I am the Library Director at the Hoover Library, McDaniel College. I received a BA in Communications from Gannon University, and my MLS from the University of Pittsburgh. I began at McDaniel as the Head of Technical Services and E-Resources Librarian. Prior to coming to McDaniel, I was Collection Development/Digital Resources Management Librarian at the George T. Harrell Health Sciences Library, Penn State Hershey, and the Electronic Services Librarian, Clifford E. Barbour Library, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. I began my professional career at St. Francis Medical Center (Pittsburgh) as Director of the School of Nursing Library, later as Director of Library Services. . I have presented at the Charleston Conference, the Pennsylvania Library Association, the Medical Library Association, the Towson Conference for Academic Libraries (TCAL), and the Congress of Academic Library Directors (CALD/MD).
Education
- 1991
- M.L.S.; University of Pittsburgh
- 1987
- B.A., Communications, Gannon University, Erie, PA
Research Interests
My experience and research has concentrated on library operations and management, collection development, systems, and electronic resources.