Jennifer L. Pate [email protected] UNA Box 5028 Florence, AL 35632 256-765-4625 Education University of Alabama Master of Library and Information Sciences Florida Atlantic University Bachelor of Arts, Communication Work Experience University of North Alabama (8/2017 – Present) Collier Library, Scholarly Communications and Instruction Librarian Responsibilities include: ● Building and launching UNA’s Institutional Repository (IR) ○ Liaising with bepress to design and implement all facets of the IR ○ Liaising with library and IT faculty and staff to support technological needs for the IR, including link resolvers, URL redirects, and metadata schema ○ Working with library faculty to increase awareness and understanding of the IR by creating and providing information and materials to present to their liaison departments ○ Working with the University Provost’s Office and the Office of Communication and Marketing to ensure that the IR reflects the University’s vision for both academic goals and design ○ Acquiring content for the IR by meeting with faculty, department heads, and deans ● Founding member of UNA’s OER ad-hoc working group to facilitate implementation of OER Serving as the point person for copyright and open access information ● Developing, delivering, and assessing information literacy instruction for First Year Experience and First-Year Writing classes ● Developing learning objects for classroom instruction Faculty liaison and collection development for the Department of English and the Department of Foreign Languages ● Creating LibGuides for liaison areas and for Scholarly Communications ● Providing in-person, phone, online, and email research assistance to patrons University of North Alabama Adjunct Instruction First Year Experience Seminar (Fall 2018, Fall 2019) ● Developing rubrics and content for face-to-face instruction ● Focus on acclimating students to the university environment HI 515/HI 415 - Digital Collections Management ● Developing rubrics and content for asynchronous online instruction in Canvas ● Assessing student understanding of digital collections and metadata, including Dublin Core, MODS, VRA, as well as understanding using XML University of Alabama Libraries (2/2016 – 7/2017) Gorgas Information Services, Research and Instructional Services Librarian Responsibilities include: ● Developing, delivering, and assessing information literacy instruction for Academic Potential (FYE) and First-Year Writing classes ● Developing learning objects for classroom instruction using Camtasia, PowToon, PowerPoint, Prezi, Padlet, Canva, and other programs ● Faculty liaison and collection development for Modern Languages and Classics. Library and Information Science, Student Support Services for incoming first-generation college students, Alabama REACH program, and Veterans and Military Affairs ● Creating LibGuides for liaison areas ● Providing in person, phone, online, and email research assistance to patrons ● Generating and updating content for Ask-A-Librarian, one of our online resources for student queries ● Planning, coordinating, and executing Week of Welcome activities for UA Libraries ● Planning, organizing, advertising, and scheduling our 24/7 hours at Gorgas Library during study and finals weeks each Spring and Fall semester ● Generating monthly statistical reports for library instruction assessment University of Alabama Libraries (11/2011 – 1/2016) Gorgas Information Services, Library Assistant III Responsibilities include: ● Hiring, scheduling, training, and supervising graduate student employees ● Library instruction and tours for incoming freshmen compass courses ● Liaison with Student Support Services for incoming first generation college students ● Staffing Gorgas Information Services (GIS) desk ● Staffing “Research Rescue” student support desk ● Preparing biweekly payroll for all GIS student employees (8-10 employees each semester) ● Managing both payroll and supplies budget for GIS US Department of State (10/2007 – 06/2009) Community Liaison Coordinator, US Embassy Muscat, Oman Responsibilities include: ● Working with the Ambassador to make sure Embassy staff and family needs were being met ● Orienting new staff and family members to the Embassy and country ● Maintaining and updating information resource centers and State Department resources and Military One Source materials ● Working with Embassy staff during a Vice Presidential visit and numerous Congressional delegation and Cabinet member visits ● Liaising with the directors of the American International School of Muscat and the American British Academy to discuss issues or concerns Internship U.S. State Department Virtual Student Foreign Service (VSFS) – August 2014-April 2015 Assigned to work with the State Department-sponsored American Corners (AC) Library in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Conducted 1-2 Skype sessions per month with patrons of the AC Library, discussing a wide range of topics including American holidays, civil rights, online learning opportunities, and international education. Contributed to the social media efforts of the VSFS program with Tajikistan. Grants ACHE/ACCS OER Grant for PSY 210/ED 299, Principal Investigators: Dr. J. Mitchell, J. Pate, Dr. N. Lindsey, and Dr. L. Whitten. Grant award for research, selection, adoption, and assessment of Open Educational Resources for a core class in the College of Education and Human Sciences Library Innovation Grant: Library Box, Principal Investigator, M. Pearce. Partners: J. Gilbreath and J. Pate. Awarded $400 from UA Libraries to purchase LibraryBox v. 2.0, a small standalone webserver that acts like a captive portal and delivers stored files to users of various devices (tablets, smartphones, laptops) without requiring users to login. These are used at both the Information Services desk and in classroom instruction to deliver files to students. Workshops Malone. D. & Pate, J. Escaping Boring Activities and Gaming them for Excitement: Setting up an Escape Room for Learning. Presented at the Education Research and In-Service Center at the University of North Alabama on July 17, 2018 and July 16, 2019. Selected Publications and Presentations Publications Pate, J., Townsend, D., & McGee, J. (2019/2020). Coordinating OER Efforts Across a Mid-Sized College Campus, International Journal of Open Educational Resources, 2(1): 209-226. Pate, J. (2018). Using “NASIG Core Competencies for Scholarly Communication Librarians” as a Framework to Develop Campus Support and Use of a New Institutional Repository, The Serials Librarian, 76:1-4, 191- 194, DOI: 10.1080/0361526X.2019.1551038 Pate, J. & Malone, D. (2018). Beyond Reinventing the Library Scavenger Hunt: Teaching Library Literacy to FYE Students Using an Escape Room. LOEX Quarterly. 44(4). https://commons.emich.edu/loexquarterly/vol44/iss4/4 Pate, J. & England, E. (2016) EDS, Fava Beans, and a Nice Chianti: Searching the Library’s Catalog to Locate Tantalizing Topics within the Collection. In N. Fawley & N. Krysak (Eds.), The Discovery Tool Cookbook: Recipes for Successful Lesson Plans. Association of Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association. Conference Presentations Pate, J. & Malone, D. (2020). Utilizing an Escape Room Game to Reduce Library Anxiety. 39th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience. Washington, D.C., February 22, 2020 (Accepted). Malone, D., Colding, L., Pate, J., & Glatthaar, P. (2019). Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About…Textbook Affordability and OER. Charleston Conference. Charleston, South Carolina, November 7, 2019. Pate, J., Leonard, R., & Quinnell, K. (2019). A Springboard to OER Success: How One State’s Higher Education Agencies and Academic Libraries are Working in Tandem to Create Greater Awareness of the Value of OER. Charleston Conference. Charleston, South Carolina, November 6, 2019. Pate, J., Townsend, D., & McGee, J. (2019). Working Across Departments: Successful Scaffolding of an OER Program. The 16th Annual Open Education Conference. Phoenix, Arizona, October 30, 2019. Pate, J., Townsend, D. & Mitchell, J. (2019) Getting on the Same Page: The Importance of IR Documentation. Southern Miss Institutional Repository Conference. Hattiesburg, Mississippi, April 25, 2019. Pate, J., England, E., Gilbreath, J., Boucher, A., Johnson, K. & Eastman, K. (2018). Picking Up the Slack: Creating Feedback and Idea Creation Networks for Librarians at Different Institutions. American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. June 23, 2018. Pate, J. (2018). Using NASIG Core Competencies for Scholarly Communication Librarians as a Framework to Develop Campus Support and Use of a New Institutional Repository. North American Serials Interest Group Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. June 2018. Pate, J. & Malone, D. (2018). Beyond Reinventing the Library Scavenger Hunt: teaching Library Literacy to First- Year Experience Students Using an Escape Room. LOEX Annual Conference, Houston, Texas. May 5, 2018. Pate, J. (2017). Five Tips in Five Minutes. LITA Lightning Talk, LITA Forum, Denver, Colorado. November, 2017. Pate, J. and England, E. (2016). The University of Alabama Libraries and Student Support Services Partnership: Non-Traditional Outreach to Academic Support Programs. Atlanta Area Bibliographic Instruction Group Conference. Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia. June 10, 2016. Poster Presentations Pate, J. (2019). Building campus support and adoption of a new repository. 14th International Open Repositories Conference, Hamburg, Germany. June 2019. Pate, J. (2018). If you