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Education

MLIS, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (December 2001)
Focused on information technology and digital libraries

BA in English, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH (December 1999)
Minors in Communication, Film, Religion, and Philosophy
Studied in Dublin, Ireland (June-July 1998)

Professional Experience

Head of Web Services
University of Houston Libraries, Houston, TX
(March 2010-Present)
Supervises five FTE
Sets departmental strategic goals and project priorities that align with the Libraries and UHs
overarching goals
Performs outreach to staff, committees, and departments within the Libraries to understand their
needs and focus their ideas into potential web projects and services
Manages support for the Libraries public-facing and internal websites and services
Oversees the deployment of new web applications and services
Applies assessment, analytics, and user data to improve the Libraries web presence
Empowers content creators by providing tools and architecture that support their needs
Collaborates with other departments in projects on idea generation, problem solving,
development, branding, and maintenance of web-based systems
Researches, evaluates, and recommends new web technologies for use within the Libraries

Web Services Coordinator
University of Houston Libraries, Houston, TX
(October 2007-February 2010)
Coordinated, developed, and maintained the Libraries open-source web applications, including
the Libraries blogs, wikis, federated search tool, and content management systems
Incorporated appropriate design principles, coding standards, and emerging technologies into
the Libraries various open-source web-based systems and projects
Assessed the usability of the Libraries website, and conducted usability tests
Provided training on the content management system and other technologies as needed
Served as a liaison between the Public Services and Web Services departments as needed to
enhance library resources and services
Improved communication between Web Services department and other areas with the Libraries
Provided research help to patrons at the Libraries Information Desk for two hours/week
Supervised part-time graduate assistant

Electronic Resources Librarian / Technology Coordinator
Walker Management Library, Owen Graduate School of Management
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
(July 2004 - September 2007)
Served as webmaster for the Walker Management Library website and staffweb; a total
redesign of the website went live in January 2007
Coordinated and supported all computer activity in the library, including hardware and software
Managed the Walker Librarys electronic resources which included providing expertise in the
selection, accessibility, maintenance, promotion, and evaluation of electronic resources,
Provided daily/evening/weekend business research consultation and instruction to students,
faculty and staff
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Maintained the librarys blogs to help communicate technology and library news
Trained new employees and current library staff on technologies needed to perform job
functions and on new technologies being implemented
Initiated a mentoring program for staff within the Vanderbilt Library system
Served as a Walker Library representative and an active participant on multiple library-wide
committees and project teams

Electronic Information Services Librarian
Miami University, Oxford, OH
(January 2002 - June 2004)
Chaired and coordinated the Information Literacy Task Force which developed the Miami
University Libraries' Information Literacy Plan
Developed the content for and taught a three credit-hour undergraduate course (IMS 201:
Information Studies in the Digital Age) on information literacy, multimedia software, and web
design technologies
Managed the Technology & Information Management Workshops which included creating new
workshops, advertising university-wide, developing a brochure each semester, and teaching
many of the workshops
Created and maintained a system using PHP/MySQL allowing library administration to manage
requests for tours and instruction from outside the University, and allowing library staff to
volunteer in a more efficient manner
Contributed technological abilities as a team member to create E-Learn, a Web tutorial that
teaches information literacy skills to incoming first-year students
Participated in a Faculty Learning Community to help develop the content for various
Humanities courses incorporating technology and information literacy into the curriculum
Provided point-of-need instruction to students, faculty, and staff in the Center for Information
Management, a self-directed, electronic learning facility with PCs, Macs, and various digitizing
equipment
Provided daily/evening/weekend research consultation and instruction to students, faculty and
staff

Medical Library Intern
Mercy Providence Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
(January 2001 - December 2001)
Provided technological support for clients
Performed circulation responsibilities
Trained doctors in more efficient searching methods in medical indexes and databases

Technology Skills

Windows, Mac, Basic Unix
XHTML and CSS
Basic knowledge of XML/XSLT,
JavaScript, MySQL and PHP
Adobe Creative Suite
TechSmith Camtasia and Morae
Drupal and Open Atrium
Blackboard Learn
Springshare LibGuides, LibAnswers,
and LibAnalytics
CONTENTdm and DSpace
Wikis, blogs, and social media tools







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Honors and Awards


Library Journal Movers & Shakers (2014)
Highlighted in a special edition of Library Journal that provides profiles of influential and
innovative librarians and other information professionals around the world
UH Libraries Librarian Achievement Award (2014)
Awarded to recognize superior performance and accomplishments that demonstrate a
commitment to carrying out the Libraries mission.
UH Libraries Outstanding Group Award (2014)
Awarded to the Strategic Directions team for recognition of its important team contribution to the
success of the Libraries.
UH Libraries Trailblazer Award for Leading Organization Change (2014)
Awarded to the UH Digital Library Redesign Team in recognition of a group whose efforts have
lead important change for the Libraries.
UH Libraries Outstanding Group Award (2010)
Awarded to the Bylaws & Governance Documents Committee for demonstrated creativity and
success in making drastic improvements to the documents used by librarians for governance
and promotion.

UH Libraries Deans Standard-bearer Award for External Service (2010)
Awarded to the Cougar Social Media Showcase Micro-grant Team for their successful event
that was an exceptional service to the university community and the greater Houston library
community

UH Libraries Individual Trailblazer Award for Leading Organizational Change (2009)
Awarded to an individual whose efforts allowed the organization to adapt to new conditions,
pioneered an innovation, provided a better way to deliver a current service, or established a
new service.

UH Libraries John P. McGovern Outstanding Employee Award (2009)
Presented to an exemplary employee whose superior performance and accomplishments
demonstrate that she is committed to furthering the goal of helping the library to become an
outstanding research library.

UH Libraries Deans Standard-bearer Award for External Service (2009)
Awarded to the UH Libraries Marketing Committee whose contributions to the communities
extend beyond the UH Libraries.

ALA Emerging Leader (2007)
Chosen to participate in ALAs Emerging Leaders Program, an initiative of ALA President Leslie
Burger. The program is designed to help develop the next generation of library leaders and to
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Presentations & Workshops

Invited and Keynote Presentations

Leadership in Professional Organizations. Library Leadership Series, University of Houston
Libraries, Houston, TX, June 2014. (Invited to speak on a panel)

Preparing for Technological Changes within Academic Libraries. Library Futures Series,
Oklahoma State University Library, Stillwater, OK, November 2012. (Keynote speaker with Kim
Duckett)

"Strategies for Identifying Collaborators & Writing Collaboratively." Write Your Scholarly
Publication Month Kickoff Event, University of Houston Libraries, Houston, TX, July 2012.
(Invited to speak)

Web-Scale Discovery: Post Implementation. Texas Library Association Annual Conference,
Houston, TX, April 2012. (Invited to speak with Richard Guajardo, Martha Hood, and Chloris
Yue)

Mobile Considerations for your Library. Texas Library Association Annual Conference,
Houston, TX, April 2012. (Invited to speak)

Overcoming the Challenges to Creating a Single Online User Experience. Amigos Online
Conference, February 2012. (Invited to speak)

New Technologies that Could Affect Libraries. North Texas Conference on Library
Technology, Decatur, TX, August 2011. (Keynote speaker with Michael Porter, Sarah
Houghton, and Jessamyn West)

Considerations for your Mobile Library. North Texas Conference on Library Technology,
Decatur, TX, August 2011. (Invited to speak)

Giving Your CMS Users a Content Strategy and a Positive UX. North Texas Conference on
Library Technology, Decatur, TX, August 2011. (Invited to speak)

The Importance of Politics. ARL Research Library Leadership Fellows Program, Houston, TX,
September 2010. (Invited to be on a panel presentation with Catherine Essinger, Rosalind
Alexander, and Christina Gola)

The Future of Academic Libraries. Scholarly Communications Forum: The Future of Libraries,
Rice University, Houston, TX, July 2010. (Invited to speak on a panel)

Funding Mobile Innovation in the Library: The Why and How. CALLR Spring Meeting,
Houston, TX, April 2010. (Keynote Speaker)

The Current Landscape of Mobile Libraries. Central Texas Library System Annual Technology
Conference, Georgetown, TX, December 2009. (Keynote Speaker)

Conference Presentations

How to Rock the Planning Process for your Next Digital Library Web Project. Texas
Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin, TX, May 2013. (Presentation with R. Nicole Westbrook)

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How to Build a Better Mousetrap or Developing an Easy, Functional ERM. Charleston
Conference, Charleston, SC, November 2012. (Presentation with Jeannie Castro and Kelsey
Brett)

Library Mobile Web Design: Tips, Ticks and Resources. Texas Library Association District 8
Fall Conference, Houston, TX, October 2011. (Presentation with Berika Williams)

Building a Single User Experience. Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, October 2011.
(Presentation with Jason Battles and Nina McHale)

Discovery at the University of Houston Libraries. Part of panel for program The Age of
Discovery: Understanding Discovery Services, Federated Search, and Web-scale. ALA Annual
Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 2011.

Seeing the Library through the Terminators Eyes: Augmented Reality. Amigos Member Online
Conference, May 2011. (Presentation with Anita Riley)

Therapy for your CMS: Improving the User Experience. J.Boye Conference, Philadelphia, PA,
May 2011.

QR Codes and Augmented Reality Help Libraries Extend Services. Trendy Topics Online
Conference, March 2011. (Presentation with Anita Riley)

Bridging the Gap Between Print and Digital Environments. Innovations in Teaching and
Learning Conference, Lee College, Baytown, TX, November 2010. (Presentation with Anita
Riley)

Cool Tools to Help Libraries Bridge the Gap Between Print and Digital Environments. Texas
Library Association District 8 Fall Conference, Friendswood, TX, October 2010.

Mobile Innovations in the UH Libraries. Handheld Librarian II Online Conference, February
2010.
(Online Presentation with Christina Gola, Robin Dasler, and Billy Hoya)

Get Your Game On in Instruction. Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference, Lee
College, Baytown, TX, November 2009. (Presentation with Robin Dasler)

The Current Landscape of Mobile Devices. Texas Library Association District 8 Fall
Conference, Sugar Land, TX, October 2009. (Presentation with Christina Gola and Robin
Dasler)

Collaborating in the Clouds: Selecting Tools. Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, October 2009.
(Presentation with Anna Creech, Tom Ipri, and Bobbie Newman)

Mobile Services: Tech Tools for Tough Times. Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, October 2009.
(Presentation with Robin Dasler)

Content Contribution & Distribution. Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, October 2009.
(Presentation with Michael Porter)

Libraries Using Mobile Devices. Unconference, ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, July
2009.

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Digital Libraries & Institutional Repositories. Scholarly Communication Forum: The Future of
Scholarly Communication, University of Houston, Houston, TX, June 2009. (Presentation with
Michele Reilly)

Research Where You Learn: Incorporating Research and Information Literacy Modules into
WebCT. University of Houston System ACE Conference on Student Success, Houston, TX,
March 2009. (Presentation with Veronica Arellano and Robin Dasler)

Mashing Up and Remixing the Library Website. Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, October
2008. (Presentation with Karen Coombs)

Putting the Library Website in Their Hands: The Advantages and Challenges of a Homegrown
Content Management System. LITA National Forum, Cincinnati, OH, October 2008.

Apps in Facebook & Google OpenSocial: Why Librarians Should Pay Attention. BIGWIG
Social Software Showcase, ALA Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, June 2008.

My Experience with the ALA Emerging Leaders Program. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN,
July 2006.


Poster Presentations

The Library Makes its Small Screen Debut: Using the iPod Touch to Trial Library Services on
Mobile Devices. Poster presented at ACRL National Conference, Seattle, WA, March 2009.
(Poster Presentation with Veronica Arellano, Miranda Bennett, Karen Coombs, and Robin
Dasler)

Making the Library Workplace More Millennial Friendly. ALA Annual Conference, Washington,
D.C., June 2007. (Poster Presentation with Sandra Besselson, Chris Harris, Katy Herrick, and
Wanda Nesbit)

Workshops and Pre-Conferences

Hacking the Digital Public Library of America. Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, Austin,
TX, April 2014. (Preconference with Danielle Plumer, Ben Brumfield, and Sean Watkins)

Drupal 101. Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Houston, TX, April 2012.
(Preconference)

Getting Started with Drupal. ALA Midwinter Conference, Dallas, TX, January 2012.
(Preconference/LITA Workshop with Nina McHale)

Managing Projects & Communication. Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, October 2011.
(Preconference with Sean Watkins)

Streamlining Data for Cross-Platform Web Delivery. Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, October
2011. (Preconference with Jason Battles and Sean Watkins)

Getting Started with Drupal. ALA Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 2011.
(Preconference/LITA Workshop with Nina McHale)

Migrating to Drupal: Open Source Library Intranets. Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, October
2010. (Preconference Workshop with Jason Battles, Catherine Baird, and Nina McHale)
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Professional Service

Memberships & Committee Work
American Library Association (2001-Present)
o Committee on Organization (Intern, 2009-2011)
o Emerging Leaders Program Subcommittee (2009-2010)
Library Information Technology Association (2004-Present)
o LITA President (2014-2015)
o LITA Vice-President/President-Elect (2013-2014)
o LITA Executive Committee (2013-2016)
o LITA Director at Large (2012-2013)
o LITA Game Making Interest Group (2012-Present)
o LITA Blogs, Wikis & Social Software Interest Group (BIGWIG)
(2006-2011, Co-Chair 2008-2011)
o LITA Nomination Committee (2010)
o LITA Program Planning Committee (2005-2010)
o LITA National Forum Planning Committee
! Atlanta, GA (2009-2010)
! Cincinnati, OH (2007-2008)
! Nashville, TN (2005-2006)
Games & Gaming Round Table (2012-Present)
Texas Conference on Digital Libraries Planning Committee (2013-2014)
Association of College and Research Libraries (2002-2007, 2010-2012)
o ACRL Presidents Program Planning Committee (2010-2011)
Academic Library Association of Ohio (2002-2004)
University of Pittsburgh Student Chapter of the American Society for Information Science &
Technology (Chair and Webmaster, 2001)
Golden Key National Honor Society (1998-1999)
Sigma Tau Delta - English Honor Society (1998-1999)

Scholarly Activities

Articles in Development

Vacek, Rachel and Watkins, Sean. Managing Projects & Communication with Scrum.
(Approached by Journal of Web Librarianship to write this article based on our previous
presentation on this topic)

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Watkins, Sean, Battles, Jason, and Vacek, Rachel. Streamlining Data for Cross-Platform Web
Delivery, Journal of Web Librarianship (Taylor & Francis), Volume 7, Issue 1, 2013.

Brett, Kelsey, Castro, Jeannie, and Vacek, Rachel. Building a Better Mousetrap: Developing an
Easy, Functional ERM. Proceedings of the Charleston Library Conference. 2012.
<http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284315138>

Vacek, Rachel, Keller, Derek, Morris, Christina, and Watkins, Sean. Improving the Drupal User
Experience. The Code4Lib Journal. December 2010, Issue 12.
<http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/4578>

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Vacek, Rachel and Sharpe, Paul. Intranet 2.0 from a Project Management Perspective.
Journal of Web Librarianship (Special Issue on Intranets 2.0). 2010: Volume 4, Issue 2/3, p
239-249.

Book Chapters

Vacek, Rachel and Sharpe, Paul. Intranet 2.0 from a Project Management Perspective.
Designing and Developing Library Intranets. Edited by Nina McHale. London: Routledge, 2013.

Coombs, Karen, Arellano, Veronica, Bennett, Miranda, Dasler, Robin, and Vacek, Rachel.
Piloting Mobile Services at UH Libraries. M-libraries 2: A Virtual Library in Everyones Pocket.
Edited by Mohamed Ally and Gill Needham. London: Facet Publishing, 2010.

Reviews of Books, Databases, and Websites
Vacek, Rachel. [Review of the book Searching 2.0] Reference & User Services Quarterly. 50/1
(Fall 2010): 89-90.
Vacek, Rachel. [Review of the book How to be a Geek Goddess] Journal of Web Librarianship.
3/4 (December 2009): 371-372.
Vacek, Rachel. [Review of the book Web Accessibility: Practical Advice for the Library and
Information Professional] Reference & User Services Quarterly.48/4 (Summer 2009): 417.
Vacek, Rachel. [Review of the book A Practical Guide to Information Literacy Assessment for
Academic Librarians] Reference & User Services Quarterly. 47/4 (Summer 2008): 405.
Vacek, Rachel. [Review of the book Leadership Basics for Librarians and Information
Professionals] Journal of Web Librarianship. 2/1 (Spring 2008).
Vacek, Rachel. Vault and WetFeet: The Career Paths Most Traveled [Database review]
Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship. 13/1 (2007): 59-65.
Vacek, Rachel. [Review of the book Crash Course in Web Design for Libraries] Reference &
User Services Quarterly. 47/2 (Winter 2007): 188.
Vacek, Rachel. [Review of Bschool.com] Journal of Finance and Business Librarianship. 11/1
(2005): 43-52.
Interviews for Articles and Books

Reed, Lori & Paul Signorelli. Workplace Learning and Leadership: A Handbook for Library and
Nonprofit Trainers. (Interviewed for information on training in academic libraries). June 2011.

Bishop, Eric. Need a CMS? 4 Reasons Buying Beats Building. Digital Media Buzz. June 26,
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Library Service

University of Houston
Digital Asset Management System Implementation Task Force (2014-Present)
Primo Implementation Team (2014)
Librarian Promotion Committee (elected, 2012-2014)
Promotion Coach for 3 librarians (2012-Present)
Strategic Directions Committee (2011-2012, Chair 2012-2013)
IA3 (Its All About Access) Committee (2011-2013, Chair 2011-2012)
Training Committee (2012-2013)
Library Instruction Fellowship Search Committee (2012)
Chair of the Librarians (elected, Vice-Chair 2009-2010, Chair 2010-2011)
User Experience Committee (2010-2011)
Summon Implementation Team (2010-2011)
Website Redesign Project Management and Oversight Groups (2008-2010)
Marketing Committee (2008-2011)
Web Services Coordinator Search Committee (2010)
Digital Projects Oversight Committee (2009-2010)
Bylaws & Governance Documents Committee (elected, 2008-2010, Chair 2009-2010)
Committee on Committees & Elections (elected, 2008-2010)
Metadata Coordinator Search Committee (2008)
Electronic Thesis & Dissertations Pilot Project Team (2007-2009)
Intranet Redesign Task Force (Chair, 2008-2009)
Staff Furniture Selection Task Force (2008)
Web Management Committee (2007-2008)
Great Pumpkin Planning Committee (2007, 2008)

Vanderbilt University
Technology & Training Support Coordinators Team
SFX Maintenance Project Team
Primo GetIt! Implementation Project Team
Journal Club Project Team
Blogging Project Team (Chair)
Electronic Resource Management System Investigative Project Team
Staff Development Committee
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Task Force

University Service

University of Houston
Guest Lecturer for HON 4198: Honors ePortfolio Course, Honors College (Spring 2013 and
2014)
Web Communication & Web Editors Meetings (2013-Present)
UH PALS Program (2009-2011)
Cougar First Impressions (2008-Present)
New Staff Orientation (2008, 2009)
New Faculty Orientation (2008)
Vanderbilt University
Spiders, meetings for university web designers and developers (2004-2007)


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Community Service

Lead a team for AIR-Houston, a competition for web designers and developers to partner with non-profit
organizations to build new websites or enhance existing ones to make them more accessible for people
with disabilities. We built a new accessible website for Stage Presence Performing Arts Studio in one
day, and came in 2
nd
place. (October 2010)

Grants

Micro-grant: Game On, Cougars!, Project Leader (Fall of 2013)
Awarded $2000 for board games, video games, food, marketing, and the running of a daylong
gaming event in conjunction with ALAs 2013 International Gaming Day @ Your Library and
with multiple campus and gaming community sponsors.
Micro-grant: Discovery Day Camp (2010-2011, 2011-2012)
Awarded $2000 each year for the planning, marketing, and honorarium for speakers for a
daylong conference for Houston area libraries that focused on new and developing trends in
web-scale library discovery systems.
Micro-grant: Mobile Walking Tour, Project Leader (2010-2011)
Awarded $600 to build and market an application for use by the campus Admissions Office and
that utilizes images from the Digital Library.
Micro-grant: Cougar Social Media Showcase, Project Leader (2009-2010)
Awarded $1137 to hold a showcase for faculty and librarians to highlight how people are using
Web 2.0 technologies in innovative ways within the classroom and beyond.
Micro-grant: Sparky Awards, Project Leader (2009-2010)
Awarded $2000 to create a local competition with prizes based on the national competition
where students illustrate in a short video presentation what they see as the value of sharing
information.
Micro-grant: Library Green Initiative (2009-2010)
Awarded $2000 to increase the availability and visibility of recycling within the M.D. Anderson
Library, and promote the library as an environmentally responsible institution.
Micro-grant: E-Book Readers (2009-2010)
Awarded $2096 to assess librarian experiences with e-book readers in order to gain a general
understanding of the devices and develop a potential model for checking out e-book readers to
faculty and students.
Micro-grant: Prototyping Mobile Services (2008-2009)
Awarded $1,790 to learn more about mobile device users and provide them with better
interfaces to the Libraries content.


Professional Development

Teaching Experience
Instructor for IMS 201: Information Studies in the Digital Age (3 credit-hour course)
Interactive Media Studies Program, Miami University, Oxford, OH
(Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Spring 2004)
Workshops Developed and Taught at the University of Houston (2007-Present)
Using Drupal: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced
Numerous workshops on the systems used in the Libraries

Workshops Developed and Taught at Vanderbilt University (2004 - 2007)
Keeping Current with the Help of RSS and Blogs
Giving Presentations & Using Microsoft PowerPoint Effectively
Information Architecture
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Bibliographic Citation Software: EndNote
Introduction to Dreamweaver
Finding Company and Industry Information
Keeping Current with an Aggregator
Libstats Overview and Demo

Workshops Developed and Taught at Miami University (2002 - 2004)
RSS & Libraries
Information Architecture
Spicing Up Your Website
CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
Digital Images
XHTML
Windows XP
Creating Digital Movies
Introduction to OCR: Optical Character Recognition
Bibliographic Citation Software: EndNote
Digitizing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Honors Projects
Ripping & Burning: Creating Digital Audio
Incorporating Information Literacy into Your Curriculum
Web Design Series: Creating Buttons

Continuing Education
Creativity Workshop. University of Houston (July 2014)
Lined Data Workshop with Karen Coyle. University of Texas (April 2014)
Making the Leap to Library Leadership. Webinar (February 2014)
ARL Strategic Thinking and Design Regional Meeting. Rice University (January 2014)
Project Management Workshop. University of Houston (January 2014)
ASAE Chief Elected Officers Symposium. Baltimore, MD (November 2013)
Advanced DSpace Training. Texas Digital Library, Austin, TX (October 2013)
The Tools You Need for Library Scholarship. University of Houston (July 2013)
Data-Driven Libraries Online Webinar Series. (June 2013)
Managing Multiple Priorities Workshop. University of Houston (May 2013)
Future Perfect: How Libraries Are Implementing Emerging Technologies Online Conference
(February 2013)
The Digital Shift: Libraries, Ebooks and Beyond. Online Conference (October 2012)
Future of the Academic Library Symposium: E-Texts, Big Data, and Access. Rice University
(September 2012)
AccessU Summit. Online accessibility conference (May 2012)
Impact of Emotional Intelligence and Organizational Culture. University of Houston (February
2012)
Power to the Patron: From Systems to Services. Online conference (December 2011)
Impact UH: Executive Excellence. 80 hours of training over the course of 10 weeks on
emotional intelligence, business acumen, and leadership, with a select group of other
department directors across campus. University of Houston (September November 2011)
Library Resource Sharing: Emerging Trends and Technologies. SEFLIN Virtual Conference
(September 2011)
jQuery Online Conference. (July 2010)
Online Symposium: The future is mobile. Is your library ready? (May 2010)
Meredith Farkas and John Blyberg on Organization 2.0. Webinar (May 2010)
HTML5 Online Conference. (April 2010)
Working as a Team. University of Houston (April 2010)
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Drupal CCK and Taxonomy: Striking a Balance for Your Information Architecture. Aquia
Webinar (March 2010)
CSS3 Online Conference. (March 2010)
Coaching for Success. University of Houston (March 2010)
Trendy Topics 2010. Online Conference (March 2010)
Shift, Shuffle & Slide: Teamwork in the Face of Change. University of Houston (February
2010)
Library Management Skills Institute. DeEtta Jones & Associates, University of Houston
Libraries (January 2010)
PHP: Interacting with the World. Amigos Library Services (November 2009)
The Future of Mobile. LITA National Forum (October 2009)
CONTENTdm: Editing Viewers & PHP Style Files. Amigos Library Services (September 2009)
How to Supervise People. Fred Pryor Seminar (September 2009)
Handheld Librarian Online Conference. (July 2009)
Google Analytics Workshop. Association of Research Libraries (April 2009)
Mets: The Basics. Amigos Library Services (November 2008)
Web Services for Librarians. Computers in Libraries (April 2008)
User Centered Design: Design Process & Usability. ALA Midwinter Conference
(January 2008)
Effective Meeting Management Training. Vanderbilt University (March 2007)
Developing Best Project Management Practices for IT Projects. LITA National Forum
(October 2006)
Business Librarianship 101. ALA Annual Conference (June 2005)
Discovering the Secrets of Microsoft Access. CompuMaster Seminar (December 2004)
Team Member and Continuous Quality Improvement Training. Miami University (November
2002)
Macromedia Flash & Fireworks Training. Miami University, (November 2002)

Conferences Attended
ALA Annual Conference (2001-Present)
ALA Midwinter Conference (2002-Present)
LITA National Forum (2004-2006, 2008-Present)
Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (2008-Present)
Code4Lib Conference (2013-Present)
Coalition of Networked Information Membership Meetings (2012-Present)
Digital Library Federation Forum (2013)
Internet Librarian (2008-2011)
Texas Library Association Annual Conference (2012)
Texas Library Association, District 8 Conference (2009-2012)
Innovations in Teaching & Learning Technology Conference (2009-2010)
Computers in Libraries (2008)
Instructional Technology Conference (2006)
Ohio Higher Education Computing Council (OHECC) Conference (2004)
Interactive Media Forum (2003)
Academic Library Association of Ohio Conference (2002-2003)
ACE Ohio Womens Network Annual Conference (2002)