
Do It Yourself Metrics: Developing Practical Metrics -- (2006 EDUCAUSE preconference) Attended this day-long seminar addressing the benefits, challenges, dangers, and fears associated with metrics. Participants will work through the metrics identification, development, and implementation process. This seminar was designed to help participants build metrics from the root question and was intended for those responsible for the collection, creation, reporting, and utilization of data, measures, information, and metrics. (9 Oct 2006; Dallas, TX)
2006 CLAC Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on the modern "Cybrary"; outsourcing IT services; disaster planning; chasing the 24 x 7 challenge...on a budget; building IT teamwork; who stole my life? the challenge of being an executive CIO in times of change; facing change together: collaboration at the core; and IT: unstoppable forces and immovable objects. Sponsored by CLAC and hosted by Hamilton College. (13-15 June 2006; Clinton, NY)
NERCOMP Presents: ECAR Academy -- This two-day workshop was developed jointly by NERCOMP and ECAR and designed for persons holding positions as Assistant or Associate Director of IT, Director of Libraries, and Director of Research who are interested in exploring applications of research in everyday operations and how to exploit that knowledge to make or influence strategic decisions. Participants examined pressing issues facing higher education/IT today from a data-driven point of view--and learned how to interpret and use information strategically to inform leadership decisions and processes. Sponsored by NERCOMP and ECAR. (16-17 May 06; Dedham, MA)
CLIR CIOs -- Represented Wheaton at CLIR Chief Information Officers spring 2006 meeting. You can read more about this initiative. Sponsored by CLIR and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. (15 May 2006; Washington, DC)
Group of 17 -- Represented Wheaton at New England/Mid-Atlantic Liberal Arts College library directors annual meeting. Hosted by Bates College. (7-8 May 2006; Lewiston, ME)
NITLE Eastern Liaisons Meeting -- Represented Wheaton at this organizational and informational event. The new NITLE organizational structure was created, in part, by member institutions' Presidents appointing liaisons for each campus. Held in conjunciton with a NITLE Eastern Advisory Council meeting. The formal portion . Hosted by NITLE. (5 May 2006; Windsor Locks, CT)
College Presidents' and Provosts' Strategic Planning Seminar -- Attended this half-day workshop held in conjunction with The Conference at Kenyon: Integrating Library and Computing Services. Sponsored by CLIR and CIC, and hosted by Kenyon College. (16 March 2006; Gambier, OH)
The Conference at Kenyon: Integrating Library and Computing Services -- Represented Wheaton at this conference, which was based on the premise that "merged information services organizations create the best environment for fostering breakthrough scholarly activity. Producing breakthrough performance in a rapidly changing environment requires new ways of working. In addressing the evolution of teaching, learning, and research, merged information services organizations have a unique opportunity to engage faculty, staff, and students. These constituents do not distinguish between information content and knowledge tools or technology. Merging organizations, therefore, "lowers the thresholds" for meeting constituent needs and ensuring their success, enabling breakthrough performances. Attended sessions on presidents' perspectives on library/IT services; faculty perspectives on library/IT services; every merger is unique: leadership makes the difference; how students learn; information services professional staff perspectives; and what have we learned? Sponsored by CLIR and CIC, and hosted by Kenyon College. (14-16 March 2006; Gambier, OH)
2005
Copyright and Scholarly Communication in the Digital Age -- This day-long workshop covered some of the challenges now being faced by digital distribution of copyrighted content, what is required to take advantage of the safe harbors available under the DMCA, how the TEACH Act has changed and benefited the academic community, and what the library and faculty support communities encounter with regard to copyright and licensing. This workshop also included a practical introduction to scholarly communication trends, controversies, and resources. Sponsored by NERCOMP and hosted by College of the Holy Cross . (6 Dec 2005; Worcester, MA)
Transforming the Academy--Dreams and Reality: EDUCAUSE 2005 Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on designs for learning to meet 21st century expectations; higher education and the knowledge economy; library/IT partnerships; strategic planning; technological dynamic stability in higher education; IT leadership development; change leadership; IT security incidence response planning; creating a change management system from scratch; building an online learning community for "blended" librarians; Sakai; what's ethically right and wrong in cyberspace; and various poster sessions. Sponsored by EDUCAUSE. (18-21 Oct 2005; Orlando, FL)
Developing a Culture of Assessment in Information Technology Services -- (2005 EDUCAUSE preconference) This half-day seminar addressed topics of what a culture of assessment is, how it influences goals and work environments, how it leads to a new method of thinking and supporting services, and what you can do to get started with this methodology. (18 Oct 2005; Orlando, FL)
Knowledge Management and Leadership: Do We Know What We Know? -- (2005 EDUCAUSE preconference) This half-day seminar addressed questions such as: Are there better ways to organize people to more effectively share knowledge? Are there better ways to organize knowledge and information for easier retrieval and sharing? How can people better find the information they're looking for? How can computers better find and use information with little human assistance? (18 Oct 2005; Orlando, FL)
2005 Oberlin Group Library Directors Annual Meeting -- Represented Wheaton and attended sessions of interest to Oberlin Group library directors. Hosted by Augustana, Beloit, Lake Forest, Grinnell, and Knox Colleges. (25-27 Sept 2005; Lake Bluff, IL)
2005 Seminars on Academic Computing (SAC) -- Attended Directors Leadership Seminar track, the core program at SAC. Topics focused on multiple levels of leadership and decision making at institutions of higher education including directors and managers of computing, information, and communication services; executives; provosts; librarians; and faculty. Attended sessions on Open Courseware and the emerging global meta university, transforming the IT organization, creating and sustaining technical innovation, principles of distributed representation, and IT management succession planning. Sponsored by EDUCAUSE. (August 8-10 August 2005; Snowmass, CO)
Currents and Convergence - Navigating the Rivers of Change: ACRL Twelfth National Conference -- Attended sessions on the impact of new communication and information technologies on libraries' physical existence as place; "better thinking" in dynamic information organizations, motivating employees in academic libraries in tough times; views of presidents and provosts of the library's centrality to the academic enterprise; strategic directions for colleges and universities, expectations of millennial students for their library experience; students' use ofelectronic information technologies; Googlelization, visualization, metasearch, mapping, and other distruptive technologies and their implications of revolutionary change for library user education and information literacy; redefining cataloging standards for the 21st century; fundraising for library buildings; ETS's National Information and Communication (ICT) assessment initiatives; Google's GoogleScholar and GooglePrint initiatives; research results on preparing students for diverse communities; and various poster sessions. Sponsored by ACRL. (7-10 Apr 2005; Minneapolis, MN)
Group of 17 -- Represented Wheaton at New England/Mid-Atlantic Liberal Arts College library directors annual meeting. Hosted by Vassar College (2-3 May 2005; Poughkeepsie, NY)
2005 CNI Spring Task Force Meeting -- Represented Wheaton and NITLE/MANE institutions. Attended sessions on research libraries and the Google digitization project; net generation students and libraries; the Fedora Project and small colleges; an OCLC system-wide view of library collections; Shibboleth and InCommon as tools for supporting resource sharing; digital archival repository projects at the California Digital Library; and collaboration in a 3D virtual learning environment. Sponsored by read more about this initiative. Sponsored by CLIR and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Hosted by Kenyon College. (9-11 Mar 2005; Gambier, OH)
2005 HELIN Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on Maine's statewide library system, marketing academic libraries, enhancing bibliographic records in library catalogs through FRBR, and the golden rules of customer service. Also attended annual HELIN business meeting. Sponsored by HELIN and hosted by Bryant College. (12 Jan 2005; Smithfield, RI)
2004
IT Leadership: Now and the Future -- This day-long workshop covered the results of a recent ECAR international study of the IT profession in higher education. Several higher education leaders, in a variety of roles, reacted to the results and explored IT leadership trends. Sponsored by NERCOMP and hosted by College of the Holy Cross. (9 Dec 2004; Worcester, MA)
Voyage to Ithaka - Technology, Collaboration, and the Future of Liberal Arts Colleges -- Second NITLE Conference -- Delegates from NITLE institutions celebrated NITLE's achievements to date and deliberated about its future growth. Attended sessions on teaching, learning, and technology at high schools; where are NITLE institutions now and where are they going?; Open Source learning management tools; Classics collaboration across campuses; the NITLE search engine; Open Source partnerships; tools for collaboration; communication with new media; the connected future of NITLE; and facing the challenges real collaboration. Sponsored by NITLE. (7-9 Nov 2004; Lisle, IL)
IT from a Higher Vantage Point: 2004 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on preparing for the IT revolution in higher education; the 2004 Campus Computing Survey; CIO dilemmas; EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR); helping presidents understand IT investments with benchmarking; status of the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service; Frye Leadership Institute update; evaluating two decades of ubiquitous computing at a liberal arts college; challenges of leadership and management; EDUCAUSE 2004 Program Planning Committee lunch meeting; change leadership constituent group meeting; students and information technology study findings from ECAR; opportunities and challenges of open-source software solutions for higher education; ECAR study findings on IT funding in higher education; being an effective mentor and mentee; and various poster sessions. Sponsored by EDUCAUSE. (18-22 Oct 2004; Denver, CO)
Model Approaches to Policy Development -- (2004 EDUCAUSE preconference) Understanding key elements of an effective policy development life cycle and its relevance to the parent institution's policies. (18 Oct 2004; Denver, CO)
Policy Writing Workshop for Model Approaches to Policy Development Participants -- (2004 EDUCAUSE preconference) Hands-on policy writing examples based on the policy template from Model Approaches to Policy Development. (18 Oct 2004; Denver, CO)
CLIR CIOs -- Represented Wheaton at CLIR Chief Information Officers spring 2004 and fall 2004 planning meetings. You can read more about this initiative. Sponsored by CLIR and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. (25 May & 19 Nov 2004; Washington, DC)
IT Matters! Supporting the Educational Enterprise in Challenging Times: 2004 NERCOMP Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on demystifying IT contracts; exploring the computational universe; Blackboard corporate update for content management and portal systems; birds-of-a-feather luncheon for small colleges; ten things to know about desktop replacement; designing an effective IT support website; using Shibboleth, a web-based inter-institutional authorization architecture and software, to enable federated resource sharing; adapting your organization to future trends; progress report on how the Olin College of Engineering has implemented an IT infrastructure and set of services from scratch; and designing courses for copyright compliance. Sponsored by EDUCAUSE. (21-23 Mar 2004; Worcester, MA)
Creating and Administrating Effective Campus Technology Policies (2004 NERCOMP preconference) -- Review of current challenges faced by those responsible for developing IT policies on their campuses. Through presentations and case studies, participants learned what rules to put in place to address these challenges, how to identify the best policy options amidst practical and legalnecessities, where to go for examples of effective policy language and technology practices, and how to adapt those solutions to a particular campus. (21 Mar 2004; Worcester, MA)
HELIN 2004 Annual Conference -- Twentieth anniversary celebration and conference for Rhode Island's Higher Education Library Information Network (HELIN). Attended two keynote addresses on the topics of: (1) the role of libraries and technology in enabling new visions of curriculum and pedagogy, and (2) OhioLINK: its history, structure, membership, digital media center, and future direction. Also attended annual HELIN business meeting. Sponsored by HELIN and hosted by Bryant College. (7 Jan 2004; Smithfield, RI)
2003
Balancing Opportunities, Expectations, and Resources: 2003 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference -- Attended chief information officers constituent meeting; Frye Leadership Institute alumni session; future shifts in higher education, the 2003 Campus Computing Survey; status of the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service; the 2003 annual Gartner-EDUCAUSE update; findings from the EDUCAUSE ECAR study of IT leadership; Frye Leadership Institute update; panel session on peer-to-peer file sharing; EDUCAUSE 2004 Program Planning Committee lunch meeting; IT benchmarks, trends, and insights from the 2002-2003 COST Project Survey; customer-oriented approaches to IT decision making; and various poster sessions. Sponsored by EDUCAUSE. (4-7 Nov 2003; Anaheim, CA)
PKAL/NITLE New Learning Spaces Workshop -- Participated in 4-person delegation from Wheaton College at this first ever PKAL/NITLE joint workshop. Teams from about a dozen national liberal arts colleges considered how to design physical spaces on campus that accommodate information technologies in ways that served their particular institutional goals for student learning, both curricular and co-curricular. Some of the issues addressed at the workshop included: setting goals for student learning and translating those into spaces for student learning (how to link curricular and/or program planning to planning for physical spaces); ensuring that new spaces accommodate effective pedagogies and technologies most creatively; renovating spaces to serve identified goals within libraries, campus centers, classrooms, etc., especially existing spaces not designed with a vision of a collaborative community in mind; and how might pedagogy, learning environments, and technologies evolve, and how to prepare for and capture that future in the design of programs and spaces. Sponsored by PKAL and NITLE, NITLE, and hosted by DePauw University. (24-26 Oct 2003; Greencastle, IN)
Oberlin Group Library Directors Annual Meeting -- Represented Wheaton and attended sessions of interest to Oberlin Group library directors. Hosted by Earlham College, DePauw University, and Wabash College. (16-18 Oct 2003; Greencastle, IN)
Geographic Information Systems Workshop -- This GIS workshop was hosted by Connecticut College and attended by faculty, technologists, and librarians from Colby, Connecticut, Sarah Lawrence, Trinity, Wheaton, and Williams Colleges. The one-day event was the second half of a collaboration between Connecticut and Wheaton that began June 24-25 with a workshop at Wheaton for 28 librarians and IT staff members from the same colleges. Sponsored by Connecticut College, Wheaton College, and CET. (4 Oct 2003; New London, CT)
2003 NERCOMP Leadership Special Interest Group -- Technology leaders from the Frye Leadership Institute class of 2000 shared experiences in pioneering new techniques and strategies for leadership. Speakers included CIOs, library directors, instructional technologists, user support experts, and other senior managers. Sponsored by NERCOMP and the Frye Leadership Institute. (3 July 03; Wellesley, MA)
CLIR CIOs -- Represented Wheaton at CLIR Chief Information Officers 2003 spring and fall planning meetings. You can read more about this initiative. Sponsored by CLIR and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. (3 May & 20 Nov 2003; Washington, DC)
2003 CNI Spring Task Force Meeting -- Represented Wheaton and all NITLE/MANE institutions. Attended sessions on liberal arts college representation; what organizations can learn from online games and other social software; linking courseware to library resources using open URL standards; computer and network security and privacy; LibQUAL+ web-based survey; ARTstor status report; and redefining computer spaces in academic libraries; and Sponsored by CNI. (15-16 Apr 03; Washington, DC)
Learning to Make a Difference: ACRL Eleventh National conference -- Attended sessions on socializing information; moving toward an entirely electronic journal collection in a university library; the culture of academic library development and fundraising; roundtable lunch on integration issues in combined library/IT organizations; librarians helping faculty address plagiarism; strategic library budget decision making; links between facility improvements and increased library usage; the library as place in the lives of African-Americans; taking stock and charting trends in scholarly communication; college library directorships as leadership alternatives for university and community college librarians; attributes for the next generation of library directors; and various poster sessions. Sponsored by ACRL. (10-13 Apr 2003; Charlotte, NC)
Balancing the New, the Old, and the Unexpected: 2003 NERCOMP Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on supporting IT with small staffs and big demands; technologies for a creative society; IT 'show and tell' reports; security, computer policy, and the law; course management system assessment methodology; 'post-bubble' reflections on education; NERCOMP institutional representative lunch meeting; merging library and IT services at a liberal arts college; high school graduates' expectations of ubiquitous technology; and extending the uses of PowerPoint for teaching and learning. Sponsored by NERCOMP. (16-18 Mar 2003; Worcester, MA)
2002
2002 CNI Fall Task Force Meeting -- Represented Wheaton and NITLE/MANE institutions. Attended sessions on liberal arts college representation; first-time attendees' orientation; opening plenary session; security implications for networked information; transformative assessment; institutional repositories; integrating learning management systems (LMS); and prospects for reading in a digital age. Sponsored by CNI. (5-6 Dec 2002; San Antonio, TX)
2002 Oberlin Group Library Directors Annual Meeting -- Represented Wheaton and attended sessions of interest to Oberlin Group library directors. Sponsored by Reed and Whitman Colleges, and Willamette University. (10-12 Oct 2002; Walla Walla, WA)
Juggling Opportunities in Collaborative Environments: 2002 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on the university as ivory tower and as public good; enhancingstudent-centered learning through technology and collaboration; incremental revolutions: strategies for change; NERCOMP planning meeting; where faculty and students really go for information - results of the Digital Library Federation study of the academic information environment; NITLE - liberal arts colleges collaborating on educational technology; Frye Leadership Institute update; ARTstor: a digital library for the history of art; John Gage general session; organizational structures for information services; change leadership; reflections on IT leadership; "new computing" revisited; and various poster sessions. Sponsored by EDUCAUSE. (2-4 Oct 2002; Atlanta, GA)
Techno-Pedagogy Workshop -- Workshop regarding the Techno-Pedagogy project piloted by Bryn Mawr and Mount Holyoke Colleges, with intent to disseminate this model throughout the Mid-Atlantic and New England region. This model relies on teams of faculty, students, librarians, and technologists collaborating to improve learning. Sponsored by NITLE and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. (9-10 Aug 2002; Middlebury, VT)
CLIR CIOs -- Represented Wheaton at CLIR Chief Information Officers spring 2002 (inaugural) and fall 2002 planning meetings. You can read more about this initiative. Sponsored by CLIR and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. (14 May & 17 Sept 02; Washington, DC)
Group of 17 -- Represented Wheaton at New England/Mid-Atlantic Liberal Arts College library and IT directors annual meeting. (28-29 Apr 02; Williamstown, MA)
New Directions in Collaboration - Support, Strategy, Content, Emerging Technologies, and Infrastructure: 2002 NERCOMP Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on approaches for supporting academic departmental web presence; managing digital objects on the Internet; overview of the Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI); drawing faculty into the theory and practice of instructional technology; cost analysis of newtechnology; facilities for collaboration; collaborative leadership in higher education; NERCOMP institutional representative lunch meeting; e-portfolios; using collaborative faculty teams to introduce technology into the curriculum; a collaborative approach to live library help over the web; and IT 'show and tell' reports. Sponsored by NERCOMP. (17-19 Mar 2002; Worcester, MA)
College Library Directors Mentor Program Seminar, 2001-2002 -- Three-day seminar held as a component of the College Library Directors Mentor Program, 2001-2002. Sponsored by the College Libraries Section of ACRL. (15-18 Jan 2002; New Orleans, LA)
Rethinking Teaching and Learning Spaces for Liberal Arts Colleges: Libraries, Classrooms, Computing, and Media Centers -- NITLE Inaugural Conference. Conference was designed to assist liberal arts college leaders in making strategic decisions about campus planning in the context of the challenges and opportunities that accompany technological change. Attended sessions on scholarly communication and space; national and regional collaboration; teaching, learning, and space; and the challenges of designing/delivering learning spaces. Sponsored by NITLE. (11-12 Jan 2002; Atlanta, GA)
2001
NELINET Remote Facility Meeting -- Represented Wheaton at a meeting to review plans for the NELINET remote storage facility, now known as the New England Regional Repository. Sponsored by NELINET. (17 Dec 2001; Southborough, MA)
An EDU Odyssey: 2001 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on IT management and leadership issues; information literacy; distance learning; techno-pedagogy; managing IT costs; managing library web page content; e-competition for academic libraries; student and faculty information seeking patterns; tracking evolving technologies for higher education; the social life of information, and various poster sessions. Sponsored by EDUCAUSE. (28-31 Oct 2001; Indianapolis, IN)
IT Strategic Planning for the Smaller Institution -- (2001 EDUCAUSE preconference) Introduction to strategic IT planning scaled to needs of smaller institutions. Through presentations, case studies, and group work, participants learned planning basics and adapted model planning templates to the needs of their institutions. (28 Oct 2001; Indianapolis, IN)
Crossing the Divide: ACRL Tenth National Conference -- Attended sessions on recruiting new professionals to academic libraries; Web portals; scholarly communications in transition; collegial leadership in libraries; self-managed teams in academic libraries; developing future college library directors; emerging information technology and policy trends; digital reference service, and various poster sessions. Sponsored by ACRL. (15-18 Mar 01; Denver, CO)
Building a Culture of Assessment in Libraries: the New Imperative - An ARL/OLMS Interactive Workshop -- (2001 ACRL preconference) Workshop providing framework for understanding organizational culture as well as structures and systems that support a culture of assessment. Topics covered included: what is involved in examining organizational culture; what factors are associated with a culture of assessment; a systems model that supports customer-focus; and setting SMART goals and measuring performance. (15 Mar 2001; Denver, CO)
2000
Converging/Emerging in the 21st Century - Coming Together in Nashville to Think IT Through: 2000 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on senior IT management and leadership issues; digital libraries; library/IT partnerships; course management software; wireless networking; future of academic libraries; technological future of the Internet; managing IT costs; IT issues at small colleges; integrating electronic resources; tracking evolving technologies for higher education, and various poster sessions. Sponsored by EDUCAUSE. (10-13 Oct 2000; Nashville, TN)
CourseInfo (Blackboard 5.0) And WebCT: a Side-By-Side Comparison -- (2000 EDUCAUSE preconference) Workshop comparing features, strengths, and weaknessesof two popular course management systems. (10 Oct 2000; Nashville, TN)
Frye Leadership Institute -- Selected in a competitive application process to participate in the inaugural session of this intensive, two-week residential program hosted by Emory University. Participants study and analyze leadership challenges stemming from "the growing power of information technology to transform the means of research, teaching, and scholarly communication." Major components of the curriculum include: perspectives on issues in higher education, innovation in higher education, issues in scholarly communication, teaching and learning, intellectual property, government information policy, public policy and higher education, impact of technology on budgeting and organization, and leadership in an era of transformational change. Sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources, EDUCAUSE, and Emory University. (4-16 Jun 2000; Atlanta, GA)
User Services Day -- First in a proposed annual series of user service events. Attended sessions on customer service essentials, managing and supporting help desk operations, and help desk structure and call/problem tracking solutions. Sponsored by Minnesota Private College IT Departments. (1 Feb 2000; St. Peter, MN)
1999
EDUCAUSE 1999 Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on Y2K contingency planning; senior IT management and leadership issues; recruiting and retaining IT talent; IT issues at small colleges; leading reorganizations/integrations of libraries and IT units; technology in science education; new approaches to student, faculty, administrative, and alumni self-services using web-based tools; the unintended impact of IT on higher education; and 24x7 IT support. Sponsored by EDUCAUSE. (26-29 Oct 1999; Long Beach, CA)
Facilitation Skills for Group Effectiveness -- (1999 EDUCAUSE preconference) Designed to enhance skills related to group dynamics, the management of difficult behaviors, and the productive management of work group sessions. (26 Oct 1999; Long Beach, CA)
Technology and Change In Higher Education -- An overview of the implications, trends, best practices, and future directions of information technology in higher education administration. Sponsored by Central Association of College and University Business Officers (CACUBO). (29 Apr 1998; Inver Grove Heights, MN)
1998
CAUSE 1998 Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on IT staffing, morale, motivation, development, retention, and organization; cost/benefit analysis of digital library holdings; models of academic computing support; "webifying" campus services; integration of libraries and computing; and managing IT costs. Sponsored by CAUSE. (8-11 Dec 1998; Seattle, WA)
Methods and Techniques for Shaping Expectations: The Front End of Service -- (1998 CAUSE preconference) Strategies and techniques for IT professionals when dealing with expectations of all campus constituents. (8 Dec 98; Seattle, WA)
Information Technology Services: Meeting Insatiable Demands -- (1998 CAUSE preconference) Explored models of computing services support. (8 Dec 1998; Seattle, WA)
Bibliographic Instruction: An Opportunity for Collaborative Pedagogy -- Sponsored by Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM). (22-23 Oct 1998; Northfield, MN)
American Library Association 1998 Annual Midwinter Meeting -- Sponsored by ALA. (10-12 Jan 1998; New Orleans, LA)
1997
EDUCOM 1997 Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on digital libraries, computing issues for small colleges, electronic classrooms, reengineering information services for the 21st century, the future of the Web, library literacy, Java applets, digital multimedia libraries, and teaching styles. Sponsored by EDUCOM. (28-31 Oct 1997; Minneapolis, MN) GPO Access Training -- Sponsored by Government Publications Library, University of Minnesota. (13 Aug 1997; Minneapolis, MN)
1997 LOEX Annual Library Instruction Conference -- Attended sessions on presentation software & design principles; training faculty to teach library instruction; evaluating faculty bibliographic instruction; how information literacy fit into the curriculum; and implementing an information technology training program. Sponsored by Library Orientation Exchange (LOEX). (9-10 May 1997; Charleston, SC)
Metalearning Workshop -- (1997 LOEX preconference) Designed to help instruction librarians better understand the atmosphere of learning, as well as their own learning styles and preferences and how they affect instruction. (8 May 1997; Charleston, SC)
Meeting the Challenge: Traditional Collections in an Online Future -- Program focused on the issues of library collections including their management, access, and preservation. Sponsored by University of Minnesota Libraries and MINITEX. (5 May 1997; St. Paul, MN)
Designing and Delivering Online Information -- Seminar devoted to principles of designing and delivering online help systems and tutorials, online manuals, and Internet/Intranet communications. Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Center for Business Excellence. CEUs: 1.4 (6-7 Jan 1997; Minneapolis, MN)
1996
Developing Curricular Materials for the World Wide Web: Why and How? -- A series of 5 workshops on the following topics: why use the World Wide Web, introduction to Web authoring, converting text and images to digital form, editing digital images, converting sound and video to digital form, editing digital sound and video, advanced Web authoring, working with foreign languages, and special topics. Sponsored by Carleton College Academic Computing & Networking Services (ACNS). (19-25 June 1996; Northfield, MN)
1996 Computers In Libraries Annual Conference -- Attended sessions on the following tracks: indexing, evaluating, & teaching the Internet; digital libraries; Web for libraries; education and technology; and electrifying the environment. Sponsored by Computers in Libraries and Information Today. (27-29 Feb 1996; Washington, DC)
Recreating Your Information Services With New Technology -- (1996 Computers in Libraries preconference) Workshop examining technologies shaping the future of information services. (26 Feb 1996; Washington, DC)
1995
Libraries In Transition: Opportunity & Diversity -- Minnesota Library Association 1995 annual conference. Attended sessions on HTML composition and Web page design. Sponsored by MLA. (11-13 Oct 1995; Mankato, MN)
HTML Forms and Graphics -- Course introducing use of forms, graphics, and hypermedia in HTML composition. (25 July 1995; Minneapolis, MN)
Electronic Publishing: Applications & Implications -- 1995 American Society for Information Science (ASIS) mid-year meeting. Attended sessions on publishing electronic documents, overcoming resistance to electronic journals, challenges of access to electronic information, distributing electronic documents, teaching with electronic documents, and electronic journals & copyright. Sponsored by ASIS. (24-26 May 1995; Bloomington, MN)
Practical HTML: A Hands-On Workshop -- (1995 ASIS preconference) Course designed to provide working experience and practical knowledge of HTML and issues relating to its use. (22 May 1995; Bloomington, MN)
Marketing on the Internet: Using the World Wide Web -- Course devoted to using the World Wide Web as a marketing tool. Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Center for Business Excellence. CEUs: 0.35 (19 May 1995; Minneapolis, MN)
Doing Business on the Internet -- Course devoted to using the Internet as a business tool. Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Center for Business Excellence. CEUs: 0.35 (18 May 1995; Minneapolis, MN)
Automation: The Next Generation -- Attended sessions on the projected impact of the next generation of library automation and on networking Minnesota. Gave presentation on the topic, "What about the End User?" Academic Librarians' Day sponsored by MLA Academic & Research Libraries Division and Minnesota chapter of ACRL. (5 May 1995; St. Peter, MN)
Continuity & Transformation - The Promise of Confluence: ACRL Seventh National Conference -- Attended sessions on multimedia/Web servers for library instruction; technology and library instruction, status of the information revolution, gateway libraries, libraries & computing centers, Internet instruction, resource sharing among digital libraries; and various poster sessions. Sponsored by ACRL. (29 March-1 Apr 1995; Pittsburgh, PA)
Teaching The Internet: A Workshop for Internet Trainers -- (1995 ACRL preconference) Course designed to help experienced Internet trainers improve their teaching skills. (28 March 1995; Pittsburgh, PA)
Consulting Cyberspace: On the Internet -- Southeast Library System (SELS) roundtable. As one of three guest speakers, gave demonstration of how Carleton College uses Internet resources to support reference service. Sponsored by SELS. (23 Jan 1995; Rochester, MN)
1994
MINITEX Internet Training Workshop -- Day one focused on the basics of Internet tool navigation. Day two was an in-depth examination of the technology requirements and issues associated with providing Internet access throughout an organization. Sponsored by MINITEX. (11-12 Dec 1994; Minneapolis, MN)
The Confidence to Change: Choices & Challenges -- MLA 1994 annual conference. Gave presentation entitled, "Becoming an Internet Tour Guide." Also attended sessions on advanced Internet sources and skills, Internet troubleshooting, Internet innovations, and public policy implications for information. Sponsored by MLA. (5-7 Oct 1994; Duluth, MN)
Gopher and Mosaic: Internet Navigation Tools -- Workshops to become more familiar with gopher and World Wide Web information retrieval tools; fundamentals of setting up and maintaining gopher and Web servers; and basic HTML. Sponsored by School of Library and Information Studies, Continuing Education Services, University of Wisconsin-Madison. CEUs: 1.5 (12-13 Aug 1994; Madison, WI)
Developing A Seminar For Adult Learners -- Fundamentals of preparing and delivering a seminar, etc. Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Management Center. CEUs: 0.7 (20 May 1994; Minneapolis, MN)
Gophercon '94 -- A showcase and forum for new and interesting gopher applications, including clients, servers, tools, new functionality, new subject areas, etc. Sponsored by University of Minnesota Distributed Computing Services (the birthplace of Internet Gopher). (22-23 Apr 1994; Minneapolis, MN) I
nnovative Interface, Inc. (III) Users Group -- Second national customer meeting. Attended sessions on product enhancements, management information, OCLC gateway, system migration, locally mounted databases, networks, and migration/conversion. Sponsored by customers of III. (10-12 Apr 1994; Columbus, OH)
Discover the Power of the Internet -- Seminar focused on the Internet and its uses in education, business, and government. Sponsored by University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Business Center for Business Excellence. CEUs: 0.7 (9 Mar 1994; Minneapolis, MN)
1993
Leadership & Self-Esteem -- MLA 1993 annual conference. Attended sessions on the Internet/NREN/NII, coping with change in the electronic age, the changing face of library leadership, government information and the Internet, and library map collections. Sponsored by MLA. (6-8 Oct 1993; Rochester, MN)
The Global Campus: Delivering Education and Library Information Resources in the Future -- Discussions about how educators, students, and librarians will interact with multimedia technology and distance education tools to deliver education and information services in the future. Sponsored by MINITEX, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Libraries, and MSUS/PALS. (23 Nov 1993; St. Paul, MN)
Empowering People Through Libraries -- 1993 ALA annual conference. Attended sessions on Z39.50, electronic scholarly communication, client software, electronic document delivery, cataloging electronic resources, managing in cyberspace, and connectivity requirements for future libraries, among others. Sponsored by ALA. (24 June-1 July 1993; New Orleans, LA)
Navigating and Navigators: Research and Development in Navigation Tools and Services for the Internet -- (1993 ALA preconference) Devoted to examination of Internet navigation tools. Sponsored by CNI. (25 June 1993; New Orleans, LA)
Fifth Annual Minnesota Telecommunications Conference -- Attended sessions on local area networking and disaster planning. Sponsored by the Intergovernmental Information Systems Advocacy Council (IISAC). (13 May 1993; Bloomington, MN)
MINITEX OCLC User Group -- Sessions on the projected impact of OCLC's FirstSearch databases on library service. Sponsored by MINITEX. (19 Apr 1993; St. Paul, MN)
Inside Windows -- Day-long series of hands-on Windows training sessions. (14 Apr 1993; Minneapolis, MN)
Managing Change and the future of Academic Libraries -- Symposium exploring the issues and concerns regarding organizational change in academic libraries, as well as changes in the organization of information. Sponsored by University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Libraries. (12 Apr 1993; St. Paul, MN)
The Virtual Library -- Symposium exploring the issues, concerns, potentials, and impact of the virtual library for librarians, instructional support personnel, and faculty. Sponsored by the University of St. Thomas Library and the University of St. Thomas Graduate Programs in Software Distinguished Lecturer Program. (12 Mar 1993; St. Paul, MN)
1992
Carleton College Computer Center Courses -- Attended numerous one-hour courses on the basic use of Internet resources, VAX mail, VAX notes, MS-DOS, Microsoft Word for the PC and Macintosh, Microsoft Excel for the PC and Macintosh, and various utility software for personal computers and the Macintosh.
Introduction to MS-DOS -- Workshop covering fundamentals of using MS-DOS. Sponsored by Open U, Inc. (1-2 Dec 1992; Minneapolis, MN)
CD-ROM LANs -- Workshop reviewing the fundamentals of CD-ROM local area networks. Included overview of various types of CD-ROM hardware and software, LAN administration, technical support, and budgeting. Sponsored by MINITEX. (13 Nov 1992; St. Paul, MN)
Information Technology: IT's for Everyone -- Library & Information Technology Association (LITA), third national conference. Attended sessions on PC troubleshooting, client/serving architecture for libraries, libraries and electronic networking, navigating the Internet, library systems networking, virtual information systems, viruses and vaccines for personal computers, upgrading and migrating library automation systems, electronic libraries, and managing staff for changing technologies. Sponsored by LITA. (13-16 Sept 1992; Denver, CO)
Your Right to Know: Librarians Make it Happen -- ALA 1992 annual conference. Attended sessions on computer networking, the Internet, networked information tools, OPAC information systems, virtual libraries, and the NREN. Sponsored by ALA. (25 June-2 July 1992; San Francisco, CA)
Electronic Preservation: Preservation of Electronic Formats and Electronic Formats for Preservation -- Conference focusing on issues such as the durability and longevity of various types of electronic formats (e.g. CD-ROM), and the best methods of preserving them. Also reviewed costs of imaging techniques and their appropriateness for libraries. Sponsored by The Wisconsin Preservation Program (WISPPR). (3-4 June 1992; Madison, WI)
Fourth Annual Minnesota Telecommunications Conference -- Attended sessions on introduction to telecommunications, organizational change, introduction to networking, and telecommunications standards. Sponsored by the Intergovernmental Information Systems Advocacy Council (IISAC). (8 May 1992; Brooklyn Park, MN)
1991
Rediscovering Libraries: Exploring New Worlds of Information -- Midwest Federation of Library Associations sixth quadrennial conference. Held in conjunction with Minnesota Library Association 1991 annual conference. Attended sessions on networked information sources, archives, shared online database systems, and state standards for library automation. Sponsored by the Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, and Ohio Library Associations. (30 Oct.-2 Nov. 1991; Minneapolis, MN)
Kids Who Read Succeed -- ALA 1991 annual conference. Attended Dynix and DRA product demonstrations and pre-contract discussions. Also attended session on issues of library automation for consortia environment. Sponsored by ALA. (29 June-4 July 1991; Atlanta, GA)
Nonprofit Boards of Directors -- Workshop exploring governance fundamentals for executive directors and board members of nonprofit organizations. Sponsored by Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Management Support Services. (7 May 1991; St. Paul, MN)
Strategies for Down Times -- Attended sessions on managing libraries in times of financial constraints, the Internet, and faculty expectations of librarians. Academic Librarians' Day sponsored by MLA Academic & Research Libraries Division and Minnesota chapter of ACRL. (6 May 1991; Northfield, MN)
1990
Reality, Resources, Renewal -- MLA 1990 annual conference. Attended sessions on regional resource sharing, getting published, technical services effectiveness, authority control, and fund raising. Sponsored by MLA. (7-9 Nov 1990; St. Cloud, MN)
Information Access: Back to the Basics -- ALA 1990 annual conference. Attended Carlyle users group meetings and sessions on resource sharing, shared automation, and library personnel management, among others. Sponsored by ALA. (23-28 June 1990; Chicago, IL)
Human Aspects of Library Automation -- Workshop on non-technical implications of library automation. Sponsored by Minnesota Office of Library Development Services. (24 May 1990; Roseville, MN)
Forging New Alliances in the Digital Age -- Discussions on the topic of cooperation with and linkages to information sources across campus. Academic Librarians' Day sponsored by MLA Academic & Research Libraries Division and Minnesota chapter of ACRL. (14 May 1990; Collegeville, MN)
Issues of Database Quality and Authority Control -- Workshop focusing on elements of and standards for quality control in bibliographic databases. Sponsored by the Information Management Department of the College of St. Catherine. CEUs: 0.3 (23 Mar 1990; St. Paul, MN)
Project & Task Force Management -- Workshop designed to hone project management skills. Sponsored by Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Management Support Services. (30-31 Jan 1990; St. Paul,MN)
1989
Alternative Compensation -- Workshop focusing on relationships among nonprofit employee compensation and motivation. Sponsored by Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Management Support Services. (31 Oct 1989; St. Paul, MN)
Libraries & Education -- MLA 1989 annual conference. Attended sessions on OPACs, bibliographic instruction, and performance appraisals. Sponsored by MLA. (10-13 Oct 1989; Mankato, MN)
Fundamentals of Supervision -- Workshop designed to improve the fundamental supervision skills of managers. Sponsored by Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Management Support Services. (20 Sept 1989; St. Paul, MN)
Microcomputers in Libraries -- Series of practical workshops for microcomputer users in libraries. Attended sessions on software evaluation, CD-ROM technology, desktop publishing, database searching, and LAN planning. Sponsored by ASIS, Information Management Department of the College of St. Catherine, MINITEX, Minnesota Office of Library Development Services, SLA, et al. (17-18 Aug 1989; St. Paul, MN)
Leadership from Where You Are -- Workshop promoting leadership among librarians. Sponsored by the Information Management Department of the College of St. Catherine. (6 June 1989; St. Paul, MN)
Micros for Managers -- Workshop emphasizing efficient uses of microcomputers in libraries. Sponsored by MINITEX. (26 May 1989; St. Paul, MN)
Library Computer Facilities Management & Operations -- Workshop for administrators and systems staff of all types of libraries operating, or planning to operate, online library computer systems. Participated as panel member for session on "User Support in Shared Systems." Sponsored by Minnesota Office of Library Development Services. (31 Mar 1989; St. Paul, MN)
1988
Leadership -- MLA 1988 annual conference. Attended sessions on leadership roles for academic librarians, budget negotiating, and graphical presentation of budget information. Sponsored by MLA. (5-7 Oct 1988; Rochester, MN)
Understanding & Managing Finances -- Workshop to enhance budgeting and financial analysis skills for managers of nonprofit organizations. Sponsored by Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Management Support Services. (25 Aug 1988; St. Paul, MN)
Staff Training -- Program of practical approaches to training reference staff and retraining staff for library automation. Sponsored by MLA Library Management Round Table. (8 June 1988; Minneapolis, MN)
Nonprofit Boards of Directors -- Workshop exploring governance fundamentals for executive directors and board members of nonprofit organizations. Sponsored by Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Management Support Services. (1 June 1988; St. Paul, MN)
Strategies for Effective Service -- Five-State Academic Librarians Conference. Attended sessions on implementing library automation, networking, automation standards, the relationship between libraries and academic computing centers, and map collections. Participated as presenter for "Automated Systems in Small Libraries: Cooperative Planning, Resource Sharing, and Linkages." Sponsored by Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota Library Associations and ACRL chapters. (27-29 Apr 1988; La Crosse, WI)
Using Those Bibliographic Records -- Workshop on preparation, use, and management of bibliographic records in online databases. Sponsored by Minnesota Office of Library Development Services.(25 Mar 1988; St. Paul, MN)
1987
CE Day VII: Your Workplace as a Learning Environment -- Workshop for taking advantage of learning opportunities in the workplace. Sponsored by Minnesota Office of Library Development Services. (19 Nov 1987; Wayzata, MN)
Local Library Automation Update -- Session sharing information about library automation in the Twin Cities area. Summarized CLIC automation project. Sponsored by Minnesota ASIS/SLA chapters. (14 Oct 1987; St. Paul, MN)
Managing Library Automation: the Hidden Costs -- Program describing library automation experiences at a major university and a county library system. Sponsored by MLA Library Management Round Table. (11 June 1987; Minneapolis, MN)
The Year in Review -- Summary of events and ongoing projects in Minnesota's academic libraries. Participated as speaker describing CLIC's recent automation installation. Sponsored by MLA Academic & Research Library Division and Minnesota chapter of ACRL. (29 May 1987; Minneapolis, MN)
Introduction to the MARC Format for Public Service Staff -- Overview of machine-readable cataloging (MARC) fundamentals. Sponsored by MINITEX. (12 Mar 1987; Minneapolis, MN)
1986
CE Day VI: Librarian as Teacher/Trainer -- Workshop for improving librarians' teaching/training skills. Sponsored by Minnesota Office of Library Development Services. (29 Oct 1986; St. Paul, MN)
Reference Services: Impact of Automation -- Exchange of ideas, information, and experiences about the impact of automation on reference services. Sponsored by MLA Reference & Adult Services Section. (24 Oct 1986; St. Paul, MN)
Change in the Workplace -- Attended sessions on collection sharing, library buildings, and Myers-Briggs librarians survey. Sponsored by MLA Academic & Research Library Division and Minnesota chapter of ACRL. (17 Oct 1986; St. Peter, MN)
Business is Our Business -- Minnesota Library Association 1986 annual conference. Sponsored by MLA. (16-18 Apr 1986; St. Paul, MN)
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