Statewide Open Educational Resources Coordinator I April 2019-

TRAILS and Montana University System (MUS), Office of the Commissioner for Higher Education

• Create and launch a statewide Open Educational Resources initiative across the 27 public, private and tribal college campuses in the state.

• Develop and administer faculty grant program, embedding DEI, accessibility, and universal design protocols throughout.

• Administer a robust professional development program centered around open education outreach and pedagogical best practices.

• Teach instructional design course to faculty transitioning to open educational and library resources.

• Provide research, publication, and design support to faculty and librarians.

• Instigate a campus and statewide data collection portal and a process for routinely collecting OER data.

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Head of Library & Information Services I  August 2008 - March 2019

Treasure Valley Community College  Ontario, OR

• Manage library and information services department including creation and administration of budget, strategic planning, assessment, policy and procedures, acquisitions, employee relations, and outreach programming.

• Maintain an effective physical and digital collection designed to meet instructional needs, relevant and current social needs and trends, and adhere to professional standards

• Design and implement instructional program with live and virtual components of information literacy to be embedded into campus courses. Create credit-based Information Sciences course to be added to campus offerings.

• Analyze usage data to develop targeted research tools and make budget projections

• Integrate and promote inclusive collection development practices, identify and assess student equity needs, create a systematic process for responsive practices in student needs for inclusivity, equity, and accessibility issues.

• Develop regular and community and student engagement activities to promote literacy and education within the campus community.

• Create a campus open education initiative.

Reference & Instruction Librarian  I  October 2003 - August 2008

Treasure Valley Community College  Ontario, OR

• ​Teach information literacy sessions, customizing sessions to instructional needs.

• Conduct research interviews with students and faculty

• Develop collaborative relationships with faculty and campus departments to create research tools, curriculum, events, and displays that promote instruction and the colleges services.

• Analyze library usage data to create instructional aids.

• Catalog new materials, train staff in cataloging practices, and develop consortium cataloging standards manual

• Administer diverse programming and displays that highlights library materials collection, diversity initiatives, literacy programs, and focused instructional areas of emphasis.

• Perform circulation tasks including charging and discharging materials, collecting fines, and processing interlibrary loans

• Supervise and train student workers

• Maintain adaptive accessibility services to meet all student needs, including addressing mental health safe spaces and services specific to non-traditional and parent students, ESL and international students.

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