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Maureen Sullivan
e-mail: MSull317@aol.com
Maureen is an organizational development consultant whose practice focuses on the delivery of consulting and training services to libraries and other information organizations. She has extensive experience as a consultant on organizational development, strategic planning, leadership development, introducing and managing organizational change, organization and work redesign, establishment of staff development and learning programs for today's workplace, revision of position classification and compensation systems, and the identification and development of competencies. She is a past president of ACRL. Maureen designs and presents workshops and leadership institutes on topics of current relevance to librarians and library staff. Recent topics include recruitment and retention, transforming libraries, creating a collaborative workplace, and new approaches to performance improvement.
Prudence W. Dalrymple, PhD.
e-mail: pdalrymple@email.dom.edu
Prudence became Dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University in 1997. Prior to that she directed the Office for Accreditation at ALA during the implementation of the 1992 Standards for Accreditation. She has taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Wisconsin and practiced as a health sciences librarian in both clinical and academic settings. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Clark University and holds a master’s degree in library science from Simmons College and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prudence is the recipient of numerous honors and awards. She is a past President of the Association for Library and Information Science Education and a member of the ALA Council. Having been both an undergraduate and graduate student in small colleges, and having worked in two small educational institutions (Wheaton College and Dominican University), she is familiar with the important and changing role of smaller academic libraries.
Jean Donham, Ph.D.
e-mail: jdonham@cornell-iowa.edu
Jean has been College Librarian and Professor at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa since 2000. Prior to her appointment, she was Associate Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Iowa. Jean is a graduate of the University of Maryland's School of Library and Information Studies, and holds a Ph. D. in Educational Administration from the University of Iowa. At Cornell, Jean has reorganized the professional positions as consulting librarians for the academic divisions of the college to create a culture of collegiality with teaching faculty. Jean is author of Enhancing Teaching and Learning, published by Neal Schumann.
Sarah Nesbeitt
e-mail: cfsln@eiu.edu
Sarah is the co-author, with Rachel Gordon, of "The Information Professional's Guide to Career Development Online" (Information Today, 2002). Since 1995, she has maintained Library Job Postings on the Internet, an employment site for librarians. Sarah has published articles on career development for librarians in Library Journal, MLS: Marketing Library Services, and Internet Reference Services Quarterly, among others. Since February 2002, she has been Assistant Professor of Library Services at Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois.
Lynda M. Duke
e-mail: lduke@iwu.edu
Lynda is finishing her second year as a Public Services Librarian, Assistant Professor in the Ames Library at Illinois Wesleyan University, in Bloomington, Illinois. She earned her MLIS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, her Master of Urban Planning and Certificate in Gaming/Simulation from the University of Michigan, and her Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice, Sociology, and Women's Studies, from Michigan State University. Prior to her work at Illinois Wesleyan she worked as a Research Associate for the Studies in Urban Security Group, University of Michigan, and was a Regional Center Manager for Planned Parenthood of East Central Illinois.
Jennifer Paliatka
e-mail: jenniferp@elmhurst.edu
Jennifer was born and raised, and currently resides, in the western suburbs of Chicago. She attended Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in History and Gender Studies. After graduation, she worked as a researcher in the Customer Service Department for a national industrial supply company. She completed her MLIS at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois, in 2001. In her final semester at Dominican, she completed an internship at Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois. Since September of 2001, she has been employed at Elmhurst College as a Reference/Instruction Librarian and an Assistant Professor.
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