John Stephen Brantley
Associate Professor and Head of Reference Services Booth Library, Eastern Illinois University
600 Lincoln Avenue, Charleston, IL 61920
217-581-7542 | [email protected]
Experience:
Associate Professor and
Head of Reference Services
8/13
-present
Eastern Illinois University: Responsible for the operations of an academic reference service desk and library instruction program. Oversee activities of six Reference Librarian faculty, and 2.5 Civil Service Library Specialists. Provide reference services to university community; creation and maintenance of resource guides and learning materials; teach information literacy across disciplines to university students; information technology training and instruction in advanced research skills; Collection Development for Media and Film; budget management; strategic planning; policy and guideline creation for library faculty and staff; Original research and creative activity.
Associate Professor and
Assistant Reference Librarian
8/11-
8/13
University of Illinois at Chicago: Research and reference services to students, staff and faculty; creation and maintenance of online resource guides, tutorials and social media; teaching information literacy across the Liberal Arts and Sciences to undergraduate and graduate students; information technology training and instruction in advanced research skills to the UIC community; Liaison to the Department of Theatre and Music and to the School of Art and Design; budget management and print and electronic collection development responsibilities; strategic planning; policy and guideline creation for library faculty and staff; Original research into online user behavior, and collection management.
Assistant Professor and Assistant Reference Librarian 1/03-
8/11
University of Illinois at Chicago: Professional research and reference service to students, staff and faculty; creation and maintenance of online resource guides, tutorials and social media; teaching information literacy workshops across the Liberal Arts and Sciences to undergraduate and graduate students; information technology training and instruction in advanced research skills to the UIC community; supervision of student and civil service employees; orientation of new Library Faculty; strategic planning; policy and guideline creation for library faculty and staff; Original research into online user behavior, and collection management.
Resident Librarian and Visiting Instructor
6/00-
12/02
University of Illinois at Chicago: Acting Bibliographer for the Social Sciences from 6/01 through 11/01; professional research and reference service to students, staff and faculty; writing resource guides, policies and guidelines; teaching information literacy workshops in the humanities, social sciences, professional studies and engineering; software training; software development and usability testing.
Graduate Assistant, Media Resources 9/99-
05/00
Indiana University, Bloomington. IN.: Evaluated non-fiction films for an instructional support collection.Indexed and abstracted films for the online catalog.
Reference Assistant Audio-Visual Department 5/98-6/99
Monroe County Public Library, Bloomington, IN.: Provided reference service related to film and music using print and electronic resources.
Graduate Assistant 9/97
-
5/98
Library Administration, Indiana University, Bloomington. IN.: Edited and wrote for the IUB Libraries publications.
Instructional Assistant
11/97-1/99
Undergraduate Library, Indiana University, Bloomington. IN.
Taught research methodology and information literacy for Web-based databases.
Education:
MLS
Indiana University
School of Library and Information Science, Bloomington, Indiana, May 2000.MA Indiana University
Film and Media Studies, Department of Communication and Culture, January 2000.BA
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, December 1991.Grants:
“Anthropologists in the Library: Helping Librarians Support Student Success”
Illinois State Library, Library Services and Technology Act, funded by the Institute of Library and Museum Services, May 2008. PI, David Green. Brantley: Project Researcher. Funded $337,202 over 2 years, October 2008-October 2010.
"Firing up My Chicago Library: Providing Library Web Portals to Chicago Libraries"
LSTA Illinois State Library continuation grant, December, 2002. PI: Nancy John. Co-investigators: S. Brantley, S. Collard, L.Fu, C. Greene, F. Kayiwa, K. Lewis, B. Rodgers, V. Walker & N. Walters. Awarded $4249.
"Internet-easy but Library-quality? Researching the effects of a customizable library
Web portal on student use of online information" Co-investigator,
UIC Campus Research Board Grant. Awarded $1500.
"My Chicago Library: A customizable Web Portal for All Types of Libraries"
August 2001. PI: Sharon Hogan, Co-investigators: A. Armstrong, S. Brantley, S. Collard, C Greene, F Kayiwa, K Lewis. Awarded $13,600.
Refereed Articles:
Brantley, Steve, Todd Bruns, Ellen Corrigan, and Stacey Knight-Davis. "It Takes a Library: Growing a Robust Institutional Repository in Two Years." College and Undergraduate Libraries, accepted January 2014.
Brantley, John S. “Exploring Library 2.0 on the social Web” Journal of Web Librarianship, 2010 Vol. 4, iss. 4 p. 351-374.
Brantley, John S. "Approval plans, discipline change, and the importance of human mediated book selection" Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services, Mar 2010, Vol. 34, iss. 1, p11-24. *Brantley, John Stephen, Annie Armstrong and Krystal Lewis. "Usability Study of a Customizable Library Web Portal", College & Research Libraries, March 2006, v.67, iss. 2, p. 146-163.
Selected Book Reviews:
Brantley, John S. “Tools: A Tool-by-Tool Guide to Choosing and Using 150 Home Essentials” E-Streams, 2006. 9 (9). http://www2.e-streams.com/es0909/es0909_4473.html.
Brantley, John S. “Quick Reference Dictionary for Massage Therapy and Bodywork” E-Streams, 2006, 9 (10). http://www2.e-streams.com/es0910/es0910_4495.html.
Brantley, John S. “Cure: A Story of Cancer and Politics from the Annals of the Cold War.” E-Streams, 2003, 6 (7). http://www2.e-streams.com/es0607/es0607_2584.html.
For a complete list of reviews see: http://works.bepress.com/steve_brantley/
Other Publications:
Brantley, John S. Nell Chenault, Carleton Jackson, Carrie Russel, Claire Stewart, Judith Thomas, and Justin Wadland. “Fair Use and Video: Community Practices in the Fair Use of Video in Libraries” July, 2011. http://pages.shanti.virginia.edu/Fair_Use_and_Video/2011/07/13/fairusevideo/
Posters
"Operation Resurrection: Breathing new life into graduate student researchers and instruction
librarians by developing a new suite of services." Poster presented at the American Library Association
annual meeting with Annie Armstrong, Laverne Gray, and Beth Pickard. Anaheim CA, June 29, 2008.
"My Chicago Library: Reducing Information Overload for Chicago Area Libraries" Poster
presented at the Illinois Library Association annual meeting, with Annie Armstrong, Scott Collard, Courtney Greene, Peter Hepburn, and Krystal Lewis. September 2002, Chicago, Illinois.
Exhibits
:
“Islamic Art” Designed exhibit case featuring images and contextual information about the expression of
art in Islamic culture(s) in support of the NEH and ALA supported “Muslim Journeys” exhibit in Booth Library January – April 2014.
Presentations
:
“What we discovered about Discovery: A Comparative Evaluation of Summon and WorldCat Local
at the UIC Library” Presented at the 2014 annual conference of the Illinois chapter of the Association of
College and Research Libraries: Telling our Story: Impact and Assessment. Brantley, Steve, with Glenda Insua, Mireille Djenno and Gwen Gregory, March 21, 2014 Oakbrook, Illinois. forthcoming
“Librarians as Scholarly Communication Coaches” Presented at the 2014 annual conference of the
Illinois chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries: Telling our Story: Impact and Assessment. Brantley, Steve and Todd Bruns. March 21, 2014 Oakbrook, Illinois. forthcoming
“The ERIAL Project at UIC: Understanding How Students Search for Information” Booth Library
Presentation Showcase. January 9, 2014.
“Usability Study: Summon and Worldcat Local interfaces” Booth Library Presentation Showcase.
January 9, 2014.
“College Information Literacy Summit 2013” East Leyden High School Franklin Park, ILPanel
April 24, 2013. CARLI Discovery layer Webinar series: http://www.carli.illinois.edu/products-services/i-share/opac/secure/discovery-layer-webinars-2013
"Selecting free streaming video resources to supplement your collection" Presented at the CARLI
Streaming Video symposium, July 22, 2010, Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois.
"The ERIAL project at UIC: Understanding how students search for information" Presented at the
CARLI symposium: Connecting Libraries and Users: Anthropologists Helping Librarians Meet 21st Century Challenges, with Beth Pickard. May 14, 2010. DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois.
“Reference sources and user behavior”
Guest Speaker, Dominican University Graduate School of Library & Information Science, November 7, 2007, River Forest, Illinois.
"Usability testing of a library web portal: Do users need customization?"Library Research Round
Table Four Star Research Forum. With Annie Armstrong and Krystal Lewis. Presented at the joint CLA/ALA conference Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 21, 2003, Refereed.
"Making collaborative connections: Portal design and community-building in Chicago-area
libraries"LITA National Conference. With Scott Collard. October 2003, Houston, Texas, Refereed.
Service:
Library (current position only)
Library Services Council
Collection Development Committee
Subcommittee on Media Resources (chair) Library Programming Committee
Public Service Committee Web Resources Committee
Last five years service at previous position User Structures Council, (Chair) 2013 Steering Committee 2013
Library Liaison Task Force 2012-13 Discovery and Delivery Council 2011-2012
Faculty Salary Equity Task Force (Chair) 2011-2012 Re-imagining public services group: 2009-13
Question Point virtual reference software administration team, 2009-. Web Oversight Committee, 2009-.
Faculty Service
Executive Committee 2012-
Promotion and Tenure Committee 2011- Appointments Committee (chair), 2011-2013 Nominations and Elections Committee 2010-2012 UIC Campus
Information Technology Governance Council sub-committee: Data Management/Data-Curation Working Group, 2013
UIC Faculty Senate, elected, 2010, elected 2012
Regional
Illinois Library Association (ILA) Member since 2013
Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) Program Planning Committee 2014
National Professional
ALA (American Library Association) Member since 1998 Video Round Table (VRT) Webmaster, 2011- appointed.
VRT, “Notable Videos for Adults” award committee 2002-2006, appointed. VRT Program Committee Chair, 2005-2006, invited.
VRT Executive Chair, 2006-2009, elected.
New Member Round Table (NMRT) Web Committee 2002-, appointed. NMRT Chair, Web Committee, 2004-2006, appointed.
ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) Member: 9 years, 2 years continuous Instruction Section
University Library Section
LITA (Library Information Technology Association) 2004-2011
RUSA (Reference and User Services Association) Member: 5 years, 2 years continuous Reference Services Section
Public Service
What Would It Take Election Campaign for new leadership in School Board District 201: (volunteer) 2013 Berwyn Public Library Board of Trustees, 2012-
Technology Committee Finance Committee
Strategic Planning Committee
Judge, Berwyn Cares college scholarship competition, 2009.
Juror, Chicago International Film Festival Hugo Television Awards, 2007-2009. Juror, Chicago International Film Festival, 2007- 2008.
