Mschnirring

Introductory Bio

Currently, I am the Associate Vice-President / Scholarship Technology Officer at Occidental College, responsible for ensuring the appropriate mix of information resources, technologies, and services to support faculty and students in achieving their teaching, learning, and research goals. Previously, I was the Director, Center for Digital Learning & Research ('09-'10) and Instructional Services Librarian ('06-'09). A graduate of the 2009 Frye Leadership Institute and the 2007 ACRL Information Literacy Immersion Program, I received my MLIS in 2005 from San Jose State University and a BA in English from California State University, Fullerton in 2003. Presently, I am a member of the EDUCAUSE Advisory Committee on Teaching and Learning (ACTL) and have also served as a NITLE Advisory Board member (2012-2013), ISIS Programming Committee Member (2011-2012), ELI Advisory Board member (2009-2012) and Chair of CARL SCIL (2010-2011).

Presentations

Collaborative Presentations

Change(D) Agents: Library Leaders Who Love Instruction (CARL Conference, IG Showcase, 2014)
Culture, Collaboration, & Change: IT/Library Partnerships that Work (CLAC 2013)
Other Duties As Assigned: The Perils and the Possibilities of a Major Building Renovation Project (CLAC 2013)
ISIS: No Cost, High Quality, Collaborative Professional Development (CLAC 2012)
Granting Collaboration, What's Next? (NITLE Symposium 2012)
Transitioning to a Leadership Role: The First 90 Days and Beyond (EDUCAUSE 2012)
Revolution in the Library: Remixing Roles, Resources, and Renovations (ACRL 2011)
Digital Scholarship Seminar: Oxy's Mellon-Supported Digital Scholarship Summer Institute for Faculty (NITLE Digital Scholarship Seminar Series, 2010)
Google Wave: Collaboration and Communication in a New Space (ELI 2010)
Web 2.0 approaches to IL (ACRL Second Life Panel Discussion, 2009)
Teaching in a Teahouse: LOEX 2007 Conference Session Reprise (a Second Life presentation with Esther Grassian, 2007)

Solo Presentations

Sampling the Future with Occidental College (CLAC 2012)
Zotero Jockeying as a Pedagogical Practice, or Getting into Participatory Scholarship (Chapman University/Leatherby Libraries Summer Teaching Retreat, 2011)
Futuring Information Literacy (CARL SCIL Works 2009); Zotero: Next Gen Research (California Library Association Annual Conference, 2008)
Librarian as Avatar: A Second Life for You? (SCELC Colloquium III, 2008)

Other Tidbits

Before becoming a librarian and entering higher education, I:

worked in corporate IT, for a variety of companies, providing 1st and 2nd level tech support and training end-users
trained as a Montessori teacher
managed bookstores for both B.Dalton and Walden

Outside of work, I am an avid golfer, reader, and serenity seeker!

I have decided to become a contributor to Wikipedia, in tribute to Adrianne Wadewitz, with whom I had the great, good fortune to work for two years. [TooFew]