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.

Rose has worked at the Colorado  Alliance of Research Libraries since 2005. She started out as a Systems Librarian and was appointed Assistant Director in 2012. Rose manages Prospector and coordinates the Document Delivery and Catalog Reference meetings. She also is project manager of Gold Rush. Rose was a Technology Consultant for 5 years at the Colorado State Library before she worked for the CO Alliance.   Rose received her MLIS from Emporia State University and has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

The Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that began in 1974 and was formally incorporated as a non-profit in 1981.  It currently has 14 member libraries and provides services to libraries in Colorado and throughout the United States.

 

Stephen Strohl is the Associate Director, Member Services for the MOBIUS Consortium. Steve worked in a variety of special and and academic libraries before spending over a decade with Innovative Interfaces where he worked with libraries of all sizes, types, and many of the largest consortia and multi-type consortia across North America. With MOBIUS Steve is the primary contact with Innovative regarding all functional Integrated Library System (ILS) related matters; he manages MOBIUS’ ever-expanding courier system network and he takes a leadership role in the implementation and training of new and existing members. Steve is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia with a Masters of Arts in Library & Information Science.

MOBIUS, founded in 1998, is a Missouri not-for-profit corporation with 501 (C)(3) tax-exempt status that has grown from 50 founding charter members to 72 members which include 62 academic libraries, 5 public libraries, 4 special libraries, and the Missouri State Library, serving a total of 179 physical branches. MOBIUS manages INN-Reach, a union catalog and resource sharing tool from Innovative Interfaces as well as their Sierra platform, a local integrated library system for 65 of our member libraries.

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.