MEET THE CANDIDATES

MEET THE CANDIDATES

This OLAC elections year is unusual because there is only one candidate running for each office. According to the OLAC Handbook, and in consultation with the Board, no ballot will be distributed, because: "If candidates run unopposed, no ballot is required" (OLAC Handbook, p. 4).

Fortunately, as everyone will see after reading the following statements about their experience, we have two very qualified candidates in Steve Miller and Bobby Bothmann. They will serve OLAC well in their respective positions of Vice President/President Elect and Treasurer. Congratulations to both!

I would like to thank the Elections Committee, Diane Boehr and Jan Mayo, for their efforts in recruiting and selecting the slate of candidates, a remarkably challenging task. I encourage the membership to begin thinking about candidates for Vice President/President Elect and Secretary for next year and seriously consider your own interest in running. Holding an OLAC office is a rewarding opportunity to meet other catalogers and become involved at a deeper level in national AV cataloging education and policy.

Kay G. Johnson
OLAC Elections Chair

Candidate for Vice President/President Elect

Steven J. Miller
Head, Monographs Department
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Background Information:
Steve Miller is the Head of the Monographs Department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Libraries. He is responsible for managing monographic cataloging and acquisitions services, including planning, evaluating, adapting and documenting workflows, policies and procedures, all while supervising a staff of twelve. Prior to his current position, he had eight years of increasingly responsible experience as a professional cataloger, with a focus on electronic, music, and other non-book materials, as well as authority control, database maintenance, retrospective conversion, and integrated library system migration. Steve has an MLIS from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, an M.A. (and all-but-dissertation for Ph.D.) in Religious Studies from Marquette University, and a B.A. in English from the University of Iowa.

Statement of Interest:
I am proud to have been an OLAC member for the past ten years and I would like the opportunity to serve this great organization further in the role of Vice President/President Elect. I have always been impressed with the expertise and commitment of OLAC members, not to mention their openness and friendliness. If elected, my primary responsibility would be to help maintain OLAC’s core objectives related to the cataloging of audiovisual materials, namely, information exchange, continuing education, communication, shared practices and standards, and advocacy. In addition, I would like to explore ways in which OLAC might increase its profile nationally and internationally; encourage the development and promotion of more “best practice” cataloging guides for audiovisual resources--especially for cataloging online digital image, sound, and video files; and perhaps also to look at ways in which OLAC might play a more active role in the application of the FRBR model to electronic and audiovisual manifestations.

OLAC Activities:

Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC), Member, 2001-present.
CAPC Chapter 9 Task Force, Member, 2001.
2002 OLAC Conference, Workshop Presenter, St. Paul, Minnesota.
CAPC Integrating Resources Task Force, Chair, 2002-2003 .
CAPC Subcommittee on Source of Title Notes for Internet Resources, Chair, 2003-present.

Other Professional Activities:

Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians, Directory Committee, Member, 1996; Chair, 1997.
Wisconsin Library Services OCLC Peer Council, Chair, 2001; Vice Chair, 2000; Past Chair, 2002.
Program for Cooperative Cataloging, Standing Committee on Training, Task Group on Training for Integrating Resources, Chair, 2002.
ALCTS Networked Resources and Metadata Interest Group, Member, 2001- ; Vice Chair-Chair, 2005-2006.

Course and Workshop Development:

Consultant/Primary Content Developer for OCLC e-learning course, "Cataloging Internet Resources Using MARC 21 and AACR2", 2001-present.
Workshop Developer, PCC Serials Cataloging Cooperative Training Program (SCCTP), "Integrating Resources Cataloging Workshop", 2002-2003.
Course developer, ALCTS Continuing Education Implementation Group, "Rules and Tools for Cataloging Internet Resources" (first of five courses in response to the Library of Congress "Action Plan for Bibliographic Control of Web Resources": Action Item 5.3, "Continuing Education"), 2003.

Publications:

Forthcoming: "AACR2 and Integrating Resources", to be published in a volume of the ALCTS Papers on Library Technical Services and Collections, 2005.
Transcription paper of "AACR2 and Other Metadata Standards: The Way Forward" by Ann Huthwaite, former Chair, Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR. Published in Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 36:3/4 (2003), p. 87-100.
"Cataloging Nonprint Resources in the United States and China: A Comparative Study of Organization and Access for Selected Electronic and Audiovisual Resources", International Cataloging and Bibliographic Control, 26:2 (April/June 1997), p. 46-49. Based on national surveys conducted and paper written in collaboration with two colleagues.

Teaching:

Adjunct Instructor, UWM School of Information Studies: teach 3-credit graduate course on "Metadata," 1998-present.
SCCTP Integrating Resources Workshop: co-taught two-day workshop, Madison, Wisconsin, October 18-19, 2004; taught as one-day NASIG (North American Serials Interest Group) Preconference, June 17, 2004, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; taught as one-day ALCTS Preconference at ALA/CLA Annual Conference, June 20, 2003, Toronto, Ontario; and taught the Train the Trainer Workshop at ALA Midwinter, January 24, 2003, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
ALCTS "Rules and Tools for Cataloging Internet Resources": co-taught two-day workshop, September 13-14, 2004, Chicago, Illinois.
"Preparing 21st Century Cataloging and Metadata Professionals: A Workshop for Educators and Trainers", sponsored by ALCTS, ALISE, LC, and OCLC: faculty member speaking on Teaching Strategies for Cataloging Courses for continuing education of working catalogers, ALA Midwinter Meeting, January 9, 2003, San Diego, California.
ALCTS AACR2 2002 and Metadata Regional Institutes: faculty member, speaking on "Integrating Resources", November 1-2, 2002, Chicago, Illinois; November 4-5, 2002, Washington, D.C.; February 24-25, 2003, Orlando, Florida; April 4-5, 2003, San Jose, California.
Training workshop on "Integrating Resources" given for the Program for Cooperative Cataloging annual meeting at the Library of Congress, May 2, 2002, Washington, D.C.
Various other workshops, 1992-present.

Presentations:

"Descriptive Metadata for Digital Images", Wisconsin Association for Academic Librarians Annual Conference co-presentation, April 22, 2004, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
ALCTS Electronic Resources Discussion Group: co-presentation on integrating resources, January 10, 2003, San Diego, California.
"Top Trends in Technical Services", Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference co-presentation, October 29, 2003, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
ALCTS Electronic Resources Discussion Group co-presentation: "AACR2 Revisions and Electronic Resources: Chapters 9 and 12", June 15, 2002, Atlanta, Georgia.
ALCTS CCS Copy Cataloging Discussion Group co-presentation with fellow OLAC members Rebecca Lubas, Robert Freeborn, and Gene Kinnaly: "Revised Chapter 9-What Copy Catalogers Need to Know", ALA Midwinter, January 21, 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana.
"Technologies for E-Learning", LITA 2001 National Forum presentation, October 13, 2001, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Various other conference presentations, 1992-present.

Candidate For Treasurer
Bobby Bothmann
Electronic Access/Catalog Librarian
Library Services, Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU)

Background Information:
Bobby Bothmann earned his MLIS from the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee in December 2001. Primarily he serves as Cataloger for electronic and print monographs and serials, providing leadership and technical expertise for electronic resource access. Prior to MSU Library Services, Bobby was the special formats cataloger at the University of Minnesota Libraries, Twin Cities where he was responsible for training and cataloging of cartographic materials, realia, microforms, electronic resources, sound- and videorecordings and other special format media. Bobby serves on the steering committee for MOTSE (Minnesota Opportunities for Technical Services Excellence), a program offering the library community throughout Minnesota continuing education opportunities in the form of workshops and self-assessment guides covering the basics of library technical services. He has written a workshop for MOTSE on the MARC21 Format for Holdings Data, which he has taught numerous times, co-wrote a successful LSTA grant for MOTSE, and servers as the MOSTSE Webmaster. He has taught several workshops for regional library groups, including basic e-book cataloging and videocataloging. Bobby has been an active member of OLAC since the Fall of 2000. He spends his spare time playing with his two dogs, floating in a kayak, and working on a Masters degree in geography.

Statement of Interest:
Bobby has gained expertise in serving as OLAC Treasurer/Membership Coordinator and wants to continue in the position for two more years.

OLAC Activities:

OLAC Treasurer/Membership Coordinator, 2003-2005.
OLAC 2004, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Local Arrangements Committee, Webmaster for the Conference Website.
OLAC 2002, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Conference Co-Chair, Member of the Planning and Local Arrangements Committees, 2001-2002.
OLAC 2002, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Conference Treasurer, 2001-2002.
OLAC 2000, Seattle, Washington, Poster Presenter.
OLAC Member, 2000-
NACO/AV Funnel, 2000-

Other Selected Activities and Scholarship:

ALA, 2000-
ALCTS, 2000-
LITA, 2002-
NASIG, 2003-
MOTSE, 2001-
PCC NACO Minnesota Funnel, 2002-
Network Access & Applications Editor, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 2005-
Holmberg, Melissa and Robert Bothmann. 2004. "Management and Patron Usage of Electronic Journals: A Comparative Evaluation of a Fee-Based and a Free Electronic Journal Service." Submitted for publication to College & Research Libraries.
Okuhara, Keiko and Robert L. Bothmann. "Who Could Ask For More? Beautiful Site, Cool Trainers, and Pleasant Trainees." NASIG Newsletter 19:3 (September 2004): 73.
"E-Journal Management and Access Methods", with Melissa Holmberg. Presented at the North American Serials Interest Group Annual Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June, 2004.
"Survey of Trends for Catalogers of Special Formats", Research Project conducted May 2004.
Bothmann, Robert. "Cataloging Electronic Books." Library Resources & Technical Services 48:1 (2004): 12-19.
"Eek! It’s E-Books", MINITEX Symposium, Reactor Panelist, September 14, 2000.

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