college service

2013-14

Library specific groups and associations

• Liaison, ITHELP
• Team facilitator, Digital Initiatives Group (DiG)
• Team facilitator, Muslim Journeys Bookshelf
• Member, Staff Meeting
• Member, Institutional Repository team
• Member, ADA Workgroup

Campus wide groups and association

• Team Facilitator, IT/Library Monthly Meetings
• Member, CAP: Creating an Accessible Campus for All

2012-13

Library specific groups and associations

• Liaison, ITHELP
• Team facilitator, Digital Initiatives Group (DiG)
• Team facilitator, Muslim Journeys Bookshelf (2013 – 14)
  • Muslim Journeys Bookshelf is a materials grant from NEH, which GRCC was honored to be one of the winners. The library has one year to utilize and create programming and other opportunities to take advantage of the grant.
  • Responsibilities include marketing, outreach, and programming with GRCC departments, community interest groups, and other local institutions.
  • Events accomplished
    • Muslim Journeys Bookshelf Poetry Night
• Member, Staff Meeting
• Member, Space Team
• Member, Institutional Repository team
• Member, ADA Workgroup (2012 – Present)
  • Library initiative to start researching and implementing recommendations for ADA compliancy in the library in for space, materials, and digital efforts. Works with ACCESS, CAP, and space teams

Campus wide groups and association

• Member, Institutional Repository workgroup
• Member, Project Prioritization team
• Member, Faculty Association
• Member, CAP: Creating an Accessible Campus for All
  • College wide initiative to improve accessibility for students and staff on campus. This includes everything from materials to physical spaces.

2011-12

Library specific groups and associations

• Liaison, ITHELP (2011 – present)
  • Facilitator of monthly meetings  with IT department heads
  • Coordinate with various IT departments on specific library needs
  • Work with ITHELP’s liaison to the library on streamlining point of contact for hardware/software support and  updates
  • Develop technology assessments and plans based on customer, library, and staff needs
  • Povide technology and computer support within the library.

• Team facilitator, Digital Initiatives Group (DiG) (2011 – present)
  • Library specific digital initiatives that range from emerging technologies such as social networks and web platforms to piloting hardware and software devices and support.
  • Set agenda, lead team meetings, take notes, follow up on tasks and suggest additional work.

• Team facilitator, Emerging Technologies Workgroup (2011 – 12)
  • Marketing and outreach, mainly in social networking and online.
  • Examples of work the ETWG has done:
    • Mobile reference at Welcome Week, 2011: Using laptops, created a mobile reference area in Bostwick Commons, handed out library and related literature, provided reference to students and faculty
    • Increase online presence: Facebook “likes” up 486% (29 “likes” in April 2011 to 141 likes in June 2012), blog viewership has doubled, and blog readership has also expanded
    • Create book displays for Banned Books Week and Graphic Novel Month, complete with online marketing, blog posts, and college wide facilitation
• Set agenda, lead team meetings, take notes, follow up on tasks and suggest additional work.

• Member, Staff Meeting (2011 – present)
  • Monthly department meetings to see what my colleagues are up to, discuss my current projects, brainstorm on future projects.
  • Attended monthly meetings.

• Member, Space Team (2011 – present)
  • Space Team’s goals to work with planning of the library’s interior, which includes surveys, purchasing, and implementation of library furniture, space, and equipment.
  • Attended bi-monthly meetings.

• Member, Institutional Repository team (2012 – Present)
  • Breakout team from DiG to work with college wide initiative

Campus wide groups and association

• Team Facilitator, IT/Library Monthly Meetings
  • Monthly meetings, in which myself, the director of the library, the CIO of the IT department, and other IT department heads meet to discuss current and upcoming projects.
  • Set agenda, lead team meetings, take notes, follow up on tasks and suggest additional work.

• Member, Institutional Repository workgroup (2012 – Present)
  • Initiative between IT, Media Services, Print Services, and the Library for a cloud based product to begin preparatory work for a college wide institutional repository that will be launched in the next year.
  • Partners with the library’s digital initiatives project of the same structure
  • Co-wrote the metadata analysis for the project
  • Attended bi-monthly meetings.

• Member, Project Prioritization team (2012 – Present)
  • Newly formed, the Project Prioritization team’s purpose is for stakeholders across the campus to have a voice in how IT dictates the prioritization of projects that range from campus wide to department wide.
  • Attended monthly meetings.

• Member, Faculty Association Communications Group (2011- Present)
  • Work with  Faculty Association on communications, mainly online marketing and social media.
  • Attended monthly meetings.

• Member, Web Access Team (2011 – 2012)
  • Organized by the college communications department, invited members worked on creating a cohesive web plateform for the college.
  • Attended monthly meetings.