School of Library and Information Science

 

January 2011

Rachel Hinton (MSLS 2007) of Mt. Rainier, Maryland, works as a contractor at EPA's library. She and her husband Matt are excitedly expecting their second child in March.

Cristina D. Ramirez (MSLS 2005) is a Doctoral Student in the Education, Urban Services Leadership program at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). She taught Collection Development, CLSC 641 for CUA SLIS as adjunct faculty in the Fall of 2010. Cristina was re-elected to serve on American Library Association Council as a Councilor-at-Large for the term 2010-2013 and was promoted in rank to Assistant Professor as the Collection Librarian for Social & Behavioral Sciences at VCU. She is an annual reviewer for bilingual children's and young adult titles for the REFORMA Newsletter Resenas/Book Reviews. Cristina is a Co-Chair of the Multicultural Forum for the Virginia Library Association and was reappointed to serve as the University Library Services representative to the University Equity and Diversity Committee, VCU Office of the Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Christine Hall (MSLS 2004), Director of the Alexandria Law Library, recently participated in the world's largest paired kidney exchange at Georgetown University Hospital. Ms. Hall was one of sixteen people who donated a kidney in the 16-way exchange, which took place over a two-week period in November, at three area hospitals. Four of the 16 donors, including Ms. Hall, were non-directed or altruistic donors, meaning they were not related to or donating on behalf of any of the 16 recipients. Ms. Hall was profiled on the NBC Nightly News report, "Making a Difference" on November 2, 2010.
She and most of the other 31 participants appeared on The Today Show the following morning. Ms. Hall, who lost 40 pounds in order to participate in the exchange, returned to work in early December, and said it was the best experience of her life.

Dr. Ken Phifer (MSLS 1983) published his memoirs in March 2010: "The First Seventy-Five Years 1934-2009: A Memoir". Copies are available at the Rockville, MD Public Library and at the Montgomery County Historical Society Library. He notes that the chapter on library school brought back fond memories as he reached back into the past.

 

November 2010

Mindy Klasky (MSLS 1996) of Arlington, Virginia, has written the book "When Good Wishes Go Bad," the second novel of her "As You Wish" series, published in April (Mira Books).
 
Gary Smuckler (MSLS 1977) retired from Alexandria City Public Schools.  He was a teacher in the English as a Second Language Program and taught U.S. history for immigrant students at T.C. Williams high school in Alexandria, Virginia.  He has been in education for 42 years and plans to continue by volunteering.
 
In Memoriam: Catherine D. "Kitty" Scott (MSLS 1955) of Washington, DC, passed away on May 17, 2010.  She was the former Chief Librarian and Director of the National Air and Space Museum Library (Smithsonian), and had also served as President of the Special Libraries Association from 1992-93.

October 2010

Rod Atkinson (MSLS 1990) is now the Head of Research Data for the Knowledge Services Group, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress. He will have oversight of geospatial information systems research and quantitative analysis performed for Congress. Previously he was the Head of Operations.

Kathy Kelly (MSLS 1994) has been elected to serve as Secretary on the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Government Information Division (DGI) Executive Board for 2011. She also recently published an article in Government Information Pro called "Executive Orders on Contractors Can Protect Library Workers".
 

September 2010

Katy Rose Resnick Taylor (MSLS 2009) announces the birth of her first baby girl, Genevieve Olivia Taylor, born on June 8, 2010, in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Tisha M. Zelner (MSLS 2000) was the recipient of the University of Southern Mississippi's biennial Excellence in Librarianship Award in 2010. She was also promoted to Associate Professor, effective July 2010. She continues to serve as Head of Information Services at the university's Cook Library in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Mathilde Rovelstad (MSLS 1960), who served as a professor of library science at Catholic University of America (CUA) for thirty years, passed away on July 2, 2010. Dr. Rovelstad had received a SLIS Lifetime Achievement Award from the SLIS Alumni Association during a celebration of the SLIS 25th anniversary as a School during 2006. With a major gift made in 2004, Dr. Rovelstad established the Mathilde & Howard Endowed Scholarship, to provide tuition assistance to academically qualified graduate students in SLIS. A memorial celebration of Dr. Rovelstad's life will be held Saturday, October 23, 2010, at 1 p.m. in the chapel at Caldwell Hall on the CUA campus.
 

August 2010

David S. Mao (MSLS 1999) has been appointed to the newly created position of Deputy Law Librarian of Congress, in which he will manage the Library of Congress Law Library's global legal research portfolio, including the Global Legal Information Network. He previously worked for the Library of Congress Congressional Research Service.

Robyn Rebollo (MSLS 1997) was a co-presenter at the National Vivo Conference (Enabling National Networking of Scientists) in New York in August 2010. Her presentation is titled: "Building an Australian User Community for VIVO: Profiling Research Data for the Australian National Data Service." VIVO conference site: http://conferences.dce.ufl.edu/vivo/

Sister Charlene Smith (MSLS 1987) has co-written "Thea's Song: The Life of Thea Bowman" (Orbis Books, 2010), the first major biography of CUA alumna Sister Thea Bowman (FSPA, MA, 1970; Ph.D. 1973), a bridgebuilder between racial groups, who has been discussed by many as a possible candidate for beatification.

Kee Malesky (MSLS 1986) is the author of "All Facts Considered, the Essential Library of Inessential Knowledge" (Wiley, 2010), a collection of interesting and unusual facts she has accumulated over two decades as a librarian at NPR. A book-signing is scheduled for October 26, 2010, 6:30 p.m., at Borders Books (18th & L Streets NW, DC).

July 2010

Christine Carlson (MSLS 2007) announces the birth of her first baby girl, Samantha Marija Carlson, born on May 28, 2010, in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Louis Abramovitz (MSLS 2005) co-authored an article with two Law Librarians' Society of Washington DC (LLSDC) colleagues in the July 2, 2010 issue of the The National Law Journal, called "Law Librarians: An Untapped Resource for BI".

November 2010

Mindy Klasky (MSLS 1996) of Arlington, Virginia, has written the book "When Good Wishes Go Bad," the second novel of her "As You Wish" series, published in April (Mira Books).
 
Gary Smuckler (MSLS 1977) retired from Alexandria City Public Schools.  He was a teacher in the English as a Second Language Program and taught U.S. history for immigrant students at T.C. Williams high school in Alexandria, Virginia.  He has been in education for 42 years and plans to continue by volunteering.
 
In Memoriam: Catherine D. "Kitty" Scott (MSLS 1955) of Washington, DC, passed away on May 17, 2010.  She was the former Chief Librarian and Director of the National Air and Space Museum Library (Smithsonian), and had also served as President of the Special Libraries Association from 1992-93.

October 2010

Rod Atkinson (MSLS 1990) is now the Head of Research Data for the Knowledge Services Group, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress. He will have oversight of geospatial information systems research and quantitative analysis performed for Congress. Previously he was the Head of Operations.

Kathy Kelly (MSLS 1994) has been elected to serve as Secretary on the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Government Information Division (DGI) Executive Board for 2011. She also recently published an article in Government Information Pro called "Executive Orders on Contractors Can Protect Library Workers".
 

September 2010

Katy Rose Resnick Taylor (MSLS 2009) announces the birth of her first baby girl, Genevieve Olivia Taylor, born on June 8, 2010, in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Tisha M. Zelner (MSLS 2000) was the recipient of the University of Southern Mississippi's biennial Excellence in Librarianship Award in 2010. She was also promoted to Associate Professor, effective July 2010. She continues to serve as Head of Information Services at the university's Cook Library in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Mathilde Rovelstad (MSLS 1960), who served as a professor of library science at Catholic University of America (CUA) for thirty years, passed away on July 2, 2010. Dr. Rovelstad had received a SLIS Lifetime Achievement Award from the SLIS Alumni Association during a celebration of the SLIS 25th anniversary as a School during 2006. With a major gift made in 2004, Dr. Rovelstad established the Mathilde & Howard Endowed Scholarship, to provide tuition assistance to academically qualified graduate students in SLIS. A memorial celebration of Dr. Rovelstad's life will be held Saturday, October 23, 2010, at 1 p.m. in the chapel at Caldwell Hall on the CUA campus.
 

August 2010

David S. Mao (MSLS 1999) has been appointed to the newly created position of Deputy Law Librarian of Congress, in which he will manage the Library of Congress Law Library's global legal research portfolio, including the Global Legal Information Network. He previously worked for the Library of Congress Congressional Research Service.

Robyn Rebollo (MSLS 1997) was a co-presenter at the National Vivo Conference (Enabling National Networking of Scientists) in New York in August 2010. Her presentation is titled: "Building an Australian User Community for VIVO: Profiling Research Data for the Australian National Data Service." VIVO conference site: http://conferences.dce.ufl.edu/vivo/

Sister Charlene Smith (MSLS 1987) has co-written "Thea's Song: The Life of Thea Bowman" (Orbis Books, 2010), the first major biography of CUA alumna Sister Thea Bowman (FSPA, MA, 1970; Ph.D. 1973), a bridgebuilder between racial groups, who has been discussed by many as a possible candidate for beatification.

Kee Malesky (MSLS 1986) is the author of "All Facts Considered, the Essential Library of Inessential Knowledge" (Wiley, 2010), a collection of interesting and unusual facts she has accumulated over two decades as a librarian at NPR. A book-signing is scheduled for October 26, 2010, 6:30 p.m., at Borders Books (18th & L Streets NW, DC).

July 2010

Christine Carlson (MSLS 2007) announces the birth of her first baby girl, Samantha Marija Carlson, born on May 28, 2010, in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Louis Abramovitz (MSLS 2005) co-authored an article with two Law Librarians' Society of Washington DC (LLSDC) colleagues in the July 2, 2010 issue of the The National Law Journal, called "Law Librarians: An Untapped Resource for BI".

March 2010

Jessica Beauchamp (MSLS 2007), the 2009 2nd DC/SLA  Vice President and Ethics Ambassador, is a recipient of the SLA Rising Starts honor.  This honor is given to SLA members in the first five years of their library career who have shown exceptional accomplishment and potential for the future.

Sharon Tahirkheli (MSLS 1989), director of information systems at the American Geological Institute, received the Mary B. Ansari Distinguished Service Award during the AGI's annual meeting.  The award is given in recognition of contributions to the geoscience information profession.December 2009

Kimberly Peach (MSLS 2008) has been awarded the 2010 Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Preservation Administration Fellowship at Yale University Library.

 

Jessica Warner Beauchamp (MSLS 2007) is now a Project Manager with the Smithsonian Institution's Central Digitization Program in the Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 

Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting (MSLS 1976) has co-authored "The Early Literacy Kit", with Betsy Diamant-Cohen, published by ALA Editions.  Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting is an early childhood literacy consultant and has been a children's librarian for more than 30 years.  She is one of the trainers for the "Every Child Ready to Read @Your Library" program, an early literacy initiative co-sponsored by the Public Library Association and the Association for Library Services to Children. 

 

Veralrose Hall-Hylton (MSLS 2004) was promoted to Senior Information Services Analyst in the Research Information Center at AARP in March 2009.  She is also the Liaison to the Knowledge Management Group since 2008.
 
Edward M. "Ted" McClure (MSLS 2003) isnow the Faculty Services Law Librarian at Phoenix School of Law, Phoenix, Arizona.
 
Marian Taliaferro (MSLS 2000) is now Chair of the Health Association Libraries section of the Medical Library Association (MLA).
 
Ruth Dukelow (MSLS 1979) has been named 2009 Librarian of the Year by the Michigan Library Association.  See:
http://mlcnet.org/cms/sitem.cfm/news__announcements/mla_honors_dukelow/
 

Barry Trott (MSLS 1997) has been elected Vice-President/President-Elect of the American Library Association's Reference and User Services Association (RUSA).

Bruce Rosenstein (MSLS 1987) authored a new book, Living in More Than One World: How Peter Drucker's Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform Your Life, published August 1 by Berrett-Koehler. Learn more about the book, and see a free excerpt, at http://www.brucerosenstein.com/book.html

Bruce also wrote a guest post for the Government Info Pro blog, http://www.governmentinfopro.com/federal_info_pro/2009/07/how-a-new-businessselfdevelopment-book-had-its-genesis-in-a-library-school-class.html about how the seeds of the book were planted when Bruce was a CUA SLIS student in 1986.
 

Louis Abramovitz (MSLS 2005) recently authored an article for legal marketing professionals about Web productivity tools. "Information Wants to Be Free (Well, Sort of...)" was published in the July 2009 issue of Strategies: The Journal of Legal Marketing. (Available at: http://www.legalmarketing.org)

Nancy Matthes (MSLS 1999) earned a Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential during Summer 2009 from the The American Society of Association Executives.  More than 3,500 association professionals currently hold the CAE credential, the highest professional credential in the association industry. To earn it, applicants must have 75 hours of professional development, pass a stringent examination, and pledge to uphold a code of ethics. To maintain it, individuals are required to continue  their professional development.

May 2009
Megan Gorski Albritton (M.L.S. 2008) is now a processing archivist for the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Rosalind S. Young (M.S.L.S. 1990) is working as an Information Specialist at Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc in Rockville, MD.

 

April 2009
Nancy Seeger (M.S.L.S. 1985) is now working as a cataloger and archivist in the Music Division at the Library of Congress.

Larry Roeder (M.S.L.S. 1977) is the U.N. Affairs Director for the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), and recently co-chaired an Ambassador's Briefing for the Group of 77 nations at the U.N. in New York. It focused on the need to protect livestock in order to protect the ability of poor people to have sustainable development. In addition, he is Editor in Chief of Climatecaucus.net, a network of NGOs interested in preventing further damage to climate. They recently presented a report to the Secretary General of the United Nations. Larry's website is available at: www.artbyroeder.com

March 2009
In December 2008, James King (M.S.L.S. 2002) was elected President-Elect of the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Special Libraries Association. In March 2009, he accepted a position as the Information Architect at the National Institutes of Health Library. In March, he and his wife Carla were also selected to domestically adopt a 6 month old girl.

Jessica Perkins Storrs (M.S.L.S. 1996) is a Research Librarian at the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees in Washington, D.C.

Dave Davis (M.S.L.S. 1982) is completing his 15th year working as researcher and analyst at the Copyright Clearance Center in Danvers, Massachusetts.

January 2009
Charlotte Bonham (M.S.L.S. 2005) is now the reference/catalog librarian at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Benjamin T. Almoite (M.S.L.S. 2008) is now the Reference Librarian at Keller and Heckman LLP in Washington, DC.

Tim Edwards (M.S.L.S. 1990), Commad Librarian, Army Materiel Command, is now posted at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, as part of the HQ AMC-Forward group. HQ AMC is moving from Ft. Belvoir, VA to Redstone Arsenal, AL, as part of the BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) process. His career focus has been on virtual library systems, Sharepoint Portal development, and consortia purchasing involving 11 Scientific and Technical Libraries serving appoximately 10,000 Army Engineers and Scientists and an equal number of contractors worldwide.

October 2008
Four new members have been added to the CUA SLIS Alumni Board for the 2008-2009 board year: Fran White (MSLS 1998), Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology at Goucher College, who will serve as Vice-President/President Elect; Jenny O'Shea (MSLS 2008), a librarian at U.S. News and World Report, who will serve as a Director; Rachael Roan (MSLS 2008), a Librarian at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, who will serve as a Director; and Jennifer Krafchik (MSLS 2006), Collections Manager at Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, will serve as a Volunteer.
 

Jeff Prater (MSLS 2006) is now the Associate Librarian at Mount Vernon Estates and Gardens.

SLIS Adjunct Professor and FEDLINK/FLICC Director Roberta Shaffer, and Jeff Prater (MSLS 2006), will receive an award as co-winners for Chapter Event of the Year on October 26th from the National ASIS&T Chapter Assembly for "Working Together, Working Differently. How Millennials are Changing the Way other Generations Learn, Interact, and Do Commerce".
 

A SLIS trio now leads the Potomac Valley Chapter of ASIS&T. The Potomac Valley Chapter of ASIS&T elected Jeff Prater (MSLS 2006) to his second term as Chair.  Tiffany Smith (MSLS 2007) is the Vice-Chair, and Monica Fulvio (MSLS 2005) is the Communications Officer/Webmaster.

Mike Yared (MSLS 1996) has worked as a librarian at the Institute for Defense Analysis, a federally-funded research and development center in Alexandria, Virginia, for 10 years now.

September 2008
Dr. Linda K. Colding (MSLS 1994) recently became President of the American Library Association's Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT).  Linda is an Associate University Librarian with the University of Central Florida Libraries in Orlando, Florida.

Christine Woods (MSLS 1994) of Hampton, VA, was presented with the Virginia Educational Media Association (VEMA)  School Library Media Specialist  of the Year Award for the York region of Virginia for 2007-2008.  In November 2007 she received national board certification as a teacher in K-12 library media.  She works as a teacher-librarian at Kecoughtan High School.

An article in the Wall Street Journal weekend section of Sept. 13-14, 2008 named five essential reference books for home libraries.  The Yale Book of Quotations (Yale University Press, 2006), edited by Fred Shapiro (MSLS 1983), was named #2, behind only the World Almanac.

August 2008
Edward M. "Ted" McClure (MSLS 2002), is a Public Services Librarian at Phoenix School of Law.  He was recently appointed Co-Editor of the Aministrative Law Prof Blog (http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/adminlaw/).

Ted Doubek (MSLS 2006) passed away on August 13, 2008, at the age of 41.  He had been working as a Cataloger at the National Library of Medicine.  Ted is remembered as a talented musician, and donations in his memory may be made to the Interlochen Center for the Arts: http://www.interlochen.org/support/printable_gift_form

July 2008
Nora Daly (MSLS 2007), Archivist, and Alyssa Strouse (MSLS 2007) work on the Archive and Information Resources Team for Rafael Vinoly Architects (RVA) PC, where they maintain physical and digital archives of all RVA materials with intrinsic historical or legal value.  Nora works in the London office and Alyssa works in the New York City office of RVA.

Christine T. Carlson (MSLS 2007) accepted a position as Young Adult Librarian at the Salem Church Branch of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library in June 2008.

Frances Brillantine (MSLS 1992) is currently serving as the President of the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, DC.  She presented a program called "Beyond Volume Count: Exploring the Evolving Tools for Evaluating Library Quality" at the AALL convention in Portland, Oregon, on July 14, 2008.

Fred Shapiro (MSLS 1983) was the subject of a front-page article in the New York Times on July 11, 2008.  The article discussed his research for the Yale Book of Quotations (Yale University Press), specifically his discoveries about the origins of the "Serenity Prayer".

June 2008
Sabrina Pacifici (MSLS 1982), editor of the monthly online journal LLRX, and the daily weblog beSpacific, received the Special Libraries Association's J.J. Keller Innovation in Technology Award, which is granted to an SLA member in good standing for innovative use and application of technology in a special library setting.

Carl Keehn (MSLS 1976) has been appointed Regional Librarian for the North Carolina Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in Raleigh, North Carolina, effective June 16, 2008.  From June 2007 to the present appointment, he had served as the Assistant Regional Librarian.

Bruce Rosenstein (MSLS 1987) authored an article in the Special Library Association's June 2008 issue of "Information Outlook," (Vol. 12, no. 6) called "Virtual SLA: Conference Experience in the Classroom."  Bruce is a reference librarian at USA Today and an adjunct professor at CUA's School of Library and Information Science.  Bruce also has a review of "The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need", by Daniel H. Pink, art by Rob Ten Pas, in the June 30, 2008 USA Today, available at: http://www.usatoday.com/money/books/reviews/2008-06-29-johnny-bunko-manga_N.htm 

"A Legal Miscellanea," the newsletter for the Friends of the Jacob Burns Law Library of the George Washington University (GWU) Law School, which is edited by Jennie Carper Meade (MSLS 1988), is the 2008 winner of the American Association of Law Libraries/West-Thomson Excellence in Marketing Award in the Best Newsletter category.  Jennie Meade is Director of Special Collections at the GWU Jacob Burns Law Library.

May 2008
Cristina D. Ramirez (MSLS 2005) has been awarded the Beta Phi Mu Harold Lancour Scholarship for Foreign Study. She was also elected to ALA Council as ALA Councilor-at-Large, 2007-2010, and is about to complete the Leadership Metro Richmond, Leadership Quest Program, Theme: "Passion for Community" and will begin the LAMA (Library Administration and Management Association) Mentoring for Leadership Program. 

April 2008 News
Clare Imholtz (MSLS 1996) has co-authored a new bibliography published by Oak Knoll Press and the British Library, An Annotated International Bibliography Of Lewis Carroll's Sylvie And Bruno Books.

Eowana Bradley Jordan (MSLS 1988) reports that five years ago she retired from 32 years in public education, where she taught grades 1-5 for half her career, and served as an elementary school librarian for the rest.  Since November 2007, she has returned to library work, serving as a high school librarian, and enjoys encountering students who remember her from her elementary school service.

Peggy Sullivan (MSLS 1953) received the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award/Demco Award from the Illinois Library Association last year.  She was named an Honorary Member of the American Library Association in 2008. She also served as American Library Association President in 1980-81 and received the CUA Alumni Achievement Award in 1985.

Fred R. Shapiro (MSLS 1983) is editor the "The Yale Book of Quotations" (Yale University Press, 2006).  Shapiro wrote an Alumni Essay for the Fall 2007 CUA Magazine called "Who Said 'Go West, Young Man'?" available at:  http://publicaffairs.cua.edu/cuamag/fall07/essay.html
 

Rev. Joseph Brown (MSLS 1966) was Director of the Department of Library Science at the University of Portland from September 1964 until it closed in June 1973 and of the Department of Library Science at Our Lady of the Lake College (now OLLU) from June 1973 to August 1975.  He was Director of the Library at the University of Portland from September 1968 until June 1973, when he became Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University.  After serving at OLLC, he returned to the University of Portland and became Director of the Library again in September 1976, a post which he filled until his retirement in June 1994.  Since then he served the Archdiocese of Portland as pastor of St. Birgitta Parish (1993-2005), as Chairman of the Presbyteral  Council (1995-1998, 1999-2001), and as a member of the College of Consultors (1996-2006).  For his service to the ar! chdiocese, he was awarded the papal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal on January 13, 2008.  He has served as president of the national Catholic Library Association, the Pacific Northwest Library Association, and the Oregon Library Association.  He continues to be active in library work as a volunteer with the Multnomah County (Oregon) Library, having to date logged more than 1,000 hours of volunteer service. During his service as Director of the University of Portland Library, he was instrumental in the development of NAPCU (Northwest Association of Private Colleges and Universities), and of PORTALS (Portland Area Library System), both important cooperative projects of libraries in the region.  He was also partially responsible for a 100% expansion of the Wilson W. Clark Library at the University of Portland and wrote the first library computer programs installed at that library.

March 2008 News
Two SLIS alumni had career profiles in the cover story of the March 2008 (vol. 12, no. 3) issue of SLA's magazine, Information Outlook.  The article "Four for the Air and the Sea" describes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) libraries via interviews with SLA members who work at the NOAA libraries.  The SLIS alumni interviewed were Stanley Elswick (MSLS 1989), NOAA Central Library's Bibliographic Database Manager; and Kathy Kelly (MSLS 1994), Marine Protected Areas Librarian and InfoCurrent Project Manager at NOAA Central Library.

February 2008 News
Class of 1987 Alum and current member of the SLIS Adjunct Faculty, Bruce Rosenstein's book, Why Drucker Really Matters:  How to Lead a More Fulfilling Personal and Professional Life By Applying the Principles of Peter Drucker, is now being sent to editors. You can read more at:  http://www.literaryservicesinc.com/proposals.htm#rosenstein_ 
 

January 2008 News      
Andrew Pace, class of 1996 will be the speaker for the 18th Annual Elizabeth W. Stone Lecture.  Andrew recently joined OCLC as Executive Director of Networked Library Services.  Mr. Pace is a nationally recognized speaker, columnist, book author, and blog producer.  For more details on this remarkable career,please visit this link http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/200682.htm  Please join us April 30, 2008 from 7-9pm to welcome Andrew back home! 

 

December 2007
SLIS welcomes Mr. Tim Steelman as our new Assistant Dean. Tim joins us from the Queen Anne School, where he served as Director of Academic Resources, Virtual Campus Division Head, and Webmaster. He is an alumnus of SLIS, and has been a member of the Adjunct Faculty since 2005. Dean Kelley welcomed Tim at the SLIS Holiday Party on December 3, saying, “He will provide rich experience for the school library media program, excellent Web skills to assist the School to continue to develop its Web presence, and skills to work with students effectively within SLIS. The School was in need of someone with Mr. Steelman’s skills and I am excited to welcome him!”