Associate Professor and Automation Librarian 2002- . Assistant Professor and Automation Librarian, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT, 1997-2002
Responsible for Innovative Interfaces system, including Hardware control and the overall design of QCat, the web interface to the catalog. Installed and maintain the OPAC-based proxy server for home access to library databases. Also act as webmaster for the Council of Connecticut Library Directors. Served on the Senate Research Committee, the Library Committee, the Sabbatical Committee and the Personnel Review Committee.
Developed program to digitize 19th century titles in the special collections of Connecticut History and Irish Famine titles.
Responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of all aspects
of computing in the Library. Supervise one full-time and one
half-time student assistant. Responsible for INNOPAC system,
including Z39.50 client applications and Julius WebPac. Monitored interactions between INNOPAC, the campus LAN, and RLIN in a Windows 3.1 environment. Supervised Novell server with CD-ROM delivery to Law School. User manager of Novell LAN for Law
School. Prepared budgets for automation enhancements and
equipment upgrades. Technical consultant for NYU's participation
in Studies in Scarlet, an imaging project concerning family
legislation, funded by the Research Libraries Group.
Responsible for INNOPAC installation and OCLC services in
an academic library containing 400,000 volumes. Designed
system for performing a full inventory using existing
circulation options in the INNOPAC system. Participated in a
major availability study in 1994, using transaction log
analysis to verify the results in the user survey. Performed
bibliographic instruction and reference duty, including two
years as Sunday night reference librarian. Member of the faculty
senate from 1991 to 1994, and liaison to the English Department.
Responsible for serials cataloging, and printed the library's
first comprehensive serials holdings list.
Worked at the University's main reference desk two nights a
week and Saturdays. Performed programming and troubleshooting of
the computer systems. Taught bibliographic instruction classes.
Also, worked with the library school as an instructor in
Netscape use for New York Public Library professional staff.
Taught LSI501, Introduction to Information Science, Fall 2000 in a classroom setting, and Spring 2001 entirely online.
Taught LIS 566, Resources on the
Internet, Summer 1997, 2000 and 2001. Taught LIS901, Access and Management of Internet Resources, in 1998 and 1999. Taught continuing education courses
in library automation, including reference applications of the
Internet and World Wide Web.
Wrote a bimonthly column on library systems.
Wrote two articles or reviews per year. Developed
articles with other librarians that led to three successful
publications.
Worked in Adult Reference, Children's Reference, Bookmobile,
branch and cataloging departments.
Automation Coordinator, New York University School of Law
Library, 1995-1997
Assistant Professor and Systems librarian, Adelphi University,
1990-1995.
Assistant Professor and adjunct Reference Librarian, St.
John's University, 1992-1995.
Adjunct Professor, Southern Connecticut State University, 2000-
Adjunct Professor, Palmer Library School, 1995-
Columnist, Information Today, 1996-2001
Contributing editor, Library Software Review, 1993-1995
Library Assistant, Phoenix Public Library, 1969-1990
Master's degree in Library Science, University of Arizona,
1989.
Master's degree in Instructional Media, Arizona State
University, 1980.
Bachelor's degree in English, Arizona State University,
1968.
Doctoral work in education, 1980-1984.
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INNOPAC: A reference guide to the system, Information Today,
1995.
With Anne Ciliberti, Marie L. Radford and Gary Radford, "Empty handed? A material availability study and transaction log analysis verification," Journal of Academic
Librarianship, Vol. 24, (Jul. 1998) p. 282
"The missing dragon; or, Stumbling through the Internet,"
American Libraries v. 25 (Dec. '94) p. 988-9
"Comparative searching styles of patrons and staff,"
Library Resources & Technical Services v. 38 (July '94) p.
293-305
"Zen in the art of troubleshooting,"
American Libraries v. 25 (Jan. '94) p. 108-10 (Reprinted
in
Whole
Library Handbook II, American Library Association, 1995).
"Spelling and typographical errors in library databases,"
Computers in Libraries v. 12 (June '92) p. 14-19 (Winner of
1992
Article of the Year award from Meckler).
With Arthur Lifshin, "Prediction of OPAC spelling errors through a
keyword inventory,"
Information Technology and Libraries v. 11 (June '92) p.
139-45
American Library Association, New
York,
1996,
"Transaction Log
Analysis as a verification tool of a materials availability
study.
American Library Association,
Denver,
1993,
"Comparative
searching style of staff and users."
Computers in Libraries,
Washington,
1992,
"Typographical
errors in library databases."
2002 internal grant by Quinnipiac University for internationalization projects - funding a 2003 visit to Ireland to pursue the digitization of materials related to the Great Famine.
Meckler 1992 Article of the Year
Biographee in
Biographee in Contemporary Authors #163.
American Library Association - ACRL, College Libraries Section, Communications Committee Member, 2000-2002.
Board member at large of Innovative Users Group, 1997-99.
HTML Writer's Guild, 2000-
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