Accomplishments: University Libraries

Chelsea Heinbach (Libraries) is the co-author of a paper, "Use and Reuse of Visual Resources in Student Papers and Presentations," published in the journal The Electronic Library.
Marina Georgieva (Libraries) had an article, "Digitization Workflows: Streamlining the Digitization Process and Distinguishing the Peculiarities in Capturing Various Archival Materials," published in the journal Against the Grain.
Laurel Lamb (Libraries) recently presented at the Academic Library Advancement and Development Network 2019 conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Her presentation was titled "Join the Club: Renewal Appeals for Donor Retention and Transformation." In addition, she participated in a panel discussion on the topic of donor stewardship. 
Su Kim Chung, Marina Georgieva, Sarah Jones, Emily Lapworth, and Cyndi Shein (all Libraries) presented at the joint conference of the Society of Southwest Archivists and the Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists. Chung, head of special collections and archives public services, presented with colleagues from…
Cyrus Ford (Libraries) presented "Increasing Discoverability, Access, and Circulation of Objects (Equipment and Realia) in Libraries" during the Northern California Technical Processes Group annual meeting earlier this month.
Jeffrey Berkbigler (Libraries) has been selected to attend the American Library Association's Leadership Institute, Leading to the Future, this August in Oak Brook, Illinois. The institute offers participants the opportunity to delve into leadership practices, concepts, and frameworks and to shape their leadership vision and ethos. 
Peter Michel, Jimmy Chang, Karla Irwin, and Tammi Kim (all Libraries) recently presented at the Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists and Society of Southwest Archivists 2019 Joint Annual Meeting in Tucson, Arizona. The participants all presented on an educational session titled Learning From Las Vegas: Documenting the…
Hilla Sang (Libraries) was selected as the recipient of the University Libraries' 2019 Spring Inspirational Customer Service Award. She was nominated for her work supporting web scraping, text analysis, curriculum planning, and data visualization for a wide variety of library users across campus. In addition, Sang is part of a GIS…
Mark Lenker, Francesca Marineo, and John Watts (all Libraries) recently presented at LOEX 2019 in Minneapolis. Marineo presented a session titled Beyond the Shallows: Motivating Students to Dive Headfirst into the Vast Information Ocean.  Watts presented Building a Philosophy for Emerging Research Services with Joshua Vossler…
Kathryn Houk (Libraries) has been nationally recognized by the Medical Library Association for earning the Level 1 Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) certificate. Earning a CHIS certificate shows commitment to offering quality consumer health information services and to staying current with developments in consumer health…
Brooks Whittaker, Sarah Jones, and Cyndi Shein (all Libraries) presented at the Society of California Archivists Annual General Meeting. Whittaker presented the poster “Hide and Seek: Uncovering and Assessing Audiovisual Materials." Jones joined archivists from UC Berkeley in presenting the panel “Still Taking Stock and Making Hay: Practical…
Kathryn Houk (Libraries) is a lead author on a chapter about graphic medicine called "Comics in the Clinic" in the book, Comics and Critical Librarianship: Reframing the Narrative in Academic Libraries.