Jim Duncan is Executive Director of the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC), a small but mighty organization with a statewide reach. He often tells stories about Colorado libraries, and most of them are true. In 2011 he was named a “Mover & Shaker” by Library Journal in the Community Builder category.
More about Jim can be found online at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmduncan
Kerry Keegan is a Customer Service Agent for Atlas Systems and serves as the implementation leader for ILLiad licensees, providing training and support for new and existing sites. From 2009 to 2012, she served as Head of Access Services for Stony Brook University’s Health Sciences Library. Her interests include andragogy, instructional design, and linked data.
She holds a BA in English from Stony Brook University, a MS in Library and Information Science from Queens College, and a Master of Professional Studies degree, with a focus on Human Resource Management from Stony Brook University.
She serves as Section Editor for RUSA STARS and is mother to Adaleigh (the human) and Remington the Pomeranian.
Adrienne Breznau is a Librarian at Denver Women’s Correctional Facility General Library. Adrienne graduated with an MLIS from the University of Denver in 2007. She has worked in her current position for almost 6 years now and “I can truly say it is one of the most interesting library settings because every day I learn something new and I am never bored.”
When she is not behind bars 🙂 Adrienne enjoys the outdoors: hiking, camping, and cruising around in her Jeep.
Kari Sime is the Interlibrary Loan Librarian at Johnson County Library in Kansas. Her degrees include an MLS from Emporia State University and both a BS in Elementary Education and an MS in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Kansas.
Kari taught on Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and Bitburg Air Force Base in Germany for the U.S. Department of Defense Dependents Schools after teaching a number of years in the Shawnee Mission School District in Kansas.
Kari is the 2014-2015 Chair for the Interlibrary Loan Special Interest Group in Kansas City.
Ellie Kohler is the Access and Learning Services Librarian at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, MO. She has worked in both academic and special libraries and her professional interests include collaboration and community within Interlibrary Loan as well as and utilizing data analytics to enhance current operations in Access Services.
She chairs the Kansas City Access Services Committee, is a member of the Professional Development Team for the Mid-America Library Alliance, and currently serves on the Circulation Policies and Procedures Task Force for MOBIUS. Ellie’s education includes a MA in English, and an MLIS from the University of Missouri. She is currently working toward her MBA with a Data Intelligence focus.
Jan Brooks is the Interlibrary Loan Specialist at Johnson County Community College Library in Overland Park, KS.
Since receiving her MLS from Emporia State University, she has worked briefly at the Library’s Information Desk and now runs the day-to-day operations of the Interlibrary Loan department.
Jan is the current President of ESU’s Chapter of Beta Phi Mu, the library and information studies honor society. She serves on both the MALA ILL Special Interest Group and the MALA courier committee.
Eugene (Gene) Hainer was appointed in May 2005 by the Commissioner of Education to head the State Library. He graduated from CU Boulder in 1980 with music education degree, and obtained the MLIS from the University of Texas at Austin in 1989.
His background includes several years as a teacher and band director in central Texas, followed by five years as a media specialist in the Poudre school district, prior to accepting a position with the State Library in 1995 as the School Libraries Senior Consultant. He served for five years as Director of Lbrary Development prior to appointment to the current position.
Gene was born in Denver and grew up in Colorado, graduating from Fort Morgan HS in 1976. His three children, Cory, Eric, and Meghan live and work in Fort Collins. Parents Galen and Kaye live in Lamar and help with numerous community-related events, including the public library board.
When I’m not assisting Alamosa High School students with library stuff I can be found relieving my stress on road or mountain bikes; getting my hands wonderfully dirty in our garden and Grow Dome; snow shoeing or cross-country skiing; collecting eggs from less than cooperative aging hens; irrigating and controlling weeds on 30 acres with our yellow lab Lola, and creating very local meals with Lou Ann, my wife of almost 31 years. Along the way I’ve picked up my MLS degree from Emporia State University, a BA in English Literature from Colorado College and a BA in elementary education from Adams State University. This is my 16th year in school libraries preceded by 7 years in the elementary classroom.
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Natalie works for the Clearview Library District located in Windsor, CO. She enjoys all things Interlibrary Loan, maintaining the awesome video games collection and doing a lot of other projects. Natalie likes working at Clearview Library because the staff and patrons are friendly and fun to work with, making the daily workplace a very pleasant experience. Natalie loves to spend time with her family, being out in nature is a huge plus, taking road trips, doing crafts, baking cookies and catching up on her favorite TV shows.
Dr. Kathryn Miller develops and administers library resources and services in support of Florida Polytechnic University’s academic programs, faculty teaching and research, and student learning. Her duties include creating and implementing innovative information literacy and reference strategies for students.
Previously, Dr. Miller served as University Librarian and Assistant Vice President of Academic Services at Argosy University through January 2014. At Argosy, she was responsible for academic support services and the university library at 19 campus locations. She also has worked as a librarian at the Detroit Public Library and at the West Bloomfield Public Library, both in Michigan, as well as National-Louis University in Chicago.
Dr. Miller holds a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana. She earned a master’s degree in Library Science from Kent State University in Ohio. She has a second master’s degree in Teaching, as well as her doctorate in Adult Education, from National-Louis University in Chicago.
Adrian Miller is a Denver, Colorado native who graduated from Stanford University (A.B. 1991, International Relations) and Georgetown University Law School (J.D. 1991). After practicing law in Denver for several years, Adrian served as a White House special assistant to President William Jefferson Clinton and the Deputy Director of the President’s Initiative for One America. Adrian is also a certified barbecue judge, food writer and an engaging speaker who has presented on such topics as: Black Chefs in the White House, chicken and waffles, hot sauce, kosher soul food, red drinks, soda pop, and soul food. Adrian’s first book, Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time (University of North Carolina Press) won the 2014 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Reference and Scholarship, and it is a 2014 Honor Book for Nonfiction from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Adrian is currently writing a book on the history of African American presidential chefs. For his day job, Adrian currently serves as the Executive Director of the Colorado Council of Churches. He is the first African American and the first layperson to hold that position.
John Chrastka is executive director of EveryLibrary, the first nationwide political action committee for libraries. Since 2013, EveryLibrary has helped 25 library communities with ballot measures for funding, operations, and buildings, winning 19 and securing over $46 million in funding on Election Days. A long-time library trustee, supporter and advocate, Mr. Chrastka is a member and former president of the Board of Trustees for the Berwyn (IL) Public Library (2006 – present) and is a former president of the Reaching Across Illinois Libraries System (RAILS), a multi-type library system.
George Machovec was appointed the Executive Director of the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries in 2012. He has worked at the Alliance singe 1993 as the Interim Executive Director, Associate Director, and Technical Coordinator. George has undergraduate degrees in physics and astronomy and an MLS from the University of Arizona.
Katie Birch is Portfolio Director for Delivery Services at OCLC.
In this capacity, Katie oversees WorldCat Resource Sharing, including the WorldCat policies directory and IFM, as well as ILLiad, VDX and WorldCat Navigator.
Katie is a librarian with 10 years experience in resource sharing and document delivery. Before joining OCLC in 2005, Katie was project manager and business development manager at Talis.
Lisa Carlucci Thomas writes and presents about ebooks, libraries, mobile culture, social media, and information technology trends.
She is a 2010 Library Journal Mover & Shaker, a 2009 ALA Emerging Leader, and a MLIS graduate of Syracuse University.
Lisa is also the director and founder of Design Think Do, providing innovative technology consulting and creative services to libraries and library organizations.
Molly Murphy has been the Document Delivery Librarian at the University of Oklahoma since 1998.
Molly served in the capacity of ILL Lender, ILL Borrower, and ILL office manager prior to her current position as Document Delivery Librarian.
She has been riding a bicycle since 1967.
Thomas Napierkowski is Professor of English at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. His area of specialization is medieval English literature, with particular emphasis on the works of Geoffrey Chaucer and of the fifteenth century. As part of his responsibilities, Professor Napierkowski regularly teaches courses in these areas. His research includes work on an edition of spurious Canterbury Tales, a study of authorial presence in the Canterbury Tales, and a critical edition of semi-dramatic poems of the fifteenth century.
Professor Napierkowski has also worked and published in the fields of minority American literature and Slavic literature. His essay “Stepchild of American” was co-winner of a national contest. In January of 2011, Professor Napierkowski was appointed to a five-year term on the Fulbright Specialist Roster and in 2012 completed a Fulbright Specialist appointment in Romania.
Professor Napierkowski is a member of the Medieval Academy of America, the Early English Text Society of Oxford, and the New Chaucer Society and is currently president of the Polish American Historical Association.
Robert Sackett is Professor of History at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, where he joined the faculty in 1982.
Professor Sackett’s specialty is the History of Modern Europe, with emphasis on Germany. He is the author of Popular Entertainment, Class and Politics in Munich 1900-1923 (Harvard U Pr, 1982) and of several articles dealing with German culture in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Of special significance in his teaching and research are connections between history and literature or history and film.