NCSU Libraries Focus Online

Volume 21 number 2 - Winter 2001

Rhodney B. "Tripp" Reade III became the media resources librarian at the NCSU Libraries on July 17, 2000. He coordinates services that support media resources, including video, microform, CD-ROM, and media that accompany print materials. He oversees the multimedia computers in public areas and manages the Laptop Lending Service and electronic reserves. Reade works closely with the Digital Library Initiatives Department to explore new models for integrating digital multimedia resources and, as part of his orientation and training, served an internship with the University of Virginia's Digital Media Center.

Most recently, Reade was an NCSU Libraries Fellow, assigned to both the Special Collections Department and the MyLibrary@NCState project. He created outreach policies and programs for Special Collections, provided reference service in the department, and assisted with exhibits. Reade served as staff to the MyLibrary@NCState Management Committee.

He was formerly a curriculum development consultant with Measurement, Inc., where he worked on an innovative CD-ROM multimedia project for a middle school curriculum. In addition, Reade worked at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science.

Reade holds the M.S.L.S. from UNC-Chapel Hill and a B.A. in English literature from Duke University. He received the Carnegie Tuitional Fellowship and is a published author. He is a member of the Society of North Carolina Archivists, the American Library Association, the North Carolina Library Association, and the North Carolina Writers' Network.

Bradley L. Warren joined the NCSU Libraries as access services librarian on August 1, 2000. Warren, as part of the Access and Delivery Services Department, serves on a management team and provides leadership for services such as circulation, book stack maintenance, off-site shelving and retrieval, and library safety and security. He manages daily circulation activities and staffing and also serves as a liaison to branch and affiliated libraries for circulation and delivery issues.

Warren most recently worked as an NCSU Libraries Fellow, assigned to the Friends of the Library and Library Development. He provided research services and assisted the development officer with grant proposals. As part of his project assignment, he worked closely with the assistant director for Library Space Planning and Design to plan the library's off-site storage facility. Previous assignments include work as a circulation supervisor at the William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University.

Warren received an M.L.S., a B.A. in comparative literature, and a B.A. in history from Indiana University. He is the recipient of the Eugene Pulliam Memorial Scholarship and was a National Merit semifinalist. Warren is a member of the American Library Association and the Music Library Association.

The NCSU Libraries appointed Elizabeth Snipes Burnette as assistant head of its Acquisitions Department on August 14, 2000. Burnette helps to manage the department and oversees expenditures of funds. She works with vendors to expand availability to full-text digital formats; assesses publishing trends, especially in digital formats; and is a member of the Collections and Technical Services Heads Group.

Burnette most recently worked as a temporary employee on the Catalog Enhancement Project at the Libraries. She cataloged off-site accessible electronic resources and enhanced subject access to large collections.

Before her employment with the library, Burnette worked for the United States judiciary and acquired a broad range of experience in library technical services, department management, systems analysis, quality control, and training and development. She served as a training specialist with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts in San Antonio, Texas, where she facilitated the transfer of the National Integrated Bankruptcy System (NIBS) software for the Third Circuit to the Administrative Office. She trained staff, developed curricula, tested software, and created a comprehensive user's guide for the NIBS software. Burnette has more than ten years' experience working in several capacities at the William H. Hastie Library for the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia.

Burnette received an M.S. degree from the College of Information Sciences, Drexel University, and a B.S. in criminal justice from UNC-Chapel Hill, and she is active in professional organizations.

David Goldsmith became the NCSU Libraries' collections librarian for the Distance Learning Services Department on September 11, 2000. This department develops resources and services for students and faculty engaged in courses conducted away from the NC State campus. Goldsmith helps to negotiate consortial license agreements that support the university's regular and distance learning curricula with vendors and publishers and serves as a principal partner with the Collection Management Department to select and acquire electronic resources in all disciplines. Goldsmith also recommends collection strategies to faculty and investigates the conversion of materials to digital formats. He will assist in the design and delivery of general and discipline-specific instructional sessions for distance learners, Web-based tutorials, and research resources.

Previously, Goldsmith worked as head of the Resource Development Department at Florida International University (FIU), where he managed the acquisition, receipt, and physical processing of all monographic, serial, and donated materials obtained by the library.

Goldsmith received the M.L.S. degree at Florida State University and a B.S. in zoology at the University of Florida. He is active in professional organizations and is a member of Beta Phi Mu, the international library science honor society.