STS Sci/Tech Library Mentors Resource People - Licensing/Consortia
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:
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:
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:
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.
Continuing Education Committee
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Last updated February 14, 2005
