EDUCATION

Educational Specialist (Curriculum, Teaching, and Ed. Policy)
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (2002)

Master of Education (Higher Education)
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio (1996)

Master of Library Science
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio (1993)

Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy and Radio-TV-Film)
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio (1992)

EXPERIENCE

Charles V. Park Library, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Position: Head of Reference Services (March 2003 – Present)
Responsibilities:
-    Supervise a staff of twelve including ten librarians and two support staff.  This includes oversight of the instruction and government documents staff.
-    Oversee all aspects of reference services including the reference desk, chat, and e-mail.  This includes participating in these services.
-    Coordinate scheduling of library instruction including LIB 197 which is a one credit hour library course.  This includes teaching a variety of classes.
-    Participate in collection development as the bibliographer for philosophy and educational administration.
-    Serve on committees as elected or assigned.  This includes the Library Professional Development Committee and the Library Marketing Committee.

Michigan State University Libraries, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Position: Library Instruction Coordinator (August 1996 – March 2003) Librarian II
Responsibilities:
-    Coordinated all formal library education services including bibliographic instruction, tours and orientations.  This included Fall Welcome and Open House programs.
-    Supervised the Electronic Resources Help Room, a public service area that functioned as a one-on-one teaching center for the library catalog and basic library databases in a tiered reference system.
-    Supervised one librarian (Assistant Instruction Librarian), three support staff, and numerous students in unit.
-    Worked with other university departments (Writing Center, Learning Resources Center, Provost's Office, computer units, etc.) to develop and teach university wide programs for students, faculty and staff.
-    Served as contact person for inquiries relating to   instruction. Coordinated instructors and class scheduling.
-    Taught a variety of library instruction sessions. In addition to 20-40 BI's a semester, this included teaching a semester long course for the American Thought and Language Department and an Evening College course.
-    Served as selector for both the College Guides and Career Collection in the Main Library Reference Collection.
-    Provided 6-10 hours of reference service per week at the Reference Desk.
-    Represented the library on university governance committees including the University Military Education Advisory Committee, the University Committee on Curriculum, and Academic Council.
-    One of two lead librarians who helped to create a CD product titled Tales from the MSU Stacks.  This CD had 30 minutes of video as well as supplemental interactive content dealing with information literacy and library orientation. This CD was distributed to all new freshmen coming to campus in 2000 and 2001.

Zanesville Campus Library, Ohio University at Zanesville, Zanesville, Ohio
Position: Reference Librarian (January 1994-July 1996)
Responsibilities:
-    As only reference librarian for library, directed all aspects of reference service.  Worked 20-25 hours a week at the Reference Desk.
-    Taught freshmen composition library sessions that averaged 30-40 a quarter.  Also taught any other instructional session that was scheduled including sessions in nursing, education, and psychology. Taught 40-50 sessions a quarter.
-    Taught courses in College Skills for Freshmen (UC 116), Uses of Library Resources (EDM 201), and Introduction to Educational Media (EDM 480).
-    Participated in collection development for library in both reference and general books/videos.
-    Wrote library ADA policy and coordinated implementation into library.
-    Supervised circulation and public service areas.   Hired, supervised and evaluated all student assistants (7-10) in library as well as a full-time clerical assistant.
-    Instructed patrons in use and supervised updating of  4,500 item law collection.
-    Served as Acting Director in the Director's absence.
-    Served on various library and university committees including library and campus security and several search committees.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“The Heart of Change: Julius Caesar and the End of the Roman Republic.”  Michigan Association of Middle School Educators, March 9, 2006, Petoskey, MI.

“(Panel) Growing the Next Generation of Library Leaders.”  Michigan Library Association Annual Conference, October 26, 2005, Grand Rapids, MI.

“Academic Blogs.” Blogs, the Internet, and Libraries: Michigan Library Consortium Annual Meeting, September 30, 2005, Lansing, MI.

“Putting a Plagiarism Module Online.”  Lilly North Conference, September 16, 2005, Traverse City, MI.

“(Pre-conference)Getting Published: An Overview for Librarians.”  Panel Discussion, Michigan Library Association Annual Conference, Oct. 27, 2004, Traverse City, MI.

“Understanding and Identifying Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism.”  Lilly North Conference, September 24, 2004, Traverse City, MI.

“Understanding and Identifying Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism.”  Lilly North Conference, September 19, 2003, Traverse City, MI.

“If You Build It, Will They Come? Creating Effective Web Tutorials: A Nuts & Bolts Approach.” Panel Discussion, Michigan Library Association Information Literacy Roundtable Workshop, Nov. 15, 2002, Lansing, MI.

“Our Teachers Told Us to Come Here.” Panel Discussion, Michigan Library Association Annual Conference, Oct. 31, 2002, Grand Rapids, MI.

“If You Build It, Will They Come? Creating Effective Web Tutorials: A Nuts & Bolts Approach.” Panel Discussion, Michigan Library Association Information Literacy Roundtable 2002 Spring Workshop, April 26, 2002, Mt. Pleasant, MI.

“Reaching New Students before They Arrive on Campus: The Big Time Library Show Experience at Michigan State University.”  LOEX-of-the-West Annual Conference, June 9, 2000, Bozeman, MT.

“Introducing First-Year Student-Athletes to the Library.” LOEX Annual Conference, May 19, 2000, Ypsilanti, MI.

“(Poster Session) Lights, Camera, Action! Developing a Video Introduction to the University Library.” American Library Association Annual Conference, June 28, 1999, New Orleans, LA.

“Preparing High School Students for the Wired University Library: The Big Time Library Show Experience at Michigan State University.” Michigan Association for Computer-Related Technology Users in Learning Annual Conference, March 12, 1999, Detroit MI.

“Security Issues in Libraries.”  Michigan Library Association Support Staff and Paraprofessional Conference, March 19, 1998, Lansing MI.

“Security Issues in the Public Libraries of Three Midwestern States.”  Michigan Library Association Annual Conference, November 6, 1997, Grand Rapids, MI.

 “(Poster Session) Security Issues in Midwestern Public Libraries.” American Library Association Annual Conference, June 28, 1997, San Francisco, CA.

“OhioLINK: Increasing Access to Information for Educators in Ohio.” Southeast Ohio Regional Professional Development Center Annual Conference, June 12, 1996, Zanesville, OH.

“Generation X and Technology,” with Kelly Moore, Academic Library Association of Ohio, Annual Conference, November 3, 1995, Columbus, OH.

“The Internet and Public Library Reference,” with Shana Fair and Larry Tumblin, Ohio Library Council, Annual Conference, September 7, 1995, Dayton, OH.

“You Can Never Have Enough Friends,” Panel Discussion, Academic Library Association of Ohio, Annual Conference, November 4th, 1994, Columbus, OH.

“Introduction to ProQuest,” Session One and Two, Ohio Educational Library Media Association, East Regional Workshop, April 28th, 1994, Cambridge, OH.

PUBLICATIONS (BOOK CHAPTERS)

With Nancy Lucas. “Introducing First-Year Student-Athletes to the Library: The Michigan State University Experience.” In First Impressions, Lasting Impact: Introducing the First-Year Student to the Academic Library.  Edited by Julia K. Nims and Ann Andrew. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Pierian Press. (2002): 95-100.

“Using Tattooing to Teach Boolean Searching.” In Teaching Information Literacy Concepts: Activities and Frameworks from the Field. Edited by Trudi E. Jacobson and Timothy H. Gatti. Pittsburgh: Library Instruction Publications. (2001): 195-199.

“Using Outcome-Based Education in the Planning and Teaching of New Information Technologies.” In Information Technology Planning.  Edited by Lori A. Goetsch.  Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, Inc. (1999): 141-152.

“Management by Wandering Around: Reference Rovering and Quality Reference Service.” In Philosophies of Reference Service.  Edited by Celia Hales Mabry.  Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, Inc. (1997): 51-57.

“Henrietta Swan Leavitt.” In Notable Women in the Physical Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary.  Edited by Barbara and Benjamin Shearer. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1997), 233-37.

PUBLICATIONS (ARTICLES)

"Vandals, Administrators, and Sockpuppets, Oh My! An Ethnographic Study of Wikipedia’s Handling of Problem Behavior." MLA Forum 5, no. 2 (2006), online at http://www.mlaforum.org/volumeV/issue2/article2.html.

“Collegiality and the Academic Library.” E-JASL: The Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship 7, no. 2 (Summer 2006), online at http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/content/v07n02/lorenzen_m01.htm.

“Strategic Planning for Academic Library Instructional Programming.” Illinois Libraries 86, no. 2 (Summer 2006): 22-29.

“Conflict Resolution and Academic Library Instruction.” LOEX Quarterly 33, no. ½, (Spring/Summer 2006): 6-9, 11.

“The Ideal Academic Library as Envisioned through Nietzsche’s Vision of the Eternal Return.”  MLA Forum 5, no. 1 (2006), online at http://www.mlaforum.org/volumeV/issue1/article3.html.

“Encouraging Community in Library Instruction: A Jigsaw Experiment in a University Library Skills Classroom.”  Illinois Libraries 85, no. 1 (Fall 2003): 5-14.

“(Editorial) Teaching and Learning on the Web.” Academic Exchange Quarterly 7, no. 1 (Spring 2003): 4.

“Featured Web Site: LibraryInstruction.Com.” LOEX News 30, no. 1 (Spring 2003): 2,3.

“International Bibliographic Activities in the 20th Century: A Literature Review.”  MLA Forum 2, no. 1 (2003), online at http://www.mlaforum.org/volumeII/issue1/InternationalBib.html.

“The Land of Confusion? High School Students and Their Use of the Web for Research.” Research Strategies 18, no. 2 (2001): 151-163.

“Using Video and CD-ROM to Reach New Students Before They Arrive on Campus.”  LOEX News 28, no. 2 & 3 (Fall 2001): 7, 12, 13.

“Brief History of Library Instruction in the United States of America.” Illinois Libraries 83, no. 2 (Spring 2001): 8-18.

“Active Learning and Library Instruction.”  Illinois Libraries 83, no. 2 (Spring 2001): 19-24.

“Education Schools and Library Schools: A Comparison of Their Perceptions by Academia.”  Illinois Libraries 82, no. 3 (Summer 2000): 154-159.

“Working with Campus Writing Centers: Opportunities for Cooperation.” LOEX News 27, no. 1 (Spring 2000): 10, 11.

“Deconstructing the Carnegie Libraries: The Sociological Reasons Behind Carnegie's Millions to Public Libraries.” Illinois Libraries 81, no. 2 (Spring 1999): 75-78.

“Using Outcome-Based Education in the Planning and Teaching of New Information Technologies.”  Journal of Library Administration 26, no. 3/4 (1999): 141-152.

“Distance Education: Delivering Instruction in Cyberspace.”  College & Research Libraries News 59, no. 5 (May 1998): 342-345.

“Security Issues in the Public Libraries of Three Midwestern States.” Public Libraries 37, no. 2 (March/April 1998): 134-136.

“Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color (and three other EDUCOM '97 conference reports).” Library Hi Tech News, no. 149 (January-February 1998): 22-24.

“Management by Wandering Around: Reference Rovering and Quality Reference Service.” The Reference Librarian, no. 59 (1997): 51-57.

“Security in the Public Libraries of Illinois.”  Illinois Libraries 79, no. 1 (Winter 1997): 21, 22.

“Security in the Public Libraries of Missouri.”  Missouri Library World 1, no. 3/4 (Fall 1996): 15-7.

“Support Staff in Professional Organizations: An Interview with Pat Salomon.”  Library Mosaics 7, no. 3 (May/June 1996): 14, 15.

“Using the Internet for Reference Service.”  OhioLIBRARIES 8, no. 3 (Fall 1995): 23, 24.

“Remember the Gin and Tonic! Using Alcohol to Teach Boolean Searching.” Library Instruction Round Table News 17, no. 4 (June 1995): 10.

With Loretta Ivey. “Action Exchange: Soliciting Travel Collection Materials.” American Libraries 25, no. 9 (October 1994): 868.

PUBLICATIONS (ERIC DOCUMENTS)

“Library Instruction Outside of North America in the 20th Century.” ERIC ED #464 647, 2002.

“Security Issues of Ohio Public Libraries.”  ERIC ED #416 907, 1998.

“Security Issues of Academic Libraries.” ERIC ED # 396 765, 1996.

“The Zanesville Campus Library of Ohio University at Zanesville and the Muskingum Area Technical College: A Use Study of a Co-Located Campus Library.” ERIC ED # 377 872, 1994.

“Security Problems of Ohio Academic Libraries.”  ERIC ED # 367 341, 1993.

PUBLICATIONS (REVIEWS)

“Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero.”  Ohioana Quarterly, 49, (Spring 2006), 46, 47.

“Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the New Face of American War.”  Ohioana Quarterly, 48, (Winter 2005), 498, 499.

“Centennial Crisis: The Disputed Election of 1876.”  Ohioana Quarterly, 47, (Winter 2004), 453, 454.

“Zane Grey on Fishing.” Ohioana Quarterly, 47, (Summer 2004), 198.

“Writing and developing your college textbook.” Choice 41, (March 2004), 1270.

“The Compleat Academic: A Career Guide.” Choice 41, (December 2003), 843.

“Omar! My Life on and Off the Field.”  Ohioana Quarterly, 46, (Fall 2003), 318.

“Higher Education in the United States: An Encyclopedia.” Choice 40, (December 2002), 613, 614.

"Directory of Catholic Colleges and Universities." Choice 39, (January 2002), 845.

"(Web Site) Directory of Online Resources for Information Literacy." Choice 38, (August 2001): 42.

"(Web Site) Researchpapercom." Choice 38, (August 2001): 53.

“Knight Fall: Bobby Knight, the Truth Behind America’s Most Controversial Coach.” Ohioana Quarterly 44, no. 3, (Fall 2001): 257.

“Library Instruction: A Peer Tutoring Model.” In American Reference Books Annual 2001, Volume 32. Edited by Bohdan S. Wynar. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Incorporated (2001): 271, 272.

"(Web Site) Directory of Online Resources for Information Literacy." Choice 37, (August 2000): 54.

"(Web Site) Researchpapercom." Choice 37, (August 2000): 54.

“How Do They Know They Know? Evaluating Adult Learning.” In Library and Information Science Annual 1999, Volume 7.  Edited by Bohdan S. Wynar.  Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Incorporated (1999): 145, 146.

“(Software) BookWhere? 2000 3.0 (beta).” In "Reference Managers", edited by Judy Mathews. Nature (online version only), July 29th, 1999.  (http://www.nature.com)

“(Web Site) Directory of Online Resources for Information Literacy.” Choice 36, Supplement (Special Web Issue 1999): 128.

“Graduate School: The Best Resources to Help You Choose, Get In, and Pay.”  Choice 36, no. 5 (January 1999): 862.

“International Dictionary of University Histories.”  Choice 36, no. 2 (October 1998): 298.

“(Web Site) Researchpapercom.” Choice 35, Supplement (Special Web Issue 1998): 68-70.

“Student Learning in the Information Age.”  Choice 35, no. 8 (April 1998): 1422.

“Reference Training in Academic Libraries.” In Library and Information Science Annual 1998, Volume 6.  Edited by Bohdan S. Wynar.  Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Incorporated (1998): 67.

“Developing Indicators for Academic Library Performance: Ratios from the ARL Statistics 1993-94 and 1994-95.” In Library and Information Science Annual 1998, Volume 6.  Edited by Bohdan S. Wynar.  Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Incorporated (1998): 69.

“(Periodical) Minnesota Libraries.” In Library and Information Science Annual 1998, Volume 6.  Edited by Bohdan S. Wynar.  Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Incorporated (1998): 164.

“(Periodical) Campus-Wide Information Systems.” In Library and Information Science Annual 1998, Volume 6.  Edited by Bohdan S. Wynar.  Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Incorporated (1998): 168, 169.

“(Periodical) Inform: The Voice of the Document Management Industry.”  In Library and Information Science Annual 1998, Volume 6.  Edited by Bohdan S. Wynar.  Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Incorporated (1998): 171.

“Papers From the Headmaster: Reflections on a World Fit for Children.” Ohioana Quarterly 40, no.3 (Fall 1997): 166, 167.

“(Web Site) Researchpapercom.”  Choice 34, Supplement (Special Web Issue 1997): 48.

“Muhammad Ali: The People's Champ.” Ohioana Quarterly 39, no. 4 (Winter 1996): 223-5.

“Only In America: The Life and Crimes of Don King.” Ohioana Quarterly 39, no. 2 (Summer 1996): 90, 91.

“Rogers Hornsby: A Biography.” Ohioana Quarterly 39, no. 1 (Spring 1996): 20.

“Rotten to the Core: Crime, Sex, and Corruption in Johnny Appleseed's Hometown.” Ohioana Quarterly 38, no. 4 (Winter 1995): 277, 278.

“A College for Appalachia: Alice Lloyd on Caney Creek.” Appalachian Journal 23, no. 1 (Fall 1995): 91-4.

“Edison: Inventing the Century.” Ohioana Quarterly 38, no. 3 (Fall 1995): 193.

“Cavs From Fitch to Fratello: The Sometimes Miraculous, Often Hilarious Wild Ride of the Cleveland Cavaliers.” Ohioana Quarterly 38, no. 2 (Summer 1995): 102, 103.

“Reference Services Planning in the 90s.” Information Technology and Libraries 14, no. 1 (March 1995): 58.

“(Video) Be Prepared: Security and Your Library.” Library Journal 120, no. 2 (February 1, 1995): 105.

“Hard Stuff: The Autobiography of Mayor Coleman Young.” Ohioana Quarterly 37, no. 4 (Winter 1994): 271.

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

Anne Marie Casey, Associate Dean of Libraries, Central Michigan University Libraries, 407B Park Library, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859, (989) 774-6421.  anne.marie.casey at cmich.edu

Faye Backie, Assistant Director for Public Services, Michigan State University Libraries, W255 Main Library, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1048, (517) 432-6123 ext. 214.  backie at mail.lib.msu.edu

Dr. Steven Sowards, Assistant Director for Collections, Michigan State University Libraries, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1048, (517) 432-6123 ext. 126. sowards at mail.lib.msu.edu