Candidates for Vice President/President Elect:
Candidates for Secretary:
Candidates for Vice Treasurer/Treasurer Elect:
Candidates for Vice President/President Elect
Gale Burrow
Coordinator of Instruction, Libraries of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California. 1990-
B.A., English, Westhampton College, University of Richmond, VA,
1971
M.A., English, University of Virginia, 1976 M.L.S., University of Arizona, 1987
LIRT Committee Service:
Computer Applications 1990-1994, Chair 1992-1993, Co-edited CAI Directory; Liaison Committee 1992-1996, Chair 1994-1996 Long-Range Planning, 1995- .
Other Professional Activities, Accomplishments and Awards:
ACRL-IS Teaching Methods Committee member, 1991-1994.
ACRL-IS Communication Committee member, 1994- .
California Academic and Research Libraries (CARL) Discussion Interest Group-South Secretary, 1991-1992.
CARL-South Liaison for the Libraries of the Claremont Colleges, 1993- .
Co-authored an article, "The CD-ROM Network at the Claremont Colleges: Implementation, Instruction, and Remote Access," Research Services Review, 1994.
Presented a contributed paper for LOEX of the West Conference, 1994. "Library Instruction for Faculty: Training in the Use of Electronic Resources".
Presented a showcase presentation at LITA National conference, 1992, "Networking at Claremont".
Statement of Professional Concerns:
My first encounter with library instruction came as a teacher taking high school English students to the library for a class with our school librarian. But it was years later, as a library school student, before I realized just how much library instruction would have enhanced my own educational experience. That realization has shaped my professional commitment to library instruction. Today, enabling library users to develop the necessary skills to find and interpret information they need is becoming a primary focus of libraries. I believe LIRTUs strength Q a strength we must foster Q lies in the collaboration among members from all types of libraries to provide such instruction for our communities.
By continuing to draw on and share the experience and expertise of our members through outstanding programs, publications, and networks. LIRT can support, encourage and inspire librarians and can keep library instruction at the forefront in libraries and in ALA.
Mitch Stepanovich
Architecture Librarian, University of Texas at
Arlington, 1995-
B.S., Social Science, University of Oregon, 1977 M.L.S., University of Oregon, 1978
M.S. Education Policy and Management, University of Oregon, 1982
LIRT Offices Held:
Publicity Coordinator 1994- , Secretary 1993-1994.
LIRT Committee Service:
Internet Presence Task Force 1995- ; Liaison Committee 1989-1993, Chair 1991-1992; 1990 Conference Program Committee 1989-1990; 1989 Conference Program Committee 1988-1989; Public Relations/Membership Committee 1988-1990; LIRT Liaison representative to various ACRL committees 1989-1993.
Other Professional Activities, Accomplishments and Awards:
President Oregon Community College Librarians Association 1982-1983.
Treasurer, National Librarians Association, Pacific Northwest Chapter, 1981-1983.
At University of Texas, Arlington developed and conducted HTML training for colleagues; developed and implemented credit library instruction programs; developed the initial proposal document for librarians self-governance.
At Lane Community College, Oregon, developed and implemented a credit library instruction program. Hall of honor award for
advisors, Phi Theta Kappa, national honorary scholastic society, 1985.
Statement of Professional Concerns:
It is easy for us to ignore our individual condition during these times of rapid and consistent change. Our work requires more of our energy and attention with less time for professional growth or individual development. We, therefore, become ever more dependent on LIRT to continue its tradition of being watchful and informing us about impending changes in our profession before these changes impact our work lives. As examples, todayUs hot topic of distance education was presented in our conference program two years ago, 1994. HTML (hypermedia) was the topic of our program six years ago, 1990. Advance information on these issues and others have enabled many of us to effectively prepare for change in these areas.
The challenge for us within LIRTUs organizational structure is to bring pertinent future issues to all our members whether or not they attend ALA conferences and whether or not they are connected electronically.
Candidates for Secretary
Marsha A. Forys
User Education Coordinator & Reference Librarian, The University of Iowa Libraries, 1988-
A.A., Mount St. Clare College, 1969
B.A., Spanish, Marycrest College, 1971
M.A., Spanish, University of Iowa, 1975
M.L.S., University of Iowa, 1976
LIRT Committee Service:
Computer Applications, 1991-93, 1993-95; Long Range Planning 1995-97.
Other Professional Activities, Accomplishments and Awards:
Member of the Council on Teaching at the University of Iowa, 1996-99; Speaker at the LIRT
Computer Applications CommitteeUs Discussion Forum; Professional Development Opportunities Award, University of Iowa, 1994.
Statement of Professional Concerns:
Academic, school, and public librarians share many of the same library instruction interests and face many of the same challenges. Issues such as improving the instruction we do, marketing our instruction programs, techno-stress, and learning to teach groups with wide-ranging abilities and needs are of interest to many. Technology has made a huge impact on library instruction and will continue to do so. We must learn to exploit that technology in our teaching as well as teach people how to use the new electronic sources and tools. LIRT provides a much-needed way for librarians from all types of institutions to come together to discuss, learn, and share. Rather than reinvent the wheel, we can and must learn from each other so that our patrons develop essential information gathering skills.
Cynthia Hodges Krolikowski
Librarian I, Wayne State University, 1993-
B.A., Political Science, University of Michigan, 1976
M.S.L.S., Wayne State University, 1992
LIRT Committee Service:
Program Planning Committee, 1995-97.
Professional Memberships and Awards:
Reference and User Services Association (RUSA); History Section; Bibliography and Indexes Committee
1996-98; Southeastern Michigan League of Libraries (SEMLOL) Committee on Research Education (CORE) Chairperson 1995-present; Metropolitan Detroit Medical Library Group (MDMLG) Archivist 1993-95.
Other Professional Activities, Accomplishments and Awards:
Two published book reviews in Resource Sharing & Information Networks; Member of Beta
Phi Mu 1993.
Statement of Professional Concerns:
That librarians are educators cannot be disputed. Whether at a reference desk, in a classroom, or out in the field, librarians provide patrons with a framework and a process to help make the information-seeking procedure less stressful and more successful.
That librarians are also students is perhaps less well understood. Librarianship in isolation is a very lonely prospect. Organizations such as the American Library Association and its Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT) help provide education forums and colleague interaction to librarians to create a sense of shared community.
We are teachers. We are students. Recognition of both realities contributes greatly to the complete librarian.
Candidates for Vice Treasurer/Treasurer Elect
Barbara J. Pilvin
Librarian II, General Information Dept., Free Library of Philadelphia, l988-
A.B. in French and History, Smith College, l973
M.A. in French, Yale University, l976
M.L.S., University of Maryland, l981
LIRT Committee Service: Other ALA activities:
PR/Membership, l994- ; Newsletter, l990-l992.
Member of Reference Collection Development and Evaluation Committee of RASD, l99l-95.
Statement of Professional Concerns:
In more than ten years in a large public library, I have found that the single most valuable service my fellow reference librarians and I perform is teaching people how to find information. This can be a challenge, for their level of education, enthusiasm, library and computer literacy, and ability to articulate their needs varies widely. But their success is as gratifying to us as it is exciting and liberating for them.
Like most libraries, ours cannot provide instruction as systematically as everyone would like to do. My colleagues and I share and exchange information with patrons, individually and in groups of different sizes, and with each other, not just on the job but through activity in professional organizations such as LIRT. The combined effort enriches everyone, staff and public alike, and helps patrons acquire skills that will last all their lives.
M.A. (Peg) Oettinger
Librarian, Middle County Central School District, Centereach High School,Centereach, N.Y.
B.Mus. Ed. Catholic University of America, l964 M.L.S., St. JohnUs Univ., l97l
LIRT Committee Service:
PR/Membership Committee l992-l994; Instructional Materials Task Force l993-l995; l997 Program Planning Committee
l996-l997.
Other ALA activities:
ALSC Library Service to Children with Special Needs, l995-l998, Chair, l997-l998.
Statement of Professional Concerns:
I feel that good library instruction in all types of libraries is more important than ever in this age of electronic information. Only those who learn to use the new technology will remain information literate. Libraries, which cut across all walks of life, are logical places for people to learn. Libraries are also the place where those who do not have computers at home or at work to access the growing body of electronic information.
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