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California State University, East Bay, 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., Hayward, CA 94542
tel.: 510-885-4596, fax: 510-885-2049
aline.soules@csueastbay.edu
Office: LI 2031; Office Hours by appointment

Education


M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Antioch University Los Angeles, 2003.
M.S.L.S., Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 1973.
M.A., University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1970. Major:English
B.A. (Hons.), University of Windsor, 1969. Majors: English Language and Literature, undeclared major in Drama (Theater Arts).

Work Experience


Library Faculty Member, California State University, East Bay, 2006-present.
Responsible for instruction (two-credit information literacy class and individual classes for the English Department), reference (including chat and IM reference), collection development, and liaison duties with the English Department (2006-present) and Chemistry Department (2007-present). Responsible for campus copyright education and compliance, and some library publicity and marketing. University-wide responsibilities include Chair of the campus-wide Committee on Academic Planning and Review, 2007-2009, member 2006-2007; member of the Integrated Marketing Communications Committee. Library committee responsibilities include Chair, Library Publicity Committee (2006-2007); member, Library Web Team (2006-present); member, Library Faculty Affairs Committee (2007-2009); member, Library Technical Services Committee (2006-2007, 2008-2009). In addition, I support our campus Faculty Development Office by conducting and participating in writing circles.

Associate University Librarian, California State University, East Bay, 2002-2006. Deputy University Librarian and Associate Dean during the absence of the University Librarian/Dean. Significant library duties included managing technical services, chairing the Library Planning Task Force, spearheading Library promotion and public relations efforts, systems oversight (2004-2005), shepherding staff positions through human resources, and developing the library’s web pages on copyright. University-wide duties included membership in the University Information Technology Committee, the CSUH-WASC Planning Team, the Integrated Marketing Communication Committee, the Campus Life Planning Committee, and initiating and leading campus copyright education and compliance.

Scholarly Communication Librarian/Relationship Manager, Research Support, University of Michigan Business School, 2000-2002. Assisted faculty, Ph.D.s and other researchers with scholarly communication and issues related to publication, research, grants, intellectual property/copyright, and privacy.Significant projects:Guided the development of a research web presence, acquired faculty working papers to include on the web, instituted and wrote “lay summaries” of faculty research for print and web publications, improved human subject compliance, explored new avenues for research opportunities, and participated in campus-wide copyright education.

Director, Kresge Business Administration Library, University of Michigan Business School, 1994-2000. Responsible for leadership in providing information for research and teaching to the faculty, students, and staff of the University of Michigan Business School, including primary clientele in global learning sites.Directed the planning, development, and management of daily operations ($2M budget; 30FTE staff; 40,000 sq.ft. facility).Significant projects: Initiated five year vision/plan; acquired and provided access to a significant amount of electronic information in databases and web formats; re-designed physical space for an Electronic Library with improved layout; fostered web presence, electronic reserves/course management, and table of contents; facilitated remote access (1995), e-mail and chat reference, fully-digitized working papers, smart card technology for purchases, fees, etc. Appointed by Dean as intellectual property expert for the School.

Manager, Technical Services and Automation, Kresge Business Administration Library, University of Michigan, 1988-1994. Responsible for automation planning and implementation (Innovative Interfaces, Inc.), retrospective conversion, acquisitions, cataloging, processing, serials check-in, and preservation of materials.

Head, Systems Dept.; Interim Librarian, Systems & Planning, Leddy Library, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1985-1988. Responsible for automation planning and implementation (NOTIS Inc.), including retrospective conversion and mapping of data from CanMarc to USMARC.

Head, Cataloging Dept., Leddy Library, University of Windsor, 1980-1985. Responsible for cataloging and processing of complex materials in all formats, including conversion to AACR2, recon, and preservation (including unique pamphlets related to the War of 1812).

Coordinator of Extramural Library Services, Leddy Library, University of Windsor, 1976-1979. Responsible for services to off-campus students, including establishing agreements with community libraries local to the distance sites, and providing materials, equipment, reference, and technical support.

Librarian, Lawrence Technological University, 1974-1976. Responsible for reference, cataloging, and assistance in collection development, interlibrary loan, etc.

Publications and Presentations

"Networking and Serendipity in Publishing." Writing and Publishing: The Librarian's Handbook. Chicago, IL: American Library Association, 2010, p. 37-38.

"Annotations and Abstracts," demonstration tutorial available through Merlot, mounted Jan. 8, 2010.

"E-books and User Assumptions." The Journal for the Serials Community 22:3, Suppl. 1 (Nov. 2009), p. S1-S5. DOI: 10.1629/22S1.

"New E-sources, New Models: Re-inventing Library Approaches to Providing Access," presentation at the International Federal of Library Associations' World Library and Information Congress, Milan, Italy, August 26, 2009. Paper included in the proceedings at http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/papers/ifla75/179-soules-en.pdf

Contributor to Smallwood, Carol, ed. "Librarians as Writers: Published Practitioners Share Their Experiences and Advice," American Libraries 40:6/7 (June/July 2009), p. 54-57.

"Navigating the MLA Bibliography: Performance Across Vendor Platforms," with Liorah Golomb, Journal of Electronic Resources Management 21:2 (Apr/June 2009), p. 141-162.

"Decoding citation," interactive tutorial available through Merlot, mounted May 30, 2009.

“Topic Development,” demonstration tutorial available through Merlot, mounted April, 2009.

"The Shifting Landscape of Electronic Books," New Library World 110:1/2 (2009), p. 7-21.

"MLA Bibliography Performance across Vendor Platforms," presentation (with Liorah Golomb) at the Modern Language Association annual convention, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008.

"MLA Citation Puzzle: Putting the Pieces Together," demonstration tutorial available through Merlot, mounted October, 2008, revised October, 2009.

“E-books: definition, selection, users,” presentation at the American Library Association annual conference, Saturday, June 28, 2008.

"Citation Puzzle: Finding the Pieces," demonstration tutorial available through Merlot, mounted September, 2008, revised October 2009.

“Copyright Implications for Electronic Resource Management," with Donna Ferullo, chapter in Handbook of Research on Electronic Resource Management. Hershey, Penn.: IGI Global, 2008.

“I Google, You Google, We Google,” Against The Grain 20:2 (2008), p. 18-21.

"New Types of E-Books, E-Book Issues, and Implications for the Future," Acquisitions Librarian 19:3-4 (2007), p. 367-388.

“The Final Spit and Polish” presentation at the Winter Wheat Festival, Bowling Green University, November 10, 2007. Presentation details at http://www.bgsu.edu/studentlife/organizations/midamericanreview/index2.html. Handout on blog: http://alinesoules.wordpress.com.

"The ACRL Spectrum Scholar Mentor Program: The Experiences of Mentors and Mentees," co-presenter with Candace Mack, and panelist at the ALA Annual Conference, Sunday, June 24, 2007.

“Maximizing Library Resources in an Online World.” Webinar for Elluminate. Part I: Higher Education, May 3, 2007; Part II: K-12, June 5, 2007. Audio available via Elluminate web site at http://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/event/playback.“

"Maximizing Library Use in Distance Learning,” presentation at the Alliance for Distance Education in California, Summit XVIII, March 15, 2007.

“E-books: Acquisitions, the User, and the Future,” Against the Grain, 19:2 (2007), p. 34-38.

“The Enduring Serial,” The Serials Librarian, 51:1 (2006), p. 103-115.

“What’s in a Definition?” presentation at the Cataloging Norms Discussion Group, American Library Association Annual Meeting, June 24, 2006.

“Positioning Acquisitions in the Library Organization: Issues, Questions, Decisions,” Against the Grain, 17:3 (June 2005), p. 42+.

“Writing a Book,” prepared for leading a Roundtable Session at the ACRL Women’s Studies Section Meeting, ALA Summer Conference, Monday, June 27, 2005.

“The Rise and Diffusion of UCITA.” posted on ebookweb, May 20, 2004 at http://12.108.175.91/ebookweb/discuss/msgReader$2718. [Note: ebookweb sites are no longer available.]

“Applying Relationship Management in Everyday Libraries.” Presentation and day-long facilitation at the Council of Federal Libraries’ Annual Seminar 2003: Client Relationship Management (CRM): a Primer for Information Professionals. Nov. 3, 2003.

Laptop Computer Services
. ARL SPEC Kit 275 (with M. Kwon). Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, August, 2003.

“The Ethics of Copyright,” posted on ebookweb, July 25, 2003, at http://12.108.175.91/ebookweb/stories/storyReader$2222.

“The Interplay of Copyright Acts,” posted on ebookweb, May 6, 2003, at http://12.108.175.91/ebookweb/stories/storyReader$2155; also posted on WOW Writing for Independents E-Zine, June 1, 2003, at http://www.womenonwriting.com. [Note: The latter site is still online; however, the article is not archived.]

“Practical Copyright for Teaching and Research,” Faculty Development Workshop, California State University, Hayward, April 17, 2003.

“Ethics and Intellectual Property,” co-panelist at a Student Forum, California State University, Hayward, March 5, 2003.

“Copyright for Writers, Readers, and Researchers,” presented at the Digital Literature Festival, Santa Barbara, Nov. 1, 2002, posted on ebookweb in 3 parts, Jan. 15, 2003. Part 1 at http://12.108.175.91/ebookweb/stories/storyReader$1984, Part 2 at http://12.108.175.91/ebookweb/stories/storyReader$1986, and Part 3 at http://12.108.175.91/ebookweb/stories/storyReader$1987.

“The Rights and Wrongs of the Doctrine of First Sale,” posted on ebookweb, Oct. 28, 2002, at http://12.108.175.91/ebookweb/stories/storyReader$1816.

“A Question of Balance,” posted on ebookweb, Aug. 31, 2002.Part 1 at http://12.108.175.91/ebookweb/stories/storyReader$1626.Part 2 athttp://12.108.175.91/ebookweb/stories/storyReader$1627.

“Marketing Your Library Through Relationship Management,” presentation to the Library Council, Purdue University, Feb. 2002.

“Technical Services Issues and Trends,” presentation at California State University, Hayward, Jan. 2002.

“Scholarly Communication: a Discussion,” presentation at Indiana University, Jan., 2002.

“The Principles of Marketing and Relationship Management,” Portal (http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pla/) Baltimore, Md.:Johns Hopkins University Press, 1:3 (July, 2001), p. 339-350. [Note: a subscription may be required to access the online version of this article; however, it also appears in their print publication.]

“Librarians, Marketing, and Relationship Management: Setting the Stage,” presentation at the 2001 Annual Conference & Exposition of the American Society for Engineering Education, June 27, 2001.

“Develop Your Own Marketing Plan,” workshop conducted at ACRL 10th National Conference, Denver, Colorado, March 16, 2001.

“Relationship Management: Competing for our Future,” (with Rebecca Smith and Theresa Spence) at the ACRL 10th National Conference, Denver, Colorado, March 16, 2001.

“Organizational Opportunities: Let’s Talk About IT,” co-presented at the ACRL ULS Librarians in Higher Education and Campus Administration Discussion Group, ALA Midwinter Meeting, January 2001, Washington, D.C.

“Copyright in the Digital Age,” (with James Hilton and Jonathan Alger), panel presentation to the campus community, University of Michigan, June 30, 2000. Repeated, Oct. 17, 2000.

“Developing Your Own Marketing Plan,” Internet follow-up course that resulted from a three-hour workshop given in Prague, Czech Republic, May 26, 2000. Course offered from June, 2000-May, 2001.

“The Growing Importance of Marketing Library Resources and Services,” Keynote speaker at Inforum 2000, Prague, Czech Republic, May 23, 2000.

“Develop Your Own Marketing Plan,” Workshop at Inforum 2000, Prague, Czech Republic, May 26, 2000.

Striving Toward Equity at the University of Michigan:25 Years of the Academic Women’s Caucus, 1975-2000. Video. (With Ruth Barnard, et al.). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 2000.

“Security vs. Anonymity:The Debate over User Authentication and Information Access,” (with Virginia Rezmierski), Educause Review, 35:2 (March/April, 2000), p. 22-30.

“The Virtual Business Library,” Academic Business Library Directors Meeting, April 17, 1999.

“Anonymous Access and Accountability:The Debate Between Library and Security Professionals Over Access to Information” (with Virginia Rezmierski), presented by V. Rezmierski at Educom National Conference, Orlando, Florida, Oct., 1998.

“Classroom Technology:A View from the Trenches,” (with Ed Adams), Educom Review, 33:3 (May/June), 1998, p. 50-53.

“Where Are We Going:Greater Need or Greater Obsolescence?” (with Betsy Wilson, Associate Director for Public Services, University of Washington Libraries, and Cindy Wilson, Research Group Manager, Microsoft Library), speaker and panel leader Academic Business Library Directors' Meeting, March 29, 1998.

“Allegiances and Alliances: Alternative Organizational Models and Partnerships in the Provision of Academic Business Information Services.” Panel member, Special Libraries Association Annual Conference, June 10, 1997.

“Forecasting the Future,” Managing Business Collections in Libraries.Westport, Conn.:Greenwood Press, 1996.

“Career Development:a Personal Responsibility,” (with Maureen Burns), Program on Career Management, University of Michigan Business School, March 20-21, 1995.

“The Provision of Information in the Age of Electronic Text,” presentation at the Academic Business Library Directors Meeting, April 7, 1994.

“Compromises in the Management of Working Papers," (with Jane Lucas and Susan Pritts), Library Resources and Technical Services, 36:4 (Oct.), 1992, p. 478-486.

“Leadership Characteristics and Styles,” presentation at the Library Administration and Management Association, Library Organization and Management Section, Leadership Discussion Group, ALA Annual Conference, June 29, 1992.

“Policy First: Preparation for Automation,” presentation at ACRL 5th Annual Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 4-7, 1989. Later appeared in the published Conference Proceedings, 1989.

“The Deterioration of Quality Cataloging,” Library Journal, 108:1 (January 1), 1983, p. 27-29.

“Off-Campus Library Services:Those Inbetween Years,” presentation at ACRL 1st National Conference, Nov., 1978. Appeared in New Horizons for Academic Libraries. New York: K.G. Saur, 1979.

Grants and Awards


Faculty Learning Community, "Teaching with Technology." Award received 2009. Value: $500. Purpose: to explore technology tools (commercial, web, etc.) and their potential applications in the classroom; to discuss effective pedagogy related to teaching with technology and distance learning.

New Faculty Grant. Grant received 2006. Value: $1,800 plus release time. Purpose: To complete research for the writing of a monograph to launch a larger project related to the conditions of academic women on university campuses in the United States.

Faculty Support Grant. Grant received 2007. Value: $8,580. Co-Principal Investigator with Kyzyl Fenno-Smith. Purpose: To purchase software and related equipment to research, experiment, and create various modules for the re-design of the LIBY 1210 information literacy course and other information literacy modules and to hire student staff assistance for the technical aspects of creating these modules.


Professional Activities


Reviewer, Partnership: the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2007-present.

Book Reviewer, Foreword Magazine, 2007-

External Reviewer for candidates seeking promotion at Adelphi University, 2008, University of Delaware, 2008, University of Minnesota, 2002, University of Washington, 1999, and Ohio State University, 1997.

Mentor, ALA MentorConnect, 2009- .

Mentor, ACRL Literature and English Studies Section, 2007-2008.

Mentor, ACRL Dr. E. J. Josey Spectrum Scholar Mentor Program, 2005-2008.

Facilitator, Association of Research Libraries’ Online Lyceum, Professional Writing for Librarians, Aug.-Sept., 2004; May-June, 2005; and forthcoming later in 2005.

Critiqued resumes, ACRL National Conference, April 10, 2005, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Pre-publication review of the journal Public Services Quarterly by Haworth Press, Nov., 2001.

Member of NSF Advisory Board.Final Report NSF-LAMP Project: Identifying Where Technology Logging and Monitoring for Increased Security End and Violations of Personal Privacy and Student Records Begin. Report to the Digital Government Program of the National Science Foundation.Washington, D.C.: AACRAO, c2001.

Testimony before the Register of Copyrights and Panel on “Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies,” Library of Congress, May 3, 2000. Part of the ongoing rulemaking process mandated by Congress under 1201 (a)(1) of Title 17 of the U.S. Code, enacted in 1998 as part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Occasional guest lecturer, School of Information, University of Michigan, 1995-1997. Responsible for teaching a class on “Budget as a Planning Tool” to Masters level students in the course Management in Libraries and Information Archives.

Facilitator and Reporter, “Satellite Town Meeting for Michigan Libraries: Agenda for the 21st Century,” teleconference held across the state of Michigan, April 26, 1994.

Consulting: External Reviewer for candidates seeking promotion at University of Minnesota, 2002, University of Washington, 1999, and Ohio State University, 1997.

Consultant, Cleary College Libraries, 1995 and 1999. Recommended steps to re-create their library system to support the expansion of the curriculum to include an MBA, which was subsequently accredited by the state of Michigan.

Honors


Who’s Who of American Women
University of Michigan, Academic Women’s Caucus Distinguished Service Award, 2003.
Beta Phi Mu

Participation in the Library Profession


(National):
ACRL Chapters Council Legislative Liaison, 2008-
ACRL Literatures in English Section, Publications Committee, 2007-2011.
ACRL Legislative Advocate, 2007-present.
ALA Committee on Legislation. Ad-hoc Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Technology.Member, 2002-2006.
ACRL Copyright Committee.Member, 2001-2005.
ACRL Legislative Network Representative to Michigan, 1998-2002, and to California, 2002-2008.
ACRL ULS 2002 Conference Planning Committee.Member, 1999-2002.
ACRL Government Relations Committee, 1997-2001.Member, 1998-2001; Intern, 1997-1998.
ACRL ULS Current Topics Planning Committee.Chair, 1999-2001; Member, 1997-1999.
ACRL ULS Librarians in Higher Education and Campus Administration Committee.Member, 1994-1996.
ACRL Constitution and By-laws Committee.Member, 1992-1996.
ACRL ULS Organization and By-laws Committee.Member, 1992-1994.
LAMA Membership Committee.Member, 1991-1993.

(State of California):
California Academic & Research Libraries, Legislative Liaison, 2002-2008
California Academic & Research Libraries, Research Award Committee, 2007-present

(State of Michigan):
MLA Public Policy Committee.Member, 2000-2002.
MLA 2001 Conference Planning Committee.Publicity Chair and member, 2000-2001.
MLA Long-Range Planning Committee.Member, 1994-1995.
MLA Leadership Academy Oversight Committee.Member, 1994-1995.
ACRL Michigan Chapter/MLA Academic and Research Libraries Division.Chair-Elect/Chair/Past Chair, 1992-1995; Member of the Board, 1989-1991.
MLA Leadership Academy Endowment Fund Committee.Chair, 1992-1994.
“Call for Papers” Committee, ACRL Michigan Chapter/MLA Academic and Research Libraries Division.Chair, 1991-1992.

(At California State University, East Bay):
Integrated Marketing Communication Committee, member 2005-present
Committee on Academic Planning and Review, member, 2006-2007, chair, 2007-2009.
Campus Life Planning Committee, 2004-2006.
University Information Technology Committee, 2002-2006.
CSUEB-WASC Planning Committee, 2002-2005.

(At the University of Michigan):
SACUA Government Relations Committee.Member, 2000-2003.
SACUA Budget Study Committee.Chair, 2000-2001; Member, 1998-2001.
SACUA Financial Affairs Advisory Committee.Chair, 1994-1996; Member, 1996-2000.
Search Advisory Committee for the Executive Vice-President/Chief Financial Officer of the University of Michigan.Member, 1996-1997.
Advisory Board, University Record.Member, 1997-1998.
Faculty Perspectives Page Editorial Advisory Board.Member, 1994-1997; Interim Chair, 1995.
Library Council.Member, 1994-1997.
SACUA Government Relations Committee.Chair, 1993-1994; Member, 1991-1993.
Academic Women’s Caucus.Co-Chair, 1991-1993, 1996-2002; Member, 1988-
Sarah Goddard Power Awards Committee.Co-chair, 1990-1991; Member, 1989-2002.

Current Associations


American Library Association
American Association of University Professors
California Academic & Research Libraries
Modern Language Association

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