Courtney Mack
Courtney Mack received her MLS from North Carolina Central University’s School of Information and Library Sciences in 2005. After graduation she became the third Diversity Library Fellow at Duke University where she initially worked on several special projects for departments ranging from Human Resources to Special Collection and Collection Development. In her second year she specialized in Instruction & Outreach, which lead to a full time position with Duke University beginning in 2008.
Since becoming a full time Instruction & Outreach librarian Courtney has enriched the library community in a number of ways.
- Create lesson plans and teach library databases and resources to first-year Duke students and international graduate students.
- Establish library outreach initiatives with campus departments.
- Providing RefWorks training.
- Served as library liaison for Duke’s Summer Youth Programs: Talent Identification Program and Young Writer’s Camp.
On Monday Courtney began serving as the Instructional Services Librarian at Methodist University in Fayetteville, NC. Her new responsibilities include overseeing the freshman library instruction program, and serving as the library liaison for the departments of: Religion & Philosophy, Psychology, Education, and Mathematics & Computer Science.
Congratulations, Courtney!
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Call For Proposals:
From Groundwork to Action, The National Diversity in Libraries Biennial Conference
July 14-16, 2010
Princeton, NJ
Program proposals deadline extended, now due on October 16, 2009.
Poster Session proposals are due on December 22, 2009.
This event enables a regional discussion of current diversity issues with an emphasis on the host region.
Suggested Topics/Tracks
Conference presentations are sought in all areas of diversity, including but not limited to, the following:
- Workplace: administration and management; recruitment and retention; leadership; continuing education; mentoring; organizational culture; office environment; budgeting; motivation; staff skill development; cross-training; usability.
- User services: reference; collections; programming; health education; assessment; instructional design; marketing; collaborations; community spaces/learning spaces; outreach; the Library as a Place; customer service; consumerization; usability.
- Technology: emerging technologies; technology services; social networking; teaching and learning; innovations; online learning; core competencies; Library 2.0; YouTube; digitization; open source; visual media; web-based collaborative software; learning 2.0, second life; widgets/applications/mashups; virtual libraries/scan on demand.
Presentation Formats
Presentations may take one of the following formats:
- Individual presentation
- Poster session - Deadline for submissions December 22, 2009
- Panel session
Submission Guidelines and Selection Criteria
Previous NDLC Post Conference Materials by ACRL Residency Interest Group Members:
If you have additional questions about the conference please e-mail ndlc2010 (at) Princeton (dot) EDU (You will be required to confirm that you are sending a message to this email address.)
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is accepting applications for its Associate Fellowship program, a one-year training program for recent MLS graduates and librarians early in their career.
Program Details: In the first half of the year, a formal curriculum offers exposure to library operations, research and development, intramural and extramural research, development and lifecycle of NLM’s web-based products and services and the extensive outreach and education program reaching consumers, special populations, health professionals and librarians. In the second half of the year, Associate Fellows have the opportunity to choose projects based on real-world problems proposed by library divisions and work with librarians and library staff over a six-seven month period. Successful projects have led to peer-review publications and to services that have become a regular part of library operations.
The September through August program also offers professional development and an introduction to the wider world of health sciences librarianship that may include:
- Supported attendance at national professional conferences, often including the Medical Library Association’s annual meeting, the American Medical Informatics Association annual meeting and others
- Spring Practicum at a health sciences library in the contiguous United States
- Additional brown bags, seminars, field trips and learning opportunities available on the National Institutes of Health campus
- Opportunities to meet and interact with senior management at the National Library of Medicine
- Experienced preceptors from National Library of Medicine staff
- Potential to compete for a second year fellowship at a health sciences library in the United States
The Fellowship Offers:
- A stipend equivalent to a U.S. Civil Service salary at the GS-9 level ($50,408 in 2009)
- Additional financial support for the purchase of health insurance
- Some relocation funding
- Assistance in finding housing
Who is eligible?
All U.S. and Canadian citizens who will have earned a MLS or equivalent degree in library/information science from an ALA-accredited school by August 2010. Both recent graduates and librarians early in their career are welcome to apply. Priority is given to U.S. citizens.
To Apply: Applications and additional information are available on the Web at www.nlm.nih.gov/about/training/associate/. Application deadline is February 5, 2010. Between 4 and 7 fellows will be selected for the program.
You may also contact Kathel Dunn, Associate Fellowship Coordinator, for further information.
Phone: 301-435-4083 E-mail: dunnk @ mail dot nih dot gov
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Shannon Simpson
The Albert S. Cook Library at Towson University has announced its first Resident Librarian: Shannon R. Simpson.
Shannon’s B.A. is in English with a minor in psychology from Cleveland State University. She is the recipient of a variety of awards including the annual University Poetry Writing Contest; and one of her plays was performed in New York City’s famed Central Park.
An accomplished cellist, she completed an accelerated music program at Carnegie Mellon University. As a cultural exchange student in Bolivia, Shannon performed with the Bolivian Symphony Orchestra, and taught piano and music theory.
Shannon received her Masters of Library and Information Science from Kent State University in August 2009. While at Kent, she worked as a graduate student assistant in the University Special Collections and Archives, where she worked on various archival projects including transcriptions for the Kent State Shootings, Oral History Project. She has been an active participant in professional organizations, including ALA, ACRL and the Kent State student chapter of SLA that most recently won a national award for outstanding programming.
“With her excellent academic credentials, many talents, wealth of experience, and great personality, we are fortunate to have Shannon as our first Residency Librarian.” –press release
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