What's New | CAPC | Conferences | Newsletters | Useful Websites | Search | Home

MEET THE CANDIDATES

Candidates For Vice President/President Elect
Candidates For Treasurer

Candidates For Vice President/President Elect


Bobby Bothmann
Electronic Access/Catalog Librarian
Assistant Professor, Library Services
Minnesota State University, Mankato

Background Information

Bobby Bothmann is Electronic Access/Catalog Librarian at Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU) where he serves as the cataloger for electronic and print monographs and journals and provides leadership and technical expertise for defining and providing access to electronic resources. Prior to MSU, Bobby held the Special Formats Cataloger position at the University of Minnesota Libraries, Twin Cities, where he was responsible for cataloging training in and cataloging of cartographic materials, realia, microforms, electronic resources, sound and video- recordings and other special format media. Bobby is active in MOTSE (Minnesota Opportunities for Technical Services Excellence), a volunteer 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 wrote the MOTSE "Introduction to the MARC21 Format for Holdings Data", and has taught it a dozen times in Minnesota and South Dakota. MOTSE has been awarded two LSTA grants since 2004, and is currently working on another grant. Bobby is also active in the Consortium of MnPALS Libraries, a consortium of Minnesota libraries using Aleph 500, for which he is the Chair of the User Group Council, Co-Chair of the Cataloging User Group, and Chair of the Indexing Task Force. He is currently the Network Access & Applications Editor for Cataloging & Classification Quarterly. Bobby has been an active member of OLAC since Fall 2000, Co-Chaired the 2002 OLAC Conference in St. Paul, and is currently the OLAC Treasurer/Membership Coordinator, a post he has held since 2003. He holds an MLIS from the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee (December 2001) and an MS in Geography and English Technical Communication from MSU (December 2005). He spends his spare time brushing up on German, playing with his two dogs, and camping.

OLAC Activities

OLAC Treasurer, 2003-
OLAC 2004 Conference
      Webmaster, 2003-2004.
OLAC 2002 Conference
      Conference Co-Chair, 2001-2002.
      Chair of the Planning and Local Arrangements Committees, 2001-2002.
      Conference Treasurer, 2001-2002.
     Webmaster, 2001-2002.
NACO-AV Funnel, 2000-

Professional Affiliations

American Library Association (ALA), Member, 2000-
Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), Member, 2000-
Association of American Geographers, Member, 2006-
Minnesota Library Association (MLA), Member, 2000-2003.
      --Technical Services Section, Member, 2001-2003.
Library & Information Technology Association (LITA), Member, 2002-
North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG), Member, 2003-2005.
OnLine Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc. (OLAC), Member, 2000-

Publications

Works In Progress In Refereed Journals Book Reviews Other Publications Presentations Instruction

Patricia A. Loghry
Assistant Librarian
Hesburgh Library
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana

I am the Audiovisual Cataloger for the University of Notre Dame. I am also the Copyright Librarian for the libraries new Institutional Digital Repository. I have been actively involved in both ALA and North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) since 1991. In NASIG I was active in program planning for the Conference, the Continuing Education Committee and was a mentor for first time Conference attendees. At ALA my focus has been new technologies and continuing education. I was Chair of the Electronic Resources Committee, a Member-at-Large for the Serials Section and serve as a Member-at-Large for the Collection Management and Development Section and on the Acquisitions Section Education Committee. I am involved in my library’s Institute planning team where we develop and coordinate a yearly three-day workshop for staff education. In addition I lead a writers group, where I try to help our current library school students and new professionals develop presentations and their first written publication.



Candidates For Treasurer

Kate James
Special Formats Cataloger/Metadata Librarian
Illinois State University

Background Information

Kate James is the Special Formats Cataloger/Metadata Librarian at Illinois State University. She is responsible for cataloging electronic resources, video recordings, maps, study prints, kits, and tests and is in charge of metadata for digital projects. To do this she uses Endeavor’s Voyager, OCLC Connexion, and CONTENTdm regularly, as well as Classification Web and Cataloger’s Desktop. Prior to coming to Illinois State, Kate worked as a cataloger in the Monographs Department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and she worked at the law firm of von Briesen & Roper, where she was primarily responsible for cataloging monographs and serials, including video and sound recordings. Kate has an M.L.I.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2001), an M.S. in Political Science from Illinois State University (2005), and a B.A. from Luther College (1999).

Statement of Interest

The first professional Conference I attended was the OLAC Conference held in Montréal. As a new special formats cataloger I was thrilled to find an organization that provided educational opportunities and guidelines for audio-visual cataloging. After leaving the Conference, I made a goal to become more involved in OLAC, and have achieved this. I am interested in serving OLAC as Treasurer, and I am confident in my abilities to oversee the financial concerns of the organization. At my library, I have held several leadership positions, including co-chairing the Hospitality Committee. The chair(s) of the Hospitality Committee have the responsibility of collecting and distributing funds for events and forms of recognition. I have attended OLAC meetings at the past several ALA conferences and expect to be able to fulfill the requirement that the OLAC Treasurer present written financial statements at the Executive Board meetings.

OLAC Activities Other Selected Committees and Scholarship

Scott C. Markham
Cataloging Manager
Technical Services/Cataloging
Hennepin County Library
Minnetonka, Minnesota
Background Information

Scott is a generalist cataloger with varied experience across formats. Currently, he manages cataloging operations at Hennepin County Library. At Hennepin, Scott has been involved in bringing standard LC/OCLC/CONSER practices, including LCSH, to the operations. Scott is responsible for the overview of original cataloging; cataloger training and review. Much of the original cataloging involves popular music CDs, and materials in Spanish, French, Hmong, and Vietnamese. He is also involved in project to bring e-resource records into the catalog.

On the financial side, Scott served as Treasurer for the Minneapolis Public Library Staff Association for two terms (1996-1999) where the funds totaled $2000-$4000 dollars; and a four-year term as Treasurer of Edina Community Lutheran Church (1999-2002) where the total funds were just under $500,000.00. This has given him a variety of fiscal experiences.

In OLAC, Scott served on the Millennium Committee (1999-2000). As a public librarian, he has a strong interest in increasing membership of and input from public librarians.

Career Highlights OLAC Activities Past Volunteer Activities

Return to Table of Contents | Previous Section | Next Section

Last updated: June 15, 2007
http://www.olacinc.org/newsletters/mar07/candidates.html
neumeist@buffalo.edu