STS Sci/Tech Library Mentors Resource People - WWW/Internet/Computing
NAME:
Jay Bhatt
EMAIL:
bhattjj@drexel.edu
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:
Flora Grabowska
EMAIL:
flgrabowska@vassar.edu
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
EMAIL:
jmh7@acsu.buffalo.edu
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
EMAIL:
jhurd@uic.edu
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
EMAIL:
kkjaer@uci.edu
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
EMAIL:
pkreitz@slac.stanford.edu
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
EMAIL:
laurel.kristick@orst.edu
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:
Roxanne Missingham
EMAIL:
rmissingham@nla.gov.au
POSITION/TITLE:
Assistant Director General, Resource Sharing
WORK ADDRESS:
National Library of Australia
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600 Australia
PHONE:
612-626-1143 FAX: 612-273-1180
EXPERIENCE/EXPERTISE:
20 exciting years as a librarian--beginning in acquisitions at the National Library of Australia, moving to running small special libraries including Trade Practices Commission, Inter-state Commission; 3 years part time at the Parliamentary Library as reference and then worked in environment/ecology libraries with a strong science focus. Am at the National Library of Australia in charge of services to libraries including national bibliographic database and interlending, have been head of reference services here too.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
: Convenor, Federal Libraries Information Network for 5 years (see http://www.nla.gov.au/flin). President, ACT Branch, Australian Library and Information Association. Among main areas of interest--use of the Internet, role of librarians in a converging world, promotion/marketing of library services, and national information policy.
TO CONTACT:
Phone or e-mail. Willing to meet either locally or at a conference.
NAME:
Mark Mounts
EMAIL:
mark.mounts@dartmouth.edu
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
EMAIL:
guera2704@yahoo.com.mx
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:
Nestor L. Osorio
EMAIL:
nosorio@niu.edu
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:
Meg E. Spencer
EMAIL:
mspence1@swarthmore.edu
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:
Tony Stankus
EMAIL:
tstankus@holycross.edu
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
EMAIL:
MStrife2@wvu.edu
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.
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