NCSU Libraries Fellows 2003-2005
We are very pleased to announce the appointment of the 2003-2005 NCSU Libraries Fellows: Steven McCann effective 1 July 2003, Michele Shular effective 14 July 2003, and Bonnie Tijerina, effective 1 July 2003.
The NCSU Libraries Fellows Program, established in 1999, brings talented new graduates to the Libraries for a two-year appointment. Fellows combine work on an innovative project with a half-time assignment in a home department. Fellows are appointed to the rank of Librarian as full members of the library faculty.
Steve McCann’s home department assignment will be in Digital Library Initiatives. McCann’s project assignment, in Research & Information Services, addresses assessment of the Libraries' instruction program. In this project, he will gather information on current initiatives in this area, assess the evaluation procedures and instruments in use, and propose and develop a plan to measure library instruction effectiveness at NC State.
McCann’s has several years experience managing websites, marketing programs, and digital initiatives for Internet companies and non-profit organizations, including Amazon.com. His experience and education have been directed at designing and executing solutions which facilitate user access to information in the digital environment. He currently serves as a Usability Specialist, Research Assistant in the University of Washington Libraries Systems Department. McCann was also a research assistant on an intranet/metadata project with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. His fieldwork included a digital cataloging project and work at the reference desk in the Seattle Public Library. He has been active in the Association of Library and Information Science Students, serving as editor of the newsletter, Silverfish, and in the Student Chapter of ALA. McCann will receive the Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Washington. He holds the Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature from Montana State University.
Michele Shular will join the Natural Resources Library as her home department. In her project assignment she will develop content and functionality for a searchable database of geospatial metadata. Coordinating with Data Services and Digital Library Initiatives, she will explore and assess database interfaces and work with Cataloging on opportunities for integration and transfer of data with the catalog.
Shular completed a full-time internship as Data Services Librarian Assistant in the Data Resources Library (DRL) at University of Western Ontario. In addition to reference assistance and other general duties, she completed a project contributing to the development and access of the DRL's digital collections of geospatial data, statistical microdata, and government documents. She is currently working as a graduate student in the Serge A. Sauer Map Library. Shular has also completed several projects describing and arranging historical materials, including a collection of photographic negatives. She is a member of the ALA Map and Geography Round Table and the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives. Shular will receive the Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Western Ontario. She earned the Bachelor of Science, Combined Honours degree in Earth Science and Physical Geography from Brock University.
Bonnie Tijerina’s home assignment is Collection Management. Her project will be the creation and implementation of a “Business One-Stop Resource Center” geared toward the information needs of the College of Management. The Center will provide state of the art delivery of business information and guidance to patrons in an efficient, effective, and easy-to-follow format. The resource center will support virtual classrooms, resource guides, FAQ’s, business workshops, community events, and career opportunities. The project will include collaboration with collection managers, distance learning librarians, and other colleagues, as well as faculty and students, in the design and development of this resource.
Tijerina is currently assigned to a practicum in bibliographic instruction at the University of Wisconsin. She completed a reference practicum with the Reference and Loan Library, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. She served as library assistant for the Ethnic Studies Collection, College Library at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, acting as liaison with the Multicultural Student Center. Tijerina was the recipient of the Advanced Opportunity Fellowship, Estelle Ray Reid scholarship for the study of librarianship. As an undergraduate, she was awarded the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Minority Research Grant. Tijerina volunteers as grant and library researcher for First Nations’ Orphan Association; a grassroots organization to raise awareness and address the post adoption needs of Native Americans. Her review of the book, “Diversity Now: People, Collections & Services in Academic Libraries” was published in the Journal of Academic Librarianship. She was a founding member of the Student Chapter of LITA and is an active member of the Student Chapter of ALA at University of Wisconsin. Tijerina will receive her Master of Arts in Library and Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds the Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies, Asian Religious Traditions from Lawrence University and attended the Munich (Germany) Seminar.