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spacer spacer Irene M.H. Herold
Curriculum Vitae
603-358-2736 (work)
iherold@keene.edu


Educational Background:

May 2007-present
Ph.D. Candidate in Managerial Leadership in the Information Professions, Simmons College, Boston, Massachussetts.

July 2004
Master of Art in History, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois. Thesis title: "Hope on, hope ever: Josephine Garis Cochran and the Dish-Washing Machine."

August 2003
ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard Institutes for Higher Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

June 1992
Master of Librarianship, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

1985
Fifth Year in Secondary Education resulting in Continuing Certificate Elementary and Secondary Teacher for the State of Washington.

June 1982
Bachelor of Arts, Major - English, Concentration – Behavioral Science, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.


Library and Higher Education Employment:

October 2007-present
Dean of the Library, Mason Library, Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire. Expanded responsibilities with Academic Technology since February 2007 reflected in title change.

January 2002-September 2007
Director, Mason Library, Keene State College. Led the library through a renovation, revisioning information literacy and the library instruction program, re-designing the library's web site, and formalizing the library's archives and special collections. Responsible for all library operations, budgets, and staffing. Represent the library on campus, in the community, the state, region, and nationally.

Fall 1999
Instructor, Daniel Webster College, Nashua, New Hampshire: Course DW 101, a freshmen seminar/orientation course.

July 1998-December 2001
Director of the Anne Bridge Baddour Library, Daniel Webster College, Nashua, New Hampshire. Duties include: Grant writing, budgeting, personnel, administering and overseeing daily operations, long range planning, fundraising, and training. Represent library at Academic Assembly, Faculty Senate and Academic Affairs meetings. Also participate in library instruction program and some reference duty. Migrated to Innovative Interfaces, in the planning phase of a capital campaign for renovation, and instrumental in bringing personnel on board to assist with emerging instructional technologies campus-wide, including the creation of a multimedia lab and staff which report to the library director.

1996-1998
Creator and co-instructor with English Department Faculty, Monmouth College, Monmouth Illinois: Course English 233 one credit Research Methods for English Majors enrolled in a required survey course.

July 1992-June 1998
Public Services Librarian, Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois.
Areas of responsibility:

1995-1998 Bibliographic Instruction, Government Documents, Reference including collection development and budget, and Library Systems Administrator. Supervised up to two para-professionals, multiple student workers, and oversaw reference and bibliographic instruction work of the other professional librarians. Trained new staff members in circulation, serials, cataloging and interlibrary loan.
11/95-1/96 Acting Director.
1993-1994 Bibliographic Instruction, Government Documents, Reference, Serials check in and claims.
1992 Bibliographic Instruction, Circulation, Government Documents.

April-June 1992
Adjunct Faculty, City University, Seattle, Washington: Course ED502 "Accessing Educational Information."

March-June 1992
Student Reference Assistant, University of Washington Engineering Library.


Public and Private Secondary Education Employment:

1990-1991
Eighth Grade Block Teacher, Everett School District, Everett, Washington: language arts, reading and American history.

1989-1990
Teacher, German-American Institute, Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany: taught English to German speaking adults and youth.

1982-1988
Secondary School Teacher, Everett School District: high school English and drama, 1988; eighth grade block and challenge program, 1983-1988; seventh grade block, 1982-1983.


Professional Activities:

National Offices and Committees

2011-20115
ACRL Board Director-At-Large

2009
Member, ALA/ACRL Greenwood Publishing Award Jury

2009 & 2011
Member, ALA/ACRL Academic and Research Librarian of the Year Award committee

2007-2011
Vice Chair/Chair/Past Chair (2 terms as Past Chair), College Libraries Section of ACRL/ALA

2005
Member, grant review panel, National Science Foundation's National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Digital Library (NSDL)

2005-2007 & 2010-2011
Member, ALA/ACRL/LPSS Marta Lange award committee

2004-2006
Chair, ALA/ACRL/CLS Program Planning Committee 2006

2004-2007
Co-convener, ALA/ACRL/CLS College Library Director's Discussion Group

2004-2006
Member, Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC) Conference Planning Committee and chair of Library Planning Subcommittee; ongoing chair of library committee.

2004-2006
Chair, COPLAC Library Committee

2003-2005
Member, ALA/ACRL/LPSS 2005 Conference Program Planning Committee

Regional Committees

2004, 2005, 2007 & 2011
Member, site visit accreditation teams for New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), multiple campuses

2003-2004
Member, ACRL/New England Chapter Spring 2004 Conference Program Planning Committee and conference breakout session moderator

Statewide Offices and Committees:

2003-2009
Elected representative, University System of New Hampshire (USNH), Information Technology Coordinating Council (ITCC) Long Range Technology Plan, from the USNH library directors' group

2003-2006
Chair and founder, NHCUC (New Hampshire College and University Council) Leadership Mentoring Program. Includes a half day workshop and a full year Mentoring and job shadowing program.

2002-2003
Alternate representative, NHCUC (New Hampshire College and University Council) Libraries’ Committee to New Hampshire Automated Information Services (NHAIS)

2000-2001
Chair, NHCUC Libraries’ Committee, with duties including negotiating consortia-wide database licensing

2000-2001
Representative, NHCUC Libraries’ Committee to NECCO (New England Consortium of Consortia Organization) and NHCUC Distance Education Committee, a sub-committee of the NHCUC Information Technology Committee

2000
Vice Chair, NHCUC Libraries’ Committee

1997-1998
Member, Illinet Government Depository Coordinating Council

1997-1998
Manager, Illinois Library Association GODORT Forum

1996-1997
Manager-elect, Illinois Library Association GODORT Forum

1996-1997
Member, Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries Bibliographic Instruction Discussion Group

1994-1995
Secretary, Illinois Library Association GODORT Forum

1993-1998
Coordinator and founder of the 17th Congressional District Federal Depository Librarians

Campus Committees

2010-present
Member, campus American Democracy Project, Keene State College

2008-2010
Member, NEASC Committee Standard 10 Public Disclosure, Keene State College

June-July 2009
Chair, search committee for the Associate Director of Alumni and Parent Relations, Keene State College

2008-present
Facilitator and member, Academic Technology Leadership Team, Keene State College

2008
Chair, search committee for the Director of Sponsored Projects and Research, Keene State College

2008-present
Member, Enterprise Information Systems Steering Committee, Keene State College

2007-2008
Member, Dean of Professional and Graduate Studies Search Committee, Keene State College

2006-2007
Co-chair, Centennial Steering Committee, Keene State College

2007-2008
Member, E-portfolio planning committee, Keene State College and USNH e-portfolio committee

2006
Member, E-portfolio study committee, Keene State College

2005-2006
Elected member, Provost's Search Committee, Keene State College

2005-present
Provost's liaison, Academic Technology Steering Committee, formerly Academic Technology Committee, Keene State College

2004-present
Member, Facilities Planning Advisory Committee, Keene State College

2004-present
Member, College Information Technology Committee, Keene State College

2004-2006
Member, Institutional Identity Committee, Keene State College

2004-present
Ex-officio member, Integrative Studies Program Board, formerly committee (replacing General Education Committee), Keene State College

2002-present
Member, Academic Affairs Council, formerly Dean's Council, Keene State College

2002-2005
Member, President's Council (disbanded in 2005), Keene State College

2003-2005
Member, Assessment Committee, Keene State College

2004-2006
Member, President's Commission on Diversity and Multiculturalism Committee, one of two administrative staff representing Academic Affairs

2003-2004
Member, President's Commission on Diversity and Multiculturalism Subcommittee, Keene State College

2003-2004
Member, ISII Ad Hoc Committee, Keene State College

2002-2003
Co-chair, Search Committee for Director of Sponsored Projects and Research, Keene State College

2000-2001
Member, Judicial Board, Daniel Webster College

1999-2000
Secretary, Academic Assembly, Daniel Webster College

1999-2000
Member, Distance Education Committee, Daniel Webster College

1998-2001
Member, General Education Committee, Daniel Webster College

1998
Member, Technology Task Force, Monmouth College

1994-1996
Representative, Associated Colleges of the Midwest Women’s Concerns Committee Member and Monmouth College


Grants & Gifts:

2011
Receipt of Doris "Granny D" Haddock collection, from her heirs, Keene State College

2010
Receipt of Patricia Fargnoli collection, former New Hampshire Poet Laureate, Keene State College

2010
Receipt of Edith Chase collection, award winning author, from her heirs, Keene State College

2009
Anonymous gift toward special collections renovation project ($50,000), Keene State College

2009
Receipt of Edward Gorey collection, consisting of books and artworks from Robert P. Hubbard, Keene State College

2008
Receipt of artwork from collector Robert P. Hubbard's donation to the college. Pieces in Mason Library include an N.C. Wyeth, three Albert Hirschfeld original drawings, etchings, a bronze scuplture, and an Edward Gorey print

2007
Co-author of Davis Educational Foundation Grant for faculty development institutes as further implementation of new general education program (funded at $180,000 for three years), Keene State College

2007-2009
Co-author of New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation (NHHEAF) grant for joint records management and archives project for Keene State College and Franklin Pierce University (funded at $40,000), Keene State College

2005
Co-author, Davis Educational Foundation Grant for faculty development institutes as part of general education reform (funded at $233,834 for two years), Keene State College

2004
President's Council for a Sustainable Future Grant toward purchase prices of a server implementing print management ($500), Keene State College

2003
Monadnock Community Foundation Grant for software to create MARC format records from the local historical society, house museum, and art gallery in preparation for a joint web based catalog ($5013) - Keene State College

2002
Library Services and Technology Act Grant for collection development and computer equipment ($1500 each) – Daniel Webster College

2001
Cogswell Benevolent Foundation Grant for replacement books due to mold outbreak ($15,000) – Daniel Webster College

1999 & 2000
Davis Educational Foundation Grants included library components first for general education materials and second for materials in support of the new social science major ($10,000 and $16,000) – Daniel Webster College

2000
Raymond F. and Anne B. Baddour Foundation gift for computer furniture ($3000) – Daniel Webster College

1997
Library Services and Construction Act Illinois Federal Depository Libraries for computer CD-Rom tower and workstation - Monmouth College


Honors:

1998-present
Phi Alpha Theta International Honor Society in History

1993-present
Beta Phi Mu International Library and Information Science Honor Society

Awards:

1994
READEX/GODORT/ALA Catharine J. Reynolds Award


Publications:

2010
Herold, Irene. "Digital Archival Image Collections: Who Are the Users?" Behavioral & Social Science Librarian, Winter 2010, 29:4.

2010
Herold, Irene. "Mason Library: Gone Global." Keene State Today, Fall 2010, 27:1, p. 12-15.

2010
Herold, Irene. "Mason Library at Keene State College Engages with Faculty." LSPP News, Fall 2010, 26:1, 1-2.

2006
Herold, Irene. "Planning and Executing an Annual Library Lecture," Library Administration & Management, Summer 2006, 20:2 issue, p. 131-134.

2004
Herold, Irene. "Article Indexes: Targeted and Locally Created," College and Research Libraries News, 65:4 (April 2004) p. 202-203.

1999
Herold, Irene, et al. "Irene Herold" in "Additional Entries," What the OCLC Interlibrary Loan Service Means to Me: A Collection of Essays. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC Online Computer Center, Inc., 1999, p. 97.

1998
Herold, Irene, et al. “Effective Connections with Elected Officials: How to Contact Them, What to Expect, and How to Benefit -- Three Perspectives,” Illinois Libraries, 80:1, pp. 22-26.

1996
Herold, Irene, et al. “A Congressional District Level Documents Group: Empowerment at the Grassroots,” Documents to the People, 24:1, pp. 67-9.

1995
Herold, Irene. “You too can win a National Award!” Illinois Libraries, 77:1, pp. 35-9.

1993
Herold, Irene. “Government Documents and Bibliographic Instruction,” Illinois Libraries, 75:3, pp. 167-9.

Book Reviews

2003
Herold, Irene. Book Review. Janice Williams Rutherford, Selling Mrs. Consumer: Christine Frederick and the Rise of Household Efficiency, H-Women, h-Net Reviews, September 2003. URL: http://www.h- net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=99481069473050

1998
Herold, Irene. "Book Reviews: Social Sciences. Glorious Accidents: How Everyday Americans Create Thriving Companies." Library Journal, 123:18 (November 1, 1998) p. 106.

1995
Herold, Irene. "Book Reviews: Reference. Music, Dance, and Theatre Scholarships: A Complete Guide." Library Journal, 120:4 (March 1, 1995) p. 64.

1994
Herold, Irene. "Book Reviews: Arts & Humanities. Royal Academy of Dancing. Step-by-Step Ballet Class: The Official Illustrated Guide." Library Journal, 119:19 (November 15, 1994) p. 70.


Presentations:

June 2011
Co-presenter, "Triple Bottom Line Accounting," Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) program, "Return on Investment in a Tough Economy -- Defining the Value of the Academic Library," ALA Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA

February 2011
Invited presenter and workshop facilitator, Campus Commission for the Status of Women's retreat, Keene State College, on Vision 2020's Campaign for Equality

October 2010
Co-presenter, "Developing Relationships: Friend Raising to Fund Raising," New England Library Association Annual Conference, Boxborough, MA

October 2009
Panelist for two panels (one on mentoring, "When you need more than ruby slippers" and on one diversity, "We're not in Kansas anymore"), Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries Annual Conference, theme "Professional Development on a Shoestring," Dartmought College, Hannover, NH

August 2009
Invited presenter at New Faculty Orientation on "Copyright and Plagiarism," Keene State College, Keene, NH

August 2009
Invited presenter, two hour workshop with resident assistants on what is mentoring and facilitating a discussion of developing an RA mentoring program, Keene State College, Keene, NH

February 2009
Invited presenter, half day workshop, "How to Decrease Plagiarism in the Classroom: Techniques and Procedures," New England College, Henniker, NH

November 2008
Invited consultant & presenter for all day workshop, Ontario Council of University Librarians (OCUL), AUL meeting, "Models of Mentoring for Leadership Development," Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

May 2008
Presenter, "Mentoring: A Leadership Development Method," at the New Hampshire Library Association spring conference, "Innovate in '08: Library Basics and Beyond," Concord, NH

June 2007
Co-Panelist with Kathleen Halverson, "Motivating Staff to Engage in and Embrace Change," College Libraries Section ALA Annual Conference Program, "Embracing Change: How to Energize and Engage Library Staff," Washington, D.C.

March 2007
Panelist, "Expanding Traditions: New Technologies Enhance Traditional Service" at the Technology and Library Services Symposium, sponsored by the Princeton University Library and the NJLA College and University Section/ACRL New Jersey Chapter, on March 15th Princeton, NJ

January 2007
Presenter, "Copyright in a Digital Environment," on January 11th at University of New Hampshire at Manchester for the NHCUC Library Committee's membership, Manchester, NH

November 2006
Presenter, "Make Information Come to You! The Power of RSS Feeds" on November 9th and "Copyright in the Digital Age" on November 16th as part of the Instructional Technology Group's Brown Bag Lunch Series at Keene State College, Keene, NH

June 2006
Co-Presenter with Dr. Cristi Carson of Keene State College, "Does Library Usage Contribute to Student Achievement?" MCC/NEFDC Colloquium on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Lowell, MA

May 2006
Moderator of "Considering the Library Degree?" and organizer of the NHCUC Library Leadership and Professional Development Seminar "Team Building! A Workshop on Activities to Build a Team and Keep it Effective," Concord, NH

April 2006
Panel presenter, "User Surveys@ Keene State College, Mason Library" panel on User Surveys at the Vermont Library Association College and Special Libraries Section one day conference "The Many Faces of Assessment: User Surveys, Collections, and Information Literacy," Barre, VT

June 2005
Presenter, "Teaching that Touches the Heart of the Student: A Framework of Learning Theory and Application in Practice," ACRL/NEC/NELIG Annual Program, "Making Learning Meaningful: Getting to the Heart of the Student," Portland, ME

June 2005
Keynote Presenter, "Caterpillar to Butterfly: 40 Years of Access Services Transformations," ACRL/NEC/ASIG Annual Program, "Renovating Access Services," Rindge, NH

May 2005
Presenter, "Creating a Learning Environment for Library Employees," NHCUC workshop, "Working Out! A Workshop on Continuous Learning & Effective Communication in the Library," Concord, NH.

April 2005
Roundtable Facilitator for two sessions: "Creating a State-Wide Model for a Mentoring and Job Shadowing Program," and for "Creating a Learning Community," at the Association of College and Research Libraries biannual conference held in Minneapolis, MN.

April 2005
"Women Inventors," President's Commission on Multiculturalism and Diversity and President's Commision on the Status of Women co-sponsored luncheon lecture.

May 2004
Presenter, "3 Leadership Styles and a Model for Leading Change," NHCUC Workshop, "Moving Up! A Workshop on Career Advancement and Professional Empowerment," Concord, NH.

December 2003
Responder, "Confidentiality of Records and Copyright Laws," NHCUC Higher Education Legal Conference, Concord, NH.

April 2003
Roundtable Facilitator for "So You Want to Be a Library Director" at the Association of College and Research Libraries biannual conference held in Charlotte, NC.

June 2000
Panel Presenter for “Those Quirky NH Special Collections” on Baddour Library’s aviation collection for the spring meeting of the READs (Reference, Education and Adult Services Division) of the New Hampshire Library Association.

April 2000
Presented paper “Class at the Bazaar: Elite Women’s Participation in Woman’s Suffrage at the Start of the Twentieth Century” for panel on “Public Space and the Meaning of Class in the Progressive Era America” during the Spring Conference of The New England Historical Association.

1997
Panel Presenter for “The Value of Connections: A Design for Future Partnerships Between Libraries and Local Congressional and Legislative Offices,” at the Illinois Library Association Annual Conference


Non-Library Conferences

October 2010
National Delegate, from one hundred five delegates, serves as one of two representing New Hampshire, "Vision 2020: An American Conversation about Women and Leadership," Philadelphia, PA

June 2010
Attendee, "Agents and Architects of Democracy," American Democracy Project National Meeting, American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), Providence, RI

December 2009
Attendee, Women's Leadership Institute, sponsored by ACRL among others, Amelia Island, FL

February 2008
Attendee, The Chronicle of Higher Education Technology Forum, Tampa, FL

July 2008
Attendee, "Students, Technology, and Learning: Strategies for Success," AASCU/EDUCAUSE/University of Central Florida, Orland, FL


Major Events

March 10, 2011
Announcement of receipt of the Doris "Granny D" Haddock collection as part of an event in Concord, NH, with a governor's proclamation of Granny D Remembrance Day. Event received national press coverage, including Associated Press, USA Today, The Republic, and The Boston Globe.

October 2, 2010,
Grand Opening Archives and Special Collections Room, Mason Library. Readings from New Hampshire's former poet laureate Patricia Fargnoli's work and by the heirs of Edith Chase. Patricia Fargnoli was in attendance.

November 7, 2009
A Centennial Celebration in Mason Library. Reading by alumnus author Ernest Hebert.

February 9, 2007
In Perfect Harmony: A College Comes to Keene, 1907. A dramatic reading of the town meeting deciding a Normal School should be established in Keene. Script co-authored by Irene Herold and Mike Caulfield. Co-chair of the event.

2002-present
Annual Mason Library Lecture. Variety of speakers who are New England scholars or recognized authorities in their field. Past lecturers include Stephen Greenfield, Robert Putnam, Frederick Wiseman, and Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.


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