Planning Committee

Planning Committee and Conference Friends

The Virtual Library Conference was organized by a dedicated group of individuals from across the system. The Planning Committee consisted of nine individuals who have been meeting regularly over the past nine months to bring the conference into being. They were joined by several other Friends of the Conference who served as communication officers to the staffs at their libraries, sharing information and encouraging participation.  The representatives are:

Committee Members

Jillian Eslami (co-chair) – TAMU-College Station, First Year Experience Librarian

Amanda Melchor (co-chair) – TAMU-Kingsville, Associate Librarian, Reference and Instruction

Dave Baca – TAMU-Galveston, Director of Library Services and Instructional Associate Professor

Annie Birtciel – West Texas A&M University, Acquisitions

Catherine Dean – TAMU-Texarkana, Technical Services & Archives Librarian 

Elizabeth DeZouche – TAMIU-International University, Information Literacy Librarian

Joseph Doan – TAMU-Corpus Christi, Immersive Reality Lab Coordinator

Kerri Foley – TAMU-Galveston, Student Services Assistant Librarian 

Lisa Stafford – Prairie View A&M,  Special Collections Librarian

Josh Wallace – Tarleton, Graduate Services Librarian

Kelly Williams – TAMU-Central Texas, Reference and Instruction Librarian 

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Lisa Goodman – TAMU-Law School, Executive Professor and Director of the Dee J. Kelly Law Library

Fatemah Kholoosi Raftar – TAMU-Commerce, Research and Learning Librarian 

Sarah Timm – TAMU-San Antonio, Head of Public Services at University Library

Shaun Torres – TAMU-Qatar, Library Director

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Kelly Williams – TAMU-Central Texas, Reference and Instruction Librarian