Vita

LIBRARY DIRECTOR (2013-present), Central Oregon Community College (COCC), Bend, OR

ASSOCIATE COLLEGE LIBRARIAN, INFORMATION & ACCESS SERVICES (1997-2013), Central Oregon Community College (COCC), Bend, OR

LIBRARY INSTRUCTION LIBRARIAN (1994-95), WesternState College of Colorado (WSC), Gunnison, CO

PART-TIME ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR (1991-93), Northwest College, Powell,WY

REFERENCE LIBRARIAN (1987-88), University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI

PH.D., INFORMATIONAND LIBRARY SCIENCE, UNC at ChapelHill, Chapel Hill, NC, 1993

M.L.S., Kent State University, Kent, OH, 1986

B.A., ENGLISH, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1985

Full Professorship, 2010; Associate Professorship,2004; Tenure, 2002; Assistant Professorship, 2000

Council on Library Resources/Kellogg DissertationAward, 1991-92

Merit Award and Kalp Student Awards, 1989-91

Fulbright Scholarship, 1985-86

Distinguished Undergraduate Student Award, 1985

Peer-Reviewed Research Publications

Unions in academiclibraries. In G. M. Gregory (Ed.), The Successful Academic Librarian. Medford,NJ: Information Today, 2005
Professionalassociations or unions? A comparative look, LibraryTrends, 46 (Fall 1997): 232-245
Unionization andjob satisfaction among professional library employees in academic researchinstitutions, College & ResearchLibraries, 56 (July 1995): 341-350
Organizationalcommitment of professional employees in union and nonunion research libraries, College & Research Libraries,55 (July 1994): 297-307
Work values amongprofessional employees in union and nonunion research library institutions, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 24 (June 1994): 981-93

Other Publications and Presentations

Presenter at COCCs Teaching Academy, COCC Lunch and Learn Community Education and College Hour workshops, 1997-present
COCCs ConXn blog co-editor and writing contributor, 2007-12
Advocacy for the Bend-La Pine School District libraries:
"Technology in schools is no substitute for professional Librarians," The Bend Bulletin, May 22, 2007
School Library Programs Make a Difference!Bend-La Pine School principals meeting, 2006
Web Toolsto Supplement School Library Collections, Bend-La Pine Schools Ed Tech teacher training, 2006
Using theFree Web to Build Reference Collections in a Secondary Library, OEMA (Oregon Education Media Association)conference, September, 2005

Virtual reference and the possibility of an Orbis library collaboration, Orbis annual summer meeting, 2002

OrbisCascade Alliance Council, 2013-present

Orbis Borrowing Committee; Summit Planningand Operations Team, 2000-14

Summit Borrowing Steering Committee, 2003-06

Virtual Reference Orbis Task Force, Chair,2002

OCCLA (OregonCommunity College Library Association) Directors, 2013-present
Oregon LibraryAssociation (OLA) Development and Legislative Committee, 2012-14
ILAGO(Information Literacy Advisory Group of Oregon), 2009-present
L-Net AdvisoryBoard, 2006-08
LibraryServices and Technology Act (LSTA) on-site evaluator, Wilsonville PublicLibrary ESL project, 2002

COCC campus-wide involvement

Deans and Directors, 2013-present
Chairmoot (Instructional Chairs) Committee, 2013-present
Art Committee, 2014-present
Academic Master Plan Committee, 2014-present
First Year Experience task force, 2014-present
Teaching Commons web site conception and implementation team, 2013-present
TAC (Technology Advisory Committee), 2011-present
Shared Governance Task Force, 2012-13
Learning Communities Task Force, 2011-13 (Chair, 2012-13)
Curriculum Committee, 1998-99 & 2012-13
Faculty Forum Executive Committee, 2000-01, 2005-08, & 2011-13
Peer team evaluator and mentor for COCC faculty in the Humanities, Foreign Languages, CIS, Music, and Massage Therapy, 2001-12
Academic Affairs, 2008-2011 (Chair, 2010-11)
Faculty Negotiations Team, 2009-10
COCC Honors Celebration committee co-founder, Chair and co-Chair, 2001-09
Tenure Committee, 2008-09
College Affairs Committee, 2003-04

Other professional involvement