Carolyn Adams came to Boise State University in 2012 as a member of the reference
faculty at Albertsons Library. She has a master's degree in Library and Information
Science from Wayne State University in Detroit, and a B.A. in Psychology from the
University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Prior to coming to Boise State, Carolyn was the Head
of Library Services at the University of Nevada, Reno, where her responsibilities
included Circulation, Stacks and Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS)
Management, Interlibrary Loan, and Electronic Reserves. She has experience in general and
business library reference and instruction, and has published and presented about library
automation, electronic reserves, and managing employees.

Articles

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Optimizing Electronic Reserves Processes With Ares (with Erin Silva Fisher), Journal of Interlibrary Loan,Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve (2012)

The electronic course reserves service at the University of Nevada, Reno became increasingly popular each...

 

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Guiding Users to Unmediated Interlibrary Loan (with Margret J. Ressel and Erin S. Silva), Resource Sharing & Information Networks (2009)

This article provides a practitioner's guide to marketing user-initiated borrowing at the point of need....

 

At Home in the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center (with Ann Medaille), Nevada Libraries (2009)

In August 2008, the Mathewson- IGT Knowledge Center opened on the University of Nevada, Reno...

 

Contributions to Books

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Managing Automated Storage in the 21st Century Library, Robots in Academic Libraries: Advancements in Library Automation (2013)

The Mathewson Automated Retrieval System (MARS) is the second largest automated library storage system in...

 

Presentations

New Managers of ALS; What to Know, HK Systems Material Handling and Logistics Conference (2010)

The University of Nevada, Reno’s Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center is one of the most spectacular new...

 

Herding Cats: Enhanced Student Employee Management Using CMS/WebCampus, Educause (2009)

The University of Nevada, Reno Libraries have created two nonacademic course sites using Blackboard to...