Curriculum Vitae Jonathan M. Helmke [email protected] 3021 Hudson St. Nacogdoches, TX 75961 (563) 581-1713 Education • Master of Library Science, Indiana University – Bloomington, December 1997. • Bachelor of Arts, Majors in Political Science and Business Administration, Wartburg College, May 1996. • Completed 18 hours towards MBA degree, Butler University, Spring 2003 – Fall 2004. Courses taken: Accounting, Finance, Marketing, and Statistics. Career Profile Director, November 2019 -; Interim Director, June 2019 – Oct 2019; Associate Director for Library Information Services, Stephen F. Austin State University, July 2016 – present. • Revised the library’s mission and vision statements and strategic plan to demonstrate how the library impacts student learning outcomes and institutional goals. Developed a working paper for the Provost on how the library provides expertise to help the University achieve enrollment and retention goals. This working paper was included in a report given to the Board of Regents. • Provide leadership to implement activities from the strategic plan. This includes developing space modifications for the group study rooms to meet the student needs for collaborative and flexible spaces, working with the Student Government Association to help develop a plan for 24x4 access to the library, and developing a library faculty professional development working group to promote research and contributions to the profession through publications, presentations, and other service opportunities. • Provide leadership in revising or creating new positions to increase engagement with students, faculty, and staff. For example, a “Depository Librarian” position was created in order to meet the demand for the use of ScholarWorks and address scholarly communication issues. • Provide leadership to three departments, Research and Instructional Services, East Texas Research Center, and the Center for Digital Scholarship by coordinating and implementing several projects including the creation of a new position, Records Manager, implementation of the integration of electronic theses and dissertations into the institutional repository, selection of a digital preservation program through the Texas Digital Library, and the development of faculty workshops to promote the value of contributing to the institutional repository. I also coordinated the projects that will help Dual Credit instructors and students learn about library services. • Provide curriculum/instruction and reference services to the College of Business. This includes creating and developing a program with faculty to help students with research, reading, and writing skills. This program includes personalized intentional instructional sessions to allow students to consult with a librarian on various projects. Also partnering with accounting faculty to integrate research and writing skills in a tax course. • Provide leadership for library assessment activities including student learning outcomes and implementing a model for library outcomes assessment. • Develop and revise budgets with the library director to meet the needs of the University community. This includes managing print and electronic material and professional development budgets. • Developed partnerships with various campus units including the Office for Career and Professional Development, College of Business, and Student Affairs to provide career development programming including resume writing and improving interviewing skills. • Developed a partnership with the Undergraduate Research Club to develop a support system for undergraduate research projects. • Provided leadership to develop a post-tenure policy and improve the reporting software that is used by library faculty for evaluation and tenure/promotion decisions. • Developed a library marketing plan that included the revision of the library’s website, creation of the library’s display for Showcase Saturday, a University recruitment event, and expansion of the social media presence and student programming including Finals Week events and space for service learning activities. Assistant Director for Technical Services and Library Systems, University of Dubuque, February 2006 – July 2016; University Archivist, 2011 – 2016. • Provided leadership to Technical Services by coordinating and implementing several projects including Data Central to improve the data collection and organization process of library statistics, JTACQ to improve the acquisitions' workflow and to allow faculty, students, and staff to recommend titles online for the library's book and multimedia collections, Horizon (ILS System) database cleanup, and the development of the “Buy Not Borrow” Interlibrary Loan program to improve efficiency and the collection. • Supervised three staff members in the areas of Cataloging, Serials, and Acquisitions. Worked with staff on various projects including acquisitions workflow, serial holdings, authority record cleanup, original cataloging, and creating various library holding reports including reporting print and electronic resource statistics for internal and external organizations (i.e. accreditation reports). • Coordinated the implementation of a new ILS system, WorldShare. Migrated data, implemented circulation policies and other system variables, implemented the Discovery interface for the public, integrated ILLIAD to help with ILL processing, and adapted a web-based labeling system to help get materials to the University community. • Provided leadership by coordinating and managing projects in relation to the University Archives including digitization projects and developing policies and providing reference and instructional services. Digitization projects included DigitalUD (Institutional Repository), Journals@DigitalUD (Wendt Character Education journal, Character and …), and Exhibits@DigitalUD. • Created and implemented an oral history program. Conducted oral interviews as part of the exhibits: Ahead of the Curve: 100 Years of African American History at the University of Dubuque, Fulfilling Promise: The First Century in McCormick Gym, and the 2015 Homecoming exhibit for the Thirteener reunion. • Developed and taught a three credit course on oral histories with Dr. Brian Hallstoos (Fall 2014). Students in the course conducted oral histories for the project, Voices Ahead of the Curve. This project recorded stories of African American alumni and current students. • Developed and taught a three credit course on archival research with Dr. Brian Hallstoos (January 2014). Students in the course created an exhibit, Fulfilling Promise: The First Century in McCormick Gym, to celebrate the anniversary of the gymnasium. Coordinated activities to engage students in various types of archives. • Accepted into the Council of Independent Colleges’ Consortium on Teaching and Learning Resources grant program to provide digital access to interviews and related documentation from the oral history program. • Provided curriculum/instruction and reference services to the Aviation, Business, Computer Science, Education, and Health, Wellness & Sport departments. This included creating and developing a program with the Writing Center and Aviation faculty to help develop the research and writing skills of Aviation students and creating an effective poster for academic poster sessions conducted throughout the academic year. Also developed a reading program for a leadership course to encourage critical reading skills in the business environment and partnered with accounting faculty to integrate research and writing skills in an introductory course concerning ethical issues in accounting. • Coordinated the implementation of the new books e-mail service to promote new additions to the collection. • Maintained the WorldShare, Horizon ILS and ILLIAD systems. Provided Horizon support to UD and Wartburg Seminary Library staffs. • Coordinated re-design of library's website with the library's web committee and University Web Editor. • Coordinated with library staff and Dr. Brian Hallstoos on the development of the YOU-D assignment and the student exhibits for the World Civilization II course. • Developed and implemented in conjunction with J.W. Morton and Associates the Straatmeyer History Display. This display highlighted the University’s history. This display won the Best of Category and Gold Awards in the American Advertising Awards program. • Implemented a new online journal management system and Open URL link resolver. • Developed and implemented a library toolbar for UDTS faculty and students. • Developed a partnership with Charles Barland and Michael Willis on implementing streaming music using the Mediasite software and the NAXOS database. • Worked with University Librarian and Assistant Director for Public Services on various projects including collection development departmental allocations, Seminary Distance Education programs, E-Reserves, physical inventory of the collection, and implementation of the library’s goals and objectives. • Participated in the Library’s planning process to develop and determine goals and objectives to be carried out by the library. • Worked with librarians on developing the RES 104 information literacy programs and other information literacy initiatives. Coordinated development and implementation of the RES104 course website to provide instructional support for RES104 students and instructors. • Provided instruction and reference services to students, staff, and faculty including RES104, EN102, and COM101. • Developed print, multimedia,