ALAO 2008 Conference Planning Committee

Introduction

The Program Planning Committee includes volunteers from the ALAO membership and is chaired by the current Vice-President/ President-Elect of the organization. Each year, the committee develops a theme for the upcoming conference, sends out a call for proposals for presentations and poster sessions, performs a blind review of the proposals, constructs the program schedule, selects a keynote speaker, selects the venue for the next year's conference, coordinates the current year's conference facilities, contacts vendors to exhibit at the conference, arranges for the conference attendee gifts, and processes evaluations after the conference. The committee generally meets once a month and frequently correponds by email in between meetings.

The committee work is arduous, at times, but great fun as well. If you would be interested in serving on the 2008 Program Planning Committee, please contact Karen Wilhoit (karen.wilhoit@wright.edu).

2008 Conference Planning Committee

Karen Wilhoit , Committee Chair
Associate University Librarian for Collections
Paul Laurence Dunbar Library
Wright State University
Email: karen.wilhoit@wright.edu

Don Appleby
Library Specialist, Circulation Department
Bierce Library
University of Akron
Phone: 330.972.6111
Email: dra1@uakron.edu

Maureen Berry
Librarian for First-Year and Distance Learning Services
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway
Wright State University
Phone: 937.775.3515
Email: maureen.barry@wright.edu

Joyce Burnett
Librarian
Brown Mackie College-Findlay
1700 Fostoria Avenue, Suite 100
Findlay, Ohio 45840
Phone: 800.842.3687, ext. 16
Email: jburnett@brownmackie.edu

 

Sherab Chen
Coordinator for Non-Roman Cataloging
Cataloging Department
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614.247.7460
Email: chen.1140@osu.edu

 

John D. Crissinger
Head Librarian
Newark Campus Library
OSUN/COTC
Newark, OH 43055
Phone: 740.366.9306
Email: crissinger.5@osu.edu
 
Kevin Deemer
Library Director
Kent State University Ashtabula Campus
Phone: 440.964.4237
Email: deemer@ashtabula.kent.edu
 
Matthew Farthing
Serials Librarian
Owens Community College
PO Box 10,000
Toledo, OH 43699
Phone: 567.661.7023
Email: matthew_farthing@owens.edu
 
Sheryl Gannon
Acquisitions/IMC Ass't Coordinator
Heidelberg College
10 Greenfield Street
Tiffin, OH 45840
Phone: 419.448.2185
Email: sgannon@heidelberg.edu
 
Cliff Glaviano
Coordinator of Cataloging
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43023
Phone: 419.372.2107
Email: jglavia@bgnet.bgsu.edu
 
Brian C. Gray, MLIS
Librarian - Engineering, Math, & Statistics
Office: Kelvin Smith Library 201-H or Nord Hall 510
Case Western Reserve University
Kelvin Smith Library
11055 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7151
Phone: 216.368.8685
Email: brian.c.gray@case.edu
 
Stephena Harmony
Associate Senior Librarian
Raymond Walters College Library Director
University of Cincinnati
Phone: 513.936.1547 (office)
Email: stephena.harmony@uc.edu
 
Angel M Jackson
Columbus State Community College
Educational Resources Center
Phone: 614.287.5018
Email: ajackson@cscc.edu

 

Louis Mays
Professor/Librarian
Learning Resources Center
Southern State Community College
12681 U.S. Route 62
Sardinia, OH 45171
Phone: 937.695.0307 ext 3580
Email: lmays@sscc.edu

 

Krista McDonald
Director, Rentschler Library
Miami University Hamilton
1601 University Blvd.
Hamilton, OH 45011
Phone: 513.785.3100
Email: mcdonak@muohio.edu

 
Melanie McGurr
General Cataloger
Ohio State University
Thompson Library
Cataloging Department
030 Main Library
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614.247.4689
Email: mcgurr.2@osu.edu
 
Alisa Mizikar
Reference Librarian/Science Librarian
Wittenberg University
Springfield, OH 45501
Phone: 937.327.7515
Email: amizikar@wittenberg.edu
 
Eric Resnis
Engineering Librarian/Interim Information Literacy Coordinator
Brill Science Library
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
Phone: 513.529.7205
Email: resnisew@muohio.edu
 
Diana S. Riemenschneider, MLIS
Email: riemends@yahoo.com
 
Oliva P. Riley
Reference and Technical Services Librarian
DeVry University
1350 Alum Creek Drive
Columbus, OH 43209-2705
Phone: 614.253.7291, ext. 1365;
Email: oriley@devry.edu

 

Kathryn Vendetti
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Ashland University Library
401 College Avenue
Ashland, OH 44805
Phone: 419.289.5427
Email: kvenditt@ashland.edu

 

Rob Withers
Assistant To The Dean & University Librarian
Miami University
Oxford, Oh 45056
Phone: 513.529.9556
Email: rob.withers@muohio.edu