Angela Bardeen is the Social Sciences Reference Librarian in the Davis Library Reference Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received a B.A. in Psychology from Bard College and her M.S.L.S. from UNC at Chapel Hill. Before returning to Carolina, Angela worked in Distance and Instructional Services at Nova Southeastern University.
Todd Barlow manages the Solutions Usability department at SAS. He is responsible for the usability of SAS software, establishing usability engineering practices, and defining the role of usability in development processes. Prior to working at SAS, he worked as a consultant designing and evaluating interfaces for consumer electronics, weapon systems, and telecommunication software. He holds a B.S.I.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a B.A. from the University of Maryland, an M.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Insitute, and a Ph.D. in psychology from North Carolina State University. todd.barlow@sas.com
JJ Bauer is the Visual Resources Curator for the Art Department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is on the undergraduate faculty in the department, where she teaches classes in modern decorative arts, architecture and film. She has a Ph.D. in Art History from UNC-Chapel Hill and an M.A. in Art History from Pennsylvania State University.
Joan Boone has a B.S. in Mathematics and a M.S. in Applied Science from the College of William and Mary in Virginia, as well as a M.S. in Computer Science from UNC at Chapel Hill.
She recently retired from IBM as a Senior Software Engineer where she spent her career in the software labs developing networking middleware and mobile applications. Prior to joining IBM she worked on various software projects for the FAA and NASA's Space Shuttle program. joan_boone@unc.edu.
Jamie Bradway is the Preservation Librarian and chair of the Digitization and Digital Curation committee at North Carolina State University Libraries. He's served in several preservation roles at NCSU since 2002, including commercial binding, shelf preparation, conservation, and digital reformatting. He has an MLS from North Carolina Central University.jmbradway@email.unc.edu
Matthew S. Brody is the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources at UNC at Chapel Hill. He is responsible for managing the University's EPA non-faculty human resources program and also serves as principal deputy to the University's Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to his current position, he served as Assistant Provost for Academic Personnel at UNC at Chapel Hill and previously held management positions both at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Duke University. He holds a B.S. in information systems management and an M.S. in Management from the University of Maryland University College. He also holds a current certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). matt_brody@unc.edu
Meg Brown is Special Collections Conservator and the Exhibits Coordinator for Duke University Libraries. Meg has a MLIS from the University of Texas at Austin with a Certificate in Advanced Study in Conservation of Library and Archives Materials. She completed internships at the Library of Congress, Yale University Libraries, and the Harry Ransom Humanities Resource Center of the University of Texas. Prior to Duke, Meg was the Collections Conservator at North Carolina State University, and at the University of Kansas Libraries. mmb16@email.unc.edu
Jeff Campbell is the Integrated Library System Administrator at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jeff's interests include emerging trends and technologies in Integrated Library Systems, facetted discovery tools and the Open Source ILS movement. Jeff is very active regionally and nationally in Integrated Library System user groups and current serves on the Innovative Users Group Steering Committee and is the Secretary/Treasurer of the South Eastern Innovative Users Group. Jeff completed his MLS at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) in 1997 and his MIS at NCCU in 2002. jcampbell@unc.edu
Shauna Collier is the Stone Center Librarian for Black Culture and History and the subject librarian for African American Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill. She received a B.A. in Marketing from Jackson State University and a Master of Information & Library Studies from the University of Alabama. Prior to coming to UNC she was the African American Studies librarian and the librarian for the Anacostia Community Museum with Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Other previous positions include a reference librarian with Live Oak Public Library in Savannah, Georgia, a records librarian for EPA Region IV, Atlanta, and archivist with The Herndon Home Museum in Atlanta. Her research interests include African American culture, family history and community history.
William Cross is the Director of the Copyright and Digital Scholarship Center at North Carolina State University where he provides advice and instruction to campus stakeholders on copyright, licensing, privacy, and contractual issues. As a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Will earned an M.A. in Technology & Communication, a J.D. in Law, and an M.S.L.S. in Library Science. Before joining the Copyright and Digital Scholarship Center Will worked in academic and law libraries, in constitutional litigation, and at the North Carolina Court of Appeals. He lectures nationally on free expression, copyright, and new methods of scholarly communication and has been published in law and library journals on topics ranging from the pedagogy of legal education for librarians to the First Amendment status of video games. wmcross@ncsu.edu
Abe Crystal is the Principal Design Researcher at MoreBetterLabs, a small but feisty company dedicated to creating a better Web through design.We're currently developing our first product, ruzuku. Ruzuku helps passionate experts (such as authors, speakers, and coaches) create online learning communities. In addition, we work with clients (such as Duke University, NC State University, and NC LIVE), to improve their user experience through strategy, research, and design. We've designed online communities, digital libraries, and ecommerce sites. Abe earned his doctorate in Information Science from SILS, where his research focused on field studies of personal information management and personal productivity. abe@morebetterlabs.com
Jacqueline Dean is the Manuscripts Processing Coordinator in the Special Collections Technical Services Department at The Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She received a B. A. in English and her M.S.LS from UNC-Chapel Hill. Jackie has worked at Harvard University's Houghton Library, at the Special Collections Research Center at North Carolina State University, and for North Carolina Exploring Cultural Heritage Online (NC ECHO).
From 1970 to 1985, Martin Dillon held a joint appointment on the faculty of the School of Information and Library Science and the Department of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where his research and teaching focused on topics in library automation and information retrieval. Previously, he was a research scientist at Research Analysis Corporation and a member of the faculty of the English and Computer Science Departments at UK.
He went to OCLC as a Visiting Distinguished Scholar in 1985 and in 1986 became director of its Office of Research followed by director of the Library Resources Management Division. In January 1997 he became the first executive director of the OCLC Institute, where he led the institute in forging new ways to facilitate the evolution of libraries through advanced educational opportunities.
He is now consulting editor for Scarecrow Press and operates a private consulting company. Dillon is a prolific author on a wide range of topics in automation and information retrieval. He earned his doctorate from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1967, and a bachelor's degree from Canisius College in 1961.
Beth Doyle is the Collections Conservator for the Duke University Libraries. She is responsible for managing the library's conservation lab, training and overseeing the conservation technicians, students, and volunteers, and serving on the library disaster response team. She also performs conservation treatments on both general and rare materials. Prior to this position, Doyle was the Conservator for Special Projects at the Harvard University Library Weissman Preservation Center. She is a past co-chair of the ALA-ALCTS Physical Quality and Treatment Discussion Group and teaches workshops for the Triangle Research Library Network and the Southeast Library Network. Doyle holds a B.A. in photography from the University of Dayton (Ohio), and an M.L.I.S. and a Certificate of Advanced Study in Library and Archives Preservation from the University of Texas at Austin. b.doyle@duke.edu
Joel Dunn holds a B.S. in business administration and an M.S. in computer science from UNC at Chapel Hill. He is currently Associate Vice Chancellor for Administrative Systems at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In that role, he directs application development for enterprise-level systems as well as the enterprise data management team. Prior to this, he was a member of UNC at Chapel Hill's staff for over 20 years, as a programmer, manager, and eventually executive director of UNC at Chapel Hill's Administrative Information Systems department. Dunn also worked for MCNC as Director of Data Center Services. j_dunn@uncg.edu or joel_dunn@unc.edu
David G. Ernsthausen is the Faculty Teaching and Research Support Librarian at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School. He consults and instructs faculty and students in the selection and efficient use of resources that are most likely to provide useful information for their research and instruction needs. He also guest lectures for classes in the MBA and Bachelors degree programs on library and research resources available to students at UNC at Chapel Hill. David has worked at the Kenan-Flagler Business School since 1997. Prior to 1997 he worked for 7 years as a reference librarian in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University. David has an MBA from the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University and a Master of Library Science degree from Indiana University. David_Ernsthausen@unc.edu
Heather Gendron is the Art Librarian at UNC Chapel Hill's Sloane Art Library. Prior to coming to UNC, she was Head of the Art and Architecture Library at Virginia Tech. She has also worked for the American Craft Council and the Metropolitan Museum of Art research libraries. She has served on the Board of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) and is currently Chair of the ARLIS/NA Education Sub-Committee. Her scholarly interests include the professional development and education of art information professionals, and the information needs of professional artists and designers. She holds a BFA in Visual Arts from Purchase College and an MLIS from The University of Texas at Austin. hgendron@email.unc.edu
Wanda Gunther is the Authority Control and Database Management Librarian in the Academic Affairs Libraries at UNC-CH. She has served as Authority Control Librarian since 2005; the role of Database Management Librarian was added to her responsibilities in 2008.
Chad Haefele is the Emerging Technologies Librarian and Computer Science subject specialist in the University Libraries at UNC-Chapel Hill. He received his MLS from the University of Pittsburgh, and a B.S. in Computer Information Systems from Grove City College. Before coming to UNC, he was a reference librarian at the University of Alabama-Huntsville. His research interests include mobile devices, ebook readers, and the impact of new technologies on library services.chaefele@email.unc.edu
Ted Janicki is an Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems at Mount Olive College. Prior to coming to Mount Olive, he was a Systems Manager at the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and a Systems Engineer at Aristech Chemical Corporation. He served in the US Air Force for four years, and continues to be in the Air Force Reserves, serving as a Joint Force Knowledge Management Officer.
Caroline Keizer is the Lead North Caroliniana Specialist Cataloger for the North Carolina Collection in Wilson Library. She has been a cataloger at that unit since 1999.
Joni Keller has worked with Jim Gogan in UNC's ITS-Networking group since 1997. She is a native of Chapel Hill, and has been part of UNC since 1988. Dr. Keller received her B.S. Physics from UNC in 1991, M.S. Physics from Penn State in 1993, and Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering in 2004 on "Network Service Management: Preparing the Internet for Telemedicine."Officer.
Rebecca Kemp is the E-Resources Acquisitions Librarian for University Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She completed her BA at Princeton University in 2002 and her MSLS at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2004. She has been an e-resources and serials librarian since 2004. Rebecca has served on state and national committees that provide continuing education in the field of e-resource and serials librarianship, and she has spoken at several venues, including the North Carolina Serials Conference and the American Library Association Annual Conference, about various aspects of e-resource management. Her research interests include e-resource licensing, usage statistics, and presentation of e-resources in online catalogs.
Anne Klinefelter is Director of the UNC at Chapel Hill Law Library and Clinical Assistant Professor of Law at the UNC at Chapel Hill School of Law. She holds B.A., M.L.S. and J.D. degrees from the University of Alabama. Prior to coming to UNC, she worked in law libraries at the University of Miami and Boston University. anne_klinefelter@unc.edu
Bill Landis is the Head of Special Collections Research and Instructional Services in Wilson Library. Prior to coming to UNC this year, he was the head of Arrangement and Description and Metadata Coordinator in Manuscripts and Archives at Yale University Library. Other previous positions include being the Metadata Coordinator for the California Digital Library and a Manuscripts Librarian at the University of California, Irvine. He has taught short courses for the Society of the American Archivists and the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia, and has been an adjunct instructor at Simmons and UCLA
Sandra Lyles has a B.A. in History from Furman University and a M.S. in Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has held school library media positions in Durham Public Schools, Durham Academy Pre and Lower Schools, the Hospital School at UNC, and now consults with a local school library. Her professional interests are curriculum and collection development, as well as facility design.
Tamika Barnes McCollough has a B.A. in Biology from UNC at Chapel Hill and a MLS from North Carolina Central University. She is currently director of the EPA Library in Research Triangle Park, NC. Previously she was head of reference and information literacy at North Carolina A&T State University and the Engineering Services Librarian at North Carolina State University. She holds elected positions at both the local and national level of SLA and works on several committees for ACRL and ALA. tbmccollough@gmail.com
Charles B. McNamara is the Curator of Rare Books for the Academic Affairs Library. Previously he was the Associate Rare Book Librarian and Curator of the Arthur Dean Collections of French History and Literature at Cornell University and Rare Books Cataloger for the University of Rochester Libraries. Professor McNamara has an M.S.L.S. from Columbia University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in French and European history from Fordham University. He is active in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of ACRL, and is the editor of Bookmark and the Hanes Lecture Series. cbmcnama@email.unc.edu
Bill Meyers is a long-time computer enthusiast and recovering software developer. He has worked primarily in language processing and computer security, where he co-holds two US patents, but enjoys any interesting technology. He also plays homemade music with friends and practices and teaches Tai Chi. billmeyers2003@yahoo.com
Anne L. Morisseau is the Associate Director of Business Integration at Bristol-Myers Squibb, supervising a team of information professionals who provide communication and learning solutions, perform information needs assessment activities and monitor information needs across the enterprise. Previously, she was the manager of Information Education at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), leading a team of information professionals who provide instructor-led training and e-learning on information management products and services for knowledge workers in the organization. She has also been an Information Analyst for Glaxo Wellcome in the Commercial Information Area where she provided information expertise on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, genetics and intellectual property. In addition, she was also the product manager for two key desktop information systems. Previously, Ms. Morisseau was a Training Consultant at The Dialog Corporation for eight years. She has also served as an independent consultant in the information industry, an adjunct faculty member of Catholic University of America in the School of Library and Information Science and as Chair of the Pharmaceutical & Health Technology Division of the Special Library Association. Ms. Morisseau's areas of expertise include pharmaceutical and medical information, intellectual property and instructional design.anne.morisseau@bms.com
Rita Moss is Business/Economics Librarian and Head of the Reference Desk Section in Davis Library. In this position she conducts research for faulty and students as well as business people outside the university system. As Head of the Desk section she hires and trains graduate students, supervises professional subject librarians and schedules all desk coverage. Rita has both undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of North Wales, United Kingdom as well as an MSLS from UNC at Chapel Hill. Rita is active in ALA, this year chairing the Academic BRASS Committee, is a member of the AFL-CIO Advisory Committee and the Endowment Committee of NCLA. She is also an advisory board member for Princeton University Press. Rita teaches several one day workshops on Business Resources each year for SoliNet. She contributes bi-monthly articles to the Gale Business Newsletter and is the author of Strauss's Handbook of Business Information (2004). moss@email.unc.edu
Angela Myatt is Liaison Librarian to the School of Medicine at The University of Texas, Health Science Center,San Antonio. In addition she is a faculty instructor at the annual Dartmouth Institute: Supporting Clinical Care: An Institute in EBM Practice for Medical Librarians. She has extensive experience teaching evidence based principles and practice to faculty, residents and students in many different settings. Since she has been at the Health Sciences Center, Angela has continued her interest in integrating EBM into the curriculum, pioneering instruction on the principles of EBM and literature searching for second year medical students. Angela’s research interests include Problem Based Learning, MeSH database searching, curriculum management systems, integration of EBM into medical school curricula and the efficacy of point-of-care searching tools. myatta@uthscsa.edu
Tommy Nixon is a Humanities Reference Librarian in the Davis Library Reference Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . He, along with two former colleagues, was responsible for the Literature section of the eleventh edition of the Guide to Reference Books . Before returning to Carolina, Tommy worked in Reference in Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University. He received an A.B. in English and M.L.S. from UNC at Chapel Hill. tommy_nixon@unc.edu
Darby Orcutt is Senior Collection Manager for Humanities and Social Sciences at North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries, where he oversees the management of collections in all formats across the Humanities & Social Sciences subject areas, as well as collections-related data analysis and reporting across all subject areas. He holds an M.A. in Communication Studies from UNC at Chapel Hill and an M.S.L.S. from SILS, and has worked as a library vendor and an antiquarian book scout. He actively publishes and presents in the fields of library science and communication studies, teaches in NCSU's Department of Philosophy & Religion and University Honors Program, and has previously taught at SILS and in UNC at Chapel Hill's Department of Communication Studies. darby_orcutt@ncsu.edu
Ruth Ann Palmquist has taught Information Resources and also Research Methods at UNC at Chapel Hill. She holds an M.A. in library science from the University of Iowa and a Ph.D. in information transfer from Syracuse University. rpalmquist@cox.net
Pam Pease has an M.A. in Illustration from Syracuse University and a B.S. in Design from the University of Cincinnati . She has more than twenty years experience in interdisplinary design, and seven years experience in the field of children's literature. Pease is the author of several interactive books for children and adults, a frequent workshop presenter at schools and museums, and the founder of Paintbox Press. Research interests include visual literacy and artistic collaboration. ppease@paintboxpress.com
Beth L. Rowe is the Head of the Government Documents Section within Davis Library's Research & Instructional Services Department at UNC-Chapel Hill. She received a B.A. in Criminal Justice from the University of Georgia, in Athens, Georgia, a J.D. in Law from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, and a Master of Science in Library Science from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She is active in both the North Carolina Library Association's Government Documents Section as well as the American Library Association's Government Documents Roundtable. Beth is also the subject librarian for American Indian Studies and Aging. blr@email.unc.edu
Terrell Russell is a Ph.D. student at SILS and has B.S. degrees in both computer engineering and information technology and service organizations. He also has his M.S. in computer networking. All three are from North Carolina State University. His research interests revolve around identity, social tagging and folksonomy, and cognitive authority and expertise. http://sils.unc.edu/people/phd.html#russell
Jacquie Samples is the Electronic Serials Librarian at Duke University Libraries (Durham, NC) where she heads the Electronic Serials Section of the Electronic Resources and Serials Management department. Previously, Samples was Continuing & Electronic Resources Librarian at North Carolina State University Libraries (Raleigh, NC) where she lead the Continuing & Electronic Resources section of the Metadata & Cataloging Department. Samples also worked in the Acquisitions department at NC State as well as several staff positions at the University of Iowa. Samples has been active in ALA for several years, most notably serving on the MARC advisory committee (MARBI) from 2004-2008. Currently, she serves on the Association of Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Continuing Education Committee as technical support for webinars. She was a program participant in the ALA Emerging Leaders Institute in 2008 and currently serves on the Emerging Leaders Interest Group steering committee. She holds her B.S. from SUNY College at Brockport (with a major in English) and her M.A. in Library and Information Science from the University of Iowa. She can be contacted by e-mail at: jacquie.samples@duke.edu
Connie Schardt is the Education Coordinator at the Medical Center Library at Duke University. She is a distinguished member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals, and holds a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.L.S. from San Jose State University. She has created several web-based tutorials to support the teaching of evidence-based medicine that are used by academic libraries across the country. She has published and presented number papers and workshops on hospital library standards, the JCAHO accreditation process, evidence-based medicine and distance education. schar005@mc.duke.edu
Tim Shearer is the Coordinator of Web Development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In this role he manages the application development team in the systems department. His responsibilities include hiring and supervision, project management, communication, coordination across departments and libraries, and playing a leadership role in setting priorities, finding and implementing solutions, and driving innovation. He completed his MSLS at UNC in 1997. His primary interest is in information systems infrastructure. He is also interested in technology as it serves both the public and staff as users. sheat@ils.unc.edu
Michael Shoffner is a member of the Informatics group at RENCI, a UNC-based research institute that develops and deploys advanced technologies to enable research discoveries. His primary role is to lead medical informatics projects and assist collaborators with data-intensive research challenges using his background in software engineering. He also co-chairs the RENCI Data Working Group, which is an institute-wide group that advises on data strategy and investigates and develops data architectures for large scale research-based scientific data challenges. He is also a member of the SILS Metadata Research Center team, where he is involved with metadata related research projects. Previously he has been a technical architect, a member of an emerging technologies strategy group, and co-founder of an early area Internet technology consultancy with clients in the biomedical and education spaces. He co-authored one of the first trade books on the Java programming language and spearheaded the world's first online radio station simulcast.michael_shoffner@unc.edu
As Duke University’s first Scholarly Communications Officer, Kevin Smith’s principal role is to teach and advise faculty, administrators and students about copyright, intellectual property licensing and scholarly publishing. Kevin began his academic career with graduate studies in theology at Yale University and the University of Chicago, and then decided to move into library work. He holds a Masters of Library Science from Kent State University and has worked as an academic librarian in both liberal arts colleges and specialized theological libraries. His strong interest in copyright law began in library school and he received a law degree from Capital University in 2005. Before moving to Duke in 2006, Kevin served as the Director of the Pilgrim Library at Defiance College in Ohio, where he also taught Constitutional Law. He is admitted to the bar in Ohio and North Carolina. kevin.l.smith@duke.edu
Jacqueline Solis is a reference and instructional services librarian and Coordinator of Liason Services in the University Libraries at UNC-Chapel Hill. She received her MLS from Emporia State University and her B.A. in Romance Languages from the University of Oregon. Prior to UNC, she was the Outreach Librarian at Califorina State University Northridge, a reference librarian at Burbank Public Library, and Research Librarian for Waggener Edstrom Worldwide. Her research interests include international librarianship, libraries in developing countries, and information literacy. jsolis@email.unc.edu
Erin Stalberg is Head of Metadata & Cataloging at North Carolina State University Libraries (Raleigh, NC) where she leads a department responsible for the cataloging of materials of all formats and in all languages, both in MARC and in non-MARC schema. She has held previous positions as Head of Cataloging Services at the University of Virginia Library (Charlottesville, VA) and at Saint Joseph's University (Philadelphia, PA). Stalberg also served as the Librarian for Semester at Sea (spring 2007 voyage), a "unique international studies program which introduces undergraduate students to global and comparative studies by focusing on structural and societal places in the world today" (http://www.semesteratsea.org/). Stalberg currently chairs the Metadata Interest Group, part of the American Library Association (ALA), Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), and she serves as webmaster for the Women's Studies Section of ALA, Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). She is also a trainer for the Library of Congress/ALCTS program "Metadata Standards & Applications", in the series Cataloging for the 21st Century. She presents regularly on issues of cataloging management, integration of metadata initiatives into traditional cataloging departments, and training of support staff in non-MARC metadata creation. She holds her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College (with a major in Spanish) and her MLS from Drexel University. She can be contacted by email at erin_stalberg@ncsu.edu.
Larry Taylor, has a BS in Intermediate Education from Appalachian State University in 1974 and a MSIS from UNC at Chapel Hill in 2007. Mr. Taylor taught for several years in Australia and North Carolina before pursuing his interest in computing at Duke Medical Center, Digital Equipment Corporation and MCI. He is actively involved in planning and building the virtual UNC campus in the multi-user virtual environment of Second Life. uskala@email.unc.edu
Matthew Turi is the Manuscripts Reference Librarian in the Manuscripts Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to coming to UNC, he worked for the North Carolina State Historical Records Advisory Board. His scholarly interest focuses on scholarly use of manuscript and archival materials. He holds an MSLS from SILS. turi@email.unc.edu
Philip Vandermeer is Music Librarian and Interim Head of Collections and Branch Libraries for the University Libraries. He is also Adjunct Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology in the Department of Music. He has a B.Mus. and M.S.L.S. from the University of Tennessee, an M.A. from Binghamton University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. He is active in the Music Library Association (MLA) serving as President from 2007-2009. He has also served as Editor of the MLA Technical Reports Series and as Book Review Editor for /Notes: The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association. His major academic interests are in southern music, ethnomusicological theory and method, and music bibliography.
Rebecca Vargha is Librarian, School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill since 2001. Her responsibilities as head of this library include collection development, staff supervision, liaison with departmental faculty and the central library, reference and research assistance, and facilities management. She is Faculty Advisor for the SLA Student Group at SILS and Archivist for the North Carolina Chapter of SLA. Additionally, she is a Past President of the Special Libraries Association.
Before SILS she worked as Senior Research Specialist at Nortel Networks, where she partnered with clients globally to develop and deliver enhanced, value-added strategic information solutions through training, demonstrations and presentations. Prior to Nortel, she was an information analyst for SAS (a software company). Her career began as an assistant librarian at the National Humanities Center. Vargha holds a bachelor's degree in English from UNC-Chapel Hill and a master's degree in library science from North Carolina Central University. She is a member of Beta Phi Mu and won the Meritorious Achievement Award (1994) from the North Carolina SLA Chapter for making outstanding contributions to the profession and chapter. On October 31, 2008 she was awarded the Distinguished Alumna Award from North Carolina Central University. vargha@email.unc.edu
Linwood Webster is currently an Academic Advisor for the General College and the College of Arts and Sciences Program at UNC Chapel Hill, and has been an adjunct instructor at Durham Technical Community College since 2004. He has a BA in English and Media-Journalism from NC Central University and MSIS from UNC at Chapel Hill. He has also completed the 2002-2003 Harvard University Administrative Fellowship Program as a Special Assistant for Information Technology in the Department of Afro-American Studies and W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research.lwebster@email.unc.edu
Meredith Weiss is the Associate Dean of Administration, Finance, and Information Technology at the UNC at Chapel Hill School of Law and holds Ph.D. from SILS. She additionally holds a B.S. in Human Resources from the University of Delaware and M.B.A. and M.I.S. degrees from North Carolina Central University. Her academic interests include information technology management and leadership, evidence-based management, business intelligence systems, and social networking.Afro-American Research mlweiss@email.unc.edu
Steven Weiss is Curator of the Southern Folklife Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to coming to UNC, he was Assistant Head Librarian for CNN's Washington DC Bureau and an Archives technician for the Motion Picture, Sound and Video Branch of the National Archives and Records Administration. Mr. Weiss holds a Bachelor of Science in Audio Technology from The American University in Washington DC and a Master of Information and Library Studies from the University of Michigan. smweiss@email.unc.edu
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