CURRICULUM VITAE updated June 19, 2017 Rita Cecilia Knight Associate Professor, Library Grinnell College. Burling Library Education Colleges and Universities attended Rosary College, River Forest, Ill. June 1980-January 1982. Terminal degree: Masters of Library Science. Blackburn College, Carlinville, Ill. August 1976-June 1980. Terminal degree: BA with a major in Art, Magna cum laude. This includes two semesters at La Escuela para Extranjeros, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico studying Spanish. University of Arizona. Tucson, Ariz. August 1984-December 1985. 9 units of math; College Algebra, Trigonometry, & Calculus. Languages: Reading knowledge of Spanish. Bibliographic knowledge of Western European languages. Employment Acquisitions and Discovery Librarian. Grinnell College. Grinnell, Iowa. (title and scope change) June 2011- Provide leadership for Library Services (Acquisitions, Serials, Cataloging, Electronic Resources Management, Image Resources). Supervise 8 staff performing a variety of tasks. Associate Librarian of the College. Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa. December, 2009-2014 (3 year appointment with extension). November 2015August 2016 (interim) Responsibilities: Collaborate with the Librarian of the College in all matters of administration for the Libraries, including oversight of services, budget, personnel, and facilities, and long-term planning. The Associate Librarian may also coordinate or conduct

faculty reviews (salary, promotional, or contract renewal), manage faculty recruitment, or represent the College at selected external meetings, as delegated by the Librarian of the College. Continue to serve in my traditional functional responsibilities as Acquisitions & Discovery Librarian. Catalog Librarian. Grinnell College. Grinnell, Iowa. August 1993-June 2011. Responsibilities: Supervise and provide leadership for the cataloging section of the Grinnell College Libraries including 5 support staff who catalog books, serials, audiovisual materials and music scores. Catalog audiovisual materials and music scores lacking Library of Congress cataloging; revise all original cataloging done by cataloging staff. Provide reference service to the public. Participate in the planning and implementation of various projects that the library undertakes. Major accomplishments: Lead process to revise documentation for all operational areas and make it available through a wiki 2013- Lead process to revise technical services workflow and oversaw implementation. (2008) Digital Initiatives including working with Special Collections to set up Digital Collections and the LASR initiative (2006->) Participating in the CORC (Cooperative Online Resource Catalog) project. Re-authorizing, re-indexing, and enhancing the online catalog with formatted tables of contents and summary notes. Have participated in World Wide Web development and training. Have worked with staff to catch up on a cataloging backlog that grew out of a combination of circumstances (staff vacancies, implementing new systems, doing other important projects, etc.) Updating the cataloging policy and procedure manual in order to ensure consistency and completeness in all cataloging activities. Set up contract cataloging arrangements with the Bibliographical Center for Research and OCLC to catalog the backlogs of sound recordings, music scores and Russian and other non-roman alphabet language materials. Setting up guidelines and supervising the cataloging of the Curriculum Library to meet state standards for accreditation. Have acted as the backup person for Innopac technical problems. Have organized and supervised major collection moves involving the Off-site Storage Facility; Science Library, and Burling Library in 2005 and 2007. Principal Catalog Librarian. University of Arizona. Tucson, Arizona. February 1987-June 1993. Responsibilities:

Supervise 6-7 high level paraprofessionals doing member-contributed copy cataloging using OCLC. Develop and revise policies and procedures related to cataloging for the UAz Library. Ensure that our use of OCLC records will be compatible and appropriate for an on-line system. Chair the Cataloging Policy Board. Problem solve in all areas related to cataloging. Liaison with public services departments to ensure that our efforts are user oriented. Major Accomplishments: Hired and trained four copy catalogers. Trained and mentored 4 Graduate Library School Students. Heavily involved in the preparation for and implementation of Innopac for the Science and Center for Creative Photography Libraries in 1988 and of SABIO as the integrated system for the whole Library in 1992-93. Prepared indexing decisions, call number mapping and developed the information for many of the internal tables. 1991-92; involved in evaluating the available integrated library systems, and worked on writing the cataloging and authorities portions of the RFP. One of the PRISM test groups that tested the OCLC PRISM system (an internationally used bibliographic utility), evaluated the workbooks and made suggestions about changes and enhancements to the system. Oversaw the level of quality of cataloging in the Catalog Dept. Developed the expertise to become the resource person for all catalogers for series work. Media/Fine Arts Catalog Librarian. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. August 1984-February 1987. Responsibilities: Create original cataloging for all nonmusic audio visual materials, and for monographs in the subject areas of Art, Library Science, Education, Photography, Juvenile materials and Generalia using the OCLC bibliographic utility, Library of Congress Subject Headings and Classification, and Anglo- American Cataloging Rules, 2nd ed. Supervise one graduate library school student and serve as a resource person for the copy cataloger doing A-V as well as for all copy catalogers with questions about materials for my subject areas. Serve as liaison to the collections and reference librarians for the above subject areas. Major Accomplishments: October of 1985-February 1987, chosen to serve as the Acting Principal Catalog Librarian for the Dept. Responsibilities in this position include serving as the general resource person for the Catalog Dept. for problem solving and for cataloging policies and procedures.

May of 1986-February of 1987, serve as Acting Section Head for the 090 Copy Cataloging Section. Responsibilities in this position include supervising and evaluating the seven LA IIs in the section. Trained the personnel who began the FAST CAT cataloging procedure which allowed us to quickly process AACR2 Library of Congress OCLC records without series entries, without the usual verification procedures. Supervise a Graduate Library School Practicum [Lib Sci 699] doing videotape cataloging during the first summer session of 1986. The entire backlog of videotapes was cataloged during this project. Supervise a "Staff Sharing" project doing cataloging of audiotape cassettes concentrating on the large collection of poetry readings that were in the A-V backlog. Second summer session of 1986. Innovacq Interface Ad-hoc committee, 1986. Work out changes in workflow and procedures due to the implementation of Innovacq with an interdepartmental committee including representatives from the Acquisitions, Bindery, Serials, Loan, and Catalog Departments. Catalog a collection of 200+ Spanish language children's books. Oklahoma State University. Stillwater, Okla. Assistant Catalog Librarian. May 1982-May 1984. Responsibilities: Catalog and classify monographs and non-book materials following the AngloAmerican Cataloging Rules, 2nd ed., classification to Dewey Decimal Classification 18. Create original cataloging and classification when needed. Revise and maintain the public card catalog. Create and revise name and subject authorities. Serve as the Catalog Consultant as the public card catalog working with the public. Supervise and evaluate one full-time clerical staff and train and supervise one student doing subject authority maintenance. Major accomplishments: Trained and supervised 3.5 FTE student REMARC Retrospective Conversion staff and oversaw the organization and implementation of the conversion of OSU's non-machine-readable records (ca. 400,000) including Government Documents. Honors Enhance level cataloger for OCLC at the University of Arizona, 1987-93. Chosen and listed as a Resource Cataloger for the Audiovisual format by Amigos, 1987. Course-related presentations Grinnell College:

Freshman Tutorial presentations. (1993- )( 3-7 per fall semester) Course specific instruction session: (1993- ) (1-4 per semester) University of Arizona: Library Skills Presentations; 1984-1992. (1-3 per semester) Library Orientation Presentation for International Students; 1984-1992. (1-3 per semester) English 102 presentations (Freshman Honors English); 1985-1987. (1 per semester) Scholarship Publications “Clusters: A Study of a Non-traditional Academic Library Organizational Model” with Becky Yoose. Library Leadership & Management Journal. (30 (3), 2016) 23 pages. “Metadata Implementation for Building Cross-Institutional Repositories: Lessons Learned from the Liberal Arts scholarly Repository (LASR)” with Jane Costanza and Hsianghui Liu-Spencer in Journal of Library Metadata (Vol. 9, no. 1-2, 2009), p. 153-166. “Murray, Janette Lindsay Stevenson”: a biographical essay in the Biographical Dictionary of Iowa / edited by David Hudson, Marv Bergman and Loren Horton. Iowa City: The University of Iowa Press, c2008, p. 381-382. “Adams, Mary Newbury (or Newberry)”: a biographical essay in the Biographical Dictionary of Iowa / edited by David Hudson, Marv Bergman and Loren Horton. Iowa City: The University of Iowa Press, c2008, p. 3-4 “Buying Time: The Leveraged Use of a Library Storage Facility” in Technical Services Quarterly (Vol. 24, no. 4, 2007), p. 29-42. “Training College Faculty to use WorldWideWeb Technologies in the Classroom” with Leslie Czechowski in Library User Education: powerful learning, powerful partnerships. Scarecrow Press, 2001, p. 45-52. Invited based on peer reviewed presentation. “Integrating Information Technology into Teaching at Grinnell College” with Catherine Rod and Gretchen Revie in Research Strategies (vol. 17, no. 2-3 (Special Issue) 2000), p. 133-138. Invited based on juried poster session. "Library Lab: One-on-one research assistance in an undergraduate setting." College & Undergraduate Libraries, V.3, no.3, Fall 1996. (Refereed journal)

“Cataloging on INNOPAC,” with Gail Bonath. In Innovative Users Group: report of the third annual meeting (1995) 16 p. Supplement. "Leadership for user services in the academic library." With Janet S. Fore and Carrie Russell. Journal of Library Administration, vol. 19, nos. 3/4, pages 97-110. Special Issue: " Libraries as user-centered organizations: imperatives for organizational change" edited by Meredith Butler.

"Interdepartmental cooperation--Making the U of A Library Stronger." Written with Janet Fore. Published in Crossing borders--contributed papers. Tucson, AZ : ASLA, [1990], 1989, p. 49-52; and as ERIC Document #ED 322 912. "Copy Cataloging at the University of Arizona" in Managing Copy Cataloging in ARL Libraries edited by Sharon Clark. SPEC Kit 136. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Services, 1987, p. 4454. "Classification and Cataloging of Spanish-Language Children's Materials", in Library Services for Hispanic Children: a Guide for Public and School Libraries edited by Adela Artola Allen. Phoenix, Ariz: Oryx Press, 1987, p. 63-67. "Fine Arts" in Cataloging Special Materials: Critiques and Innovations edited by Sanford Berman. Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 1986, p. 113-132. Submitted for Publication, etc. None Unpublished work Scholarly Presentations and Poster Sessions: “Setting a Course: Using Google Forms for Navigating Metadata for Digital Projects.” R. Cecilia Knight, Rebecca Ciota, Elizabeth Rodrigues. (March 23, 2017). Association of College and Research Libraries National Conference, 2017, Baltimore, MD. Refereed, 35 % acceptance rate. Poster Session. “Grinnell In China: Bringing Undergraduates to Archival Research.” R. Cecilia Knight, Christopher Jones, Rachel Schnepper, Mark McFate (November 6, 2016). Digital Library Federation Liberal Arts Preconference, Milwaukee, WI. Refereed conference, unknown acceptance rate. Panel Presentation.

“Making Islandora work at the LAC level.” Livermore, F., MacDonald, P., DiPasquale, J., & Knight, R. Cecilia (June 11, 2016). Oberlin Group Digital Scholarship Conference, Saint Paul, Minnesota. Refereed conference, unknown acceptance rate. “Wrangling data.” Invited workshop at Digital Bridges 2016 Summer Institute., Grinnell, Iowa. Knight, R. Cecilia & Robertson, Wendy. (June 2, 2016). “Taming Dragons! Institutional Repository Promotion Catching Fire Through Successful Collaboration” a presentation (30% acceptance rate) at the Iowa Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries Annual Conference, May 2, 2014 with Phil Jones and Jieun Kang. Des Moines Area Community College, Ankeny, Iowa. “Big Opportunities and Big Change Go Hand in Hand” a presentation (30% acceptance rate) at the Iowa Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries Annual Conference, May 10, 2013 with Becky Yoose (Grinnell College). Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa. “Core Competencies for Library Staff” a refereed Roundtable Discussion topic with Jieun Kang (Grinnell College) at the National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, April 12, 2013. Indianapolis, In. “Workflow Design for Now and the Future” a refereed Roundtable Discussion topic with Judith Carter (Marquette University) at the National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, April 11, 2013. Indianapolis, In. “Documentation Best Practices” a refereed Roundtable Discussion topic with Judith Carter (Marquette University) at the National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, April 11, 2013. Indianapolis, In. “Library Labs” (50% acceptance rate) at the American Library Association Annual Conference, June 23,, 2012 with Phil Jones and Laureen Cantwell. Anaheim, Calif. “Organizing For the Future” a refereed poster session (52% acceptance rate) at the American Library Association Annual Conference, June 26, 2011. New Orleans, La. “Academic Resource Centers: an Umbrella or an ARC? Working together Strategically Across Administrative Areas” with Barbara Johnson (CTS) (worked

on submission together) a refereed poster session (52% acceptance rate) at the American Library Association Annual Conference, June 25, 2011. New Orleans, La. “Interdependence of General Education and Information Literacy: Three Models of Integration” A refereed Roundtable Discussion topic (Tables set up for 10 and we had 12 attendees) with Janet Fore (Saint Mary’s College) and Julia Dickinson (Berea College) at the National Conference of the Association for College and Research Libraries, April 1, 2011. Philadelphia, Pa. “On Being Essential: Making Connections and Facilitating Access, Collection Development as Public Service.” A refereed panel presentation with Kevin Engel and Rebecca Stuhr at the Iowa Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries Conference, March 18, 2011. Central College, Pella, Iowa. “But How will we pay for it?” a peer-reviewed panel session with Pat Tully, Associate University Librarian at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and Elizabeth Mengel, Head of Collection Development at the Johns Hopkins University- Sheridan Libraries at the Timberline Acquisitions Conference, May 16-18, 2009. Mount Hood, Oregon. “But How will we pay for it? Budget realignment for new access models” Roundtable discussion facilitated with Patricia Tully (Wesleyan) and Elizabeth Mengel (Johns Hopkins). Roundtable discussion at the ACRL 14th National Conference in Seattle, Washington on Saturday March 14th, 2009. (20 participants in conversation) “Extending the Conversation: The Liberal Arts Scholarly Repository”, a peerreviewed panel session with Sam Demas, Library Director at Carleton College and Michael Paulus, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian at Whitman College. Presented at the ACRL 14th National Conference in Seattle, Washington on Friday, March 13th, 2009. (ACRL is the Association for College and Research Libraries. The national conference is held every 2 years and being accepted is extremely competitive) “Lessons Learned Regarding collaboration in a Cross-Institutional Context, Various Workflow Practices and Metadata Applications” Peer reviewed Poster Session with Jane Costanza (Trinity), Laura Riskedahl (Bucknell), Hsainghui LuiSpencer (Carleton) at the NITLE DSpace User Group Meeting. June 11, 2009. Tacoma Washington. University of Puget Sound. “NITLE DSpace LASR Presentation” Peer reviewed Panel Presentation with Eric Hinsdale (Carleton), Jane Costanza (Trinity), Abby Clobridge (Bucknell) at the

NITLE DSpace User Group Meeting. June 11, 2009. Tacoma Washington. University of Puget Sound. “Off-Site Storage: Value-added?” at the Iowa Association of College and Research Libraries Conference. Davenport, Iowa. Saint Ambrose University. March 3, 2008. Refereed. “Recruitment through mentoring in the Liberal Arts College Library,” at the ACRL 13th National Conference in Baltimore. MD, March 30, 2007. Refereed poster session. With Catherine Rod. “ARTStor.” Refereed Poster Session at the Association for College and Research Libraries’ 2005 National Conference in Minneapolis, MN. April 8, 2005. With Gail Bonath. “Japanese Academic Libraries : Similarities and Differences to United States Academic Libraries.” Refereed Poster Session at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago, Ill, June26, 2005. “Implementing the Libraries’ Disaster Plan: Grinnell College Libraries’ Team Building Staff Retreat” with Rebecca Stuhr. Juried poster session, July 8, 2000 at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois. “Grinnell College’s Serials Project: Achieving a Dynamic Collection on a Static Budget” with Rebecca Stuhr. Juried poster session, June23rd, 2000 at the 15th Annual NASIG Conference in San Diego, California. “Training College Faculty to use WorldWideWeb Technologies in the Classroom” with Leslie Czechowski. Refereed presentation at Powerful Learning, Powerful Partnerships, Educating the University Community in a dynamic Information Environment, November 11-12, 1999 at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Panelist (one of six, including my partner, Catherine Rod) for the ALA. ACRL. CLS Leadership Committee/ College Library Discussion Group joint program at ALA Annual on June 27, 1999. “Integrating Computers into Teaching and Research at Grinnell College” with Rebecca Stuhr. Refereed presentation at Computers on Campus, Integrating Institutional Resources, November 9-12, 1997, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. “Integrating Information Technology into teaching at Grinnell College.” Juried poster session with brief talks; presented with Catherine Rod and developed with Catherine Rod and Gretchen Revie with cooperation from Gail Bonath, Leslie

Czechowski, Kevin Engel, Rebecca Stuhr and Sharon Clayton; for the Association of College and Research Libraries’ President’s Program; The Showcase of Ideas. At the American Library Association, Annual Conference. San Francisco, Calif. June 30, 1997. Plenary speaker for “Living the Future: Process Improvement and Organizational Change” sponsored by the University of Arizona Library, Tucson, Arizona. May 15, 1996. “Cataloging on INNOPAC”, with Gail Bonath. Innovative Users Group meeting, April 1995, Claremont, California. "Library Lab: One-on-one research instruction in an undergraduate setting." With Rebecca Stuhr. Juried poster session. American Library Association (ALA) Convention. Miami Beach, Fla. June 1994. "Thinking about information: Freshman tutorials at Grinnell College." With Catherine Rod. Juried poster session. ALA Convention. Miami Beach, Fla. June 1994. "Team process, an approach to organizational design at the University of Arizona Library." With Janet S. Fore and Carrie Russell. Juried poster session. ALA Convention. New Orleans, La. June 1993. "Oh My God! What Have We Done. OCLC Archival Tapes and the Migration from Cards to an On-line Catalog." With Vicki Mills and Ann Fiegen. Juried poster Session. ALA Convention. Atlanta, Ga. June 1991. "Interdepartmental cooperation--Making the U of A Library Stronger." Paper presented at ASLA, Nov. 3, 1989. Written with Janet Fore. Presented by Janet Fore. (Received news of its publication in April, 1990) Workshop on "AACR2 Revised." ASLA Preconference, November 1, 1989. One of two presenters for afternoon segment. "The Technical Services Librarian and Bibliographic Instruction: Pros and Cons." Paper for ACRL Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 6, 1989. "Time Management." University of Arizona library, Staff Development Committee Workshop. February 1989. I was one of three presenters of two 2 hour workshops teaching basic time management techniques and strategies. We developed these workshops and specifically tailored them to library work done by all different levels of library staff.

"Using a Microcomputer Based Authority Card Print Program to Download and Produce Authority Cards and Cross References." With Ann Fiegen. Juried poster session. ALA Convention, New Orleans, La., 1988. "Introduction to the Marc Formats; and An In-depth Look at the Books Format" at "Getting to know MARC", a University of Arizona Library, Staff Development Committee Discussion Forum, October, 1987. One of 4 panel members. "Copy Cataloging Organization and Workflow at the University of Arizona." ALA Convention, San Francisco, Calif., 1987. Resources and Technical Services Division, Cataloging and Classification Section, Copy Cataloging Discussion Group, program on "Copy Cataloging Work-flow." One of 5 panel members. "Copy Cataloging Workflow at the UAz Library". Arizona State Library Association Convention, Tucson, Ariz., 1986, program on "Copy Cataloging". One of 3 panel members.

Service to the Library, Institution, and Profession Library Service: Grinnell College: Writing Assessment Workshop facilitated by Janet Carl and David Lopatto. May 31, June 2, 2017. Digital Grinnell Working Group (2012-) Core Competencies task force (2011-) Staff retreat planning (2009-) External Review and Self Study (2008-2009) Organization

Self Study Group. Leader. (2008) Digitization and Special Collections Self Study Group. Member (2008) Discovery and Access Self Study Group. Member. (2008)

LibQual Survey Group (2006-2007) Digital Initiatives Group (2006- ) working on the development and implementation of digital collections based on library collections. Library Design Proposal Group (2000-2001) Staff Retreat planning group/Staff Development Committee. (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, January 2007, June 2007) Vision and mission development group. (1995, 2005) Goals development group. (1995) Internal Communications Committee. (1995-1998)

Task force on the handling of E-journals at the Grinnell College Libraries. Fall 1993. Task force to develop the library section of the campus Gopher. Spring 1995-96. WWW 1996-2008 University of Arizona: Library Committee Service: Staff Development Committee, July 1990-January 1993

Supervisors' brown bags to discuss topics of interest, organized. Coordinated Creativity and Coaching workshops put on by a consultant from the Association of Research Libraries. Office of Management Services. (ARL OMS) Diversity Training Committee (Sub group of Staff Development and

Diversity Action Committees) EEO/AA/Diversity Update. Oct. 1991. Organized. Humor in the Workplace. Apr.1, 1992. Helped design. Various brown bag luncheons. Facilitated.

Committee to Recommend an Automated Library System, January 1991-July 1992. This committee was charged with evaluating and making a recommendation on an on-line integrated system. We developed wants and needs lists, spent one day each demonstrating 5 different systems and assessing their strengths and weaknesses. RFP Subcommittee to write the chapter on Cataloging and Authority control. Organizational Design: Library Redesign Steering Committee. February-August 1992 Retreat (2 day), Feb. 1992. Worked with a consultant from ARL OMS on the basics of how organizations work and how to study an organization to decide how it should change. Workshops (8) March 1992. Helped design, present, and facilitate for all library staff, student employees and a representative group of research and classroom faculty. Working with input received and background readings the Steering Committee developed two designs to take forward to the Dean to choose a model to further develop. Retreat (2 day), June 1992. Worked with a consultant from ARL OMS on deciding how to proceed with the implementation of a new organizational structure. Workshop for Design teams. Designed, presented and facilitated. July 1992. Retreat (2 day), August 1992. The ARL OMS consultant attempted to bring the

work of the Design Teams into accord with one another. Operational Adjustment Team. September 1992-June 1993. This team worked with the Design Teams recommendations to bring them together to make one functional organization. These recommendations went to the Implementation Teams. The second part of the OAT charge was to allocate staff to perform the work of the library. Team Facilitator. January 1993-June 1993. Worked with the Implementation Teams to get information out, ran all team meetings, served as a resource person for teams. Vision Focus Group. Aug. 9, 1989. Group of Librarians, staff, and classroom faculty who met to write a vision statement for the library in the year 1995. Selection Advisory Committee for Catalog Management Librarian: appointed, 1988. Science /Engineering Library Innopac Implementation Committee: appointed, 1987-89 Interface Subcommittee, Chair, 1987-89. This group of 4 developed the indexing tables, the holding library definitions, the technical services and public access bibliographic screens, and the search screens for Innopac. Selection Advisory Committee for Media/Fine Arts Cataloger: appointed, 1987. Task Force to Establish Merit Review Criteria: appointed, 1987. This task force developed the Merit Review Criteria Document taking into consideration the requirements set forth by the Provost, the Library Administration, and the opinions of the Library Faculty Assembly membership. Exhibits Committee: appointed, 1986-1988. Established criteria for, and approved all exhibits that were put up in the library. Art Advisory Committee; appointed, chair; 1986-1988. Chose art to be displayed in public areas of the library and approved art displayed in offices. Library Instruction Advisory Committee: appointed, 1985-1987. "The Role of Library Instruction in Developing an On-line Catalog." 4 pages. A report on the current conditions, trends and review of the literature about public access in on-line catalogs. 1987. Audio-tape tour subcommittee: 1986. Selection Advisory Committee for Assistant Library Instruction Librarian: 1986. Facilitator for the Public Speaking Workshops: 1986-1988.

Display on the History of Library Instruction at the University of Arizona; in Main library cubes, 1985. Selection Advisory Committee for the Head of Loan; elected, 1985. Library Faculty Assembly (LFA): LFA Election Committee: appointed, 1984, 1985, Chair 1987. LFA Secretary: elected, 1986. LFA Standing Rules and Bylaws Committee: appointed, 1985-86, 1987-88, 199293. LFA, Ad-hoc Committee to review Chapter 4 of the University Handbook for Appointed Personnel, 1986. Library Staff Association (LSA): LSA Social Committee. 1985-87, 1988-89, 1990-91. LSA Fund Raising Committee. 1989-90. Serials Review (to cut serial titles due to the combination of increases of prices and budget cuts): In 1987 I worked on the "H" class, General Social Sciences. In 1988 I chaired the "GT", Manners/Customs committee and worked on the "TR" class, Photography. Oklahoma State University: Library Faculty Association. Chair-elect, June-August 1983. Chair, August 1983May 1984. Selection Advisory Committee for Assistant Catalog Librarian. Spring 1984. Institutional Service: Grinnell College: Faculty Organization Committee, Chair elect, 2013-2014, 2016-2017, Chair 2014-2015, 2017-2018, Science Division Representative 2015-2016, Ad Hoc Ombud’s Office Review Team, 2013-2015 IACUC Committee 2010-2016. Starting as alternate Spring 2010, Non-Scientific member Fall 2011-2016, Reappointed for 2016-2019. Bowen Scholarship Interviews. (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) Ombuds Task Force. Elected as at-large faculty representative. (fall 2009-spring 2010) Ad Hoc Committee to redesign the staff review process (spring 2008) Kristin Lovig. Wellness Committee (2008-2011) Jen Jacobsen. Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies Committee (2008-> ) Wellness Coordinator Search Committee.( April-June 2008) Greg Wallace, Chair.

Literacies in the Digital Age Faculty Workshop. Grinnell College.( June 16-20, 2008) Co-facilitator with Gail Bonath, Kevin Engel, Richard Fyffe, Fred Hagemeister, Phil Jones, Catherine Rod, Rebecca Stuhr. Instructional Support Committee, (October 2005- (taking over term for Jen Green); Chair 2006-2007; 2007-2008) Benefits Committee (2005-2008; 2009-2012, 2016-2019). 2nd Year Retreat. Faculty facilitator. Boone, Iowa. (Sept. 7-9, 2007) NITLE DSpace exploration and implementation group. 2006-2008 Ad-hoc Committee to explore the future of Audio-visual support for Foreign Languages (2004-2005). Apparel Purchasing Committee (2004-2008) Science Division Personnel Committee 2001-2002; 2002-2003; 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2008-2009) Group to explore digital images on the Grinnell Campus (2001- ) Digital Initiatives / Digital Asset Management (2008-) Campus Committee on Environmental Concerns. (Eco-Campus) (1999-2001; Chair 2000-2001) Mellon Grant to Support the Integration of Technology into the Curriculum. Participated in the drafting of the section on Librarians working with Classroom Faculty to integrate Internet resources into teaching. (1994-95). Implementation of grant. (1995-1999) Diversity Initiatives Committee (1995-1997) Curriculum Committee Representative for Special Programs Division (1994-95). Representative for Science Division (1995-96, 1996-97). Multi-Cultural Affairs. Faculty Mentor Program (1994- 97, 2006-2007) Serve as a mentor for a first year student. Faculty Organization Committee (1996-97, member; 1997-98, chair, 1998-99, member, 2006-2007 member, 2013-14, chair elect) Academic Computing Committee, (1996-99) Ad-hoc Committee on the WWW (1996-98) Curriculum Library Planning Team. (Went on site visits; developing procedures to catalog the Curriculum Library so that it is accessible through the library’s online system in order to meet state requirements for accreditation of the Education Dept. 1996-1998) Faculty House Board (1995-2011) University of Arizona. University of Arizona Faculty Senate. Election Committee (1987-90. Chair, 1989, 1992-93). Domicile Classification Appeals Committee (1988-1993) Association for Women Faculty. Professional Women's Concerns Committee. (1987-1993) ACES (Advisory Center for Exploratory Students) Mentor Program (1988-92)

Professional Service: CI-CCI (Central Iowa Collaborative Collections Initiative) a collaboration with 5 college in central Iowa to ensure the retention of books. (2014->) Iowa Academic Libraries Alliance, Print Retention Task-Force, Serial Runs Project. Worked with librarians from regents and private academic libraries to establish an Iowa project to commit to retaining print runs of journals specified by the institutions. (2014-2016) Bibliographical Center for Research (BCR) Board. (Elected to 3 year term 2008-2010) Iowa Private Academic Libraries Board. (Elected member 2007-2009) American Library Association. Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), Member 1989- Continuing Education Training and Recruitment for Cataloging, 1996-02. Program Planning Subcommittee (2002-03) Budget and Finance Committee (1993-95); (2012-2014; 2014-2016, 2016-2018)

Membership Committee, Intern (1989-90). Preservation and Reformatting Section. Standards and Policies Committee. (2012-2014)

American Library Association. Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), Member (1982-90; 1998-)

Leadership Recruitment Committee. Member. (2013-2016) Roundtables Co-Chair for the ACRL 17th National Conference in spring 2015 (Portland, Or.) (2013-2015) Invited Papers Committee for the ACRL 15th National Conference in spring 2011 (2009-2011)

Bylaws Committee (2008-2009) College Libraries Section (CLS). CLIP Notes Committee (July 2012-July 2014)

CLS. Program Planning Committee for the June 2010 meeting in Washington, D.C. (January 2009-June 2010) CLS. Program Planning Committee for the June 2007 meeting in Washington, D.C. (January 2006-June 2007)

Task Force on Funding and Organizational Models. (2001-2002) Budget and Finance Committee. (Intern, 1998-99, Member, 1999-03) CLS. Executive Council. (1998-02) CLS. College Libraries Discussion Group. (Chair. 1998-02) Constitution and Bylaws Committee. (Intern, 1987-88. Member, 1988-90) Bibliographic Instruction Section. Continuing Education Committee (198789)

Iowa Library Association Bylaws and Organization Manual Committee. (2013-14)

Directory / Communications Committee. Member (2012-2015) Iowa Library Association. Association of College and Research Libraries. Nominating Committee (2011, 2014, 2015)

Conference Program Committee for 2006-2007 (Grinnell College) and 2007-2008 (Saint Ambrose University). Putting together a conference including recruiting all of the content for 200 attendees. Membership Committee (2005-2008)

Newsletter Committee (1993-96) Arizona State Library Association (ASLA). College and Research Libraries Division.

Planned and organized 2 panel discussions for the October 1993 meeting in Phoenix, Ariz. (1992-93)

"The changing roles in technical services in an integrated systems environment" "Using a team approach in creating a user-centered library"

Organized, developed topics, and moderated a panel discussion with 4 panelists for the meeting in Phoenix, Ariz., 1988.

"Cataloging issues in an on-line environment". Introduction to Cataloging. Graduate Library School. Spoke to the classes about opportunities in cataloging for Librarians. One class session each fall semester. 1987-93. Technical Services Class. Graduate Library School. Spoke to the class about opportunities in technical services for Librarians. July 25, 1991. Continuing education (selective) “Cataloging and Metadata for the Web.” ALCTS Preconference at the 2017 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL. June 23, 2017.

“Linked Data for Beginners.” Steven Miller, instructor. ALCTS/LITA online learning continuing education course through the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. March 6-April 28, 2017.

“Be Your Best! Boosting excellence with Supervisory Training.” Supervisors’ Series through Grinnell College Human Resources Department. January – June 2017.

ALCTS Virtual Preconference: Planning for the Evolving Role of Metadata Services, June 4,5,6, 2015. Online.

PRIM&R’s IACUC Conference, March 16-19, 2014 Baltimore, MD. Research Animal Oversight: Creating a Collaborative and Cooperative Culture.

Theories in Electronic Resource Management. ALCTS Pre-Conference at the 2013 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, IL, June 28, 2013

Building Web Applications with HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript. LITA/ALCTS PreConference at the 2013 ALA Midwinter Conference in Seattle, WA, January 25, 2013.

Creating Library Linked Data: What Catalogers and Coders Can Build. LITA/ALCTS Pre-Conference at the 2012 ALA Annual Conference. Anaheim, CA. June 21, 2012.

Libraries, Linked Data and the Semantic Web: Positioning Our Catalogs to Participate in the 21st Century Global Information Marketplace. ALCTS PreConference at the 2012 ALA Midwinter Conference. Dallas, TX. January 20-21st, 2012 “RDA”. RDA Implementation Task Force, CCS/ALCTS. ALCTS Pre-Conference at the 2011 ALA Annual Conference. New Orleans, La. June 23-24, 2011. “ILA Leadership Institute”. Iowa Library Association. Denison, Ia. August 10-13, 2010. Mediation Training (Certification). Iowa Mediation Service. Peace Studies Program, Grinnell College. Grinnell, Ia. October 18-21, December 3, 2010. Supervisors’ Lunch and Learns. 2nd Tuesdays. Human Resources. Grinnell College. RDA, FRBR, and FRAD : Making the Connection. RDA Implementation Task Force, CCS/ ALCTS. ALCTS Pre-Conference at the 2009 ALA Annual Conference, Chicago Ill., July 10, 2009. Human Rights Workshop. Rosenfield Program summer faculty workshop. Grinnell College. Sarah Purcell and Wayne Moyer facilitators. June 8-12. Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies for the 21st Century. GWSS summer faculty workshop. Grinnell College. Astrid Henry facilitator. August 17-20. Meta Data and Digital Libraries. ALCTS Pre-Conference. June 26-27, 2008. American Library Association Annual Conference, Anaheim, California. Mediterranean Studies Faculty Workshop. Grinnell College. Mark Montgomery facilitator. May 12, May 27-29, 2008.

Analyzing Environmental Conflicts: a Multi-Disciplinary Approach to a Case Study in the Southwest. Faculty Workshop. Grinnell College. Jayne Seminare Docherty and Robert Redsteer facilitators. June 2-6, 2008. International Students and Global Understanding Faculty Workshop. Grinnell College. Jon Chenette and Ann Gansemer-Topf facilitators. June 18-21, 2007. Teaching with Images Using ARTstor Faculty Workshop. Grinnell College. Organized by Sarah Purcell and Gail Bonath with an ARTstor trainer. June 1315, 2007. Bindery Pre-Conference, June 23, 2006, American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, La. Cataloging Cultural Objects ALCTS Pre-Conference, June 22, 2006, American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, La. ERMS (Electronic Resources Management Software) ALCTS Pre-Conference, June 21, 2006, American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, La. Dr. Syntax, May 15-26, 2006. Elizabeth Dobbs. Grinnell College. Electronic Serials Cataloging Workshop. ALCTS Pre-Conference, January 20, 2006, American Library Association Midwinter Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Map Cataloging Workshop. October 5th, 2005. Susan M. Moore (University of Northern Iowa). Grinnell College Libraries.

ContentDM Webcasts, September 27th an 29th, 2005. OCLC. Digital Imaging Workshop, July 25-28th, 2005. Gail Bonath and Jared Price. Grinnell College. Oral Communication Workshop, May 31-June 3, 2005. Sam Rebelsky facilitator. Grinnell College. AACR3 Open Meeting, June 25th, 2005. American Library Association Conference, Chicago Successful Project Management, February 7, 2005. By Chris Case. IVCEGrinnell.

A Webcast Introduction to LibQUAL+™, Tuesday, January 11 , 2005. 2:00- 3:30. ARL Online Lyceum.

Professional Writing for Librarians, January 24-February 25, 2005 ARL Online Lyceum.

Power Dynamics & Influencing Skills; November 1-12, 2004 . ARL Online Lyceum. Digital images workshop. Grinnell College, January 21st, 9:00-4:00. Nihongo (conversation), January-March 2004, Minami Alps City. Japanese 101, Fall semester 2002 and Spring Semester 2003, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA. Blackboard workshop, January 8th and 10th, 2003, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA. Serials Aggregators Pre-Conference, January 24th, 2003, American Library Association Midwinter Conference, Philadelphia, PA. MITC/TILT Teaching Technology workshop, June 12, 2002, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA. SOS: Save our Stuff. June 7, 2002 sponsored by the Iowa Conservation and Preservation Consortium in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Information-Literacy Planning Workshop; led by Lisa Hinchcliff-Jennicke, May 6, 2002, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa. Solid Waste Gets a Higher Education. 2 hour satellite forum. February 22, 2001. OCLC Knowledge Management Institute. Dublin, OH. May 8-10, 2000. This institute explored issues involved in creating knowledge databases using a variety of approaches. OCLC Knowledge Access Management Institute. Dublin, OH. April 20-24, 1999. This institute explored the necessity of and approaches for organizing the Internet. “Content Selection, PICS, and the Internet: a discussion of technologies, problems and solutions”. ALA Annual Preconference Forum. American Library Association. Annual conference. San Francisco, Calif. June 26, 1997.

Advanced Management Skills Institute. Nov 1-6, 1996. Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Services. Washington, D.C. HRAF workshop led by Doug Caulkins. October 25, 1996. American Library Association. Annual conference. San Francisco, Calif. June 26, 1997. Preconference on electronic acquisitions. Serials Cataloging in the Age of Format Integration. Oct. 6-7, 1995. San Francisco, California. American Library Association. Association for Library Collections and Technical Services. WWW Workshop. (via Internet) Thomas Copley. June-August 1995

Cultural Awareness training. Edwin J. Nichols, Ph.D. Wednesday, Oct. 4, 1995, Ames IA. World Wide Web 101. IREN User Conference, January 12, 1995. Gopher Workshop: How to serve up a Gopher and a WWW CWIS (Campus Wide Information System), taught by Howard Jay Strauss and Thomas D. True (both of Princeton University). Educom '94, October 31, San Antonio. Feminist Seminar. Grinnell College Faculty Development. 1993-1998 Gopher-it Workshop. (via Internet) Thomas Copley. June-July 1994 Passport Workshop. Bibliographical Center for Research. May 1994 Internet Workshop. Bibliographical Center for Research. September 1993 Ombuds-person training. University of Arizona. Employee Wellness. May 4-6, 1993.

Negotiating Seminar. University of Arizona's Women Managers Group, the Association for Women Faculty and Women's Studies, January 1991. Getting started with DOS (April 5, 1990) and More DOS Concepts (April 19, 1990). University of Arizona. Center for Computing and Information Technology. OCLC EPIC training. OCLC. May 8, 1990.

Diversity training, University of Arizona. Library. May 22-23, 1990. Future shock: Information access technology and its implications for libraries. Aug. 4, 1989 Taking corrective action. University of Arizona. Personnel Dept. December 1988 Basic Management Skills Institute. Association of Research Libraries. Office of Management Services. (3 day workshop) November 1988 Video Display Terminal Workshop: Ergonomics of the Workplace. University of Arizona. Library Staff Development. February 1988 Sexual Harassment Workshop. University of Arizona. Affirmative Action Office. August 1988 Training in Performance Appraisal. A series of 3 workshops on developing criteria for use with the performance appraisal process. University of Arizona. Personnel Dept. Spring 1987 Supervisors’ series. A series of three full day workshops for new supervisors covering hiring, training, disciplining, and development opportunities. University of Arizona. Personnel Dept. Spring 1987 RLIN training. Pima Community College. Spring 1987 Human element in library automation; and Planning for change. A two part workshop to raise issues about automation and the implementation of automated systems in the workplace. University of Arizona. Library Staff Development. 1986 Conflict Resolution. University of Arizona. Library Staff development. 1986 Attended Oklahoma State Library Association Conferences, Arizona State Library Association Conferences, Iowa State Library Association Conferences, American Library Association Annual and Midwinter Conferences, and ACRL National Conferences on a regular basis.