Responsibilities:
- Administer the staff and programs of the Library Information Technologies Department.
- Facilitate increased integration of electronic resources through gateways, interface development, metasearching, and context sensitive reference linking.
- Plan new and/or enhanced uses of technology consistent with university objectives and industry standards.
- Administer Millennium library management system, Xerxes user interface, MetaLib, SFX, ContentDM, Drupal, Apache, and database servers.
- Administer local area network and desktop applications for more than two hundred and fifty PCs and thirty laptops.
- Administer cable plant and connections to the Internet.
Research Interests:
Resource integration via gateways, user interface integration, research databases.
Education:
Ph.D., Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1985
M.A., Library Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1972
M.A., American History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1968
B.A., English and Classical Literature, Brandeis University, 1963
Publications:
"Improving the Search Experience: Federated Search and the Library Gateway [2]," Library Hi Tech 28, no. 3 (2010): 391-401. (With John Wynstra.) DOI [3]
"Developing the Right RFP for Selecting Your Federated Search Product: Lessons Learned and Tips from Recent Experience [4]," Internet Reference Services Quarterly 12, no. 1/2 (2007): 49- 71. (With John Wynstra.) DOI [5]
"Leveraging Resources in a Library Gateway [6]," Library Hi Tech 24, no. 1 (2006): 142-152. DOI [7]
"A Conceptual Framework for Gateways [8]," Information Technology and Libraries 23, no. 2 (June 2004): 73-81.
"Building an Integrated User Interface to Electronic Resources [9]," Information Technology and Libraries 16, no. 2 (June 1997): 63-72. (1997)
"Importance and Use of Holdings Links Between Citation Databases and Online Catalogs [10]," Journal of Academic Librarianship 21, no. 2 (March 1995): 92-96. (With Kathy Parsons, Fred Gulden, William Wiese, and Dennis Wendell.) DOI [11]
"Performance Evaluation of Computerized Library Systems [12]." In Advances in Library Automation and Networking, edited by Joe A. Hewitt, vol. 2, 95-118. Greenwich, Conn.: JAI Press, 1988. Print holdings [13]
"Factors Governing the Amount of Duplication in Content Derived Keys [14]" (Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1985) Abstract [15]
"Normalization: A Method for Structured File Design [16]," Information Technology and Libraries 3, no. 3 (September 1984): 293-297. Abstract [17]
"Comparing Computer Services: Authors’ Reply [18]," BioScience 28, no. 7 (July 1978): 424-425. (With Mary L. Cittadino and Ronald L. Giese.) DOI [19]
"Three Computer-Based Bibliographic Retrieval Systems for Scientific Literature [20]," BioScience 27, no. 11 (November 1977): 739-742. (With Mary L. Cittadino and Ronald L. Giese.) DOI [21]
"The Use of the AGRICOLA Data Base in the Modern Land-Grant University Library [22]," Associates NAL Today 2, no. 3/4 (October/December 1977): 27-29.
"'A New Civilization Radically Higher Than the Old:' Adin Ballou's Search for Social Perfection, [23]" Journal of the Universalist Historical Society 7 (1967-68): 70-96.
"The Instability of Faith: Adin Ballou's Search for Religious and Social Perfection. [24]" (Master's thesis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1968)
Presentations:
"Optimizing Metadata in Metalib for Quality OpenURLs [25]," (with John Wynstra), a presentation at the ELUNA 2010 Conference, May 13, 2010.
"On-the-fly MetaLib Search Forms - Anywhere, Anytime! [26]," (with John Wynstra), a presentation at the ELUNA 2007 Conference, June 7, 2007.
"Tap the Power of AVS [27]," (with John Wynstra), a presentation at the 12th Innovative Users Group Conference, April 4, 2004. Presentation repeated at the Minnesota Innovative Users Group Spring Conference, May 26, 2004.
"The Migration from CD-ROM to WWW: Public Service Benefits and Challenges [28]," (with Chris Neuhaus), a presentation to the University of Klagenfurt Library staff, May 8, 2001.
"Web-based Databases as Tools for Students, Faculty, and Library Staff [29]," (with Chris Neuhaus), a presentation to the University of Klagenfurt Library staff, May 7, 2001.
"Supporting Information Technology [30]," (with Chris Neuhaus), a presentation to the University of Klagenfurt Library staff, May 3, 2001.
"Issues of Electronic Journals [31]," (with Chris Neuhaus), a two part presentation to the University of Klagenfurt Library staff, May 3 and 7, 2001.
"Leveraging the Online Catalog in the Age of the Web," a presentation at the ILA/ACRL Spring Conference, May 7, 1999.
"Integrating Library Resources through the Web," a presentation at the Iowa Research and Education Network Internet Conference, June 12, 1996.
"Iowa Library Research and Demonstration Projects: Iowa State University Pilot Projects," a presentation at the Iowa Libraries and Information Technology Conference, Ames, October 13, 1993.
Report on ILA/ACRL Working Group and Iowa Research and Education Network activities at the Iowa Library Association (ILA) Fall Meeting, Waterloo, Iowa, October 9, 1992.
"The Internet: What It Means to You," a speech at North Iowa Library Consortium Summer Meeting, Mason City, Iowa, August 12, 1992.
A presentation on the Internet to the Information Technology User’s Group of Central Iowa, Des Moines, February 17, 1992.
"The Internet in the Academic Environment," a talk at the Iowa Internet Task Force Conference, Des Moines, October 15, 1991.
Mailing Address:
Rod Library
University of Northern Iowa
1227 West 27th Street
Cedar Falls, Iowa
50613-3675
