Through work and good fortune, life finds me as the Engineering Librarian at the University of South Florida, Tampa Library. Along with the rest of the library professionals and subject specialists, I enjoy providing information expertise to students and faculty, with special focus on the research needs of these clients and colleagues. Over the past few years, I've worked extensively in evaluating the resource requirements of engineering and science patrons and hope to further hone my skills and our library collections. Digital reference services, instruction, and collection development make up a majority of the academic library day, but creative efforts include publications on collection development for new librarians, the economic realities of library chat services, and providing advanced research services. I have educational background in international studies and economics, as well as current enrollment in a graduate certificate program at USF in the Environmental Studies and Policy area. The increasing trend and prevalence of interdisciplinary research, specifically involving engineering, provides for an exciting professional future and an excellent combination of my academic skills and interests. If you need help, make sure to ask a librarian.
Articles
A Review and Evaluation of Services and Resources to Engineers: A Case Study of Outreach and Marketing, Assessment, and Future Directions in a Research Library, Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship (2013)
Engineering student and faculty populations present a beneficial and unique challenge to libraries and the...
Wasted Words? Current Trends in Collection Development Policies/Guidelines (with Audrey Powers and Megan Sheffield), Proceedings of the 2012 Charleston Library Conference (2013)
Are collection development policies viable today? In order to answer that question, librarians at the...
Research Rescue: The USF Tampa Library Enhances Library Instruction (with Audrey Powers), Florida Libraries (2012)
The article discusses the Research Rescue program at the University of South Florida Tampa Library,...
Something's Gotta Give: Is there a Future for the Collection Development Policy (with Audrey Powers and Megan Sheffield), Proceedings of the 2011 Charleston Library Conference (2012)
Many libraries and library types utilize collection development policies as the standard for guiding the...
Making Decisions: Using Electronic Data Collection to Re-Envision Reference Services at the USF Tampa Libraries (with Lily Todorinova, Barbara Lewis, and Andy Huse), Public Services Quarterly (2011)
Declining reference statistics, diminishing human resources, and the desire to be more proactive and embedded...
Contributions to Books
The Feasibility of Public Wi-Fi in Newtown, Sarasota: Investigating Community and Economic Development through Public Wireless Internet Access, Greening Newtown ‐ The Results of USF’s Environmental Science & Policy Capstone Seminar (2010)
Sustainability and equity take many forms, but the changing face of electronic information and the...
Popular Press
Re-envisioning reference services for the libraries of the USF Tampa Campus: A report by the Re‐Envisioning Reference Project Team (with Susan Ariew, Ardis Hanson, Andy Huse, Barbara Lewis, Drew Smith, and Lily Todorinova), Tampa, FL: University of South Florida Library System (2011)
This report outlines the results of the work of the Re‐Envisioning Reference Project Team of...
Presentations
Proving Your Value: The Librarian’s Contribution to the Promotion and Tenure Process (with Susan Ariew), Association of College & Research Libraries (2013)
What is impact and why is it so crucial to the survival of academic scholars?...
Wasted Words? Current Trends in CD Policies (with Audrey Powers and Megan Sheffield), Charleston Conference (2012)
The transition to electronic resources and the changing role of the collection development librarian are...
Student-Focused Learning Programs: Designing and Delivering (with Matt Torrence), Computers in Libraries (2012)
Librarians typically have limited time during one-shot library instruction sessions, so supplementing instruction with asynchronous...
Is there a Future for the Collection Development Policy (with Audrey Powers and Megan Sheffield), Charleston Conference (2011)
Many libraries and library types utilize collection development policies as the standard for guiding the...
Informed Desk Staffing with Quantified Reference Statistics: Using Electronic Data Collection to Re-Envision Reference Services at the USF Tampa Libraries (with Lily Todorinova, Andy Huse, and Barbara Lewis), American Library Association Annual Conference (2011)
Andy Huse, Barbara Lewis, Lily Todorinova, and Matt Torrence participated in a panel presentation for...