Director, Scholarly Communications Project
Head, Special
Collections Department
MLS | University of Maryland, College Park, 1981 emphasis: rare books, manuscripts, archives |
MA | University of Maryland, College Park, 1981 emphasis: early American history |
BA | University of California, Riverside, 1972 major: American history; minor: education
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Special Skills | Internet navigation with World Wide Web clients, Gopher, FTP (File Transfer Protocol). HTML document preparation. Thorough knowledge of the USMARC holdings format and the standards for serials holdings statements; proficient in the use of OCLC and VTLS for bibliographic searching, retrieval, cataloging, and data manipulation. |
Consultant Services, Panels, and other Service
Activities
Recent Participation in National Professional Organizations:
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CONSER Electronic Resources Task Force | July 1995 to date | |
OCLC Resource Sharing Advisory Committee | July 1993 to date | |
North American Serials Interest Group | 1993 proceedings co-editor | |
ALCTS | ||
Serials Cataloging Institute Planning Committee |
Jan. 1994-96 | |
Electronic Library: Administrative
Issues for Organization and Access Institute |
Feb. 1993-Nov. 1994
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Scholarly Communications Committee
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Oct. 1991-July 1995
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LITA/ALCTS Serials Automation Interest Group |
Jan. 1987-June 1990 |
Memberships in National Professional Organizations | |
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American Library Association | 1979 to date | Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) | 1982-1995 | Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) | 1985-1993 | Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) |
1979-1982, 1988-1991 |
Junior Members Round Table (JMRT) | 1982-1988 | North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) | 1990-1996 |
GMc | updated March 20, 1996 | http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/staff/gailmac.html |