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Connie
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Library Outreach Coordinator July
1998 to Present
Owens Library, Northwest Missouri State University
As Library Outreach Coordinator for library instruction initiatives, I am responsible for:
- Overseeing curriculum development, implementation, analysis, and assessment of the library instruction program
- Managing the planning, funding, deployment, statistical analysis, and study/compilation of the findings of the Information Literacy Test from James Madison University
- Updating and implementing the peer evaluation process for library instructors
- Gathering, analyzing, and reporting data that measures the effectiveness and results of library and information literacy instruction
- Analyzing instruction data and individual librarian totals for annual reports and individual portfolios
- Scheduling library instruction sessions and coordinating librarians’ schedules for delivery of services
- Sharing information literacy and instructional trends, developments, and strategies with library instructors
As a member of the Information Services Team, I am responsible for: 1991 to Present
- On-call reference service for a total of six to nine hours per week
- Delivering in-person and online “Help with Research” consultations
- Answering “E-mail a Question” queries
- Providing “Faculty Office Calls” service
- Planning and implementing library “New Faculty Orientation”
- Teaching library research and information evaluation skills on-ground and online
- Creating online curriculum (Web pages, eCompanion/eCollege content, Tegrity lectures, and Captivate presentations) that enhance on-ground library instruction, deliver online library instruction, and facilitate reference service
- Hiring and supervising the library graduate assistant
As a member of the Brick and Click Symposium Team: 2001 to Present
- Organizing the session proposals for the peer review process
- Contacting the authors to inform them whether or not their proposal for a presentation was accepted or declined
- Informing paper and abstract authors of the guidelines for proceedings submissions
- Editing the papers and abstracts for the proceedings
- Co-editing and arranging for printing the “Brick and Click Libraries Proceedings”
- Communicating with proceedings authors throughout the writing and editing process
- Submitting the document to ERIC for publication, tracking its progress, and notifying authors of ERIC publication
- Copyright release form distribution, collection, and accountability
- Serving as “Master of Ceremonies” during plenary sessions
- Coordinating the assignment of introductions of presenters
- Greeting the symposium attendees as they arrive on the day of the symposium
- Designing, pricing, and ordering tote bags and folders for symposium attendees
Instructor Freshman Seminar 1993-1997,
2000, & 2003 to Present
Northwest Missouri State University
- Acting as academic advisor for approximately 20 students per year (at-risk students from 2003 through 2006)
- Helping students become responsible for their educational success
- Guiding students as they become acclimated to university life
Instructor, Using Computers September
1995 to December 2001
Computer Science/Information Systems Department, Northwest Missouri State
University
- Taught students how to master course content in the classroom and through individual student consultations
- Graded projects and assignments
- Monitored student progress and tracked student grades
- Coordinated integration of library instruction into the appropriate curriculum objectives of the Using Computers course, specifically Internet searching and evaluation of web pages
Web Study Group Member April
1998 to May 2000
Owens Library, Northwest Missouri State University
- Co-developed and updated Owens Library Web Publishing Standards
- Monitored web page usage and determined modifications to the Owens Library web pages based on survey results, focus group input, and partnerships with university academic departments
- Co-coordinated web publishing workshops
- Created and edited web pages that supported reference service and teaching library research skills
TEACHING
Library Instruction Sessions 1991 to Present Taught on-ground and online instruction to support the following courses:
- Advanced Quantitative Analysis & Decision Making
- Business Law
- English 111/112/115
- Using Computers/Computers & Information Technology
- Content and Context of Learning
- Decision Support Systems
- Economic Geography
- Elementary School Social Studies
- Experimental Psychology
- Evaluation of Leisure Services
- Foundations and Careers in Family and Consumer Science
- Fundamentals of Oral Communication
- Issues in Family and Consumer Sciences
- Graduate Reading in the Elementary School
- Historiography
- Historian’s Craft and Its Uses
- Human Computer Interaction
- Human Development
- Human Resource Management
- Advanced Topics: American Religious History
- Information Systems
- Issues in Psychology
- IT Hardware and Software
- Leisure Resources and Facilities
- Managerial Communication
- Management Information Systems
- Methods in Educational Research
- Missouri Academy
- Multiculturalism in Education
- Organizational Policy & Decision Making
- Principles of Public Relations
- Recreational Programs
- Server Applications/Network Security
- Sociology/Psychology of Human Performance
- Tax Accounting
- Techniques for Conferencing and Collaboration
- Teaching Reading and Language
- Upward Bound
- Upward Bound Math/Science
- Writing & Interpreting Educational Literature and Statistics
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