Collins Memorial Library
University of Puget Sound

Lori Ricigliano

Associate Director for Information and Access Services
Office: Library 121
Voice: 253.879.3229
Fax: 253.879.3670
Email: ricigliano@ups.edu

General Information

Office Hours: As posted and by appointment.
Areas of Responsibility: Serve as senior manager, providing assistance to the director and leadership to librarians and staff in a wide range of public service activities, including instruction, reference, I-Commons, instruction, interlibrary loan/document delivery, circulation, reserves; coordinate the library's academic department liaison program; coordinate the library's assessment program; administer the government depository collection; participate in reference, instruction, and collection development;  undertake special projects; in the absence of the director may act as the chief officer in the library.
Academic Department Liaison Responsibilities: African American Studies, Art, Communication, Theatre Arts, Music

Education

• 1979 MLIS (Magna Cum Laude), University of Washington, Information School
• 1974 B.A. (Cum Laude), in French, Davis & Elkins College

Professional Work Experience

• 2001 to present, Associate Director for Information and Access Services, University of Puget Sound, Collins Library
• 1992 to 2001, Associate Director, University of Puget Sound, Collins Library
• 1994-1996 Internet Trainer, Tacoma School District
• 1986-1991 Head, Reference & Information Services, University of Puget Sound, Collins Library
• 1986-1990 Library Consultant, Davies, Pearson Law Firm
• 1979-1986 Assistant Reference Librarian, University of Puget Sound, Collins Library

Publications

• Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature, Greenwood Press, 2005.
  • Baltimore Afro-American, vol. 1, pp. 81-82
  • Black Athena Controversy, vol. 1, pp. 127-129.
  • Brownies' Book, vol. 1, pp. 209-210.
  • General Bibliography and Resources, vol. 5, pp.1809-1818,
  • Journal of Black Poetry, vol. 3, pp. 904-906.
  • Negro Digest, vol. 3, pp. 1195-1196.
  • Negro World,  vol. 3, pp. 1198-1200.
• Interview: Technology, Gender & the Academic Library. NetConnect, Spring 2003, p. 6.
• Learning to Question. LOEX News, 27 no. 2 (Summer 2000):6-7.
• Building Partnerships. PNLA Quarterly, 59 (Summer 1995):24.
• Engaging Faculty in Technology for Teaching and Research In Winning the Network Game: Proceedings of the ACM SIGUCCS User Services Conference XXIII. New York: ACM, 1995, pp. 249-251. Co-authored with Shelley Owen.
• Austin Clarke: A Reference Guide. [more info] NY: GK Hall, 1993.

Presentations

• The Play’s the Thing: Creative Collaborations with Theatre Faculty,” a poster session at the Association for College & Research Libraries 13^th National Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 2007
• Rethinking Reference, presentation at the Washington Library Association Conference, April 2006.
• Men's Work, Women's Work: An Update, invited paper at the Oregon Library Association Annual Conference, Eugene, OR, April 2004.
• Men's Work, Women's Work: The Social Shaping of Technology in Academic Libraries, contributed paper at the ACRL National Conference, Charlotte, NC, April 2003. Also published in Learning to Make a Difference: Proceedings of the Eleventh National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Chicago: ACRL, 2003, pp.183-189.
• Saving the Forest for the Trees: Regional Documents in Danger of Extinction, panel presentation at OLA/WLA Joint Conference, April 18, 2002.
• Crossing the Gender Line in the Age of Information, presentation at the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender Conference, October 2001. Co-authored with Dr. Renee Houston.
• Making the Grade: Teaching Competencies for Academic Librarians, presentation at the LOEX Conference, May 2001. Also published in In Managing Library Instruction Programs in Academic Libraries: Selected Papers Presented at the Twenty-Ninth National LOEX Library Instruction Conference. Ann Arbor: Pierian Press, 2002, pp. 127-135.
• Pink Collar Workers in the Digital Age: Implications for Gender Relations in Academic Libraries, presentation at the Western States Communication Association, February 2001. Co-authored with Dr. Renee Houston.
• Teaching Students to Evaluate the Web, presentation at Mellon Conference, August 2000.
• After X Comes Y: A Workshop, California Clearinghouse on Library Instruction, June 1999.
• After X Comes Y: Teaching the Next Generation, instructive session at the LOEX Conference, March 1999. Also published in Library User Education in the New Millennium: Blending Tradition, Trends, and Innovation: Papers and Session Materials Presented at the 27th National LOEX Conference. Ann Arbor: Pierian Press, 2001, pp. 121-129.
• Job Searching Strategies, presentation at Student Chapter of the American Library Association meeting, University of Washington School of Library & Information Science, November 1998.
• MARCIVE Case Study at Puget Sound, presentation at Regional Depository Library Meeting, October 1998.
• Library Mystery Tour, poster session at the LOEX Conference, May 1996. Also published in Programs that Work: Papers and Session Materials Presented at the Twenty-Fourth National LOEX Library Instruction Conference. Ann Arbor: Pierian Press, 1997, pp. 207-212.
• Internet Training, Washington Library Association-Association of College and Research Libraries Pre-Conference, April 1994.
• Teaching CD-ROM Search Strategy, Washington Library Association Annual Conference, April 1993.

Professional Associations

• American Library Association, 1978 to present
• Association for College and Research Libraries, 1978 to present
  • Chair, Nominating Committee for the Washington Chapter, 2001.
  • President, Washington Chapter, 1994 to 1996.
• Orbis Cascade Alliance
  • Virtual Reference Task Force, 2001 to 2003
  • Web Clearinghouse, 2000 to 2003
  • Government Documents Committee, 1999 to 2003.
• South Sound Librarians
  • Co-Chair, 1999 to 2001
• Northwest Government Information Network, 1997 to present
  • Board Member, 2001 to 2003
  • Chair, 2000 to 2001
  • Vice-Chair, 1997 to 2000.
• Washington Library Association, 1978-1997
  • Chair, AARL Interest Group, 1993-1994
  • Vice Chair, AARL Interest Group, 1992-1993
  • Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Funding for Library Services, 1994-1995
  • Co-Chair, Reference Interest Group, 1985-1987

Awards

Staff Member of the Year, January 2006
The award is given to an individual who has exhibited excellence in her work life at Puget Sound and has enhanced the institution through her service to students, faculty, other staff members and/or the wider university community.

Austin Clarke (1896-1974) Irish poet, playwright, and novelist.
Clarke was born in Dublin and educated at University College. His first volume of poetry, The Vengeance of Fionn (1917), a narrative poem based on Irish mythology, brought him immediate recognition. In 1922 he left for London and worked there as a journalist and book reviewer for some 15 years. During this time he refined his poetic technique, exploring the musical potential of assonance for Irish verse in English. He also became interested in the aesthetic idiom of medieval Ireland and several works were based on the interplay between paganism and Christianity. During the forties, he devoted himself to verse drama and helped establish the Dublin Verse Speaking Society which developed into the Lyric Theatre Company. After 1955 his work became sharply satiric and highly critical. He rallied against the social injustices of contemporary Irish society and attacked the Catholic Church. Although he suffered from two heart attacks, Clarke wrote prolifically into his seventies. Flight to Africa (1963) and Mnemosyne Lay in Dust (1966) extended his reputation and he enjoyed the status of Ireland's senior poet in his later years.

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