Rachel Vacek's CV

R a c h e l E . V a c e k 1895 Barker Cypress Rd. Apt 15107

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[email protected] rachelvacek.com

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Education MLIS, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (December 2001)

• Focused on information technology and digital libraries

BA in English, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH (December 1999) • Minors in Communication, Film, Religion, and Philosophy • Studied in Dublin, Ireland (June-July 1998)

Professional Experience

Head of Web Services University of Houston Libraries, Houston, TX (March 2010-Present)

• Manages and oversees the Libraries’ web presence • Manages a librarian and 5 FTE staff • Oversees the development, maintenance, and implementation of new and existing web

applications and services • Provides support to librarians engaged in instruction by developing web-based tools • Works collaboratively with project stakeholders within the Libraries and with other web

departments across campus • Serves as a web and technology liaison for many of the Libraries’ committees and teams

Web Services Coordinator University of Houston Libraries, Houston, TX (October 2007-February 2010)

• Coordinated, developed, and maintained the Libraries’ open-source web applications, including the Libraries’ blogs, wikis, federated search tool, and content management systems

• Incorporated appropriate design principles, coding standards, and emerging technologies into the Libraries’ various open-source web-based systems and projects

• Assessed the usability of the Libraries website, and conducted usability tests • Provided training on the content management system and other technologies as needed • Served as a liaison between the Public Services and Web Services departments as needed to

enhance library resources and services • Improved communication between Web Services department and other areas with the Libraries • Provided research help to patrons at the Libraries’ Information Desk for two hours/week • Supervised part-time graduate assistant

Electronic Resources Librarian / Technology Coordinator Walker Management Library, Owen Graduate School of Management Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (July 2004 - September 2007)

• Served as webmaster for the Walker Management Library website and staffweb; a total redesign of the website went live in January 2007

• Coordinated and supported all computer activity in the library, including hardware and software • Managed the Walker Library’s electronic resources which included providing expertise in the

selection, accessibility, maintenance, promotion, and evaluation of electronic resources, • Provided daily/evening/weekend business research consultation and instruction to students,

faculty and staff • Maintained the library’s blogs to help communicate technology and library news


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• Trained new employees and current library staff on technologies needed to perform job functions and on new technologies being implemented

• Initiated a mentoring program for staff within the Vanderbilt Library system • Served as a Walker Library representative and an active participant on multiple library-wide

committees and project teams Electronic Information Services Librarian Miami University, Oxford, OH (January 2002 - June 2004)

• Chaired and coordinated the Information Literacy Task Force which developed the Miami University Libraries' Information Literacy Plan

• Developed the content for and taught a three credit-hour undergraduate course (IMS 201: Information Studies in the Digital Age) on information literacy, multimedia software, and web design technologies

• Managed the Technology & Information Management Workshops which included creating new workshops, advertising university-wide, developing a brochure each semester, and teaching many of the workshops

• Created and maintained a system using PHP/MySQL allowing library administration to manage requests for tours and instruction from outside the University, and allowing library staff to volunteer in a more efficient manner

• Contributed technological abilities as a team member to create E-Learn (http://elearn.lib.muohio.edu/home.html), a Web tutorial that teaches information literacy skills to incoming first-year students

• Participated in a Faculty Learning Community to help develop the content for various Humanities courses incorporating technology and information literacy into the curriculum

• Provided point-of-need instruction to students, faculty, and staff in the Center for Information Management, a self-directed, electronic learning facility with PCs, Macs, and various digitizing equipment

• Provided daily/evening/weekend research consultation and instruction to students, faculty and staff

Medical Library Intern Mercy Providence Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA (January 2001 - December 2001)

• Provided technological support for clients • Performed circulation responsibilities • Trained doctors in more efficient searching methods in medical indexes and databases

Bookseller Books & Co., Kettering, OH (February 2000 - December 2000)

• Acquired research skills using Books-In-Print and other information retrieval systems • Ordered, shelved, and maintained books in business and technology sections of the store • Enhanced public relations and customer satisfaction skills

Technology Technician and Lab Supervisor University of Dayton Computing Technology Center, Dayton, OH (December 1996 - December 1999)

• Maintained four labs and aided students in various computer applications • Installed, supported, and maintained new computers and software for faculty and administration • Gained knowledge of networking, different operating systems, and various programs suites


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Technology Skills

• Windows, Mac, Basic Unix • XHTML and CSS • Basic knowledge of XML/XSLT,

JavaScript, MySQL and PHP

• Adobe Creative Suite • Camtasia and Morae • Open Atrium, Drupal • Wikis, blogs, and social media tools

Scholarships Academic Scholarship to the University of Pittsburgh (2001)

• Based on merit, academic achievement, and perceived high potentiality as a professional librarian

Academic Scholarship to the University of Dayton (1995-1999) • Based on merit and academic achievement

Honors and Awards

UH Libraries’ Outstanding Group Award (2010)

• Awarded to the Bylaws & Governance Documents Committee for demonstrated creativity and success in making drastic improvements to the documents used by librarians for governance and promotion.

UH Libraries’ Dean’s Standard-bearer Award for External Service (2010) • Awarded to the Cougar Social Media Showcase Micro-grant Team for their successful event

that was an exceptional service to the university community and the greater Houston library community

UH Libraries’ Individual Trailblazer Award for Leading Organizational Change (2009) • Awarded to an individual whose efforts allowed the organization to adapt to new conditions,

pioneered an innovation, provided a better way to deliver a current service, or established a new service.

UH Libraries’ John P. McGovern Outstanding Employee Award (2009) • Presented to an exemplary employee whose superior performance and accomplishments

demonstrate that she is committed to furthering the goal of helping the library to become an outstanding research library.

UH Libraries’ Dean’s Standard-bearer Award for External Service (2009) • Awarded to the UH Libraries’ Marketing Committee whose contributions to the communities

extend beyond the UH Libraries ALA Emerging Leader (2007)

• Chosen to participate in ALA’s Emerging Leaders Program, an initiative of ALA President Leslie Burger. The program is designed to help develop the next generation of library leaders and to strategically incorporate the needs of these future leaders in the library profession.

Presentations & Workshops

Invited and Keynote Presentations

"Strategies for Identifying Collaborators & Writing Collaboratively." Write Your Scholarly Publication Month Kickoff Event, University of Houston Libraries, Houston, TX, July 2012. (Invited to speak) “Web-Scale Discovery: Post Implementation.” Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Houston, TX, April 2012. (Invited to speak with Richard Guajardo, Martha Hood and Chloris Yue)


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“Mobile Considerations for your Library.” Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Houston, TX, April 2012. (Invited to speak) “Overcoming the Challenges to Creating a Single Online User Experience.” Amigos Online Conference, February 2012. (Invited to speak) “Considerations for your Mobile Library.” Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Houston, TX, April 2012. (Invited to speak) “Discovery at the University of Houston Libraries: Post-Implementation Tips.” Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Houston, TX, April 2012. (Invited to speak on a panel with Richard Guajardo and others) “New Technologies that Could Affect Libraries.” North Texas Conference on Library Technology, Decatur, TX, August 2011. (Invited to speak with Michael Porter, Sarah Houghton-Jan and Jessamyn West) “Considerations for your Mobile Library.” North Texas Conference on Library Technology, Decatur, TX, August 2011. (Invited to speak) “Giving Your CMS Users a Content Strategy and a Positive UX.” North Texas Conference on Library Technology, Decatur, TX, August 2011. (Invited to speak)

“The Importance of Politics.” ARL Research Library Leadership Fellows Program, Houston, TX, September 2010. (Invited to be on a panel presentation with Catherine Essinger, Rosalind Alexander, and Christina Gola) “The Future of Academic Libraries.” Scholarly Communications Forum: The Future of Libraries, Rice University, Houston, TX, July 2010. (Invited to be a member of a panel) “Funding Mobile Innovation in the Library: The Why and How.” CALLR Spring Meeting, Houston, TX, April 2010. (Keynote Speaker) “The Current Landscape of Mobile Libraries.” Central Texas Library System Annual Technology Conference, Georgetown, TX, December 2009. (Keynote Speaker) Conference Presentations

“Library Mobile Web Design: Tips, Ticks and Resources.” Texas Library Association District 8 Fall Conference, Houston, TX, October 2011. (Presentation with Berika Williams) “Building a Single User Experience.” Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, October 2011. (Presentation with Jason Battles and Nina McHale) “Discovery at the University of Houston Libraries.” Part of panel for program “The Age of Discovery: Understanding Discovery Services, Federated Search, and Web-scale.” ALA Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 2011. “Seeing the Library through the Terminator’s Eyes: Augmented Reality.” Amigos Member Online Conference, May 2011. (Presentation with Anita Riley)


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“Therapy for your CMS: Improving the User Experience.” J.Boye Conference, Philadelphia, PA, May 2011. “QR Codes and Augmented Reality Help Libraries Extend Services.” Trendy Topics Online Conference, March 2011. (Presentation with Anita Riley)

“Bridging the Gap Between Print and Digital Environments.” Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference, Lee College, Baytown, TX, November 2010. (Presentation with Anita Riley) “Cool Tools to Help Libraries Bridge the Gap Between Print and Digital Environments.” Texas Library Association District 8 Fall Conference, Friendswood, TX, October 2010. “Mobile Innovations in the UH Libraries.” Handheld Librarian II Online Conference, February 2010. (Online Presentation with Christina Gola, Robin Dasler, and Billy Hoya) “Get Your Game On in Instruction.” Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference, Lee College, Baytown, TX, November 2009. (Presentation with Robin Dasler) “The Current Landscape of Mobile Devices.” Texas Library Association District 8 Fall Conference, Sugar Land, TX, October 2009. (Presentation with Christina Gola and Robin Dasler)

“Collaborating in the Clouds: Selecting Tools.” Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, October 2009. (Presentation with Anna Creech, Tom Ipri, and Bobbie Newman) “Mobile Services: Tech Tools for Tough Times.” Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, October 2009. (Presentation with Robin Dasler) “Content Contribution & Distribution.” Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, October 2009. (Presentation with Michael Porter) “Libraries Using Mobile Devices.” Unconference, ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, July 2009. “Digital Libraries & Institutional Repositories.” Scholarly Communication Forum: The Future of Scholarly Communication, University of Houston, Houston, TX, June 2009. (Presentation with Michele Reilly) “Research Where You Learn: Incorporating Research and Information Literacy Modules into WebCT.” University of Houston System ACE Conference on Student Success, Houston, TX, March 2009. (Presentation with Veronica Arellano and Robin Dasler) “Mashing Up and Remixing the Library Website.” Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, October 2008. (Presentation with Karen Coombs)

“Putting the Library Website in Their Hands: The Advantages and Challenges of a Homegrown Content Management System.” LITA National Forum, Cincinnati, OH, October 2008. “Apps in Facebook & Google OpenSocial: Why Librarians Should Pay Attention.” BIGWIG Social Software Showcase, ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 2008.

“My Experience with the ALA Emerging Leaders Program.” Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, July 2006.


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Poster Presentations “The Library Makes its Small Screen Debut: Using the iPod Touch to Trial Library Services on Mobile Devices.” Poster presented at ACRL National Conference, Seattle, WA, March 2009. (Poster Presentation with Veronica Arellano, Miranda Bennett, Karen Coombs, and Robin Dasler) “Making the Library Workplace More Millennial Friendly.” ALA Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., June 2007. (Poster Presentation with Sandra Besselson, Chris Harris, Katy Herrick, and Wanda Nesbit) Workshops and Pre-Conferences “Drupal 101.” Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Houston, TX, April 2012. (Preconference) “Getting Started with Drupal.” ALA Midwinter Conference, Dallas, TX, January 2012. (Preconference LITA Workshop with Nina McHale) “Managing Projects & Communication.” Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, October 2011. (Preconference with Sean Watkins) “Streamlining Data for Cross-Platform Web Delivery.” Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, October 2011. (Preconference with Jason Battles and Sean Watkins) “Getting Started with Drupal.” ALA Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 2011. (Preconference LITA Workshop with Nina McHale) “Migrating to Drupal: Open Source Library Intranets.” Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, October 2010. (Preconference Workshop with Jason Battles, Catherine Baird, and Nina McHale)

Professional Service

Memberships & Committee Work

• American Library Association (2001-Present) o Committee on Organization (Intern, 2009-2011) o Emerging Leaders Program Subcommittee (2009-2010)

• Library Information Technology Association (2004-Present) o LITA Director at Large (2012-2015) o LITA Blogs, Wikis & Social Software Interest Group (BIGWIG)

(Member 2006-Present, Co-Chair 2008-2011) o LITA Nomination Committee (2010) LITA Program Planning Committee (2005-2010) o LITA National Forum Planning Committee

§ Atlanta, GA (2009-2010) § Cincinnati, OH (2007-2008) § Nashville, TN (2005-2006)

• Association of College and Research Libraries (2002-2007, 2010-2012) o ACRL President’s Program Planning Committee (2010-2011)

• Academic Library Association of Ohio (2002-2004) • University of Pittsburgh Student Chapter of the American Society for Information Science &

Technology (Chair and Webmaster, 2001) • Golden Key National Honor Society (1998-1999) • Sigma Tau Delta - English Honor Society (1998-1999)


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Scholarly Activities Articles in Development

Watkins, Sean, Battles, Jason, and Vacek, Rachel. “Streamlining Data for Cross-Platform Web Delivery.” Journal of Web Librarianship. 2013: Volume 7, Issue 1. Vacek, Rachel and Watkins, Sean. “Managing Projects & Communication with Scrum.” (Approached by Journal of Web Librarianship to write this article based on our previous presentation on this topic). Peer-Reviewed Articles Vacek, Rachel, Keller, Derek, Morris, Christina, and Watkins, Sean. “Improving the Drupal User Experience.” The Code4Lib Journal. December 2010, Issue 12. <http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/4578>

Vacek, Rachel and Sharpe, Paul. “Intranet 2.0 from a Project Management Perspective.” Journal of Web Librarianship (Special Issue on Intranets 2.0). 2010: Volume 4, Issue 2/3, p 239-249.

Book Chapters

Coombs, Karen, Arellano, Veronica, Bennett, Miranda, Dasler, Robin, and Vacek, Rachel. “Piloting Mobile Services at UH Libraries.” M-libraries 2: A Virtual Library in Everyone’s Pocket. Edited by Mohamed Ally and Gill Needham. London: Facet Publishing, 2010. Reviews of Books, Databases, and Websites

Vacek, Rachel. [Review of the book Microblogging and Lifestreaming in Libraries (The Tech Set)] Journal of Web Librarianship. Forthcoming.

Vacek, Rachel. [Review of the book Using Google App Engine] Journal of Web Librarianship. Forthcoming.

Vacek, Rachel. [Review of the book Searching 2.0] Reference & User Services Quarterly. 50/1 (Fall 2010): 89-90.

Vacek, Rachel. [Review of the book How to be a Geek Goddess] Journal of Web Librarianship. 3/4 (December 2009): 371-372.

Vacek, Rachel. [Review of the book Web Accessibility: Practical Advice for the Library and Information Professional] Reference & User Services Quarterly.48/4 (Summer 2009): 417.

Vacek, Rachel. [Review of the book A Practical Guide to Information Literacy Assessment for Academic Librarians] Reference & User Services Quarterly. 47/4 (Summer 2008): 405.

Vacek, Rachel. [Review of the book Leadership Basics for Librarians and Information Professionals] Journal of Web Librarianship. 2/1 (Spring 2008).

Vacek, Rachel. “Vault and WetFeet: The Career Paths Most Traveled” [Database review] Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship. 13/1 (2007): 59-65.


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Vacek, Rachel. [Review of the book Crash Course in Web Design for Libraries] Reference & User Services Quarterly. 47/2 (Winter 2007): 188.

Vacek, Rachel. [Review of Bschool.com] Journal of Finance and Business Librarianship. 11/1 (2005): 43-52.

Interviews for Articles and Books

Reed, Lori & Paul Signorelli. Workplace Learning and Leadership: A Handbook for Library and Nonprofit Trainers . (Interviewed for info on training in academic libraries). June 2011.

Bishop, Eric. “Need a CMS? 4 Reasons Buying Beats Building.” Digital Media Buzz. June 26, 2009. <http://www.digitalmediabuzz.com/2009/06/cms-5-reasons-to-buy/> Authorship of Other Articles

Vacek, Rachel. “What Library 101 Means to Me.” Library 101 Project, October 2009. <http://www.libraryman.com/library101/>

Vacek, Rachel. “Wikipedia: Research Tool or Nifty Website?” Library Columns: News from Peabody Library, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, September/October 2006.

Vacek, Rachel. “SearchEngineWatch.com is More Than a Tool for Web Designers.” Library Columns: News from Peabody Library, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, March/April 2006.

Vacek, Rachel. “Erin Go Study.” College Bound Magazine, March 2000.

Library Service

University of Houston • IA3 Committee (2011-Present, Chair 2011-2012) • Strategic Directions Implementation Committee (2011-2013, Chair 2012-2013) • Training Committee (2012-2014, Chair 2013-2014) • Librarian Promotion Committee (elected, 2012-2014) • Library Instruction Fellowship Search Committee (2012) • Chair of the Librarians (elected, Vice-Chair 2009-2010, Chair 2010-2011) • User Experience Committee (2010-2011) • Summon Implementation Team (2010-2011) • Website Redesign Project Management and Oversight Groups (2008-2010) • Marketing Committee (2008-2011) • Web Services Coordinator Search Committee (2010) • Digital Projects Oversight Committee (2009-2010) • Bylaws & Governance Documents Committee (elected, 2008-2010) • Committee on Committees & Elections (elected, 2008-2010) • Electronic Thesis & Dissertations Pilot Project (2007-2009) • Intranet Redesign Task Force (Chair, 2008-2009) • Metadata Coordinator Search Committee (2008) • Staff Furniture Selection Task Force (2008) • Web Management Committee (2007-2008)


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Vanderbilt University • Technology & Training Support Coordinators Team • SFX Maintenance Project Team • Primo GetIt! Implementation Project Team • Journal Club Project Team • Blogging Project Team, Chair • Electronic Resource Management System Investigative Project Team • Staff Development Committee • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Task Force

University Service

University of Houston

• UH PALS Program (2009, 2010) • Cougar First Impressions (2008-2011) • New Staff Orientation (2008, 2009) • New Faculty Orientation (2008) • Great Pumpkin Planning Committee (2007, 2008)

Vanderbilt University

• Spiders, the university web designers and developers (2004-2007) Community Service

Lead a team for AIR-Houston, a competition for web designers and developers to partner with non-profit organizations to build new websites or enhance existing ones to make them more accessible for people with disabilities. We built a new accessible website for Stage Presence Performing Arts Studio in 1 day, and came in 2nd Place. <http://www.knowbility.org/air-houston/> (October 2010)

Grants

Micro-grant: Mobile Walking Tour, Project Leader (2010-2011)

• Awarded $600 to build and market an application for use by Admissions and that utilizes images from the Digital Library

Micro-grant: Cougar Social Media Showcase, Project Leader (2009-2010) • Awarded $1137 to hold a showcase for faculty and librarians to highlight how people are using

Web 2.0 technologies in innovative ways within the classroom and beyond. Micro-grant: Sparky Awards, Project Leader (2009-2010)

• Awarded $2000 to create a local competition with prizes based on the national competition where students illustrate in a short video presentation what they see as the value of sharing information.

Micro-grant: Library Green Initiative (2009-2010) • Awarded $2000 to increase the availability and visibility of recycling within the M.D. Anderson

Library, and promote the library as an environmentally responsible institution. Micro-grant: E-Book Readers (2009-2010)

• Awarded $2096 to assess librarian experiences with e-book readers in order to gain a general understanding of the devices and develop a potential model for checking out e-book readers to faculty and students.

Micro-grant: Prototyping Mobile Services (2008-2009)


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• Awarded $1,790 to learn more about mobile device users and provide them with better interfaces to the Libraries content.

Professional Development

Teaching Experience Instructor for IMS 201: Information Studies in the Digital Age (3 credit-hour course) Interactive Media Studies Program, Miami University, Oxford, OH (Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Spring 2004)

Workshops Developed and Taught at Miami University Libraries (2002 - 2004)

• RSS & Libraries • Information Architecture • Spicing Up Your Website • CSS: Cascading Style Sheets • Digital Images • XHTML • Windows XP • Creating Digital Movies • Introduction to OCR: Optical Character Recognition • Bibliographic Citation Software: EndNote • Digitizing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Honors Projects • Ripping & Burning: Creating Digital Audio • Incorporating Information Literacy into Your Curriculum • Web Design Series: Creating Buttons

Workshops Developed and Taught at Vanderbilt University (2004 - 2007)

• Keeping Current with the Help of RSS and Blogs • Giving Presentations & Using Microsoft PowerPoint Effectively • Information Architecture • Bibliographic Citation Software: EndNote • Introduction to Dreamweaver • Finding Company and Industry Information • Online Investing & Banking • Keeping Current with an Aggregator • Libstats Overview and Demo

Workshops Developed and Taught at the University of Houston (2007-2010)

• Using Drupal: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced • Using the Homegrown Content Management System • Using Wordpress

Continuing Education

• “AccessU Summit.” Online accessibility conference (May 2012) • “Impact of Emotional Intelligence and Organizational Culture.” University of Houston (February

2012) • “Power to the Patron: From Systems to Services.” Online conference (December 2011) • “Impact UH: Executive Excellence.” 80 hours of training over the course of 10 weeks on

emotional intelligence, business acumen, leadership, etc. (September – November 2011) • “Library Resource Sharing: Emerging Trends and Technologies.” SEFLIN Virtual Conference

(September 2011)


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• “jQuery Online Conference.” (July 2010) • “Online Symposium: The future is mobile. Is your library ready?” (May 2010) • “Meredith Farkas and John Blyberg on Organization 2.0.” Webinar (May 2010) • “HTML5 Online Conference.” (April 2010) • “Working as a Team.” University of Houston (April 2010) • “Drupal CCK and Taxonomy: Striking a Balance for Your Information Architecture.” Aquia

Webinar (March 2010) • “CSS3 Online Conference.” (March 2010) • “Coaching for Success.” University of Houston (March 2010) • “Trendy Topics 2010.” Online Conference (March 2010) • “Shift, Shuffle & Slide: Teamwork in the Face of Change.” University of Houston (February

2010) • “Library Management Skills Institute.” DeEtta Jones & Associates, University of Houston

Libraries (January 2010) • “PHP: Interacting with the World.” Amigos Library Services (November 2009) • “The Future of Mobile.” LITA National Forum (October 2009) • “CONTENTdm: Editing Viewers & PHP Style Files.” Amigos Library Services (September 2009) • “How to Supervise People.” Fred Pryor Seminar (September 2009) • “Handheld Librarian Online Conference.” (July 2009) • “Google Analytics Workshop.” Association of Research Libraries (April 2009) • “Mets: The Basics.” Amigos Library Services (November 2008) • “Web Services for Librarians.” Computers in Libraries (April 2008) • “User Centered Design: Design Process & Usability.” ALA Midwinter Conference

(January 2008) • “Effective Meeting Management Training.” Vanderbilt University (March 2007) • “Developing Best Project Management Practices for IT Projects.” LITA National Forum

(October 2006) • “Business Librarianship 101.” ALA Annual Conference (June 2005) • “Discovering the Secrets of Microsoft Access.” CompuMaster Seminar (December 2004) • “Team Member and Continuous Quality Improvement Training.” Miami University (November

2002) • “Macromedia Flash & Fireworks Training.” Miami University, (November 2002)

Conferences Attended

• ALA Annual Conference (2001-2011) • ALA Midwinter Conference (2002-2012) • LITA National Forum (2004-2006, 2008-2011) • Internet Librarian (2008-2011) • Texas Conference for Digital Libraries (2008-2010) • Texas Library Association, District 8 Conference (2009-2011) • Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference (2009-2010) • Computers in Libraries (2008) • Instructional Technology Conference (2006) • Ohio Higher Education Computing Council (OHECC) Conference (2004) • Interactive Media Forum (2003) • Academic Library Association of Ohio Conference (2002-2003) • ACE Ohio Women’s Network Annual Conference (2002)