Teri Switzer is Dean of the Kraemer Family Library at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Ms. Switzer started her library career at Colorado State University in 1973. Since that time she has worked in reference, instruction, collection development, cataloging, ILL, human resources, and administration in three academic and school libraries along the Front Range of Colorado. She holds a Master of Science in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois, a Master in Business Administration from Colorado State University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Innovation from the University of Colorado Denver campus. Teri currently splits her residence between Fort Collins and Colorado Springs with her husband Gene and recently welcomed her first grandchild.

Hong Ta-Moore is currently a reference/ILL librarian at the Library of Congress. He has nearly three decades of library experience, which includes reference services, cataloging, management, selection, library instruction, circulation, and collection maintenance. He is a co-author of the article “A Case for Integration of lnterlibrary Loan and Reference” which was published in the Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery, and Electronic Resources in December 2012. He holds a Master of Science in Library Science from Catholic University of America, and a Master of Public Administration from University of Baltimore.

Amber Case is the lead borrowing technician at the University of Washington Libraries. She received her MLIS from the University of Washington in 2009, and her BA from the University of Puget Sound in Comparative Sociology. Amber is an avid genealogist and has served as the Director of Library for the Seattle Genealogical Society since 2011.

Beth Posner is the Head of Library Resource Sharing at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is also a mentor with the IDS Project, an active and innovative New York resource sharing consortia, and is Past-Chair of the Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative, an international group seeking to help librarians determine and implement best practices in the world of interlibrary loans.

Kristen Race Ph.D. is a parent of two young children, as well as an expert in child, family and school psychology. Dr. Race is the founder of Mindful Life, which provides brain-based solutions for schools, businesses, children and families as they try to become more resilient to modern day stressors. All of her products and services are rooted in the science of the brain with influences from the fields of mindfulness and positive psychology, designed to improve brain function and brain development in adults and children.
Dr. Race has spoken nationally, including at the National Association of School Psychologists Conference and at the International Scientific Conference for Clinicians, Researchers and Educators, has given a TEDx talk, and speaks to communities across the country. She has also appeared on many television news programs, providing parent education on topics ranging from bedtime battles to sibling rivalry.
Dr. Race has created her own Mindful Life Schools Program, which is currently being used in schools nationwide. She discovered that the foundation of her work with children transfers to business leaders, executive teams, and athletes looking to perform their best by reducing stress and improving performance.
Dr. Race serves on the executive committee for First Impressions, her community’s Early Childhood Council and is a member of the Rocky Mountain Youth Services Coalition, a network of youth advocates and service providers committed to enhancing the quality of life for youth and young adults in Steamboat Springs.
Dr. Race received her Doctorate and Master’s degrees from the University of Denver, and her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado. She currently resides in Steamboat Springs, Colorado where she can be found mountain biking, hiking, playing soccer, and chasing her kids down the ski mountain!

Joan Lamborn is currently Associate Dean of University Libraries at the University of Northern Colorado, a position she has held since November 2011. Her responsibilities include collection development and scholarly communication initiatives. She has also held two other positions in the University of Northern Colorado Libraries since she began working there in June 1990. Prior to becoming Associate Dean , she was Head of the Acquisitions/Serials Department, then Head of Library Administrative Services. Before moving to Colorado, Joan worked for eight years as a serial cataloguer at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. She earned her library degree at the University of Michigan and her B.A. at Oberlin College.

Joan’s most recent articles and presentations have focused on initiatives in the acquisition of library materials and issues related to scholarly communication. She has served on and chaired a variety of committees of the Association for Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the American Library Association, and NASIG (North American Serials Interest Group). She also served as the first chair of the Colorado Academic Library Association.

Since April 2012, George has been the Executive Director at the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries. Before that he was the Interim Executive Director, Associate Director and Technical Coordinator at the Alliance where he has worked since 1993. Some specific areas in which George has been involved during his time at the Alliance include the deployment of the Prospector regional union catalog (http://www.coalliance.org/prospector), the development of an electronic resource management system and link resolver called Gold Rush (http://goldrush.coalliance.org), involvement with a consortial digital repository project and cooperative purchasing of electronic resources. Previously he was head of systems at Arizona State University (ASU) Libraries from 1987-1993 and before that was a reference librarian and head of the Solar Energy Collection at ASU. George is the managing editor for The Charleston Advisor (http://charlestonco.com), a peer reviewed journal which provides in-depth reviews of products and services for libraries as well as monitoring trends in the library and information marketplace. He has published many articles and book chapters relating to digital libraries.

Heidi Nance is Head of Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Services at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA, Conference Chair for the Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference, the 2012-3 Chair of the Orbis-Cascade Alliance Summit Planning and Operations Team, and co-author of“Global Resource Sharing” published by Chandos Press in 2009. Heidi received her Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Washington’s Information School, and her BA from Seattle Pacific University in English literature. Her interests include international interlibrary loan, time management, change management, and organizational efficiencies. She lives in Seattle with her fiance, son, and two misbehaving cats.

Teri Switzer is the dean of the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs Academic Library.

Kristen Race is the founder of Mindful Life, which provides brain-based solutions for schools, businesses, children, and families as they try to become more resilient to modern day stressors. Her products and services are rooted in the science of the brain with influences from the fields of mindfulness and positive psychology, designed to improve brain function and brain development in adults and children. Race has spoken nationally at the National Association of School Psychologists Conference and the International Scientific Conference for Clinicians, Researchers and Educators, as well as in local communities across the country and has appeared on many television news programs, providing parent education on topics ranging from bedtime battles to sibling rivalry. Race created and developed a unique method for teaching mindfulness skills to children and trains teachers nationwide in the program, called the Mindful Life Schools Program. The program is currently being used in schools around the country. Race has also discovered that the foundation of her work with children transfers to business leaders, executive teams, and athletes looking to perform their best by reducing stress and increasing focus. Race received her doctorate and master’s degrees from the University of Denver, and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado. She currently resides in Steamboat Springs, Colorado where she can be found mountain biking, hiking, playing soccer, and chasing her kids down the ski mountain!

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.
Katie is available to speak on the many aspects of library delivery services.

Eric Forte, Member Services Consultant, joined OCLC in October 2010. Most recently, Eric was Associate Dean for Library Services at Boise State University, managing public services and IT and coordinating assessment activities. Eric previously served as Economics Librarian, Reference Services Coordinator, and Head of Access Services at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he also chaired the University of California system’s Resource Sharing Committee. Eric’s writings include Fundamentals of Government Information: Mining, Finding, Evaluating, and Using Government Resources (Neal-Schuman, 2011) and The Basic Business Library: Core Resources and Services (ABC-CLIO, 2011). Eric holds an MLIS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, his undergraduate degree is from the University of Texas at Austin, and he began his library career as a librarian at former Western State College of Colorado.

Kathleen S. Mannino is an Assistant Professor at The College of New Rochelle in New Rochelle, New York. Presently she holds the positions of Reference, Interlibrary Loan, and Reserves Librarian at the Mother Irene Gill Memorial Library. Kathleen holds library instruction sessions for undergraduate, graduate, post graduate and non-traditional students using differentiated instruction methods. In 2004, she received a Master of Library and Information Science from The Palmer School of Library and Information Science at Long Island University and a Master in Communication Studies from The College of New Rochelle. Kathleen co-authored “A Case for Integration of Interlibrary Loan and Reference”, published in the December 2012 Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve, 22:5, 197-203. In May, 2012 her presentation at the Westchester Library Association Annual Conference, “Technology Tools and Universal Design: A Librarian’s Quest for Access for All” was well received. Prior to becoming a librarian, Kathleen held a Support Staff position as Assistant to the Systems Librarian at Gill Library.

Hong Ta-Moore is currently a reference/ILL librarian at the Library of Congress. He has nearly three decades of library experience, which includes reference services, cataloging, management, selection, library instruction, circulation, and collection maintenance. He is a co-author of the article “A Case for Integration of lnterlibrary Loan and Reference” which was published in the Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery, and Electronic Resources in December 2012. He holds a Master of Science in Library Science from Catholic University of America, and a Master of Public Administration from University of Baltimore.