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Beth Forrest Warner Director, Digital Library Initiatives |
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2001 – Digital Library Initiatives
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
DirectorLeads development of digital library resources for the Lawrence Campus.
Coordinates selection of intellectual resources for digitization, strategies
used to promote their access and techniques for presentation and deployment. Leads planning and development and assesses emerging technologies. Prepares external funding proposals in consultation with library and information technology leaders..
1999 – 2001 Office of Information Services
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Information Services
(May 1999 – March 2001)Coordinated projects to support University information technology planning and policy development. Provided analysis in all areas of information policy relevant to information technology, including issues of privacy, access, intellectual property and freedom of expression. Coordinated Digital Millennium Copyright Act and network communications incidents compliance. Performed high level data analysis; assisted with long range and strategic planning. Assisted in communication with the University community, the public, and various governmental agencies. Participateed in campus data management (data warehouse) program. Member of Data Warehouse Technical Infrastructure Task Force. Member of Digital Library Executive Group. Member of Digital Library Technical Infrastructure Task Force. Member of BioOne Working Group, with emphasis on technology development and licensing. Coordinated campus preparation for and reporting to the State for Y2K readiness.
1991 - 1999 University of Michigan Library
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Interim Associate Director for Technical, Access, and Systems Services (December 1998 – May 1999)
Interim Assistant Director for Technical, Access, and Systems Services
(February 1997 - December 1998)Responsible for management of Library Systems, Monographic Cataloging, Serials / Acquisitions, Cooperative Access Services (Interlibrary Loan, Michigan InformationTranfer Service [fee-based services], and Buhr Remote Shelving), and Preservation (approximately 140 staff total). Library-wide management responsibilities included budget management (directly responsible for over $2 million in non-personnel funds), general personnel oversight, policies, and planning. Worked closely with Associate Director for Digitial Library Initiative and Associate Director for Public Services to coordinate development and maintenance support resources for digital libray projects.
Library’s Liaison to various University groups including:
MPathways (PeopleSoft) project: responsible for communications, problem resolution between Library and Project staff, coordinating Library implementation of the financials module, training and security management
IT-Federation Group: group responsible for coordinating efforts of major IT providers on campus
Year 2000 Task Force and Y2K Interoperability Working Group: charged with evaluating and ensuring Y2K readiness for the campus.
Librarian - Head, Library Systems Office (October 1991 – May 1999)
Responsible for planning and implementing automation efforts for the Library. Duties included managing the Library Systems Office (8 staff) which is responsible for maintaining the Library's NOTIS system (Library Management System, Multiple-Database Access System, and Infoshare), providing hardware support, and technical support for various UNIX-based systems (webserver, OCLC’s WebZ product, Ovid); assisting administration in long-range automation planning efforts; managing the automation budget; liaison to various units in the University's Information Technology Division. Major development projects included TULIP (The University Licensing Project, with Elsevier), Core Journals, the CIC VEL, and the CIC ILL/DR. Worked closely with Digital Library Initiatives staff on project coordination.
CIC Automation Directors, University of Michigan Library representative
Group is responsible for coordination and implementation of automation projects for the CIC institution libraries. Involved in major projects including the Virtual Electronic Library (linking catalogs via Z39.50, and patron initiated interlibrary loan (CIC ILL/DR); US Dept. of Education grants) and coordination of the OCLC Cooperative Online Reource Catalog (CORC) project with the Technical Services Directors group.
Project Consultant
(May 1999 – September 1999)
Chair, CIC/OCLC ILL/DR Technical Specifications Task Force
(April 1996 – May 1999)Responsible for joint development with OCLC of a distributed Interlibrary Loan / Document Retrieval (ILL/DR) system for the CIC. Tasks included specifications development, software testing, and overall project management in coordination with the OCLC project manager and OCLC Vice President for Development.
1989 - 1991 NOTIS Systems, Inc. (Ameritech Library Services)
Evanston, Illinois
Project Analyst II (February 1991 - August 1991)
Systems AnalystDesigned and wrote functional specifications; developed project resource estimates; provided programming support; monitored project progress; tested new functions; provided customer services and marketing support. Lead analyst and interim project coordinator for the KeyNOTIS development project. Worked with inter-departmental team to direct the project. Managed external beta test. Project analyst for Serials Module Redesign project (LSER).
1984 - 1989 LSU Libraries
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana
Associate Librarian (May - June 1989) (Tenured)
Assistant Librarian - Assistant to the Director, Library Automation and Systems
(July 1987 - April 1989)Assistant Librarian - Coordinator, Library Automation and Systems (April 1985 - July 1987)
Managed the NOTIS integrated systems project for LSU Libraries, LSU Veterinary Medicine Library, and LSU Law Center Library. Coordinated library training and work-flow analysis activities. Responsible for equipment purchase, installation, and repair, and applications support. Coordinated network services with University Telecommunications Office. Assisted Library Administration with long-range planning for library technology projects. Assisted in the coordination of RLG and OCLC services. Provided design and programming support for library management and research projects. Supervised 1.5 FTE.
Asst. Librarian - Head, Chemistry Library (October 1984 - April 1985)
Responsible for overall administrative duties in the Chemistry branch library, reference services, collection management, online search services, and library instruction lectures. Supervised 4.5 FTE.
1981 - 1984 Auraria Library
University of Colorado at Denver, Denver,
Colorado
Instructor - Science Reference and
Coordinator - Computer-Assisted ResearchFaculty liaison for physical sciences and engineering faculties; included collection management, library instruction, and reference services. General reference desk services. Coordinated database search services including administrative duties, service promotion, online searching, coordination and training of five professionals, and technical assistance.
1980 - 1981 Solar Energy Research Institute
Automated Information Services, Golden,
Colorado
Staff Information Scientist
Responsible for indexing, abstracting, and cataloging technical materials; analysis and redesign of technical processing procedures for the library; supervision of update and maintenance operations for SERI technical reports database.
1977 - 1980 Water Resources Reference Services, Water Resources Center
University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
Specialist - Librarian
Responsible for overall administrative duties; reference services for Center staff, university faculty and students, and state government personnel; collection management; information system development and maintenance. Supervised 1 FTE.
EDUCATION
1977 MLS Graduate School of Librarianship
University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
1976 BA College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio
Major: Chemistry, Minor:
English Literature (modern)
Additional Courses and Seminars:
School for Scanning, NEDCC, Seattle, WA, September 18 – 20, 2000
Copyright Law and the Internet, Ohio State University, February 10 – 11, 2000
Computer Policy and Law, Cornell University, July 13 – 16, 1999
Computer Problem-Solving (Pascal), Northwestern Univ., September – December, 1990
Implementing Application Prototyping, Digital Consulting, Chicago, IL, November 29 – December 1, 1989
Linking, Interfacing, and Sharing Automated Library Systems, RMG Consultants, New Orleans, LA, July 8, 1988
PC LAN Implementation and Tuning, IBM, Houston, TX, March 4 – 6, 1987
SAS Programming, Continuing Education, LSU, September – November, 1985
Basic Management Skills, Office of Management Studies, Association of Research Libraries, University of Houston, May 6 – 9, 1985
PUBLICATIONS
Fyffe, Richard and Beth Forrest Warner, Where the Giants Stand: Protecting the Public Domain in Digitization Contracts with Commercial Partners, Journal of Library Administration, (submitted, November 2003). (http://hdl.handle.net/1808/139)
Warner, Beth Forrest, ENCompass for Resource Access 3.0, (Metasearch Section), The Charleston Advisor, v. 5, no. 2, October 2003, pgs. 9-12 (http://www.charlestonco.com/review.cfm?id=161&CFID=5025753&CFTOKEN=93295511)
Goodyear, Marilu and Beth Warner, A Model for IT Policy Development, College Planning & Management, v. 6, n. 1, January 2003, pgs. 64-65.
Warner, Beth Forrest, Denise Stephens, and Loretta Spurling, "Academic Data Research Services Alliance: Bridging the Gap Between Data and Discovery", Proceedings, Educause 2002, Atlanta, GA: EDUCAUSE, 2002 http://www.educause.edu/asp/doclib/abstract.asp?ID=EDU0280
Goodyear, Marilu and Beth Warner, "A Model for IT Policy Development", Proceedings, Educause 2001, Indianapolis, IN:EDUCAUSE, 2001 (http://www.educause.edu/asp/doclib/abstract.asp?ID=EDU0162)
Warner, Beth Forrest, Full-Text Delivery: The Core Journals Project, The Serials Librarian, v.34, n. 1-2, 1998, pgs.105-111.
Alexander, Kenneth, et.al, TULIP: University of Michigan Implementation and Research, App. VI, TULIP Final Report, Elsevier Science, 1996, pgs. 231-245.
Warner, Beth Forrest, Creating and Communicating Acquisitions Management Information: the Role of the Systems Librarian, Library Administration and Management, v. 9, n. 2, Spring 1995, pgs. 82-84.
Warner, Beth Forrest, Developing a Virtual Library: the Michigan Perspective, CONNECTed, Spring 1995, pgs. 1, 4-5.
Gosling, William A, et. al., Cooperative Efforts in New Methods of Information Delivery: the Michigan Experience, in Advances in Librarianship, v. 19, New York, NY:Academic Press, 1995, pgs. 23-42
Willis, Katherine, et. al., TULIP - The University Licensing Program: Experiences at the University of Michigan, Serials Review, 20(3):39-47, 1994.
Warner, Beth Forrest and David Barber, Building the Digital Library: The Library of Michigan's UMLibText Project, Information Technologies and Libraries, v. 13:no. 1, March 1994, pgs. 3-7
RASD Speakers and Consultants Directory Committee, Speakers and Consultants Directory, ALA, 1990.
Warner, Beth Forrest, Review, RQ, 28(1), Fall 1988, (Kemper, Marlyn, Networking: Choosing a LAN Path to Interconnections, Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1987, 279 p.).
RASD/MARS Committee on Nonbibliographic Databases and Data Files, "Information Sheet I: What are Nonbibliographic Databases?", RQ, 26(3):280-84, 1987.
Bolner, Smittie and others, Electronic Information Services, Louisiana State University, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, June 2, 1986, 46 pp., ED 277 396.
Porter, Betsy, John Lanning, and Beth Forrest Warner, "Team Teaching the Chemical Literature", Proceedings of the Mountain Plains Library Association, Academic Library Section Research Forum, V. Sue Hatfield, ed., University Press, Emporia, KS, 1986, pp. 55-61.
Warner, Beth, "Boolean Dogs and Cats", Lumieres, 10(1):1-2, Spring, 1985.
Warner, Beth Forrest, (three reviews), American Reference Books Annual, (ARBA), Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1985.
Interviewed for and quoted in: Wessner, Cecilia, "The Compleat Electronic Researcher", Personal Computing, 8(12):125-140, December, 1984.
Warner, Beth Forrest, "An Introduction to On-line Database Searching", in Shafritz, Jay M. and Louise Alexander, The Reston Directory of Online Databases: Your Computer's Phone Book, Reston, VA: Reston Publishing Co., 1984, pp. 7-32.
Seba, Douglas B. and Beth A. Forrest, "Using SDI's to Get Primary Journals - A New Online Way", Online, 2(1):10-15, 1978.
WORKING PAPERS
Fyffe, Richard and Beth Forrest Warner, Scholarly Communication in a Digital World: The Role of an Institutional Repository, (http://hdl.handle.net/1808/126), University of Kansas, March 2003
PRESENTATIONS
"Metasearch: Selection Considerations", The Next Generation of Access: OpenURL and Metasearch, NISO, October 30, 2003, Washington, DC
"Digital Library Infrastructure", Digital Library series, Oregon State University Library, May 5, 2003, Corvallis, OR
"Getting the Horse to Water - Resource Discovery through ENCompass' Federated Search", with J. Miller and T. Albin, Endeavor User Group Meeting, April 26, 2003, Chicago, IL
"Electronic Manuscript Systems: An Overview", BioOne Publishers Meeting, March 14, 2003, Washington, DC
"Managing Resources in Today's ILMS Environment", LC's Digital Future & You series, Library of Congress, March 13, 2003, Washington, DC [video] [powerpoint]
"Managing Resources in Today's ILMS Environment", ALCTS Midwinter Symposium - Managing Electronic Resources, ALA Midwinter Conference, January 24, 2003, Philadelphia, PA
"Academic Data Research Services Alliance: Bridging the Gap Between Data and Discovery", CNI, December 5, 2002, San Antonio, TX
"Academic Data Research Services Alliance: Bridging the Gap Between Data and Discovery", Educause 2002, October 3, 2002, Atlanta, GA
"A Model for IT Policy Development", with M. Goodyear, Educause 2001, October 29, 2001, Indianapolis, IN
"Building a New Initiative: The University of Kansas Digital Library Initiatives", CHECK 2001: Conference on Higher Education Computing in Kansas, May 31, 2001, University of Kansas - Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
“BioOne Overview”, with J. Blixrud (ARL), CNI Fall 1999 Task Force Meeting, December 13, 1999, Phoenix, AZ
Copyright Workshop, KSU Library, September 14, 1999
“Copyright and the Internet”, assisted with and presented session of seminar taught by Dr. M. Goodyear, Continuing Education, September 1999, University of Kansas, Lawrence
“Copyright Basics”, Central Plains Art Librarians (ARLIS) conference, June 11, 1999, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
“CIC Virtual Electronic Library”, with B. Allen (CIC), CNI Fall 1998 Task Force Meeting, December 8, 1998, Seattle, WA
"Full-Text Delivery: The Core Journals Project", North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG), 12th Annual Conference, May 30, 1997, Ann Arbor, MI
“TULIP - Lessons Learned”, panel, Special Libraries Association, Annual Meeting, June 12, 1995, Montreal, Canada
“Digital Library Developments at Michigan”, keynote panel, Michigan NOTIS Users Group annual meeting, June 1, 1995, Grand Valley State University, MI
“A Case Study - TULIP”, National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services, Annual Conference, February 27, 1995, Washington, D.C.
“Technology Management: Issues and Implications”, LAMA Networked Information Discussion Group, ALA Midwinter Conference, February 6, 1995, Philadelphia, PA
“PACLink Implementation: the Systems Office Perspective”, NOTIS Users Group Meeting, October 27, 1994, Chicago, IL
“Impact of Project TULIP”, invited paper for ‘Novel Approaches to Information Access and Exchange’, Technical Session, International Council for Scientific and Technical Information, 1994 Extraordinary General Assembly, July 8, 1994, Cambridge, England, UK
“Let’s Negotiate: Creating and Communicating Acquisitions Management Information”, panel presentation/discussion, LAMA Systems and Services Section, Acquisitions Systems Committee, ALA Annual Conference, June 27, 1994, Miami, FL
"TULIP - Onsite Delivery of Electronic Journals: An Update from Michigan", panel presentation/discussion, LITA Programmer Analyst Interest Group meeting, ALA MidWinter Conference, February 7, 1994, Los Angeles, CA
"TULIP - Onsite Delivery of Electronic Journals", ACRL Discussion Group on Electronic Library Development in Academic Libraries meeting, ALA Midwinter Conference, February 5, 1994, Los Angeles, CA
"Implementing Campus-Wide Information Systems: The Michigan Experience", half-day workshop presented with Susan P. Harris and Sandy Colombo (ITD), CAUSE'93, December 7, 1993, San Diego, CA
"Implementing Campus-Wide Information Systems: The Michigan Experience", half-day workshop presented with Susan P. Harris and Sandy Colombo (ITD), EDUCOM'93, October 17, 1993, Cincinnati, OH
"The TULIP Project at the University of Michigan", presented as part of the "Document Delivery and MDAS" session (#16), NOTIS Users Group Meeting, October 14, 1993, Chicago, IL
"The Joint Gopher Working Group at the University of Michigan", LITA Programmer Analyst Interest Group meeting, ALA Annual Conference, June 28, 1993, New Orleans, LA
"TULIP - Delivery of Onsite Electronic Journals: Some of the Issues", with W. Gosling, ALCTS President's Program, "Do Knowbots Dream of Electronic Sheep? Defining and Selecting in the Electronic Universe", ALA Annual Conference, June 27, 1993, New Orleans, LA
"Release 5.1 Beta Test Experiences: LSER Module", NOTIS Users Group Meeting, October 8, 1992, Chicago, IL
"The Systems Development Process: KeyNOTIS, A Case Study", NOTIS Users Group Meeting, October 24, 1990, Chicago, IL.
"Electronic Data Transfer ‑ From Library to User", presentation for `Libraries Without Walls: Emerging Technologies and Practical Information Access', American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, Science and Technology Section, annual conference, July 12, 1988, New Orleans, LA
"Managing Change: The Impact of Automation On Workflow in Technical Services", NOTIS Users Group Meeting, June 30, 1988, Evanston, IL
"An Overview of Selected Technical Services Support Systems in Louisiana", panel/presentation on `NOTIS in a Shared Computer Environment', Louisiana Library Association, Technical Services Interest Group, March 17, 1988, Lake Charles, LA
“Automated Systems”, panel/presentation, Louisiana Library Association, New Members Round Table, preconference on "Legal Issues for Librarians", March 15, 1988, Lake Charles, LA
"Networking Microcomputers", invited paper, Sixth Texas Conference on Library Automation, October 30, 1987, Houston, TX
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS
American Libraries Association, 1984 –
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
American Libraries Association
Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee (MARBI), RASD
Representative, 1992 – 1996
RUSA (RASD), Member, 1984 – 2000
Speakers & Consultants Directory, Ad-Hoc Committee, Member,
1990 – 1991
Speakers and Consultants Directory Committee, Member, 1986 – 1990;
Chair, 1987 – 1988
MARS Committee on Nonbibliographic Databases, Member, 1985 – 1989
LITA, Member, 1984 –
Bylaws and Organization Committee, Member, 1987 – 1991
ACRL, Member, 1984‑90, 1991 – 2000
ALCTS (RTSD), Member, 1989 – 2000
Technical Services Directors of Large Academic Libraries, Member/UM
representative, 1997 – 1999
Association of College and Research Libraries, Louisiana Chapter,
Member, 1984 – 1989
Analytical Sciences Digital Library, NSF National Science Digital Library (NSDL), Advisory Board member, December 2001 -
BioOne
Working Group, University of Kansas representative,
1999 -
Electronic Manuscript Publishing System
Evaluation Task Force, 2003
CIC (Committee on Institutional Cooperation; Big 10+)
Automation Directors group, University of Michigan
representative, 1992 - 1999
CrossRef, Library Advisory Board, 2002 -
EDUCAUSE
Information Resources Committee, Member,
2001 - 2002
Member Information Services Committee, Member,
2002 -
Greater Western Library Association,
Digital Projects Committee, University
of Kansas representative, 2001 -
Institutional Repository Task Force,
2003 -
Louisiana Library Association, Member, 1984 – 1989
Conference Program Committee, 1988/1989
Louisiana NOTIS Users Group, Member, 1988 – 1989
Michigan Electronic Library, Advisory Board, Member, 1996 – 1999
Michigan Research Libraries Triangle, Systems Committee, 1993 - 1998
National Endowment for the Humanities, proposal reviewer, 1998 -
North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG), Member, 1990 – 1991
OCLC, Communications and Access Strategies Advisory Committee, Solinet representative, 1989
Research Libraries Group (RLG)
Local Systems Planning Committee,
LSU representative, 1986 – 1989
Steering Committee, 1988 – 1989
UM representative, 1992 – 1999
Strategic Directions Advisory Group (Systems), 1998 – 1999
RLG/NOTIS Users Group, LSU representative, 1987 – 1989
University of Michigan, Librarians’ Forum
Member, 1991 – 1999
Executive Board, 1994 – 1996
Chair, 1996 – 1997
HONORS
Beta Phi Mu (national honorary society in library science), 1977
National Merit Scholar, 1972 – 1976
updated November 18, 2003