As User Services Librarian
- Provides reference service
- Prepares instructional materials,
including web resources
- Serves as Liaison Librarian to the
Dept of Psychology
- On an interim basis, provides
instruction for the EDAD and DAAS programs within the Charter College of
Education
- Serves as a member of the Library’s
Knowledge Resources Task Force
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
M.L.S.
University of Texas at Austin, School of Library and Information Science
B.A. with high honors, journalism (minor:English)
University of Oklahoma
PUBLICATIONS
“Confessions of a Correspondent from the Choice-of-entry War;
Results from a Set of Informal Opinion Surveys”, Serials Librarian,
51: 2 (2007).
With Patricia
Burson, “Iconoclasm and the Catalog; Simplifying Serials Information for
Users.” Prepared for and accepted by Haworth peer-reviewed journal,
Serials Reference Services Quarterly (SRSQ) , for the volume 1, no
1 (2002) planned launch of the journal. [Haworth aborted SRSQ journal
launch, reported by SRSQ editor September 10, 2002].
“Demystifying SEIR: Summary of Cataloging Segment” (Report on Segment
to CSUL-South program, June 1, 2001 by Dr. Mary Woodley).
http://www.carl-acrl.org/CSUL-South/PastEvents/SEIRSummary.html
“High and Low;
Images of Librarians and Are They Us?”,
CARL Newsletter, 23:4 (2000).
With Carolyn Rowe, “Psychology Journal Content on the Internet; A Case Study
in Availability.” Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian,
18:1 (1999)
“Psychology Journals at UWF: Rescue by the net? Not yet!”
Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues, August 1997.
“Toward Greater Objectivity; Formal Production Standards for
Processing Units in Libraries." Paper delivered at the 1991 Feather
River Institute on Acquisitions. Library Acquisitions, Practice and
Theory, 16:2 (1992).
With Laura Nanna, "Serial Services, 1992; the 29th Annual Survey of
U.S. Serial Services." Library Journal, 117:7 (1992).
"Price Index for U.S. Serial Services, 1991; the 28th Annual. Survey
of U.S. Serial Services." Library Journal, 116:7 (1991)
MISC WRITING/EDITORIAL
WORK
Member, Editorial Board, Serials Librarian, a peer-reviewed
Hayworth journal (appointed October 2006).
Editor, InformL (occasional online Library newsletter distributed
to faculty), Spring 2002-present. Personally compose articles
and substantially edit submissions by others.
CSULA Library Collection Development Guidelines [posted on Library
website]. Modestly edited statements composed by the various selectors
to achieve reasonable uniformity in prose. Composed also language
describing each “Collecting Intensity Level”, Summer 2005.
CSULA Library Strategic Plan Goal statements [posted on CSULA Library
Intranet]. Substantially responsible for language of each of the five
goal statements and the “preamble” for each goal; collaborated on
language of most of the objective statements subordinate to each goal.
June-Sept. 2004.
Editor, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library Mid-cycle Review [self-study],
CSULA, June 2004. Authored several assigned sections of the study and
substantially edited reports composed by others.
Editor, Automated Information Resources (AIRS). Task Force
Report. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, New York University, October
1993. Composed section on structured access for remotely accessed
materials, in addition to editing full AIRS Report.
Editor, ARL/OMS Public Services Study, Task Force on Access to
Information. Final Report. University Library, UCSB, April
1986. Composed introductory 20-page, footnoted section, "Trends
Affecting Access to Information", in addition to editing the full report.