Work

Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas: 2005-
Web Development Librarian, K-State Libraries
Head, Integrated Access Group

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut: 2002-2005
Librarian for Germanic Languages and Literatures, Sterling Memorial Library

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1999-2002
Reference and Web Services Librarian, Marriott Library

Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri: 1995-1998
Web Designer and User Analyst, Department of Pediatrics (1997-1998)
Technical Assistant, West Campus Library (1995-1997)

Education

• Humboldt University, Berlin. Coursework in Institute for Library Science.
• University of Missouri-Columbia. MA in Library Science.
• Washington University in St. Louis. MA in Germanic Languages and Literatures, Piper Fellow.
• University of Bremen, Germany . Fulbright Student Grant.
• The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO. BA in German, Magna Cum Laude.

Honors and Awards

ACRL/WESS Coutts Nijhoff International West European Specialist Study Grant "Documenting a Vanishing Culture: German-language Literature from Czechoslovakia, 1945-1990." (2006)

DAAD Grant to the Federal Republic of Germany. Sole grant recipient—of thousands overall—in the field of library and information science. Received grant to compile bibliography of German-language literature from Eastern Europe after 1945 using resources in Berlin and Prague. (1998-1999)

Piper Fellow in German, Washington University. (1993-1994)

Fulbright Grant to the Federal Republic of Germany (1990-1991)

Phi Beta Kappa, Colorado College. (1989)

Publications

Solicited review (author's OA version) of Miller, William, and Rita M. Pellen, eds. Libraries and Google, New York: Haworth, 2005. in portal: Libraries and the Academy. 7.3 (2007): 393-394.

Solicited review of Hauke, Petra, ed. Bibliothekswissenschaft – quo vadis? Eine Disziplin zwischen Traditionen und Visionen: Programme – Modelle – Forschungsaufgaben, Library Science – quo vadis? A Discipline between Challenges and Opportunities: Programs – Models – Research Assignments. Munich: Saur, 2005. in IFLA SET Bulletin. 7.2 (2006): 25-27.

"German and American Librarians to Meet in Dresden." Global Resources 5 (2005): 5-6. (with Michael Seadle)

"Bibliothekstourismus zwischen Deutschland und den Vereinigten Staaten." In: Bibliothek, Leben (Festschrift for Engelbert Plassmann). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2005.

"'Fühlte mich als Bittsteller': Die Dienstleistungsmentalität in deutschen und in amerikanischen Bibliotheken." BuB: Forum für Bibliothek und Information 55.9 (2003): 576-581.

"Back to Europe: ACRL at the 53rd Frankfurt Book Fair." College and Research Libraries News 63.3 (2002): 204-206, 220. (with Thea Lindquist)

"Academics Abroad: Conducting Scholarly Research in German Libraries."portal: Libraries and the Academy 1.4 (2001): 445-453.

"Prager Volkszeitung als Studienobjekt. US-Germanist auf den Spuren deutschsprachiger Literatur in der Tschechoslowakei nach 1945." Prager Volkszeitung. May 11, 2001. 4.

Translator: Pazarkaya, Yüksel. "The Meaning of Four Books: On the Variability of Culture." World Literature Today 69.3 (1995): 505-511.

Selected Presentations

"Moving Beyond the MLA & Deviant Modes of Scholarly Communication." Women in German Conference, Snowbird, UT. October 21, 2006.

"Tools for Communication: Blogging." Presentation and panel member, CHECK 2006, Manhattan, KS. May 23, 2006.

"Open Access zu wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen" (Open Access to Scientific Research) Presentation and panel member, Amerika Haus Berlin, Germany. March 22, 2005.

"Die Metasuchsysteme MetaLib und ENCompass im Vergleich: liefern sie alles, was sie versprechen?" (The Federated Search Systems MetaLib and ENCompass Compared: Do They Deliver What They Promise?) 94th Deutscher Bibliothekartag (Germany’s ALA-type meeting), Düsseldorf, Germany. March 18, 2005.

"Wissenschaftliche Bibliotheken in den USA." (Academic Libraries in the USA). University of Applied Sciences, Leipzig, Germany. November 10, 2004.

"Die Dienstleistungsmentalität in deutschen und in amerikanischen Bibliotheken." (The Service Mentality in German and American Libraries). University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany. October 15, 2002.

Project Management and Consulting

German collections, Lewis and Clark College, consultant. 2007.
SFX implementation, K-State Libraries, project manager. 2006.
Google search appliance for campuswide search, K-State Libraries, project manager. 2006.
MetaLib implementation, Yale University Libraries, team member. 2003-2005.
German collections, Colgate University, consultant. 2003-2004.
Ask!live online reference desk service, Yale University Libraries, implementation consultant. 2002.
Online Reference Desk, University of Utah Library, project manager. 2001-2002.

Committees (select)

Kansas State University
• Library Interfaces Team, chair, 2005-.
• Strategic Planning Steering Committee, 2005-.

Yale University
• Integrated Access Council, 2004-2005.
• Collection Identification Working Group, 2004-2005.
• Public Interfaces Committee, 2002-2005.
• Committee for Digital General Resources, 2002-2004.

University of Utah
• Systems Advisory Committee, 2001-2002.
• Usability Working Group, chair, 2001-2002.
• New Ideas Forum, organizer, 2000-2002.

Technical Skills

Expert user of: MS Office suite, Acrobat, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, all Windows versions, Mac OS. HTML, XHTML, and CSS expert. Intermediate knowledge of UNIX.

Professional Organizations / Service

• American Library Association, 1996-.
• Association of College & Research Libraries, 1998-. Member, Western European Studies Section. Frankfurt 2006 Committee, chair, 2006-; Recruitment Committee, 2004-2006; Conference Planning Committee, 2003-2004.
• German North American Resources Partnership, 1999-. Vice Chair, 2006-; Steering committee, 2005-; Digital Libraries Working Group, 2005-; Document Delivery Working Group, 2000-2005.
• Member, editorial board, BuB. Forum für Bibliothek und Information (Germany’s largest-circulation library journal). 2005-.

Foreign Languages

Speak and write German fluently; reading knowledge of French, Dutch; basic knowledge of Czech, Slovak, Russian, and Japanese.

Blogs where I 'frequently' post
Digital Initiatives
Talking in the Library
Making Manhattan Better

COS Expertise profile
My questionable taste in music
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