Professional Consulting

Consulting for Publishers, Secondary Services, and Academic Institutions


2001, February. Nassau County Library Association, New York. Staff Training Consultant. 
Contracted by the Nassau County Library Association to design a workshop for professional librarians on the role and use of print business resources in public library reference service.

2000, April-June. New York Public Library, New York, NY. Staff Training Consultant.
Developed and taught eight instructional sessions for public services staff. These two-part electronic resources workshops were designed to enhance staff expertise with the myriad databases available on the NYPL online catalog and increase reference department use of the library’s electronic databases.

1999, November 9. Westchester Library System, Ardsley, NY. Professional Staff Training Consultant.
Contracted by the Westchester Library System to design and present a professional development program on improving and evaluating reference skills. This well-received workshop was held on November 9 at the North White Plains Library.

1997, June. New York Public Library, New York, NY. Internet Training Consultant.
Prepared and taught a two-part “Train the Internet Trainer” workshop for staff of the Central Libraries. These sessions were intended to prepare existing staff to assume a more active role in Internet training. The classes emphasized presentation skills and teaching strategies as well as content planning.

1997, May. Queens Borough Public Library, Queens, NY. Staff Internet Training Consultant.
Prepared and presented advanced Internet training workshops for professional librarians as part of the Queens Borough Public Library Staff Training program; prepared subject guides to Internet resources in multiculturalism, education and career planning.

1996, May-July. New York Public Library, New York, NY. Staff Internet Training Consultant.
Prepared and provided introductory and advanced Internet training for the branch libraries’ staff as part of the New York Public Library Staff Training program organized by Library Data Services, Inc.; created subject guides to Internet resources in education, careers and job searching, and literature.

 

Refereeing


2002 (May). Journal of Education for Library and Information Science “Effects of Learning Styles and Class Participation on Students’ Enjoyment Level in Distributed Learning Environments.”

2001 (June). Journal of Education for Library and Information Science “Constructing a Web-assisted Electronic Classroom for Distance Learning.”

2000 (July). Journal of Education for Library and Information Science “Teaching Analytic Thinking: Bridging the Gap between Student Skills and Professional Needs in Information Science.”

1999 (September). The Library Quarterly manuscript “Library Systems Hosts First-of-its-Kind Library Summit: Industry Experts Gather to Map the Future of Libraries.”

1997 (August). Music Library Association Technical Report Series
manuscript. "Guide to Writing Collection Development for Music."