Ramirose Attebury |
Speaker:
Ramirose Attebury
University of Idaho
Program:
Perceptions of a
Profession: How Librarians are Embracing or Challenging
Stereotypes through Self-Created Online Videos
Ramirose Attebury is a
reference and instruction librarian at the
University of Idaho. She has a BA in history from Eastern
Oregon
University, an MLIS from the University of South Carolina,
and an
MA in history from Central Washington University.
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Shirley Biladeau |
Speaker:
Shirley Biladeau
Idaho Commission for Libraries
Program:
Continuing Education You Can Use
Shirley Biladeau is the
Continuing Education Consultant for the Idaho
Commission for Libraries. Passionate about education,
Shirley has been
involved in education since the 1970’s, both teaching in
public schools
and providing professional development opportunities for
others.
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 Ruth
Funabiki |
Speakers:
Ruth Funabiki and
Shirley Biladeau
University of Idaho
Program:
SPLAT-ignition
Ruth Funabiki is head of technical services
at the University of Idaho
Law Library and an adjunct instructor at Washington State’s
Murrow
College of Communication. She is a long-time member of ILA,
a member
of SPLAT and principal typist for Facebook’s Jolie Vandal.
She edited
the “tagging” unit in SPLAT 101, and she loves to
demonstrate tips and
tricks using DEL.ICIO.US.
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Deborah
Green
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Guedes |
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Speakers: Deborah Green and Laura Guedes
University of Idaho
Program: Creating Descriptive Metadata for Digitizing
Historical
Photographs
Deborah Green is the Digital Initiatives Librarian in the
Special Collections
& Archives department at the University of Idaho. She holds
a MLIS from
the University of South Carolina, and a BA in English from
Washington
State University.
Deborah worked concurrently on her MLIS and in the
Digital Collections department at the University of South
Carolina where
she created metadata and digitized various types of
collections from
various departments and libraries on campus.
Laura
Guedes
has a Masters Degree in Information Science from the
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro-UFRJ and a Bachelors
degree in
Museum Studies from the University of Rio de Janeiro-UNIRIO.
She
gained experience in processing sound recordings and
photographs
as an archivist at the National Archives of Brazil, where
she worked for
fourteen years, eight of those years as a cataloger at the
department of
Audiovisual Collections of that institution.
Laura is an Archival Assistant at the department of Special
Collections
and Archives of the University of Idaho Library. In
that position she has
processed manuscripts and archives, including materials of
the
International Jazz Collections. Currently she is arranging
and describing
artifacts and photographs of the Lionel Hampton Library
Collection, at
the same time creating metadata to CONTENTdm.
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Michael Greenlee |
Speaker:
Michael Greenlee
University of Idaho
Program:
Legal
Research on a Dime
Michael Greenlee is head of
public services at the University of Idaho
Law Library.
Michael was chair of the ILA Intellectual Freedom committee
from 2003-2008 and has presented at previous ILA conferences
on the
topics of censorship and material challenges, the
USA PATRIOT Act,
and legal research. When he is not
working at the law library, Michael
teaches tai chi and
yoga through the UI Wellness program.
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Timothy S. Hillebrand,
Ph.D. |
Speaker:
Timothy S. Hillebrand, Ph.D.
President Latah County Library
Foundation
Program: How to
Create a Sustainable Residual Income for Your
Library
Tim is a retired archaeologist
who has been a museum director, VP of
a film company, and president of Unitrex, which ran
archaeological
expeditions all over the world. He has served on many boards
for
various organizations including the Latah County Library
Board, Friends
of the Moscow Library, Idaho Library Association Board,
Latah County
Library Foundation Board, and the Idaho Commission for
Libraries
Advisory Board. He is a digital technology enthusiast and
has
published hundreds of articles on the subject. Internet
marketing,
Web 2.0, and social networking are his current passions
along with
blogging on a variety of subjects.
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Robert Perret |
Speaker:
Robert Perret and Nancy J. Young
University of Idaho
Program:
Interviewing as Seen from Both Sides of the Table
Robert
Perret is a Reference/Instruction Librarian at the
University of
Idaho. He earned a BS in Journalism from the University of
Colorado
and a MLS from the University of Denver. Robert and his
wife enjoy
exploring the palouse and experimenting with homemade pizza.
Nancy J. Young began her
current position as Reference/Instruction
Librarian/Associate Professor at the University of Idaho
Library in
1998 and has served as Interim Reference Coordinator since
2007. She
has worked at a number of academic libraries (including the
Hotel
Administration Library at Cornell University and the law
libraries at
the University of Southern California and UCLA) in both
technical and
public services. She holds an MLS degree from the University
of
Wisconsin--Madison and a JD degree from the University of
California-Berkeley. |
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Nancy Young |
Gina Persichini
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Speaker:
Gina Persichini
Idaho Commission for Libraries
Program:
Rethinking Resource
Sharing: Low- and No-Technology Innovations
As Networking
Consultant at the Idaho Commission for Libraries, Gina
Persichini focuses on resource
sharing and developing statewide library
programs. She
coordinates Libraries Linking Idaho (LiLI), a
collaborative
web-based program of the Idaho library
community and the Idaho
Commission for Libraries.
Gina serves as a member of the
Board of the Idaho Library Association
and as Idaho’s
Chapter Councilor to ALA. In addition to ALA
Council
duties, Gina is a member of ASCLA’s Interlibrary
Cooperation and
Networking section, RUSA
STARS, and the ALA Chapter Relations
Committee. She has
served on the Rethinking Resource
Sharing initiative
Steering Committee since its origination,
and is currently the Chair
of the Rethinking
Resource Sharing Policies Committee, which is jointly
housed
within the initiative and RUSA STARS. |
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Darin Saul |
Speaker:
Darin Saul
University of Idaho
Keynote: Improving the Sustainability of Your Library
Darin Saul is the
Sustainability Coordinator at University of Idaho and
Director of the UI Sustainability Center.
He has a Ph.D. in English and
American Literature from Washington State University.
He has 15 years
experience working on environmental and sustainability
projects in higher
education, with non profits and in small business.
He grew up in Walla
Walla, Washington and has lived in Pullman, Washington since
the early
1990s.
He enjoys
backpacking, fishing, skiing and attending his children’s
activities.
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Jenny Semenza |
Speaker: Jenny Semenza
Idaho State University
Program: Notes from a Wandering Librarian
Jenny Semenza has been the head of Reference
and Instructional Services
at Idaho State University for the past seven years. She
recently completed
a sabbatical where she visited academic and public libraries
throughout
the West. She is actively involved in the information
literacy program at
ISU, particularly in the areas of web 2.0, social software,
business, law, and
science. She is known for her energetic and enthusiastic
presentation style.
Additional information about Jenny and her sabbatical can be
found on
page 4 of “Between the Lines”
http://www.isu.edu/library/libcol/btl161fall.pdf
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Speaker:
Debra Spidal
Washington State University, Pullman
Program: Introduction to Cataloging Websites
Debra Spidal is Cataloging Librarian
at
Washington
State
University,
Pullman. She has an MLIS from the
University
of
Washington.
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Nancy Sprague |
Speakers:
Nancy Sprague
and Ramirose Attebury
University of Idaho
Program: Research
Assistance Program
Nancy
Sprague has been a reference librarian at the University of
Idaho
Library since 2004.
Before coming to Idaho, she had the opportunity to
work as a science librarian at the University of
Edinburgh in Scotland
for five years. She has also held
reference librarian positions at the
University of
Colorado at Colorado Springs and Los Alamos National
Laboratory. She received her MLS from the University of
Arizona |
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Amy Thompson |
Speaker:
Amy Thompson
University of Idaho
Program:
Book Repair on a Budget
Amy Thompson has been the Library Bindery Tech for the
University
of Idaho Library since June 2005. She was a student worker
for circulation
for three years before that. She has a Master’s degree in
Architecture
from the University of Idaho and currently lives in Palouse,
Washington
with her husband, two dogs and three cats. She enjoys
gardening,
reading, and cooking. |
Sue Walker |
Speakers:
Sue Walker and Erin McCusker
Idaho Commission for Libraries
Program:
Funding Fundamentals:
Increasing Support for the Library
in
YOUR Community
Sue Walker is a library consultant at the Idaho Commission
for Libraries
and focuses on increasing library
services and programs to underserved
adults, including those
served by the Talking Book Service. She
enjoys
meeting members of the library community and
discussing issues of
interest to staff and their
communities.
Erin McCusker has been with the Idaho Commission
for Libraries since
2003.
She supports librarians,
library staff and trustees as they provide
the best of
library service for their communities.
She loves
her job because
of the wonderful people she is privileged to
work with in the Idaho library
community.
She lives in the Idaho City mountains with her
fabulous family,
enjoying the beautiful surroundings and
many activities. |
Erin McCusker |
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Geoffrey D.
Wood |
Speaker:
Geoffrey D. Wood
University of Idaho
Program: MARC
21 Cataloging of Videorecordings
Geoffrey D. Wood
is an Assistant Professor/Cataloging Librarian at the
University of Idaho.
He received his MLIS from Rutgers University and
a Masters in English Literature (with a concentration in
film) from
Minnesota State University, Mankato.
He is a contributor/editor to
Nancy Olson’s
Cataloging of Audiovisual Materials
and Other
Special Materials, 5th ed.
When not cataloging, he is an avid layabout. |
