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Downloaded from PRISM: https://prism.ucalgary.ca FIFTH ANNUAL DESIGNING LIBRARIES CONFERENCE University of Calgary SEPTEMBER 18 - 20, 2016
CO-HOSTS: LO C A L CO-HOST: FIFTH ANNUAL DESIGNING LIBRARIES CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 18 - 20, 2016
WELCOME
Thank you for joining us for the fifth annual Designing Libraries for the 21st Century Conference. It is especially exciting to welcome you this year as the University of Calgary celebrates its 50th anniversary. I hope you enjoy your time on our campus and in our beautiful city. Designing Libraries brings together leading experts from a variety of disciplines who share the common vision of creating innovative environments that meet the current and future needs of students and researchers. This year’s conference covers a broad range of topics, from visualization, virtual reality and maker spaces to innovation in design and architecture. In attendance are librarians, educators, architects and technology innovators from across North America and around the world. Much work has been done here at the University of Calgary to envision next- generation libraries. Our library is currently leading a North American study, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, to explore the role of academic libraries in enhancing multi-disciplinary research. Scholars from a variety of specializations have contributed. We are also excited to highlight some of the newest and most innovative facilities in our city: the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, which opened on our campus in April 2016; Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre, which opened in July 2016; the Riddell Library and Learning Centre at Mount Royal University, slated to open in 2017; and the Calgary Public Library’s New Central Library, scheduled for completion in 2018. As always, it has been a pleasure to work with our co-hosts, the Coalition for Networked Information and North Carolina State University, to put in place an informative program featuring an impressive lineup of presenters. I would also like to recognize and thank our local partners, the National Music Centre and Mount Royal University. I trust that you will find this year’s Designing Libraries Conference inspiring and insightful and that you will take away valuable information that will have lasting impacts on your library projects well into the future
Tom Hickerson Vice-Provost, Libraries and Cultural Resources University Librarian University of Calgary FIFTH ANNUAL DESIGNING LIBRARIES CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 18 - 20, 2016
PROGRAM
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 - PRE-CONFERENCES
7:45 – 8:45 Registration and Breakfast Location: Ballroom, MacEwan Conference and Event Centre
9:00 - Noon PRECONFERENCE 1: Innovations in Teaching and Learning Spaces Location: The Forum, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning This preconference takes place in the new Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning and includes a tour of the building. Participants will learn about the vision for the building, its architecture, design, and technology implementation. Sessions will include how the building, along with its technologies and the pedagogies employed by the teaching faculty, support the vision to enhance teaching and learning; and how librarians are partnering with others engaged with the program. Additional sessions will describe how other institutions are innovating in new types of projects involving teaching, learning, and libraries.
Morning Session Moderator: Leeanne Morrow, University of Calgary
Lynn Taylor, Vice Provost (Teaching and Learning), University of Calgary Matthew Lella, Diamond Schmitt Architects Timothy Waters, The Sextant Group
10:00 – 11:00 Break and Building Tour
Nancy Chick, University of Calgary, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning Natasha Kenny, University of Calgary, Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning Caitlin McClurg, University of Calgary, Libraries and Cultural Resources/Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning
Noon – 1:00 Lunch Location: Ballroom, MacEwan Conference and Events Centre
Afternoon Session Moderator: Joan Lippincott, Coalition for Networked Information Susan Beatty, University of Calgary John Danneker, University of Washington Libraries Joan Lippincott, Coalition for Networked Information James Mullins, Purdue University Libraries 9:00 - Noon PRECONFERENCE 2: Digital Displays for Visualization, Engagement, and Learning Location: Gallery Hall, Taylor Family Digital Library, main floor This preconference addresses the practical elements of planning and management of digital displays such as visualization walls, public media displays, and information panels in academic and public libraries. Digital displays engage public attention, improve the utility of space, expose collections, support digital scholarship, provide venues for both teaching and learning and create opportunities for new and exciting research discoveries. Participants will explore various examples of installations through presentations, and by visiting locations on the University of Calgary campus. Topics will include technology selection, staffing, management, policy, content creation, and sustainability for both public and enclosed environments. The preconference provides a forum for the exchange of knowledge on these topics providing access to the people working hands-on with digital displays and visualization walls.
Moderator: Susan Powelson, University of Calgary Niraj Chaudhary, University of Pacific Libraries Angela Courtney, Indiana University Library Richard Hayman, Mount Royal University Library G. Salim Mohammed, Stanford University, David Rumsey Map Center Mike Nutt, North Carolina State University Libraries Pratim Sengupta, University of Calgary, Werklund School of Education Daniel Sheehan, MIT Libraries Tina Thomas, Edmonton Public Library
Noon – 1:00 Lunch Location: Ballroom, MacEwan Conference and Events Centre
1:00 – 3:00 Preconference resumes
3:00 – 4:00 Registration, reception and tours of the Taylor Family Digital Library Location: Gallery Hall, Taylor Family Digital Library, main floor
OPENING RECEPTION
4:15 Buses depart for Studio Bell, Home of the National Music Centre Bus departure point: Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning
5:00 – 6:00 Designing Libraries Opening Reception Host and Moderator: Tom Hickerson, University of Calgary
Andrew Mosker, President and CEO, National Music Centre Bill Ptacek, CEO, Calgary Public Library Vanessa Kassabian, Snøhetta
6:00 – 7:00 Tours of Studio Bell
7:15 Buses depart for University of Calgary and downtown conference hotels Option 2: Dine on your own downtown (Ask conference staff for recommended restaurants) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 - CONFERENCE PROGRAM Location for all Monday sessions and meals: Ballroom, MacEwan Conference and Event Centre
7:45 – 8:45 Registration and Breakfast
8:45 – 9:10 Welcome, opening remarks and conference logistics
Dru Marshall, Provost and Vice-President (Academic), University of Calgary Tom Hickerson, Vice Provost (Libraries and Cultural Resources), University of Calgary
9:10 – 9:45 Plenary Session: Looking Strategically at the Big Picture Joan Lippincott, Coalition for Networked Information
9:45 – 10:30 Showcasing New Library Spaces Moderator: Claudette Cloutier, University of Calgary Joe Lucia, Temple University Libraries Nathan McRae, Snøhetta
10:30 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – Noon Showcasing New Library Spaces, continued Moderator: Claudette Cloutier, University of Calgary John Ulmschneider, Virginia Commonwealth University Library Kelly Brubaker, Shepley Bulfinch William Mischo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library
Noon – 1:15 Lunch Remarks by Elliott Shore, Association of Research Libraries
1:15 – 2:15 Visualization and Virtual Reality: Now and Future Moderator: John Brosz, University of Calgary Sheelagh Carpendale, University of Calgary, Department of Computer Science Renée Reaume, University of Calgary David Woodbury, North Carolina State University Libraries
2:15 – 3:00 Makerspaces in Motion Moderator: Kathryn Ruddock, University of Calgary Adam Rogers, North Carolina State University Libraries Peter Schoenberg, Edmonton Public Library
3:00 – 3:30 Break
3:30 – 4:15 Innovations in Architecture in the Academic and Cultural Sphere Moderator: Jane Ferrabee, University Architect, University of Calgary Vanessa Kassabian, Snøhetta Johan (Jay) Verspyck, Shepley Bulfinch 4:15 – 4:30 Closing remarks
4 : 3 0 Buses depart for Mount Royal University Departure point: Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning
5:15 - 6:15 Safety briefings and tours of the Riddell Library and Learning Centre site
6:15 – 7:30 Reception and Remarks Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts, Mount Royal University Host: Carol Shepstone, University Librarian, Mount Royal University
Presentations by: Carol Shepstone, Mount Royal University John Souleles, DIALOG
7 : 4 5 Buses depart for University of Calgary and downtown conference hotels TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 - CONFERENCE PROGRAM Location for all Tuesday sessions and meals: Ballroom, MacEwan Conference and Event Centre
7:45 – 8:45 Breakfast
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome and conference logistics
9:10 – 9:45 Plenary Session: Aligning with New Research Models: Spaces, Services and Systemic Change Tom Hickerson, Vice Provost (Libraries and Cultural Resources), University of Calgary
9:45 – 10:45 Digital Scholarship Centres Moderator: Christie Hurrell, University of Calgary Dale Askey, McMaster University Library Eric D. Johnson, Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries Liz Milewicz, Duke University Libraries
10:45 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:15 Rethinking the Organization as you Redesign Space Moderator: Joan Lippincott, Coalition for Networked Information Leonora Crema, University of British Columbia Library Mary Ann Mavrinac, University of Rochester River Campus Libraries Catherine Murray-Rust, Georgia Tech Library
12:15 – 12:30 Closing remarks Tom Hickerson, Vice Provost (Libraries and Cultural Resources), University of Calgary
1 2 : 3 0 Boxed lunch
Post-conference building tours
1:00 Bus departs for High Density Library (pre-registration required for this tour) Bus departure point: Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning
1:30 Tours of the Taylor Family Digital Library until 3:00
2:30 Bus departs High Density Library
3:00 Bus arrives back at University of Calgary Photo by Dave Brown, University of Calgary
Taylor Family Digital Library (TFDL) University of Calgary
This 24,000-square-metre (258,335 square TFDL has Gold certification for Leadership feet), six-storey complex opened in 2011 in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). at the heart of the University of Calgary campus and was designed to respond The TFDL is unique in its vision and to the needs of today’s students and capacity for ongoing service and design researchers. Considered to be one of the change. Raised flooring throughout the most progressive academic libraries in building allows easy access to electrical North America, the TFDL offers a unique and network connections as well as combination of library, art gallery, archives heating and cooling. Extensive use of and rare collections along with the latest demountable walls enables new space digital tools for learning and research. configurations. These features and others will allow for the continuing change The building features collaborative necessary to adapt to future needs, workrooms, audio rooms, recording and many of which can’t even be predicted editing suites as well as a café. Materials at this time. Currently, no other library of for the project were selected carefully to comparable size has the same degree of ensure good thermal performance and flexibility in its design. lower environmental impact from their manufacturing and transportation. The library.ucalgary.ca Photo by D’Arcy Norman, University of Calgary
Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning
The Taylor Institute for Teaching and Innovation, the Taylor Institute offers and Learning is dedicated to better undergraduate students opportunities for understanding and improving student inquiry-based learning, experiential learning learning. It is both a building and a and interdisciplinary research. community that extends well beyond the building’s walls. The Taylor Institute brings The Taylor Institute is the first building together teaching development, teaching in Canada dedicated solely to improving and learning research, and undergraduate postsecondary teaching and learning. inquiry learning under one roof. The groundbreaking building is located at the heart of campus, supporting the The institute supports building and institute’s work to build communities and sharing teaching expertise; integrating link networks. The building was designed technologies to enhance learning; and with three guiding principles: flexibility, conducting inquiry to improve student transparency and collaboration. learning. Through the College of Discovery ucalgary.ca/taylorinstitute Image courtesy of DIALOG
Riddell Library and Learning Centre, Mount Royal University
Mount Royal University’s Riddell Library This nearly 16,000-square-metre, four-storey and Learning Centre brings together — in a stand-alone LEED gold-certified building is single inspiring academic building — expert designed to meet the unique needs of our staff and faculty, a wide range of information students, faculty and community within our resources, and the latest technology tools undergraduate university environment, with to support our community to discover, flexible learning environments, contemporary understand, create and share. visualization labs, an immersion studio and a makerspace for creation and collaboration.
Photo by Ema Peter Photo by Ema Peter Inspired by the Alberta landscape, the The design of the Bella Concert Hall’s award-winning Taylor Centre for the barn structure and rose canopy creates Performing Arts is host to community its world-class acoustics. The TransAlta events, academic lectures and Mount Royal Pavilion is a versatile event space while University Conservatory’s Concert Season. the remainder of the stunning building facilitates practice studios, classrooms and gathering spaces.
mtroyal.ca Image: Mir
Studio Bell: Home of the National Music Centre
Studio Bell opened July 1, 2016, and NMC is a national catalyst for discovery, is home to the National Music Centre innovation and renewal through music. In (NMC), a national cultural organization its new home at Studio Bell, NMC preserves devoted to amplifying a love, sharing and and celebrates Canada’s music story and understanding of music. An international inspires a new generation of music lovers hub of music and technology, it houses through programming that includes on- NMC’s 2000+ piece collection of artifacts, site and outreach education programs, instruments and music technology, 2,045 performances, artist incubation and square metres (22,000 square feet) of exhibitions. exhibitions devoted to telling the stories of music in Canada, a 300-seat performance studiobell.ca space and recording studios. Image: Mir, Architects: Snøhetta and DIALOG
Calgary Public Library’s New Central Library
For its New Central Library (NCL), the Providing approximately 22,300 square City of Calgary chose a prime location: metres (240,000 square feet) of usable one block east of City Hall in the library space – 66% more than the existing burgeoning cultural hotspot of East Village. downtown library – the NCL will be home Encapsulation of the Light Rail Transit to a physical collection of approximately tracks that bisect the library site – the 600,000 books, special programs and necessary first step toward delivering spaces for children and teens, a technology the NCL – began in May 2014 and is commons and laboratory for innovation, progressing well, setting the stage for a centre that supports community what promises to be one of the world’s integration and advancement through skills most dynamic and inspired public libraries development, and much more. (scheduled to open in 2018). The monumental task of delivering a A space for people to think, dream, explore landmark library that will serve Calgarians and become, the New Central Library’s for generations to come has been vision is “To Inspire All.” enthusiastically embraced by three highly engaged and committed partners: Calgary Public Library, CMLC and the City of Calgary.
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PRESENTERS
DALE ASKEY, McMaster University Dale Askey currently serves as the Associate University Librarian for Library & Learning Technologies at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, where he also occupies the role of Administrative Director of the Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship. He has filled a wide range of roles in libraries, primarily in collection development, public services, Web services, and information technology management. After starting out in libraries and IT at Washington University in St. Louis, he embarked on his professional library career at the University of Utah, with subsequent stays at Yale University and Kansas State University before joining McMaster in 2011. In 2009-2010, he was a visiting professor in electronic publishing and multimedia at the University of Applied Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, teaching in their library science, publishing, and museum studies programs. His ongoing research projects include documenting the cultural manifestations of the German-speaking minority that remained in the Czech and Slovak Republics after the 1946 expulsion decrees, as well as using historical data to explore the phenomenon of doping in cycling.
SUSAN BEATTY, University of Calgary Susan Beatty is a Librarian at the Taylor Family Digital Library, University of Calgary. Her recent research is on the relationship between student learning behaviours and learning space design. Susan has presented at national and international conferences on various aspects of library leadership in learning.
KELLY BRUBAKER, Shepley Bulfinch An accomplished library designer, programmer, and planner, Kelly has worked on a wide range of collegiate libraries and learning commons throughout the United States. Her current and recent work includes library and learning commons projects for the University of Notre Dame, Virginia Commonwealth University and Ringling College. Kelly has a unique ability to synthesize and test the integration and transformation of library program spaces while respecting the institutional culture and strategic direction of each university. Kelly is actively involved in the American Library Association (ALA) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL).
SHEELAGH CARPENDALE, University of Calgary Sheelagh Carpendale is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Calgary where she holds a Canada Research Chair in Information Visualization and NSERC/AITF/ SMART Technologies Industrial Research Chair in Interactive Technologies. She has received many awards including the E.W.R. NSERC STEACIE Memorial Fellowship; a BAFTA (British Academy of Film & Television Arts Interactive Awards); an ASTech Innovations in Technology Award; and the CHCCS Achievement Award. She leads the Innovations in Visualization (InnoVis) research group and initiated interdisciplinary graduate programs in Computational Media Design. Her research on information visualization, large interactive displays, and new media draws on her background in Computer Science, Art and Design (Simon Fraser University, Emily Carr, Institute of Art and Design, Sheridan College, School of Design). She has found the combined visual arts and computing science background invaluable in her information visualization research.
NIRAJ CHAUDHARY, University of the Pacific Libraries Niraj Chaudhary is the Director of Technology and Digital Initiatives at the University of the Pacific Libraries where he provides leadership in development and implementation of technologies that enhances teaching and learning. His interests include digital scholarship, learning spaces, video walls, experiential learning, and library space planning. NANCY CHICK, University of Calgary Nancy Chick is University Chair in Teaching and Learning, Academic Director of the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, and Teaching Professor in the Department of English at the University of Calgary. She is also the founding co-editor of Teaching & Learning Inquiry, the journal of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL). Thanks to the University of Calgary library, TLI is now open access: tlijournal.com. She moved to Calgary in March 2015 from Vanderbilt University in the US and, while she wishes for more snow, she’s thrilled that she is able to continue her work as a lifelong cheerleader for and partner with libraries and librarians.
ANGELA COURTNEY, Indiana University Angela Courtney is the Director of the Indiana University, Bloomington, Libraries Scholars’ Commons and the Head of the Arts & Humanities Department and the Reference Services Department at the Indiana University Bloomington Libraries. She is also the Librarian for English Literature and Theatre. She is Co- Editor of the Victorian Women Writers Project, the author of Literary Research and the Era of American Nationalism and Romanticism, and co-author of Literary Research and the Literatures of Australia and New Zealand and Literary Research and Postcolonial Literatures in English in the Scarecrow Press series: Literary Research: Strategies and Sources. She edited the Dictionary of Literary Biography: 19th-Century British Dramatists volume, and Twenty-First Century Drama: The First Decade. Current interests include the roles of librarians in the Digital Humanities and an ongoing project to research and map outdoor cinemas in early 20th century Australia.
LEONORA CREMA, University of British Columbia Leonora Crema is currently Scholarly Communications Librarian at the University of British Columbia. Prior to this, she served successive terms as Associate University Librarian for Client Services, AUL for Planning and Community Relations, and Interim Director of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at UBC. Over a 25-year career she has led the programmatic design for two new library buildings, developed the Library’s Master Space plans, and overseen numerous renovations. Leonora has been active in professional associations, including serving as President of the British Columbia Library Association. She has been recognized nationally with awards for innovation from the Canadian Association of University Business Officers, and in 2014, received the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) Outstanding Contribution award.
JOHN DANNEKER, University of Washington John Danneker is the Director of the Odegaard Undergraduate Library at the University of Washington in Seattle, a position he has held since 2014. Prior to the UW-Seattle, John worked in the libraries of The George Washington University (Washington, DC), University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Bucknell University. He is involved with a number of notable initiatives at the UW in the Libraries and across campus, including strategic planning, Libraries facilities master planning, and open education/ OER projects. An active member in several library organizations, his current writing and research interests include library leadership, space use and planning in libraries, and undergraduate-supporting partnerships. The Odegaard building houses several divisions with related teaching and learning missions, including undergraduate-supporting librarians and Libraries staff (including the Teaching and Learning Program, First Year and Undergraduate Experience positions); the Odegaard Writing and Research Center, a joint collaboration with the College of Arts and Sciences; and the UW IT Learning Technologies division. Phase one of a planned two-phase renovation of the building was completed in 2013, and initial planning is underway for further renovation.
JANE FERRABEE, University of Calgary Jane Ferrabee is University Architect at the University of Calgary. She has been a registered architect for over 25 years and active in the profession for over 30 years, working on largely institutional and cultural projects. As University Architect, Jane leads discussions as the university community makes design, campus planning and development decisions in pursuit of the University of Calgary’s Eyes High strategic vision.
RICHARD HAYMAN, Mount Royal University Richard Hayman is Assistant Professor and Digital Initiatives Librarian at Mount Royal University. His professional practice includes library instruction, subject area outreach and liaison work, open access and scholarly communications, as well as project management. He is currently chairing the Visualization Spaces Working Group, planning for three separate viz spaces in MRU’s new Riddell Library and Learning Centre. TOM HICKERSON, University of Calgary Tom Hickerson is Vice Provost for Libraries and Cultural Resources and University Librarian at the University of Calgary. Libraries and Cultural Resources is a principal division of the University of Calgary, combining the university libraries, university art museums and the University of Calgary Press. He also serves as Executive Director of the University’s Research Data Centre. Hickerson exercised principal responsibility for the programmatic design of the Taylor Family Digital Library and a high-density storage facility, a $205 million capital project of the University of Calgary. The Taylor Family Digital Library, which opened in September 2011, is designed as a unique convergence, incorporating a 21st century research and learning environment for exploring and creating knowledge; a museum housing and exhibiting a rich panoply of cultural and visual arts; and a publishing program devoted to disseminating high-quality academic literature via Open Access publication. Tom came to the University of Calgary after an extensive career as an archivist, technology innovator and library administrator at Cornell University, most recently serving there as Associate University Librarian for Information Technologies and Special Collections. In 2001, he was named a Computerworld Honors Program Laureate in recognition of his contributions to the “use of information technologies for the benefit of society.” He is a Fellow and former President of the Society of American Archivists and served as a member of the Executive Committee of the International Council on Archives. He has served on the SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) Steering Committee and on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network. He has recently served as President of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Research Libraries.
ERIC JOHNSON, Virginian Commonwealth University Libraries Eric Johnson is the Head of the Innovative Media department for Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries, where he has overseen the creation of a state-of-the-art, library-based multimedia studio and makerspace called The Workshop that opened late in the fall of 2015. His previous experience includes work as head of outreach and public services in the Scholar’s Lab at the University of Virginia Library and in librarian and social media positions at Thomas Jefferson’s historic home, Monticello. He has an MA in US History from George Mason University and an MSLIS from Florida State University.
VANESSA KASSABIAN, Snøhetta Vanessa Kassabian is a Director at Snøhetta’s New York office. Vanessa is currently the Project Director of the Calgary Public Library’s New Central Library and has overseen the design of a number of large public projects including the Westchester Branch Library in the Bronx, part of the New York Public Library system; the Ryerson University Student Learning Centre in Toronto, Ontario; the Reconstruction of Times Square in New York City; the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts in Kingston, Ontario; the Guadalajara Museum of Environmental Sciences and Masterplan in Mexico; the Expansion of SFMOMA in San Francisco, California; and the James B. Hunt Library at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. In addition to practice, Vanessa has served as a Visiting Professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York, led a research-based design workshop at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Environmental Design titled makeCalgary, exploring the role of cultural space in Calgary’s future development, and was Guest Lecturer at Haifa International Waterfront Conference in Israel. Recently, Vanessa was the Spotlight on Design Keynote Lecturer at the National Building Museum in Washington DC and served on the jury of the AIA Portland and Seattle. Additionally, she has been a Studio Critic at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Syracuse University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Pratt Institute, among others. For over 20 years, Snøhetta has designed some of the world’s most notable public and cultural projects. Snøhetta kick-started its career in 1989 with the competition-winning entry for the new library of Alexandria, Egypt. This was later followed by the commission for the Norwegian National Opera in Oslo and the National September 11th Memorial Museum Pavilion at the World Trade Center in New York City. Since its inception, the practice has maintained its original self-defined trans-disciplinary approach, integrating architectural, landscape and interior design in all of its projects. We are currently working on a number of civic and cultural projects internationally including the expansion of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in California, the Far Rockaway Public Library in Queens, New York, the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts in Kingston, Ontario, the Ryerson University Student Learning Centre in Toronto, and the redevelopment of Times Square in New York City. Among its many recognitions, Snøhetta received the World Architecture Award for the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the Aga Kahn Prize for Architecture for Alexandria Library. Since its completion in 2008, the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet has also garnered the Mies van der Rohe European Union Prize for Architecture and the EDRA (Environmental Design Research Association) Great Places Award, as well as the European Prize for Urban Public Space, The International Architecture Award and The Global Award for Sustainable Architecture in 2010. NATASHA KENNY, University of Calgary Natasha Kenny is Director of the Educational Development Unit and collaborates with members of the EDU and colleagues across the university to plan programs and initiatives that build teaching and learning capacity. She has extensive educational development experience, supporting faculty, instructors, graduate students and curriculum committees as they strive to enhance student learning, strengthen academic programs, and improve their teaching practice.
MATTHEW LELLA, Diamond Schmidtt Architects Matthew Lella is a Principal in the firm Diamond Schmitt Architects. He was Project Architect leading the design team for the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning at the University of Calgary. This landmark building is a state-of-the-art facility programmed to foster research into teaching and learning. Its building design breaks free of the classroom mold to allow integrated, group-based, and collaborative learning. The building officially opened in April 2016 and is targeting LEED Gold certification. Matthew is currently working on the David Geffen Concert Hall at Lincoln Centre in New York City and is project lead for the Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences in Lubbock, Texas. His prior theatre design experience includes La Maison Symphonique de Montreal, the Mariinsky ballet and opera house in St- Petersburg Russia and the Four Season’s opera house in Toronto. In academic building design prior to working on the Taylor Institute, Matthew was on the design team for University of Toronto’s Bahen Centre for Information Technology, a building which showcases teaching and research activities in the areas of computer and engineering sciences. More recently, he worked on the new LEED Gold Registered Lazaradis Hall at the Lazaradis School of Business and Economics for the new Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, opening this fall. Matthew Lella grew up in Montreal, studied architecture at McGill University and obtained a Master’s in Mathematics from York University.
JOAN K. LIPPINCOTT, Coalition for Networked Information Joan K. Lippincott is the Associate Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), a joint program of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and EDUCAUSE. Joan is a widely published author and frequent conference speaker. She serves on the boards of the New Media Consortium (NMC), the journal portal, The Reference Librarian, and the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) and on the advisory boards of the Journal of Learning Spaces and the NMC’s Horizon Report for both higher education and libraries. She is past chair of the Association of College & Research Libraries’ (ACRL) New Publications Board, and served as a member of the ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards Review Task Force that produced the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. She has served on the Advisory Boards of the Learning Spaces Collaboratory, the Learning Space Toolkit project, and the EDUCAUSE ELI Seeking Evidence of Impact project. Prior to joining CNI, Joan was a Librarian at Cornell, Georgetown, and George Washington universities, and SUNY Brockport. Joan received her Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Maryland, an M.L.S. from SUNY Geneseo, and an A.B. from Vassar College.
JOSEPH LUCIA, Temple University Joseph Lucia is Dean of Libraries at Temple University. Prior to that, he served as University Librarian at Villanova University for eleven years. During his tenure at Villanova, Falvey Library won the 2013 ACRL Excellence Award in the University category. Before assuming his post at Villanova in 2002, Lucia served as Director for Library Technology & Access Services within the Information Resources organization at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Lyrasis Board of Trustees from 2009-2012, where he was founding President during 2009-2010 and he currently serves on the board of PALCI. While at Lehigh, Lucia taught creative writing in the English Department from 1995 through 2002. In addition to his professional work, he is an active amateur musician with a current solo project called Sounds from Upstairs audible on Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/jlucia
DRU MARSHALL, University of Calgary Dru Marshall joined the University of Calgary as provost and vice-president (academic) on August 1, 2011. Prior to her appointment, Dru spent 30 years in a variety of influential and distinguished roles at the University of Alberta—most recently as deputy provost. She was an important member of the president’s executive team while at the University of Alberta and is regarded as one of Alberta’s most experienced academic leaders and administrators. Dru has been well published as one of Canada’s most recognized and respected experts in the field of exercise physiology where she focused her research program on obesity in children. Dru is also highly regarded for her work in the area of women in sport and physical activity, particularly as it relates to coaching and research. Throughout her career, Dru has been involved at the highest level of amateur sport as a coach, trainer and physiologist. She has received “Coach of the Year” distinctions on multiple occasions from 3M Canada, the Coaching Association of Canada and athletic associations that include the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union and the Canadian West University Athletic Association. She has twice been recognized as one of the most influential women in sport in Canada by the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport and Physical Activity (CAAWS). Dru credits her coaching experience for helping shape in part her executive leadership style, where she has earned a reputation as a strong team leader, team builder and mentor.
MARY ANN MAVRINAC, University of Calgary Since June 2012, Mary Ann Mavrinac has been the Vice Provost and Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly Dean, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester. From 2001 to 2012, she was the Chief Librarian, University of Toronto Mississauga where she led from vision through to occupancy an award-winning academic library, the Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre, which opened in 2006. She is currently leading the implementation of a strategic facilities master plan of the Rush Rhees Library. Her interests and research focus on library as place, leadership and mentoring. Mary Ann was the 2010 President of the Ontario Library Association (OLA) and in 2014 was honored with the Ontario College and University Library Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She is currently on the Board for the Association of Research Libraries.
CAITLIN MCCLURG, University of Calgary Caitlin McClurg is the recently appointed Teaching and Learning Librarian in Libraries and Cultural Resources at the University of Calgary. Her liaison areas include the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, Schulich School of Engineering and Faculty of Arts (Dance and Drama in the School of Creative and Performing Arts). Caitlin is involved with instructional and scholarly activities in these areas. At the Taylor Institute, she delivers workshops for academic staff, participates as a literature review consult for academic staff submitting proposals for the Taylor Institute Teaching and Learning Grants and develops pieces of scholarship with members of the Taylor Institute and wider Scholarship of Teaching and Learning academic community. She provides instructional services to all liaison areas and develops Research Guides to support courses and programs. Caitlin enjoys working with students and hosts office hours to assist students with their research and writing skills.
NATHAN MCRAE, Snøhetta Nathan McRae studied Art, Architecture and Business in Oregon, Copenhagen, and Rome. After graduating in 1996 from the University of Oregon, he worked for two years in Portland, Oregon before moving to New York City. In New York, he spent ten years at Keenen/Riley working on projects ranging in size, from custom furniture and aviaries to airplane interiors and a landscape master plan. After leaving Keenen/Riley in 2008, Nathan joined Polshek Partnership (now Ennead Architects). There, Nathan completed large institutional and cultural projects such as the Weill Cornell Medical Center Medical Research Laboratory, New York City Center and the Yale University Art Gallery. Nathan joined Snøhetta in 2011. As Project Manager, Nathan has led the teams for the Far Rockaway Library in Queens and the Temple University Library from conception to programming, and through complete documentation. Although a small project, the Far Rockaway Library is a vital resource within the community. Nathan led the team that has been working with the Queens Library and the DDC to create a building that will be a catalyst for transformation. Nathan is also leading the new Temple University Library project currently in construction. As Project Manager for this large and prestigious new academic building, Nathan worked with University officials from the very beginning, assisting in site selection and programming and leading a team of diverse professionals with an integrated approach to design. While at Snøhetta, Nathan has participated on several competitions, including the winning proposal for the Calgary Public Library’s New Central Library currently in progress, led the winning effort for a mixed use development in Miami Beach and participated in the Bogota International Convention Centre Competition. Nathan has also led the James Beard Public Market team through concept design, provided oversight for the Westchester Branch Library team and worked on a commercial building in a landmarked (Meatpacking) district in NYC. LIZ MILEWICZ, Duke University Liz Milewicz heads the Digital Scholarship Services department in Duke University Libraries. Her team partners with researchers and students on digital research, teaching, and publishing projects (sites.duke. edu/digital) and provides training and consulting in digital approaches to scholarship. She helped to plan and launch a new space for research, called The Edge: The Ruppert Commons for Research, Technology, and Collaboration (library.duke.edu/edge), where project teams pursue interdisciplinary, data-driven, and digitally reliant research. Before coming to Duke in 2011, Liz managed two NEH-funded digital humanities projects at Emory University (The Expanded Online Transatlantic Slave Trade Database, slavevoyages.org; and African Origins, african-origins.org) and worked with the Emory Libraries on a range of digital library initiatives. She earned her doctorate at Emory as well, where she studied the evolving culture, role, and sound of academic libraries.
WILLAM MISCHO, University of Illinois William Mischo is Head, Grainger Engineering Library Information Center and the Berthold Family Professor of Information Access and Discovery at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library. He has been a PI on grants funded by NSF, IMLS, and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and has published over 50 articles and conference papers. Bill was elected an AAAS Fellow in 2015 and was the recipient of the 2009 Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology from ALA/OCLC.
G. SALIM MOHAMMED, Stanford Libraries G. Salim Mohammed is the Head and Curator of the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford Libraries which opened on April 19, 2016. Salim was hired by Stanford Libraries as their Digital and Rare Map Librarian and began working in June 2011. He was hired to work closely with David Rumsey and other library colleagues, campus facilities, architects and other vendors to help conceptualize, design, create and build the Center. This includes the programming, physical layout and technology that went into build-out of the Center. The Center opened with a week of events including an opening conference by cartographic scholars and faculty which he put together to commemorate the opening. Salim, along with David, co- curated an opening exhibit of maps and atlases entitled “A Universe of Maps” which concluded in August 2016—the exhibit had a digital component and used QR codes. Prior to coming to Stanford, he spent nearly five years as the first Maps and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Librarian at University of Hawaii at Mānoa, where he created Mānoa MAGIS (Maps, Aerials and GIS) and brought GIS services to the broader campus via the library. Salim has graduate degrees in Library Science and Geography (University of Wisconsin, Madison) and an MBA from University of Maine and is a proud graduate of St. Olaf College in Minnesota.
ANDREW MOSKER, National Music Centre Andrew Mosker is the President and CEO of the National Music Centre (NMC), a national cultural organization that built Studio Bell, a new home for music in Canada. Born in Toronto and raised in Montréal, his education includes a Bachelor’s degree in history, Performance degree in piano and a Master's degree in musicology. Andrew has been pursuing a life and career in music for well over 25 years. Passionate about building new ecosystems where music and technology can thrive and catalyze innovation, Calgary has been his home for over 18 years, and during this time Andrew has led the organizational development and financing of numerous programs that resulted in the creation of the National Music Centre (NMC). This past summer, NMC opened the doors to its new state-of-the-art facility Studio Bell, a $191 million international hub for music and technology. From its new home inside Studio Bell, NMC will celebrate Canada’s music and inspire a new generation of music fans through programming that includes special events, exhibitions, live music, new recordings and education programs, which will attract visitors from around the world. In addition to his work with NMC, Andrew is an active YPO (Young Presidents Organization) member of the Alberta Chapter, was part of Avenue Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40 Class of 2008, serves on the JUNO Award Committee for Electronic Music and the 2016 Calgary Juno Host Committee, voted one of the 50 most influential people in 2013 by Alberta Venture, and was voted one of Calgary’s Most Compelling People to Watch in 2016 by the Calgary Herald. Besides music, his passions include summers at the cottage, skiing, travelling and spending time with his family; his wife Ingrid, and his sons Anthony and Daniel. JAMES L. (JIM) MULLINS , Purdue University James L. (Jim) Mullins has been at Purdue University as dean of libraries and Esther Ellis Norton Professor since 2004, prior to that he was with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Libraries as associate director, prior to MIT he was with Villanova and Indiana Universities. While at MIT he became an enthusiastic proponent of scientific and engineering research methodologies and has applied them to challenges faced in academic and research libraries. He serves in leadership roles within the Association of Research Libraries and the International Federation of Library Associations. He received BA and MALS degrees from the University of Iowa and the PhD from Indiana University. In 2016 he was given the prestigious Hugh A. Atkinson Award by the American Library Association in recognition of his outstanding leadership and his many contributions to research libraries.
CATHERINE MURRAY-RUST, Georgia Institute of Technology Catherine Murray-Rust became Dean of Libraries at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2008. She was also appointed as Vice Provost in 2012 with responsibility for the Institute’s ten year reaffirmation of accreditation and other academic effectiveness programs. In addition to the reaffirmation project, she is currently engaged in developing a partnership with Emory University Library to create a shared collection and leading the transformation of the Library’s service offerings in renewed library buildings. She previously served as the Dean of Libraries at Colorado State University and Associate University Librarian at Oregon State University. She worked at Cornell University Libraries in a variety of positions, including reference librarian, training and implementation librarian in the Systems Office, and Associate University Librarian with responsibility for public services. Murray-Rust’s educational background includes a charter in Librarianship from the Library Association of Great Britain, a graduate degree in Library and Information Studies from the University of London, and a bachelor’s degree in political science and history from Mount Holyoke College. She currently serves as Georgia Tech’s representative to the Association of Research Libraries. She previously was a an ALA Council member and president of the Library Administrative and Management She has served on numerous boards of library consortia including the Research Libraries Group, Orbis Cascades, Greater Western Library Alliance, Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, Association of Southeastern Research Libraries, and Georgia’s Galileo and Regents Academic Committee on Libraries executive committees. She is treasurer of BioOne, a non-profit publishing initiative based in Washington DC.
MIKE NUTT, North Carolina State University Mike Nutt is Director of Visualization Services in the Digital Library Initiatives department of North Carolina State University Libraries. He serves as co-chair of the Libraries’ Visualization Services Team, an interdepartmental effort to design, build, and improve the systems and services that support visualization-intensive research and learning. He is the editor-in-chief of the content program for the video wall installations in the James B. Hunt Jr. Library, partnering with faculty and students at NCSU to create new forms of scholarly communication and public engagement. He has a Master of Science in Information Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies, both from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
SUSAN NUTTER, North Carolina State University Susan Nutter is the Vice Provost and Director of Libraries at NC State University. Under her leadership, the NCSU Libraries was the first university library to win ACRL’s Excellence in Academic Libraries Award, and members of her staff have won nine Library Journal “Movers & Shakers” awards in the past eleven years, the most of any library. In 2005, Susan received Library Journal’s “Librarian of the Year” award, and this past January she was named ACRL's Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. In addition, the NCSU Libraries recently became the first academic research library in over a decade to be named a winner of the IMLS National Medal for Library Service, which they received at a June 1 White House ceremony from First Lady Michelle Obama. In January of 2013, the NCSU Libraries opened the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on NCSU’s Centennial Campus. Designed by Snøhetta, the Hunt Library has been awarded the 2014 Stanford Prize for Innovation in Research Libraries, the 2014 AIA Education Facility Design Award, the 2014 ALA Library Interior Design Award, and the 2013 AIA/ALA Building Award for distinguished accomplishment in library architecture. BILL PTACEK, Calgary Public Library Bill Ptacek joined the Calgary Public Library as its CEO in early 2014. Previously, Bill was the Director of the King County Library System in western Washington state, where he led King County to become the Library Journal’s “Library of the Year” in 2011. In his two and a half years at the Calgary Public Library, Bill has been busy. He is working hard on developing relationships for the Library with government and community groups and partnerships with the school boards. On other fronts, new initiatives include a full rebranding, a new catalogue and website, a focus on safety at the Central Library, free library cards for all, the growth of the Library’s Foundation, and a refresh in the design and collections at all libraries in the system. Work on Calgary’s New Central Library, headed by the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation, continues on time and on budget. In the meantime, the Library is getting ready for it by piloting new projects and materials throughout the city’s 18 community libraries.
RENÉE REAUME, University of Calgary As Head of Digital Media and Technology Services at the University of Calgary, Renée Reaume contributed oversight for computing and media technologies throughout the Taylor Family Digital Library and the application of similar technologies across Libraries and Cultural Resources. Through this work Renée has conducted a survey targeted at ARL members to determine which libraries have large scale digital displays, what technologies they employ, and for patterns in access, usage, and management of these displays. Renée has recently changed roles and is now the Director of Metadata Services.
ADAM ROGERS, North Carolina State University Adam Rogers is an innovative and user-focused Librarian who works at the intersection of public services and new technologies. In his role as Emerging Technology Services Librarian, he directs the North Carolina State University Libraries’ Makerspace program, which includes spaces at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library and the D.H. Hill Library, and makes 3D printing, 3D scanning, laser cutting, and electronics prototyping tools accessible to all at NCSU. With colleagues, he was awarded the 2012 ACRL Innovation in College Librarianship Award, and in 2015 he was named a Library Journal "Mover & Shaker".
PETER SCHOENBERG, Edmonton Public Library Peter Schoenberg is Manager, Digital Literacy and Web Services (Librarian) at the Edmonton Public Library. Long ago and faraway, Peter completed a B.Sc. and MLS at UBC, before a job at the John W. Scott Health Sciences Library at the University of Alberta lured Peter from Vancouver to Edmonton back in 1986. After four years at the University, Peter spent over 10 years developing, expanding and managing the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Library. Peter Schoenberg joined the Edmonton Public Library in 2000 as the manager of Virtual Services. Since then he has been manager of Information Services, eServices and now Digital Literacy and Web Services. In 2013, his group was asked to bring a Makerspace to life at EPL.
PRATIM SENGUPTA, University of Calgary Pratim Sengupta is the Imperial Oil Foundation Research Chair in STEM education at the University of Calgary’s Werklund School of Education and directs the Mind, Matter & Media Lab (m3lab.org). Until recently, he was a professor at Vanderbilt University, where he co-founded and chaired the Learning Sciences PhD program. He is the recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for his research on developing open-ended, agent-based programming languages for STEM education. His current design projects include a) the design of public learning environments for open-source, highly interactive computing, and b) the design of open computing platforms for musical composition and modeling complex phenomena. One of his previous projects involved designing a crowd-sourced, social network visualization platform for artists, and it was installed at the Cullman Research Gallery at the Museum of Modern Art, NYC in 2014. A traveler across disciplines, he has published in (and continues to publish in) diverse fields: computer science, learning sciences, complex systems, education and physics.
DANIEL SHEEHAN, MIT Libraries Daniel Sheehan is a GIS programmer and analyst and leads the MIT GIS Services group. He has helped people process and visualize spatial and tabular data with GIS in the MIT GIS Lab, in the classroom, and out in the field for the past 15 years. Daniel is a member of the MIT Libraries Data Visualization Interest Group. He is also a member of the Data Visualization Working Group, which was charged with determining the data visualization needs of the MIT community and how the MIT Libraries might help meet those needs. He spent the decade prior to coming to MIT helping researchers use GIS at the Woods Hole Lab of the National Marine Fisheries Service and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. CAROL SHEPSTONE, Mount Royal University Carol Shepstone has been working in academic libraries for more than 18 years and is currently University Librarian at Mount Royal University in Calgary, one of Canada’s most student and teaching focused undergraduate universities. She spends much of her time these days leading the internal planning and development process for the University’s Riddell Library and Learning Centre and is particularly enjoying leading a team of outstanding staff, faculty and colleagues through a complex restructuring and service integration process. Her research interests include organizational culture, student perceptions of the value of academic libraries, library assessment and impact in higher education, and intellectual property.
ELLIOTT SHORE, Association of Research Libraries In January, 2013 Elliott Shore took on the role of Executive Director of the Association of Research Libraries, a nonprofit organization of 124 research libraries at comprehensive, research-extensive institutions in the US and Canada that share similar research missions, aspirations, and achievements. In 1997, he joined Bryn Mawr College in 1997 as Director of Libraries and Professor of History. He served the previous twelve years as a library director at the Institute for Advanced Study, a post he assumed in 1985, just after he was awarded his Ph.D. in History from Bryn Mawr College. Dr. Shore received his M.S. in Library Science from Drexel University and he earned his M.A. in International History at the London School of Economics. Dr. Shore worked in a number of different library roles at Temple University from 1973 to 1984, where he also earned his B.A. He has taught history and library science at various colleges and universities, including the University of Illinois, the New School for Social Research, Rutgers University and at University of Cologne, where he spent a year as a Senior Fulbright scholar. He has published books and articles in the history of advertising, the history of publishing, of radicalism, of German-America and of restaurants. In 2001, he was named Chief Information Officer of Bryn Mawr College and began to work as a senior Presidential Fellow at the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). He was instrumental in the rebuilding and restoring of two historic libraries in Philadelphia: the Annenberg Research Institute’s Library (formerly Dropsie College, now part of the University of Pennsylvania) and the Joseph Horner Library of the German Society of Pennsylvania. He has helped to establish a Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at CLIR that has helped more than 150 recent Ph.D.s to begin hybrid career roles in the academy and is co-dean of the Leading Change Institute. He serves on the board of the American Council on Education.
JOHN SOULELES, DIALOG John Souleles is an associate and project architect with DIALOG, an integrated architecture, engineering, interior design, planning, urban design, and landscape architecture firm with studios in Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver. He has worked on a diverse range of projects with a focus on libraries in the 21st century; academic and public institutions. In particular, his interest lies in the evolution of modern libraries and the distinctions between academic, public and research model libraries. John is project architect for the Riddell Library and Learning Centre at Mount Royal University and numerous branch revitalizations within the Calgary Public Library system. As a LEED® Accredited Professional, he has a keen interest in sustainable design and sits on several committees that further the sustainable discussion within DIALOG. John has presented at industry conferences including the Green Building Symposium and Construct Calgary Conference.
LYNN TAYLOR, University of Calgary Lynn Taylor is the Vice-Provost (Teaching and Learning) at the University of Calgary, continuing her career focus on building teaching and learning capacity at the postsecondary level. In this role, it was Lynn’s privilege to guide the design of the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning alongside students, faculty, staff and the architects, engineers and project managers who helped us realize our dream. Lynn’s practice and scholarship interests include teaching and learning in higher education, educational development, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and academic leadership.
TINA THOMAS, Edmonton Public Library Tina Thomas is the Executive Director of Strategy & Innovation at the Edmonton Public Library where she leads technology services, research and assessment, marketing, fund development and is responsible for leading system-wide teams in implementing the EPL Business Plan and other organizational priorities. She joined EPL in spring 2009 after 14 years in the private sector. She has experience in a broad base of business disciplines including product and solution marketing, strategy, market analysis, and business development. She holds an executive MBA from Queen’s University, a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Alberta, and a CPA-CMA professional accounting designation. Tina was the main champion and leader behind EPL’s award-winning rebranding project. In 2013, she was named Capital Communicator of the Year by the International Association of Business Communicators, Edmonton Chapter. In 2011, she was honored as a Library Journal "Mover and Shaker" as well as one of the Top 40 under 40 by Avenue Magazine. At one point she could say “Do you have these shoes in size eight?” in more than six languages. Tina is also easily bribed with dark chocolate.
JOHN ULMSCHNEIDER, Virginia Commonwealth University John Ulmschneider is University Librarian for Virginia Commonwealth University. VCU’s research libraries hold nationally-distinguished collections in comic arts, book arts, medical realia, and the sciences, as well as one of Virginia’s leading collections documenting the LGBT community and minority and activist communities in 20th century Virginia. Among other commitments, Mr. Ulmschneider is a member of the Steering Committee for the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), which leads national efforts to reform scholarly publishing practice; a member of the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) Steering Committee; co-chair of the Legislative Committee of the Virginia Library Association; and past president of the Richmond Academic Library Consortium (RALC). Mr. Ulmschneider also served for 8 years as a Trustee of the Richmond Public Library Board and was Chair of the Board from 2006-2008. He was recognized by the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science as a Distinguished Alumnus in December 2011. He holds the B.A. from the University of Virginia and the Master of Science in Library Science from UNC-Chapel Hill.
JOHAN (JAY) VERSPYCK, Shepley Bulfinch Jay Verspyck is a design leader at Shepley Bulfinch and brings over 25 years of design experience as an architect for both academic and healthcare projects. With an interest in the way broader contextual issues inform and shape the built environment, he seeks to create buildings that reflect the unique qualities of a specific locale and program, while embracing social, cultural, and economic forces. Current academic projects include the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda, the Davidson College Master Plan and Science Building, and the Library Master Plan for McGill University. Recently completed projects include the design of VCU’s Cabell Library and the Center for Design Engineering and Commerce at Philadelphia University. Born in Toronto, he attended the University of Toronto and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Master's Degree in Architecture in 1984. From 1990 to 2000 he lived and practiced in France before moving to Boston. He is active in the Society for College and University Planning and Boston Society of Architects.
TIMOTHY WATERS, The Sextant Group Timothy Waters is a Principal Consultant for The Sextant Group. For over 21 years, Tim has served as thought leader, designer, and manager with the discipline, zeal, and expertise required for programming, design, and construction oversight of advanced projects involving sophisticated technology and acoustic requirements. Utilizing his project management and collaboration skills, he assembles and leads teams to help navigate clients through significant technology changes to align spaces, infrastructure, and systems with business and pedagogical objectives. His passion for unified communications and telepresence technologies is matched by his persistence in seeking best value solutions for his clients.
DAVID WOODBURY, North Carolina State University David Woodbury is a Librarian in the Learning Spaces and Services department at North Carolina State University Libraries. He manages technology-rich learning spaces at NCSU Libraries including makerspaces, digital media labs, virtual reality exploration spaces, and collaborative computing areas. He leads several key initiatives including an expansive student-focused workshop series and the NCSU Libraries’ technology lending program. He was a member of the Learning Space Toolkit development team (learningspacetoolkit.org), an IMLS-funded resource to assist planners with informal learning space design projects. He received his MSIS from the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science. Libraries and Cultural Resources University of Calgary
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