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MANOFF, MARIBETH, Education: Master of Library and Information Science, 2000, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; Bachelor of Arts, Religion, Social Work, 1989, LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA. Current Position: Associate Professor and Coordinator for Networked Services Integration, 2000 ? present, University of Tennessee Libraries, Knoxville, TN. Previous Positions: Head of Technical Services / Systems, 1998 ? 2000, Booth Library, Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV. ALA Activities: Member since 1998 with LITA membership added in 1999, ACRL in 2000; LITA Bylaws and Organization Committee Intern, 2002-2003, Full Member, 2003-2005, Chair, 2005-2007; LITA 2006 National Forum Planning Committee - 2005-2006. Accomplishments: My professional accomplishments center around the work I have done with the UT Libraries web site, the OPAC, electronic serials, federated searching, and other efforts to improve network-based services. I believe I have contributed to the efforts in our library to adapt information technology to empower library users. STATEMENT: LITA has served me by providing a community of like-minded individuals, striving to support each other in our efforts to make library technology "work" for our users. So, I would be happy to serve LITA as a member of the Board. STARR, KAREN J. , Education: B.A. (Oregon State University, 1974); MLS (Texas Woman's University, 1975); MAIS (Oregon State University, 1983). Current Position: Assistant Administrator, Library and Archive Development, Nevada State Library and Archives (2004-present). Previous Positions: Bureau Chief, Library Development, New Mexico State Library (2002-2004); Assistant Director, Southeastern New York Library Resources Council (1998-2002); Director of Network Information, Portland Area Library System (PORTALS) (1996-1998); Networking Consultant, Idaho State Library (1990-1996); ALA/Fulbright scholar, Norwegian National Library School (1989-199); various positions (CD-ROM Librarian, Library Information Retrieval Services Coordinator, Search Consultant), Oregon State University (1977-1989). ALA Activities: Member, Board of Directors, Library and Information Technology Association, June 2006-2007; Chair, International Relations Round Table, July 2001 - June 2003; Member, Program Planning Committee, Library and Information Technology Association, July 2001-June 2003; Member, Membership Committee, International Relations Round Table, July 1993-June 1996, July 1999-June 2001 (Committee Chair); Member, Board of Directors, Library and Information Technology Association, January 1998-July 2000; Member, International Relations Committee-International Relations Round Table Subcommittee, July 1994-June 1996; Member, International Relations Committee, Library and Information Technology Association, July 1992-June 1996. Offices Held outside of ALA: Member, Continuing Education Committee, New York Library Association, 1999-2002; Member, WLN Focus Group which addressed the library community's perceived needs as they relate to database access, database content and the delivery of that content, Lacey, Washington, May 24, 1995; Member, Resource Sharing Committee, Pacific Northwest Library Association, August 1994-May 1996; Columnist, "Q&A" column, CD-ROM Professional, September 1990-November 1994; Member, BIOSIS User Communications Council, Biosciences Information Service, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 1987-August 1991. Accomplishments: Project coordinator for several projects including a planning project to develop a regional digitizing program for the 8 county region of the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York (2000-2002), implementation of an ISO/ILL compliant electronic interlibrary loan software product using Z39.50 protocols region-wide across 8 library systems running different library automation systems in the Hudson Valley (1999-2002); implementation of nine dedicated Internet nodes and 41 dial-up Internet sites in rural public libraries in Idaho (1994-1996); implementation of a 12 workstation CD-ROM reference center in a university library which provided access to 16 CD-ROM indexes from four CD-ROM publishers for a user population of 18,000 faculty and students (1985-1989). Selection as an ALA Fulbright Library Fellow serving as a faculty member at the Norwegian School for Library and Information Science, Oslo, Norway (1989-1990). Winner of a Microsoft CD-ROM Library Scholarship to attend the Fourth Microsoft International CE-ROM Conference, Anaheim, CA, March 28-30, 1989. Co-founder, member, and chair of the coordinating committee (two year term) for Online Northwest, a regional online information conference (1982-1989). STATEMENT: Creative change comes with long term investment, commitment, and patience. Every 10 years of the last 30, the library field has passed a milestone in its use of technology including online searching (1970s), CDROM's (1980s), and the Internet (1990s). Now we are involved with the digital world. Everyone is struggling with the sustainability of the structure we have and trying to take the next step into the future. We are not quite sure where that step will take us. The innovators and leaders of tomorrow are the LITA members of today. It is refreshing to work with a dynamic group on the national level who care, who want to define that future and who come together to work on what the big picture should look like. I look forward to the opportunity to work with LITA's members in collaboratively creating the vision that sustains our country's information infrastructure. |
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