ROBERT E. FOX, JR.
Office: (502) 852-6745 Email: [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
2011-
Dean, University Libraries
Academic Rank: Professor, University Libraries with Tenure
Provide executive leadership for ARL-member multi-library, multi-campus system. Major
responsibilities include:Fund Raising/Development:
Work with University’s Office of Development and with the University Libraries Director of Major Gifts to establish and maintain effective development program.
Cultivate/steward major gift donors and prospects. Strategic Planning:
Establish and fulfill an effective strategic plan by working with senior campus administration, libraries faculty and staff, and user communities:
http://louisville.edu/library/about/docs/Strategic_Plan_2012_2020.pdf Libraries Operations:
Provide guidance and oversight in operations for multiple physical and virtual libraries. Administer $20+ million in annual expenditures.
Work with University Libraries Faculty Organization through shared governance. External Relations:
Develop collaborative relationships and partnerships with local and regional library systems. Represent U of L Libraries at state, regional, and national organizations.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
2005-2011
Associate Dean of Libraries
Academic Rank: Librarian IV (Professor equivalent)
Provided senior level leadership at ARL-member research library system. Originally hired in 2005 to lead the Administrative Services Division which includes the following responsibility areas: budgeting/accounting, human resources, facilities/asset management, security, and mailroom/supplies/event support. The position was expanded in 2007 to also include the Public Services Division which included: learning commons/reference, collection development,
Major responsibilities included:
• Lead a total of eleven department heads. Provide creative leadership for a robust Public Services agenda that seeks to transform the physical and programmatic aspects of the Library. Actively seek user engagement and employ continuous assessment in this process.
• Seek out and develop on- and off-campus partnership opportunities.
• Develop, assess, and provide direction for creating modern, effective, and efficient library learning and collaborative spaces.
• Serve as library’s chief budget and financial officer. Develop and manage $13,000,000+ state budget and account for library’s endowment and special initiative funding. • Coordinate the library’s statistical and assessment functions.
• Serve on the Library Administrative Council with Dean and Associate Deans
addressing strategic and operational issues. Serve on other library and Institute councils and committees and represent library at meetings.
Specific accomplishments included: • Service Desk Consolidation
Leading current effort to increase user satisfaction and library staff utilization through consolidation of service points. These efforts will result in a single unified service point at the entrance to the main library complex for most services previously offered at the reference, circulation/reserves, and special formats/maps desks.
• Creation of User Experience Department
Helped create new department to coordinate user engagement and assessment efforts for the entire library.
• 2 West Commons
Responsible for leadership of user engagement, programming, fund raising, design and construction of highly successful collaborative learning space. Utilization of space increased 94% after renovation and user satisfaction is extremely high with the end result. Work in this renovation included extensive user engagement prior to construction and collaboration with other campus units including the Office of Information Technology.
• Library East Commons
Worked with final design plans as well as construction and equipment phases. Coordinated private and state funding for project.
• Commons refreshment projects
Led project in 2008 to “refresh” the Library West Commons project with design modifications and new equipment. Led a similar project in 2009 to refresh the Library East Commons.
• Offsite warehouse
Helped coordinate efforts to secure an off-site warehouse and renovate the facility to store archival collections, the library’s records management function, and low-use library collections.
• Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons
Participant in programming for new undergraduate services and classroom building. Provide coordination of interface with library facilities and services. Consultation on development of commons spaces including design, infrastructure and furnishings. Led library’s comprehensive programming effort in conjunction with new building
planning.
• Collaborative Task Forces
Helped form and nurture cross-functional task forces to address library-wide issues in a number of areas including review of library assessment activities, implementation of RAPID ILL system, development of a mentoring program, and creation of separate science fiction collection.
• Development/coordination of external funding
Served as principal or co-writer on a number of successful grant applications to renovate physical facilities, employ new technology, and develop the library’s collections. On an ongoing basis, interface with endowment/development personnel and library managers to maximize efficient utilization of
grant/endowment income and seek out new funding sources. Prepare financial reports summarizing status of grant/endowment accounts.
• Coordination of assessment and statistics programs
Through supervision of library’s assessment and statistics coordinators, provide direction for library’s assessment activities and guidance toward creation of a centralized data portal for broader internal access to library data. Manage all statistics collections and reporting activities for ARL, ASERL, ACRL, and other entities.
• Campus faculty governance
Elected campus-wide to the Georgia Tech Executive Board which provides the highest-level faculty input to Georgia Tech’s president. Elected by library faculty as a
representative to the Faculty Academic Senate and the Faculty General Assembly. • Administrative/financial restructuring
Led efforts to streamline library business office operations and to provide more financial transparency to library personnel.
Clayton State University Library, Morrow, Georgia
Director of Library Services
1995 –2005
(Acting)
1992 - 1995
Major responsibilities included:
• Management and evaluation of the effectiveness of all library operations including planning and evaluation, budget, personnel, collections and services.
• Supervision of all librarians, professional employees, and student assistants. • Development and administration of the library budget.
• Service as GIL (Voyager) System Administrator. • Service on Dean’s council.
• Representing library at CSU, University System, and Atlanta Regional Consortium for Higher Education (ARCHE) meetings including serving as a member of the Regents Academic Committee on Libraries (RACL).
Specific accomplishments included:
• Elected as chair of university’s curriculum committee • Funding, planning, and management of Library renovation
• Development and initiation of Library’s first integrated automation system • Leadership of migration to existing integrated automation system
• Development of liaison model for interaction with faculty • Special multi-year funding to increase library collections • Full recognition of librarians as faculty members
• Incorporation of library component in new degree programming
Head of Media Services (Acting)
1992 - 1993
Managed all operations of the media services department including supervision and evaluation of five support staff and one student assistant. Oversaw the effective utilization of the media services department's personnel and operating budgets.
Reference/Bibliographic Instruction Librarian
1991 - 1992
Coordinated all bibliographic instruction activity, staffed the reference desk, supervised one library assistant, performed on-line searches, and maintained reference serials. Additionally, the position entailed serving on various faculty committees.Atlanta University Center - Woodruff Library, Atlanta, Georgia
Reference Librarian (Half-time)
1990 – 1991
Coordinated business and legal reference collections. Provided scheduled reference desk service and taught instruction sessions.
United States Treasury Department, Atlanta, Georgia
Office of Thrift Supervision
Federal Thrift Regulator
1988 - 1990
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
National Bank Examiner
1985 - 1988
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Library Service
Clark Atlanta University
1991
ALA-Accredited
Master of Business Administration
University of Georgia
1985
Concentrations: Finance/Economics
Bachelor of Business Administration
University of Georgia
1984
Major: Finance
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Research Libraries Leadership Fellows Program
ARL
2009-2010
18-month executive leadership program sponsored by ARL to develop future research library leadersManagement Development Program
Georgia Tech
2006-2007
Georgia Tech leadership development program for high-level managersDepartmental Financial Management Program
Georgia Tech
2005-2006
Georgia Tech management program for leaders working in accounting, budgeting and financial areas.
PROFESSIONAL/SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
“Re-zoning Your Library Through Data-driven Space Allocations”
Speaker at Southeastern Library Assessment ConferenceAtlanta, GA, November 2015
http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/southeasternlac/2015/track/15/
“IPEDS Academic Libraries Component: A report on the work of the ARL/ACRL/ALA joint
advisory task force”
Speaker at ARL Library Assessment Forum – American Library Association Annual Conference San Francisco, California, June 2015
“Space: Describing and Assessing Library and Other Learning Spaces”
Speaker at Coalition of Networked Information (CNI) meeting
Seattle, Washington, April 2015
“Successful Student Advisory Boards: Best Practices”
Contributed paper presenter at Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference
Portland, Oregon, March 2015
“Build Your Program by Building Your Staff”
Poster session presenter at Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference Portland, Oregon, March 2015
“Partners, Not Tenants: Co-Locating Student Academic Support Services in the Library to
Promote Student Success”
Roundtable Discussion Presenter/Leader at Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference
Portland, Oregon, March 2015
“Assessing Library Spaces”
Invited speaker at ARL Survey Coordinators Meeting – American Library Association Midwinter Conference
“Assessing Library Spaces”
Workshop presenter at ARL Assessment Seminar (via webcast) Washington, DC, November 2014
“Updating and Re-purposing Your Academic Library Spaces”
Invited speaker at Southeastern Library Association/Georgia Library Association Joint Conference
Augusta, Georgia, October 2014
“Time-Lapse Data: Longitudinal Assessment of Library Spaces”
Panel member at ARL Library Assessment ConferenceSeattle, Washington, August 2014
“The Role of Student Advisory Boards in Assessment”
Speaker at ARL Library Assessment Conference Seattle, Washington, August 2014“Assessing Transcendence: Do Spaces that Inspire Meet Students’ Desires?”
Poster Session presenter at ARL Library Assessment ConferenceSeattle, Washington, August 2014
“Space and Facilities Assessment”
Invited speaker at ARL Library Assessment Forum – American Library Association Midwinter Conference
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 2014
“Building Partnerships: On Campus and Off”
Invited speaker at Southeastern Library Association/South Carolina Library Association Joint Conference
Greenville, South Carolina, November 2013
“Sacred or Secular? How Student Perceptions May Guide Library Space Design and
Utilization”
Speaker at Southeastern Library Assessment Conference http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/southeasternlac/2013/event/4/. Atlanta, GA, October 2013
“Inspiring Users Through Library Space: Sacred Spaces in Sacred Places”
Speaker at American Theological Library Association ConferenceCharlotte, NC, June 2013
“Developing Campus Partnerships to Move the Library Forward”
Speaker at Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference Indianapolis, IN, April 2013
“The Assessment Conference from the Research Library Perspective”
Invited speaker on closing panel at the ARL Library Assessment Conference Charlottesville, Virginia, October 2012“Working With Library Boards & Committees”
Invited speaker at Southeastern Library Association/Georgia Library Association Conference Macon, Georgia, October 2012
“Academic Outreach Models”
Invited speaker at West Virginia Library Association Annual Conference Charleston, West Virginia, October 2011
“Mashup or Crashup: Collaborating with Intra and Extra Library Partners to Create a
Merged Library Service Desk”
Joint Georgia Tech – Emory University panel session presented at the
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 15th National Conference
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 2011
“Center Stage and Back Stage: Technology and Social Media Solutions for User
Engagement and Discovery”
Invited panelist on program for the ARL 7th Annual Leadership Symposium
American Library Association Mid-Winter Meeting San Diego, California, January 2011
"Longitudinal Assessment of User-Driven Library Commons Spaces"
Peer-reviewed contributed paper accepted for theARL Library Assessment Conference Baltimore, Maryland October 2010
“From ARL Profiles to Questions for the ARL Supplementary Statistics?”
Panelist on program at ARL Survey Coordinators and SPEC Liaisons Meeting American Library Association Annual ConferenceWashington, DC, June 2010
“The Student Library Advisory Board: Collaborating to Improve the User Experience”
Invited panelist at NISO Conference: Discovery to Delivery: Creating a First-Class User ExperienceAtlanta, Georgia, March 2010
“Library 2.0 Buildings: Creating Zones with Heart”
Invited panelist on program sponsored by the Building and Equipment Section of the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA)
American Library Association Annual Conference Chicago, Illinois, July 2009
“Rethinking Learning Spaces”
Invited panelist for Educause Southeast Regional Conference Atlanta, Georgia, June 2009
“Creating Informed Library Spaces through User-Focused Discovery and Assessment”
Invited Speaker at the Massachusetts Library Association Annual ConferenceSpringfield, Massachusetts, May 2009
“Engaging Students through Creative Space Programming”
Roundtable Discussion Presenter/Leader at ACRL 14th National Conference
Seattle, Washington, March 2009
“Georgia Tech’s User Studies of Their Physical Spaces”
Invited speaker at the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) Forum on Library User Studies
Atlanta, Georgia, July 2008
“Your Library, Your Space: Using Research to Make Libraries People Friendly”
Invited Panelist on program sponsored by Committee on Research and Statistics American Library Association Annual ConferenceAnaheim, California, June 2008
“Re-Engineering the Georgia Tech Library for Student Success”
Invited speaker at the South Carolina Library Association Annual Conference Columbia, South Carolina, November 2007
“ACRL Ten Assumptions for the Future of Academic Libraries: The University Perspective”
Program reviewed and selected for the Georgia Library Association Annual ConferenceGeorgia Council of Media Organizations (COMO) Jekyll Island, Georgia, October 2007
“Georgia Academic and Research Library Building Project Round-Up: Georgia Tech
Libraries”
Invited speaker at the Georgia Library Association Annual Conference (COMO) Jekyll Island, Georgia, October 2007
“Critical Considerations for Building Your Library Commons: Financing, Constructing, and
Collaborating Your Way to Student Success”
Roundtable Discussion Presenter/Leader at ACRL 13th National Conference
“ALA/GLA Advocacy Workshop”
Program for Trustees/Staff of the Uncle Remus Regional Library System Madison, Georgia, October 2006
“Outreach for Academic Libraries: Promoting Your Message Outside the Library”
Program reviewed and selected for the Georgia Library Association Annual Conference (COMO)Athens, Georgia, September 2006
“GALILEO: Behind the Scenes”
Program reviewed and selected for the Georgia Library Association Annual Conference (COMO)
Jekyll Island, Georgia, October 2000
“Introducing GIL to Users: Publicity and User Education”
Invited Speaker at the Georgia Voyager User’s Group Meeting Athens, Georgia, June 2000“Impact of Information Technology Project on the Library”
Program selected for the Georgia Library Association Annual Conference (COMO) Macon, Georgia, October 1998
“Cooperative Teaching - Library Research Skills"
Program selected for the Georgia Library Association Annual Conference (COMO) Jekyll Island, Georgia, October 1995
"Information Retrieval Utilizing the Internet"
Invited Speaker at the Georgia Association of Media Assistants Annual Meeting Clayton College and State University, March 1995
"Accessing Information through Automated Resources at an Academic Library"
Invited Speaker at the Georgia Association of Media Assistants Annual Meeting Clayton College and State University, March 1993"Business Reference Sources for Small to Medium-sized Academic and Public Libraries"
Program selected for the Georgia Library Association Annual Conference (COMO)Savannah, Georgia, November 1992
"Evaluation of Bibliographic Instruction Services"
Invited speaker at meeting of the Atlanta Area Bibliographic Instruction Group Mercer University, April 1992
PUBLICATIONS/CREATIVE WORKS
Editor/Reviewer:
Journal of Learning Spaces
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Reviewer for open access peer-reviewed journal 2011- Practical Academic Librarianship
Texas Digital Library/Texas A & M University/Special Library Association Editorial Review Board member for open access peer-reviewed journal 2010-
Author/Contributor:
“Build Your Program by Building Your Team: Inclusively Transforming Services, Staffing and Spaces” co-author Bruce Keisling
Journal of Library Administration
56 (5)
(forthcoming)
“Successful Student Advisory Boards: Best Practices” co-authors Ameet Doshi and Meg Scharf
in
Proceedings of the2015 ACRL ConferenceAssociation of College and Research Libraries: Chicago, Illinois
(forthcoming)
“Time-Lapse Data: Longitudinal Assessment of Library Spaces” co-authors Camille Andrews, Ameet Doshi and Sara Wright
in
Proceedings of the2014 ARL Library Assessment Conference Association of Research Libraries: Washington, DC(forthcoming)
“The Role of Student Advisory Boards in Assessment” co-authors Ameet Doshi and Meg Scharf
in
Proceedings of the2014 ARL Library Assessment ConferenceAssociation of Research Libraries: Washington, DC
(forthcoming)
“Inspiring Users Through Library Space: Sacred Spaces in Sacred Places” co-author Bruce Keisling
in
Proceedings of the2013 ATLA Conference pp: 267-277 2014American Theological Library Association: Chicago
"Longitudinal Assessment of User-Driven Library Commons Spaces" co-author Ameet Doshi Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 8 (2) pp: 85-95 2013
“Assessment from the Research Library Perspective”
in
Proceedings of the2012 ARL Library Assessment Conference pp:749-750 2014 Association of Research Libraries: Washington, DChttp://libraryassessment.org/bm~doc/2012-proceedings-web.pdf
"Longitudinal Assessment of User-Driven Library Commons Spaces" co-author Ameet Doshi in Proceedings of the2010 ARL Library Assessment Conference pp: 63-72
Association of Research Libraries: Washington, DC December 2011 ISBN 1-59407-865-1
http://libraryassessment.org/bm~doc/proceedings-lac-2010.pdf
“Cool Collaborations: Designing a Better Library Experience” co-authors: Cathy Carpenter and Ameet Doshi
College and Undergraduate Libraries 18 (2-3) pp: 213-227 2011
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10691316.2011.577699 “Library User Experience”
SPEC Kit 322 co-author Ameet Doshi
Association of Research Libraries: Washington, DC July 2011 199pp ISBN: 1-59407-864-5
“ARL Profiles: Emerging Themes” co-authors Patrick Reakes, Bryan Skib, and Ann Snowman A project report for the ARL Statistics and Assessment Committee
Association of Research Libraries October 2010 http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/profilesRLLFproject.pdf
Educause Podcast: 2009 Interview with Robert Fox on Rethinking Learning Spaces at Georgia Institute of Technology
http://www.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/PodcastInterviewwithRobertFoxo/174942
“Creating Learning Spaces Through Collaboration: How One Library Refined Its Approach Over Time” co-author Crit Stuart, EQ (Educause Quarterly) 32(1) 2009 http://www.educause.edu/eq
“Interview with Kaitlyn Frazier” 2008 Documentary co-produced with Dottie Hunt and Brian Mathews http://library.gatech.edu/stories/videos/Kaitlyn_Frazier.mov
GLA President Columns Georgia Library Quarterly 41(4), 42(1-3) 2006
“Do Audiobooks Belong in Academic Libraries?” Georgia Library Quarterly 40(4), Winter 2004 “Minding the Generation Gap” College & Research Libraries News 63(8), September 2002
"Internet Search Tools" GAIT Connection 4(3), Spring 1995
"Introduction to Internet Resources" GAIT Connection 4(2), Winter 1995 Faculty Guide to the Clayton State Library 1991, 1994
DEVELOPMENT/GRANT/SPECIAL INITIATIVE FUNDING
University of Louisville: Over $8.3 million in private philanthropy since arrival in 2011.
Georgia Tech Technology Fee 2010 $27,470
Leader for funding request to purchase multi-media support equipment, and to purchase software. Price Gilbert Charitable Foundation 2010 $100,000
Leader for funding request to consolidate service desks and update library entrance to improve user experience.
Georgia Tech Technology Fee 2009 $31,540
Leader for funding request to purchase multi-media support equipment, and to purchase software. Lewis H. Beck Educational Foundation 2009 $50,000
Leader for funding request to purchase power and data distribution system for newly renovated space and to purchase information technology to support collaborative learning in that space.
Price Gilbert Charitable Foundation 2008 $150,000
Leader for funding request to renovate existing library space into a new commons area. Combined with Library endowment income for $700,000+ project.
Georgia Tech Technology Fee 2008 $92,549
Lead Writer for funding request to refresh information technology component of Library’s East Commons, purchase multi-media support equipment, and to purchase software.
Georgia Tech Technology Fee 2007 $241,589
Lead Writer for funding request to refresh information technology component of Library’s West Commons and to purchase software.
Lewis H. Beck Educational Foundation 2007 $55,000
Contributing writer for request to purchase laptop computers, digital architectural image collection, and digital circulating collection materials.
Georgia Tech Technology Fee 2006 $35,140
Contributing writer for funding request to purchase digital equipment for student circulation and to purchase software.
Georgia Tech Technology Fee 2005 $144,365
Contributing writer for funding request to provide initial information technology equipment to newly opened Library East Commons and to purchase software.
University System of Georgia Board of Regents 2002 $200,000
Leader for renovation funding request to upgrade and relocate service points and staff space at the Clayton State University Library.
LEADERSHIP/SERVICE POSITIONS
American Library Association
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
Member, Leadership Recruitment and Nomination Committee 2011-2013 - University Library Section
Co-Chair, Program Committee for 2002 ALA Conference 2000-2002 Member, Bylaws and Procedures Committee 2006-2008
Library Leadership & Management Association (LLAMA)
- Buildings and Equipment SectionMember, Library Buildings Awards Committee 2010-2012 - Library Organization and Management Section
Member, Planning and Evaluation of Library Services 2010-2012 - Measurement, Assessment and Evaluation Section
Member, Data Collection for Library Managers Committee 2010-2013
Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
Statistics and Assessment Committee
-
Chair 2013-
-
Member 2012-
Leadership and Career Development Program - Career Coach (Mentor) 2011-
Task Force on ARL statistics and surveys 2011-2012 (Chair) Member Representative 2011-
Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)
Member Representative 2011-
Atlanta Area Bibliographic Instruction Group
- President, 1995-1996- Vice President, 1994-1995 - Secretary, 1993-1994
- Editor, BIG Newsletter 1993-1994
Atlanta Regional Consortium for Higher Education (ARCHE)
Library Directors Council 1994-2005- Chair 2001-2002 - Vice Chair 2000-2001
- Staff Development Committee 1994-2000
GALILEO Steering Committee - Statewide electronic library
- Past Chair 2001-2002- Chair 2000-2001 - Chair-Elect 1999-2000 - Secretary 1998-1999, 2004- - At-Large Member 1997-1998
Georgia Association for Instructional Technology (GAIT)
- President 1997- President-Elect 1996
- Chair, Leadership Development Committee 1995, 1996
Georgia Council of Media Organizations (COMO) – State library/media conference
- Conference Chair 2006- Conference Steering Committee 1995-1997, 1999- 2010 - Conference Exhibits Co-Chair 1997, 1999-2010
- Conference Program Chair1996
- Conference Local Arrangements Coordinator 1995 - Conference Registration Committee 1994, 2002, 2005
Georgia Library Association (GLA)
- Advisor to the President, 2008 - Immediate Past President, 2007 - President, 2006
- Vice President/President-Elect, 2005 - Administrative Services Coordinator 2001- - Treasurer 2001-2004
- Executive Board 1998-1999, 2001-
- Scholarship Committee 1992-1999 Chair 1995-1997 - Chair, New Members Round Table
GIL (Voyager) - Statewide library automation system
- Steering Committee 2001-2003, 2004-2005- PlanningCommitteeMember 1997-1998
PALS Across Georgia User Group - Library automation system
- Chair 1997-1998- Chair-Elect 1996
- Clayton State Representative 1995-1998
Regents Academic Committee on Libraries (RACL) - University System library director
group
- Past Chair 2001-2002 - Chair2000-2001 - Chair-Elect 1999-2000 - Secretary 1998-1999, 2004-2005 - Member 1992-2005Southeastern Library Association
- AdministrativeServicesCoordinator2004-2008 - Exhibits Committee, Chair 2005-2006
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
EXTERNAL SERVICE
External Faculty Reviewer for multiple institutions
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Library Association (ALA) 1990-
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 1991- Georgia Association for Instructional Technology (GAIT) 1994- Georgia Library Association (GLA) 1991-
Southeastern Library Association
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE ACTIVITIES
Associate Vice President – Business Services Search Committee 2015
Chair, Libraries and Learning Resources Committee – SACS Reaccreditation 2014- University Libraries Faculty Advisory Board (ex officio) 2014-
Council of Academic Officers 2011-
Faculty Senate Committee on Libraries (ex officio) 2011-2013 Strategic Technology Executive Committee 2011-
Brown Fellows interviewer 2011, 2012, 2013 University Budget Advisory Committee 2012- Music Decanal Review Committee 2013
GEORGIA TECH ACTIVITIES
Georgia Tech Executive Board (Senior Faculty Advisory Board to President) Elected Member 2008-2011
Executive Board Liaison to the Student Activities Committee 2010-2011 Executive Board Liaison to the Academic Services Committee 2008-2010 Tech Open Book Reading Project
Book Selection Committee 2006-2007, 2009 Book Discussion Leader 2007
CULC/ILRC Building Executive Steering Committee 2007-2011 Buzzport Advisory and Portal Committee 2008-2010
Academic Senate Member 2006-2011
General Faculty Assembly Member 2006-2011
Presidential Scholars Program Interviewer 2009, 2010 Finalist program facilitator 2010
Library Mentor Program Mentor 2010
Georgia Tech Presentations “Mentoring Experiences”
GT Library Mentoring 2011-12 Kick Off Event January 2011 “Demystifying Participation on Tech Faculty Committees”
Professional Activities Committee June 2009 “CULC/2West project updates”
Library Council March 2009
Finding Common Ground: GT Talks
GT Student Government Association March 2009 Career Opportunities at the GT Library
Atlanta Emerging Librarians January 2009 “CULC/2West project updates” Speaker
Library Council January 2009
“Freakonomics” Discussion Leader
“Everything You Wanted to Know About the GT Library Budget”
Library Council July 2007
“Travel Tips”
Library Council January 2006 Georgia Tech Library Committees/Councils:
Collections Search & Discovery Team Administration Liaison 2009-2010
Combined Service Desk Task Force Leader 2009-2011
User Experience Librarian Search Committee Chair 2009
2 West Renovation Committee Chair 2008-2009
Library Administrative Council Member 2005-2011
Library Council Member 2005- 2011
Library Faculty Advisory Board Library representative 2008-2011
Library Planning Group Member 2008-2011
Rich Meyer Retirement Committee Member 2008
Information Resources Council Member 2007-2011
Staff Lounge Renovation Committee Leader 2007-2008
Strategic Planning Steering Committee Member 2006-2007 Library/OIT Partnership Advisory Committee Member 2006-2011
Library Student Advisory Board Sponsor 2006-2011
Library Intranet Committee Member 2006
Collection Relocation Committee Member 2007-2009
ACRL Celebration Committee Member 2007
Kaiser Award Committee Member 2007
Accountant III Selection Committee Member 2007-2008
Crit Stuart Retirement Celebration Cmte. Member 2007
CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY (CSU) ACTIVITIES
Developed and taught library research course. (LIBR 201) 1995-1996
Volunteer and participant in numerous activities such as Business in Review, Spring Fling, International Fair
CSU Foundation Fund Drive Solicitor 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2003, 2004
Georgia Junior Academy of Science Competition - Library Research Coordinator 1992-1996 CSU Committees:
Faculty Council 2004-2005
University Curriculum Committee: Chair, 2004-2005
Member, 2003-2005
Library Committee (Ex officio) 1992-2004 Teacher Education Technology Team 1992 Information Technology Committee 1995-1999
Distance Learning Advisory Group 1995-1997 Computer Services Committee 1993-1995 Institutional Research Committee 1992-1993 Non-credit Programs Committee 1991-1992 SACS Accreditation Committees
- Library Services Compliance Committee (Ex officio) 2002-2004 - Non-credit Programs Committee 1992-1994
- Library Services Subcommittee (Ex officio) 1992-1994 CSU Search Committees:
Executive Director - Information Technology 1994-1995, 1997 Director of Media Services 1996
Director of Computer Services 1994-1995, 1999 Various Library Faculty Searches
HONORS
Association of Research Libraries
-Selected for participation in 2009-2010 cohort of ARL executive leadership program Who’s Who in America
-Selected for inclusion in 2010 edition
Georgia Association for Instructional Technology
- Juanita Skelton Distinguished Service Award 2003 - Awarded Life Membership 2003
Georgia Library Association
- Nix-Jones Award for outstanding service to Georgia libraries 2008 - McJenkin-RheayAwardforoutstandingservicetoGLA2001 Clark Atlanta University
- Full Tuition Academic Scholarship
- Library Automation Research Assistantship
- Beta Phi Mu (International Library Honorary Society) University of Georgia
- Phi Kappa Phi (National Academic Honor Society) - Beta Gamma Sigma (National Business Honor Society) - Golden Key National Honor Society
University of Louisville
-Student Governement Association President’s Award 2013 University System of Georgia
- GALILEO Certificate of Appreciation 2002
CITATIONS/ACKNOWLEGEMENTS
The ARL 2030 Scenarios: A User’s Guide for Research Libraries Association of Research Libraries, October 2010
http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/arl-2030-scenarios-users-guide.pdf RLLF Fellows Analyze Themes in ARL Library Profiles
Research Library Issues A Bimonthly Report
from ARL, CNI, and SPARC RLI 271 (August 2010):26 Association of Research Libraries
http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/rli271.pdf
Gourmet Coffee Pours Into Mainstream As Supply, Demand Brew Holly Henschen, Dow Jones Newswires, November 3, 2009
DJ00000020091103e5b3001hc http://global.factiva.com Library Adds Flexible Spaces
Vijai Narayanan, Technique, August 20, 2009 http://nique.net/news/100042
ALA Conference 2009: Panel Focuses on Creating “Zones with Heart”
ALA Annual Conference: Michael Stephens, Alan Kirk Gray, and Robert Fox reflect on designing buildings with 2.0 principles in mind Bill Goodwyn -- Library Journal, 7/12/2009
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6670403.html Library Finds Funding for Renovations
Sijia Cai, Technique, January 16, 2009 http://nique.net/news/99581
Saved from the Axe: GIL
Zimu Yang, Technique, October 24, 2008 http://nique.net/news/99421
“Keeping the Library Relevant: A Tour of the Georgia Tech Library Learning Commons” by Michael Stephens in ALA TechSource August 2008
http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2008/08/keeping-the-library-relevant-a-tour-of-the-georgia-tech-library-learning-commons.html
Library construction results in Stingerette service extension Kaitlin Goodrich, Technique, August 29, 2008
http://nique.net/news/99217 Library Plans New Renovations
http://nique.net/news/98860
Forum showcases research, boosts collaboration Robert Nesmith, The Whistle, February 11, 2008
http://www.whistle.gatech.edu/archives/08/feb/11/feb11.pdf A Place to Call Home
Robert Nesmith, The Whistle, December 3, 2007
