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NAME:
Susan Ardis

POSITION/TITLE:
Acting Head, Science Libraries Division and Head, McKinney Engineering Library of the General Libraries

WORK ADDRESS:
ECJ 1.3
University of Texas, Austin
Austin, Texas 78712

PHONE:
512-495-4505

FAX:
512-495-4507

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
Currently acting head of 6 science libraries (chemistry, geology, life science, marine science, physics-math-astronomy) and bibliographer for engineering. Total of 15 years as an engineering librarian plus 8 as biosciences librarian. Published three books, number of articles and given many presentations.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
Jay Bhatt

POSITION/TITLE:
Information Services Librarian - Engineering

WORK ADDRESS:
W. W. Hagerty Library, 33rd and Market Street
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA 19104

PHONE:
215-895-1873

FAX:
215-895-2070

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
Jay Bhatt received the M.S. in Library and Information Science from Drexel University in 1997 and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering also from Drexel in 1986. He joined the Hagerty Library as an Information Services librarian for Engineering in December 1997. He is actively involved with the collection development in engineering emphasizing electronic resources, outreach to faculty and students to teach and inform new electronic resources and assisting faculty and students in their information retrieval process. He is also interested in information competencies for engineering faculty and students since more resources are now available electronically, and learning these resources is becoming significantly important in their scholarly research. He loves mentoring and working with students.

He is actively involved with the Engineering Libraries Division of the ASEE. He is also the 2003 recipient of Drexel University's Harold Myers Distinguished Service Award.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Member of the ASEE (Engineering Libraries Division) Mentoring Committee ( http://www.lib.duke.edu/egr/eld.html)

Featured panelist at the General Discussion Group session entitled "Mentoring in Science & Technology Libraries" at the 2001 Midwinter Meeting.

Paper presentation at the 2004 ASEE conference: Bhatt, J. , Fromm., & Manion, M. Engineerings Ethics, the Drexel Engineering Curriculum and the Library : a Collaborative Teaching Partnership. Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE conference.

Poster presentation at the 2004 ASEE conference: Engineering Information Retrieval : a Web-based Interactive Tutorial - Jay Bhatt, Andy Wheeler, John Meyer, Rafael Sidi

Poster Presentation at the 2004 IATUL conference: Reaching All Students: Teaching Information Seeking Skills Online -Jay Bhatt, Andy Wheeler, Peggy Dominy, John Meyer, Rafael Sidi

Library-Hi Tech News article: Alice Trussell, Jay Bhatt. 25th IATUL Conference Report, Library Hi Tech News incorporating Online and CD Notes, 21(8), 4-7, 2004.

webCT Regional Conference: Techniques for Integrating Library Resources into WebCT. Andy Wheeler, Jay Bhatt, and Jean-Claude Bradley, Second Annual Northeast Region WebCT Conference, Philadelphia PA (April 2004)

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
Mel DeSart

POSITION/TITLE:
Head, Engineering Library

WORK ADDRESS:
Engineering Library
University of Washington
Box 352170
Seattle, WA 98195-2170

PHONE:
206-685-8369

FAX:
206-543-3305

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
Assistant Engineering Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1987-1994; Engineering Librarian, then Coordinator of Science and Engineering Resources and Services, University of Kansas, 1994-2000; Head, Engineering Library, University of Washington, March 2000 - . I'm a member of ACRL/STS and of the Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). I regularly attend both the ASEE and ACRL national conferences and often attend ALA Annual and Midwinter. My major current interest is in changing the existing scholarly communication process and in how advocating and facilitating changes to that process will prove beneficial to libraries, their collections, and their clientele. Also interested in integration of information literacy skills into the sci-tech curricula and in marketing of appropriate library collections and services to particular user populations.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
David Flaxbart

POSITION/TITLE:
Head, Chemistry Library

WORK ADDRESS:
University of Texas at Austin
Welch Hall 2.132
Austin, TX 78712

PHONE:
512-495-4600

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
I'm head of the Chemistry Library at UT-Austin, working with collections and services related to chemistry, chemical engineering, and nutrition in a large, branched research library environment. I've also been heavily involved in WWW/Internet services, publishing, and training. My personal areas of focus tend to lie in serials management, collection development, and scholarly communication trends. Before coming to Texas I was a librarian in the chemistry and engineering libraries at the Univ. of Michigan at Ann Arbor and in reference at the Sci/Eng Lib at the Univ. of Arizona where I attended library school.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either here in Austin or at a conference, if schedule permits.

NAME:
Don Frank

POSITION/TITLE:
Assistant Director

WORK ADDRESS:
Millar Library
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon 97207-1151

PHONE:
503- 725-4709

FAX:

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
Was responsible for information and public services at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Was responsible for the Cabot Library at Harvard University. Was responsible for the Science-Engineering Library at University of Arizona. Was responsible for Reference Services at Texas Tech University. Interested in administration, supervision, collection development/management, scholarly communication, reference/information services, instructional activities, and personnel administration.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
William A. Garrabrant

POSITION/TITLE:
Stewart Room Librarian/Science Librarian

WORK ADDRESS:
Campbell Library
Rowan University
201 Mullica Hill Road
Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701

PHONE:
856-256-4979

FAX:
856-256-4924

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
Over thirty years of college and university public service library experience with a background in art and the natural sciences after an unsuccessful attempt to teach science on the high school level. U.S. Air Force Weapons Controller between A.B. geology and M.S. degrees in science education and library science.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
: I wish to retire with some service in science information for Rowan University or as an independent consultant about 2004.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
Flora Grabowska

POSITION/TITLE:
Science Librarian

WORK ADDRESS:
Box 553 Vassar College
24 Raymond Avenue
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604-0553

PHONE:
845-437-5788

FAX:
845-437-5864

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
My subject areas include nursing, engineering, math, physics, computer science, biology, chemistry, psychology, geology. I've worked in a hospital library, several academic libraries and in a Geological Survey of Canada library. I've taught a wide variety of courses, but mostly automation, in a Library Technician program. I've delivered library services to Distance Education students (in nursing).

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
Jill Hackenberg

POSITION/TITLE:
Coordinator, Reference and Electronic Services

WORK ADDRESS:
Univ. at Buffalo, Science and Engineering Library
Capen Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260-2200

PHONE:
716-645-2946 ext 226

FAX:
716-645-3710

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
I worked for 5 years as CD-rom network coordinator of a 100 workstation network with 70 databases (U. of Houston). I worked for 6 years as science librarian in chemistry, physics, astronomy, and geology. I moderated PACS-L from the early days until 12/95.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or (maybe) at an SLA conference.

NAME:
Julie Hurd

POSITION/TITLE:
Associate Professor, Science Librarian and Coordinator of Digital Library Planning

WORK ADDRESS:
University of Illinois at Chicago M/C 234
POB 8198, Chicago, IL 60680

PHONE:
312-413-3060

FAX:
312-996-7822

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
My library experience has included public services and administrative positions in ARL science libraries. I came to librarianship with a doctorate in Chemistry and have maintained an interest in that specialization. I have worked on many aspects of automated systems doing training and documentation as well as on screen design for locally-mounted databases. I am involved in UIC's digital library activities, working on our Web pages, and dealing with electronic databases and journals. My research focuses on scientists' use of information technology. I am currently employed in an institution where librarians have full faculty status with all the attendant obligations for research and publication. I would be happy to serve as a resource for new librarians with concerns in that area.

TO CONTACT:
E-mail preferred; NOT phone. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
Kathryn Kjaer

POSITION/TITLE:
Head of Science Library Reference

WORK ADDRESS:
The UCI Libraries
P.O. Box 19557
University of California, Irvine
Irvine CA 92623-9557

PHONE:
949-824-8521

FAX:
949-824-3114

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
I am currently head of a science reference department with 11 librarians, 6 library assistants, and several student assistants. We serve the faculty, students, and staff in the College of Medicine and the Schools of Engineering, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences, and Information and Computer Science. I am actively involved in the development of our thriving digital reference service and the Libraries' website. I am also Bibliographer for Mathematics, Physics, and Astronomy and have over 15 years experience in collection development, faculty liaison, and instruction.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
Patricia A. Kreitz

POSITION/TITLE:
Director of Technical Information Services

WORK ADDRESS:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, M.S. 82
P.O. Box 4349
Stanford, CA 94309

PHONE:
415-926-4385

FAX:
415-926-4905

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
I currently manage a suite of information services (databases, web, libraries, archives, publications) in a sci/tech high-energy physics academic research institution which is part of Stanford University. Before I was involved in sci/tech, I was head of General Reference Services for the graduate library at U.C. Berkeley where along with management, I did library instruction, reference and did collection development in the social sciences.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
Laurel Kristick

POSITION/TITLE:
Physical Sciences Coordinator for Collection Development

WORK ADDRESS:
Oregon State University
121 The Valley Library
Corvallis, OR 97331

PHONE:
541-737-7276

FAX:
541-737-8224

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
Have seven years' experience as a special librarian, working in several aerospace and engineering libraries. Five years experience as an academic reference librarian, specializing in the physical sciences (chemistry, physics, and astronomy). Selector for materials in the physical and general sciences.

TO CONTACT:
E-mail preferred, phone OK. Possibility of conference meeting.

NAME:
Allison Level

POSITION/TITLE:
Agriculture Reference Librarian

WORK ADDRESS:
Colorado State University
Morgan Library
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1019

PHONE:
970-491-3918

FAX:
970-491-5817

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
Twelve years academic library experience with ten in science and technology and two as Head of Reference in a medium academic (non-ARL) library. At CSU I have collection development, reference and instruction responsibilities for agriculture, forestry, and wildlife areas. Current projects include working on an NEH grant with Cornell Univ. for Preservation of Agriculture and Rural Life Literature of Colorado. I am also working on an information literacy program with science faculty and LOTS of collection development projects. I have worked with Blackwell to set up purchase plans and I have chaired a serials assessment task force for our library. I have been active in ACRL sections (STS and IS), including chair and committee member experience. I am also active in USAIN.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
Alesia McManus

POSITION/TITLE:
Head, Science Library

WORK ADDRESS:
Binghamton University
PO Box 6012
Binghamton, NY 13902-6012

PHONE:
(607) 777-4122

FAX:
(607) 777-2274

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
I have thirteen years of experience as a science librarian including experience in reference, instruction, collection management and administration. I have supervised librarians on a tenure track and I have a record of professional development that includes committee service, presentations, articles, and grant writing.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
Jeannie P. Miller

POSITION/TITLE:
Director, Science and Engineering Services

WORK ADDRESS:
Sterling C. Evans Library
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-5000

PHONE:
409-862-1043

FAX:
409-862-4575

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
Manage unit consisting of 7 librarians, 3 lecturers, 1 Staff Assistant, and 8 classified staff. Unit responsible for collection development in the sciences for the reference and general collection and reference, instructional services and individual counseling sessions, especially for the College of Science, College of Geosciences, College of Engineering, and College of Architecture.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
Mark Mounts

POSITION/TITLE:
Reference Librarian

WORK ADDRESS:
Feldberg Business and Engineering Library
Murdough Center
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755

PHONE:
603-646-1145

FAX:
603-646-2384

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
I currently do reference for Engineering and Business. I am a bibliographer for History of Science. I do online searching in the areas of Business and Engineering. I create and maintain Feldberg's web pages. I work for the Digital Library Technologies Group at Dartmouth writing XSLT stylesheets. I am a CHOICE reviewer. I have worked at Auburn Univ., Linda Hall Library and Princeton Univ. My strong areas are: Web publishing, patents, engineering and mathematics.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
Erika del Carmen Morales Muñoz

POSITION/TITLE:
Estudiante de la Lic. en Biblioteconomia

WORK ADDRESS:
Tuxtla Gutierrez
Chis. Mexico
29000

PHONE:
01 961 61 3 81 7

FAX:
814-865-1379

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
Experience in internet/computing

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet locally.

NAME:
Linda Musser

POSITION/TITLE:
Head, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library

WORK ADDRESS:
Earth and Mineral Sciences Library
Penn State University
105 Deike Building
University Park, PA 16802

PHONE:
814-863-7073

FAX:
814-865-1379

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
I have experience as a science cataloger as well as public service experience in both engineering and science branch libraries.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference. (Don't usually go to ALA.)

NAME:
Nestor L. Osorio

POSITION/TITLE:
Science & Engineering Librarian

WORK ADDRESS:
Founders Library 303
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115

PHONE:
815-753-9837

FAX:
815-753-8376

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
I have worked at NIU since 1982 where I hold the rank of Professor. My academic degrees are in mathematics and in physics and also the MLS. During my career I have obtained a broad experience as both an information specialist and as a bibliographer. I am also interested in the use of technology in library operations. I am an active member of several professional associations and have published articles in journals and conference proceedings. I am particularly interested in mentoring individuals for the preparation of their tenure process.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
Amy L. Paster

POSITION/TITLE:
Head, Life Sciences Library

WORK ADDRESS:
408 Paterno Library
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802-1811

PHONE:
814-865-3708

FAX:
814-863-9684

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
Head of a life sciences library since 1995. Previous to that was a life sciences reference librarian and a science cataloger. Subject selector for general science, entomology and mycology.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
: Active in national associations. Survived the tenure process at Penn State.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
Lorraine Pellack

POSITION/TITLE:
Head, Science & Technology Dept.

WORK ADDRESS:
152 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

PHONE:
515-294-5569

FAX:
515-294-5525

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
I have a B.S. in biology and MLS. I have worked with both life and physical sciences, and specialized in natural history and geology over the years and have worked extensively with engineering reference. I have worked for 9 years in a science library (with 13 staff), 5 years in a main library with 8 reference librarians (and 6 science branch libraries) and 4 years in a main library with 20 reference librarians (with science materials fairly centralized in the main library). I also supervised the Circulation Department in a large science library. All positions have dealt with collection development, instruction and reference duties. As a department head, I have experience with hiring/interviewing entry-level science librarians.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet locally or at professional meetings such as Iowa Library Association, ACRL or USAIN. I don't attend ALA annual or midwinter meetings.

NAME:
Eleanor Randall

POSITION/TITLE:
Reference Librarian

WORK ADDRESS:
214 Baron-Forness Library
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Edinboro, PA 16444

PHONE:
814-732-2783

FAX:
 

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:

Biology and General Science Teacher : Secondary and College level(Part Time)
MS. in Genetics, M.L.S
Medical Librarian: 15 Years
Academic Science Librarian 6 years
Bibliographic Instruction in science.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

I enjoy what I do...Of course, I wish I could keep up with the disciplines..but my role in the academic library is quite fulfilling.

I am responsible for collection development in Biology, Chemistry, Geoscience and Physics.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
Alison Ricker

POSITION/TITLE:
Science Librarian

WORK ADDRESS:
Science Library, Science Center
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH 44074-1097

PHONE:
440-775-8310

FAX:
440-775-8739

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
Twenty years in a liberal arts college science library; collection development and management, reference, instruction librarian for biology, chemistry, geology, neuroscience, physics. Student assistant supervision, circulation and reserve supervisor. Team teaching with chem faculty a 1-credit course on chemistry information (paper on this course was published in the October 1999 issue of Journal of Chemical Education). Principal contact for the library during planning of a new science center and library; mapped the collection for the new library and oversaw the move of the collection from the old to the new facility. Gathered information on other science libraries in colleges as part of that process that might be helpful to others. Has been part of the ACS Library Advisory Group for several years. Experience as chair and committee member in various ACRL affiliated groups, would be willing to talk about that experience with people interested in being more involved in ACRL. Working with faculty to incorporate information literacy into First-Year Seminar courses.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
Robert G. Sabin

POSITION/TITLE:
Science & Engineering Librarian

WORK ADDRESS:
Rice University
Fondren Library MS-255
P. O. Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892

PHONE:
713-348-4324

FAX:
713-348-5859

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
My experience has been solely in academic libraries (both large and small) and I've done just about everything from managing a library to doing reference and collection development work. My primary areas of subject expertise are in biology, chemistry, chemical engineering, and health sciences. I also like a wide variety of sports both as a spectator and participant, so I particularly enjoy doing collection development in that area.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
Meg E. Spencer

POSITION/TITLE:
Science Librarian

WORK ADDRESS:
Cornell Science Library
Swarthmore College
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19801

PHONE:
610-328-7685

FAX:
610-690-5776

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
I have been working for twenty years in Swarthmore's Science Library, and have experienced A LOT of changes over those years. I have a wide range of experience running a very busy branch library, including dealing with personnel (both student & permanent), collection development, bibliographic instruction, building/construction woes, dealing with faculty, and much more. My educational background was not in the Sciences, but in the Humanities and Social Sciences, so most of my science knowledge comes from being on the job. Swarthmore is part of a TriCollege consortium with Haverford and Bryn Mawr, which has provided me with some valuable experience dealing with other staffs, faculty and administration.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
Bruce Slutsky

POSITION/TITLE:
Technical Reference Librarian

WORK ADDRESS:
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Robert Van Houten Library
Newark, NJ 01702-1982

PHONE:
973-642-4950

FAX:
973-643-5601

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
I have over 15 years experience in technical reference with an emphasis on chemistry. I have trained science librarians before and have written on the subject.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
Tony Stankus

POSITION/TITLE:
Science Librarian

WORK ADDRESS:
Science Library, Swords Hall 100, Box 30A
College of the Holy Cross
1 College Street
Worcester, MA 01610-2643

PHONE:
508-793-2643

FAX:
508-793-3530

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
Has headed an academic science library of 90K volumes and numerous web-resources for 30 years. Has written 10 books in the field of science librarianship, especially on collection management. A regular contributor to journals in academic librarianship, with over 100 articles. Has 20 years experience as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Library & Information Studies, which named him Distinguished Alumnus of the Year in 1992. Concentrates primarily on matters of collection development, particularly print and electronic serials.

TO CONTACT:
Phone, fax, or e-mail.

NAME:
Mary L. Strife

POSITION/TITLE:
Director, Evansdale Library

WORK ADDRESS:
Evansdale Library
P.O. Box 6105
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506-6105

PHONE:
304-293-4696 x5112

FAX:
304-293-7330

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
Worked as Engineering Ref Librarian at Cornell; Librarian at Hamilton Standard/United Technologies; Science Reference Librarian at Syracuse University; Laser Lab/Geology/Map Librarian at University of Rochester; and Public and Access Services Coordinator at SUNY/Utica. Heavy into all science, engineering and technology; access vs. ownership; document delivery; online and electronic databases. Mentoring has brought me this far through my career. I would welcome the opportunity to share whatever I have with those new to the profession. I was fortunate to have wonderful mentors and really believe this has made a difference in my path as an information professional.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.

NAME:
Helena Warburg

POSITION/TITLE:
Head of the Science Library

WORK ADDRESS:
Schow Science Library
41 Lab Campus Drive
Williams College
Williamstown, MA 01267

PHONE:
413-597-3085

FAX:
413-597-4600

EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
Responsible for overseeing the operations of the centralized science library at Williams college where astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, computer science and psychology collections are housed. Duties include hiring and supervision of two FTE staff, collection development, bibliographic instruction and reference work.

TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet locally or at a conference.

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Last updated March 23, 2005