NCSU Libraries Focus Online
Volume 28 number 1 - Fall 2007
New Library Personnel
Lisa R. Carter
Lisa R. Carter became head of the NCSU Libraries' Special
Collections Research Center (SCRC) on September 14, 2007. The SCRC
holds rich primary resources comprising the archives of North Carolina
State University; significant manuscript collections; and rare
and unique books, photographs, architectural drawings, and digital
resources. Its new reading room provides inviting space for users,
and a state-of-the-art gallery features prominent collections and
other exhibits of interest to the university community. Carter
brings a strong background of experience and research to lead the
SCRC in the coming years through an expanding program of online
access to digitized versions of photographs, drawings, and manuscripts,
and evolving practices that will make these valuable collections
more accessible for teaching, learning, and research.
Carter previously served as director of archives at the University
of Kentucky Libraries' Special Collections and Digital Programs.
She administered an archival program that includes manuscripts,
the University Archives and Records Program, audiovisual archives,
public policy archives, and the Appalachian archives. She started
her archival career as a film cataloger for the American Archives
of the Factual Film at Iowa State University. Carter has an extensive
record of accomplishment with digital and audiovisual archive
projects, most notably receiving a National Historical Publications
and Records Commission Archival Research Fellowship for her work
in archiving and digitizing the television program archive of
Kentucky Educational Television. She was selected as an Association
of Research Libraries' Research Libraries Leadership Fellow for
2007-09 (see Focus Online, volume 28.1, "Library
News," page 6), which is an executive leadership program
that develops future senior-level leaders in large research libraries.
Carter received an M.L.I.S. from the University of Michigan and
a B.A. in interdisciplinary humanities from Michigan
State University.
Elizabeth Snipes Buckley
Elizabeth Snipes Burnette became head of Acquisitions at the NCSU
Libraries, effective August 1, 2007. She provides leadership
for the acquisition of materials in print, digital, multimedia,
and other evolving formats for the library's collections while
overseeing the professional development of staff. She manages
vendor relations and evaluates vendor performance in a changing
environment of digital and print resources, and she will apply
her knowledge of current issues and trends in scholarly communication
and the publishing industry to assess contractual agreements
and license terms.
Burnette brings a strong background of leadership and management
from her previous positions as assistant head and interim head
of Acquisitions at the Libraries. In those positions, she developed
new initiatives to expedite the access and delivery of materials
to patrons and to automate the reporting of collections budgets.
She played a vital role in integrating electronic-resource management
tools, and during the library's renovation she served as facilities
coordinator for the Brickhaven Library. Before coming to NCSU,
Burnette worked for more than fourteen years in federal courts
in Philadelphia as a training specialist and manager.
She is coauthor of several chapters in the forthcoming publication Making
the Transition from Paper to Electronic Journals, is an occasional
guest instructor for the School of Information and Library Science
at Florida State University, and was an Association of Research
Libraries Leadership and Career Development Fellow. She earned
an M.I.S. from Drexel University and a B.S. in criminal justice
from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Erin S. Stalberg
Erin S. Stalberg became head of the NCSU Libraries' Metadata and
Cataloging Department on September 24, 2007. The department combines
traditional cataloging services with new methods of analysis and
description to facilitate discovery and retrieval from a vast array
of resources available from the Libraries. As head of Metadata
and Cataloging, Stalberg provides leadership during a critical
period of change for technical services, brought about by emerging
technologies and the changing composition of research library collections.
She directs the enhancement of metadata infrastructures and practices
within the department while collaborating with colleagues across
the Libraries to support metadata and digital collections initiatives.
Stalberg previously served as head of Cataloging Services for the
University of Virginia Library. Among her responsibilities, she
chaired the library's Metadata Steering Group, leading the development
of metadata standards, best practices, and user interface recommendations
for the university's ongoing digital library implementation.
She previously served as associate head of Cataloging Services
at Virginia and as cataloging/technical systems librarian for
the Francis A. Drexel Library, Saint Joseph's University.
Stalberg serves as a reviewer for Resource Description and Access
and as a trainer for Metadata Applications and Standards, Library
of Congress/Association for Library Collections and Technical
Services (ALCTS) Cataloging for the Twenty-first Century; and
as Webmaster for the Women's Studies Section, Association of
College and Research Libraries. Stalberg holds an M.S.L.I.S.
from Drexel University and graduated with a B.A. cum laude and
with high honors from Mount Holyoke College.
Jamie D. Bradway
The NCSU Libraries appointed Jamie D. Bradway as its preservation
librarian effective February 28, 2007. He provides professional
oversight for preservation services in the Libraries through preventative
maintenance, conservation treatment, and disaster planning and
response to ensure the Libraries' collections are preserved for
the future. A state-of-the-art preservation lab, with traditional
and digital preservation capabilities, opened March 12, 2007, in
the newly renovated East Wing of the D. H. Hill Library, which
further enables these functions.
For the past four years, Bradway served as conservation services
manager at the Libraries, supervising binding, shelf preparation,
and conservation operations. He also managed personnel and budgets,
served as preservation liaison to public and technical services
departments, and performed conservation repairs to circulating
and special collections. Bradway came to the NCSU Libraries from
the bookstore at the University of Montana, where he worked with
professors to create course packs, obtain copyright permissions,
and manage production and inventory to meet students' needs.
Bradway earned an M.L.S. from N.C. Central University in 2007.
He holds a B.A. in liberal studies with emphasis in comparative
religion and history from the University of Montana, where he
graduated with high honors. Bradway has participated in a variety
of preservation-related conferences and workshops; he recently
represented N.C. Central at the Digital Preservation Management
Workshop at Cornell University to assist them in developing the
curriculum for a course on this topic.
Timothy H. Rogers
Timothy H. Rogers became executive director of NC LIVE on April
12, 2007. This statewide collaborative venture among nearly 200
public and academic libraries in North Carolina provides equal
access for all North Carolina citizens to an essential and powerful
array of online resources and related services to enhance education,
encourage economic development, and improve quality of life throughout
the state. Rogers works closely with the Librarians Council--representatives
from the four Communities of Interest and the state librarian--to
manage consortium services, projects, and activities. He negotiates
all contracts for licensed resources, leads planning and assessment
activities, coordinates public relations, and seeks funding for
NC LIVE projects. His host institution is at the NCSU Libraries.
Rogers began his professional career as director of the Oneida
(New York) Public Library, followed by three years as administrator
of the Coffey County (Kansas) Library. For the past seven years,
he served in two increasingly responsible positions in the Johnson
County (Kansas) Library, first as technical services manager
and then as associate director for operations. Responsible in
this latter role for spending more than $6 million annually,
he oversaw the planning and construction of three new libraries
and increased organizational fund-raising and grant writing.
Rogers worked closely with local government agencies, nonprofit
organizations, educational institutions, and other libraries
to develop a series of community Web partnerships to deliver
high-quality local, national, and commercial content with the
library as the nexus. As a result, he was invited to serve as
the sole public library member of the Kansas Digital Library
initiative. He served as a representative of the state's library
community in Kan-Ed, a cooperative providing shared digital networks,
content, and applications to all Kansas libraries, schools, universities,
and hospitals.
Rogers earned a B.A. in linguistics from the State University of
New York at Buffalo and an M.L.S. from Indiana University.
Kawanna M. Bright
Kawanna M. Bright became instructional services librarian in the
NCSU Libraries' Research and Information Services Department, effective
June 4, 2007. Under her leadership, the Libraries will expand its
initiatives with faculty to integrate research and information
skills throughout the undergraduate curriculum. With an emphasis
on methods tailored to diverse learning styles, instructional services
will incorporate the latest instructional technologies to provide
point-of-need instruction on the Web.
Bright began her career as minority resident librarian at the University
of Tennessee (UT) Knoxville Libraries, where she served as instructional
services librarian. She created online tutorials, coordinated
workshop series, collaborated on the development of information
literacy programs throughout the curriculum, and coached and
mentored librarians and graduate students to develop effective
teaching skills. She participated in ACRL Immersion 2006: Teacher
Track, an intensive program on all aspects of information literacy.
Bright serves on the American Library Association (ALA) Library
Instruction Round Table PR/Membership Committee, the Spectrum
Advisory Committee, and the ALA Diversity Leadership Institute
Planning Committee. She has published and presented on the topic
of diversity in libraries and served as a recruiter for the Science
Links program, an Institute of Museum and Library Services-funded
project to bring members of underrepresented populations into
science librarianship.
Bright holds an M.L.I.S. from the University of Washington, where
she received the Ruth Worden Award for Excellence in Library
and Information Science, and a B.A. in psychology from the University
of Oklahoma.
Annette Day
Annette Day joined the NCSU Libraries as associate head of Collection
Management on June 25, 2007. Collection Management develops, maintains,
and enhances collections in print, digital, and other formats to
support teaching, learning, and research for NC State. Day will
share in management of the department, including planning, policy
development, budgeting, and evaluation of library collections.
Day's background in science and engineering libraries is a major
asset for the development of faculty liaison and student outreach
in these disciplines. She will also join in scholarly communication
and access initiatives and collaborative and consortial ventures
to ensure that needed library resources are readily accessible
to users.
Day previously worked at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries,
where she was head of the Math/Physics/Astronomy Library and
coordinator of the Engineering and Physical Science Libraries.
She served as the bibliographer for earth and environmental sciences
and selected materials and managed budgets for science collections.
She successfully increased faculty participation in the University
of Pennsylvania's institutional repository ScholarlyCommons@Penn
and the development of subject-related Web sites for the physical
sciences and engineering libraries. Day began her professional
career as a subject librarian for science and engineering at
Coventry University's Lanchester Library in England.
Day earned an M.S.I.S. from Leeds Metropolitan University and a
B.S. in computer science and mathematics from the University
of Leeds.
Chelcy E. Boyer
Chelcy E. Boyer joined the NCSU Libraries as outreach and engagement
librarian, effective April 1, 2007. Boyer develops strategies to
engage campus and appropriate external associations, institutions,
and individuals through educational and enrichment initiatives.
Her responsibilities encompass the development of community outreach
efforts that encourage involvement and investment in the Libraries.
Reporting to the associate vice provost for library advancement,
she works with the Friends of the Library and other library administrators
to plan programs for donors and alumni and coordinate preparations
and arrangements for visitors, major meetings and conferences,
and other events.
Boyer brings experience in community, public relations, and marketing
to her role. Most recently she served the NCSU Libraries as interim
librarian for external relations and recruitment, working with
key constituent groups including the Friends of the Library and
Student Advisory boards. Previously, she served as publicity
manager for the Bull's Head Bookshop at UNC-Chapel Hill and then
as publicity and marketing coordinator for Algonquin Books of
Chapel Hill. Her volunteer work includes teaching classes and
community workshops for local public libraries. During her graduate
education, Boyer gained practical experience in both reference
and collection development. At Davis Library at UNC-Chapel Hill,
she established the reference department's blog. At the Lilly
Library at Duke University, she completed an assessment of the
reference collection of dance, film, and literature.
Boyer holds an M.S.L.S. and a B.A. in communication studies from
UNC-Chapel Hill. As the recipient of a John F. Kennedy Library
Foundation Grant, she conducted research at the Kennedy Library
in Boston for her thesis on the politics of presidential libraries.
NCSU Libraries Fellows, 2007-2009
The NCSU Libraries Fellows Program develops future leaders for
academic libraries, with a focus on science, engineering, digital
librarianship, and library management. Now in its ninth year, the
program continues to attract a diverse and impressive group of
talented new graduates from universities throughout North America.
The Fellows are appointed for two-year terms as members of the
library faculty, combining a project assignment on an initiative
of strategic importance with a half-time appointment in a home
department. The NCSU Libraries Fellows for 2007-2009 are Kristen
Blake, Hyun-Duck Chung, Sandra Littletree, Emily Mazure, and Joseph
Ryan.
Kristen Blake
Kristen Blake brings public and technical services experience
in a science library, as well as an interest in innovation and
leadership to the Fellows Program. Blake's home department is in
Metadata and Cataloging. Her project focuses on the implementation
of E-Matrix, an electronic resource management system developed
by the NCSU Libraries.
In May 2007 Blake received an M.S.L.I.S. and a Certificate of Advanced
Study in Digital Libraries from Syracuse University. She received
a graduate assistantship at the School of Information, where
she planned promotional appearances and wrote press releases
for the school, and she served as the interim communications
manager for that program. Blake also worked as a library intern
at the Moon Library, State University of New York, College of
Environmental Science and Forestry, where her duties included
reference work and original cataloging of theses and dissertations.
Before starting her graduate work, Blake was a freelance reporter.
She holds a B.A. in journalism and English from Lehigh University.
Hyun-Duck Chung
Hyun-Duck Chung's experience with digital projects serves her
well in her project assignment in digital publishing. She will
build on her reference and instructional experience in her home
department, Research and Information Services.
Chung received an M.I.S. from the University of Toronto in June
2007. As a graduate assistant at the Gerstein Science Information
Centre, Chung provided reference and instructional services in
the health sciences. In the course of her graduate program, Chung
contributed to digital projects, including a digital library
of North Korean photographs at the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library,
University of Toronto; and a digital repository of materials
of historical value at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Chung received the Samuel James Stubbs Award and the Susan Iannucci
Scholarship, and she was named a Diversity Scholar by the Association
of Research Libraries. She earned an honours B.A. with high distinction
in English literature and USA studies from the University of Toronto.
Sandra Littletree
Sandra Littletree is capitalizing on her extensive experience
in education for her project working on the "Librarian as
Instructor" program in Research and Information Services.
Her home department is in Collection Management.
Littletree received an M.S.I.S. from the University of Texas at
Austin in December 2006. While earning her degree, she provided
reference service and instruction service at the Perry-Castaneda
Library, University of Texas, and at Austin Community College.
She served as a graduate research associate with the Honoring
Generations Scholarship Program at the School of Information,
updating its Web site, working with Native American scholarship
applicants, and publicizing the program. Littletree has experience
in a variety of educational environments, including higher education,
K-12, and adult education.
Among other academic honors, she was selected as a Spectrum Scholar
and a Udall Scholar. In addition to her graduate degree in information
science, she earned an M.A. in curriculum and instruction as well
as a B.S. in communication disorders from New Mexico State University.
Emily Mazure
Emily Mazure brings varied experiences in science reference work
and a commitment to excellent instruction to her Fellows assignments.
Mazure's background and interests are well suited to her home assignment
in the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Library of Veterinary Medicine and
her project on the "Librarian as Instructor" program
based at the Natural Resources Library.
Mazure received an M.S. in information from the University of Michigan
in April 2007. She held two internships at the University of
Michigan--at the Taubman Medical Library she prepared an online
tutorial for health care providers and offered orientation classes
for incoming nursing students; at the Shapiro Science Library
she developed instructional mini-courses for databases and bioinformatics
tools provided by the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
Mazure was also a research assistant at the Center for Sustainable
Systems, responsible for formulating and implementing a new organization
system for print and electronic research documents.
Before pursuing her M.S., Mazure earned a B.S. in biology from
Central Michigan University.
Joe Ryan
Joe Ryan has been appointed digital projects librarian with his
home department in Digital Library Initiatives. Ryan's project
assignment is in Administration, helping to plan for the new library
on Centennial Campus. Ryan brings a passion for encouraging people
to embrace new technologies and extensive experience with technology
projects to his position.
In May 2007 Ryan received an M.S.L.I.S. from Syracuse University,
where he earned the Certificate of Advanced Study in Digital
Libraries. As a graduate assistant, Ryan contributed to a document
management system for the School of Information Studies and developed
a new information architecture for its Web site. He served as
the usability and design intern at the Syracuse University Center
for Natural Language Processing and was previously an information-processing
consultant for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Library Technology
Group. Through these experiences he mastered a broad range of
hardware and software skills, including many library-specific
programs.
Ryan is a recipient of the Gaylord Graduate Award, based on academic
merit. He earned a B.A. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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