In addition to providing service to Georgetown University students and faculty, our librarians and Library staff are active contributors to the profession of librarianship. Below are some of the publications, presentations, and other professional achievements from the 2021–22 academic year.
Library Staff Achievement Awards
The following Library employees received the Library’s Staff Achievement Awards, which were awarded in June after a 3-year hiatus.
Library Staff Achievement Award winners, from left: Glen Yakushiji, Peter Hanssen, Margie Kirschbaum, Steve Fernie, Michael Singletary, Patty Martin, and Miriam Harris. Below: Ann Galloway and Jeff Popovich.
- Steve Fernie, web services coordinator: Dean’s Award, honoring leadership of an individual resulting in the advancement of library goals and objectives; a significant accomplishment that had a positive impact on the library, the campus, or the profession; or creativity and/or innovations that enhanced library services, operations, or the image of the library.
- Michael Singletary, computer support coordinator; Miriam Harris, acquisitions specialist; and Ann Galloway, assistant archivist: Lauinger Library Award, honoring the work of an individual to recognize significant accomplishments that had a positive impact on divisional goals and objectives; a contribution to the department, division or library that resulted in cost savings, streamlined processes, enhanced services; contributions of time and/or extra effort to successfully implement a project or program or an unsung hero/heroine whose contribution has gone unnoticed but continually helps support the work of the library.
- The Access Services Department: Jeff Popovich, circulation/reserves supervisor; Dana Aronowitz; resource sharing services supervisor; Peter Hanssen, access specialist; Glen Yakushiji, media equipment coordinator; and Patty Martin, technical services manager: Team Spirit Award, honoring a team, a committee or task force (any formal group) by recognizing the completion and successful implementation of a specific task or project that had a positive impact on the unit, department, division or library in the way of cost savings, streamlined processes, and/or enhanced services. This award will be shared among team members.
- Margie Kirschbaum, metadata specialist: Kindred Spirit Award, honoring an individual for contributions to the campus community including community service contributions that had a positive impact on the core mission of the university or furthered the role of the library on campus. Collaborations with other campus departments and/or personnel that enhance the library's image and/or role as an educational partner.
Publications
Jennifer Boettcher, business liaison and reference librarian: “Changes to NAICS Revises Industry Research,” Online Searcher, July/August 2022.
Keith Gorman, director of special collections: “Mobilizing Citizen Archivists: North Carolina Documents the Great War,” Journal for the Society of North Carolina Archivists, 2020–21.
Ladka Khailova, director, School of Continuing Studies Library, “Sudeten Germans,” Modern Germany; “Developing and Incorporating Impactful Library Research Guides for Online and Hybrid Learners,” Creating Inclusive and Engaging Online Courses: A Teaching Guide.
Greg Landgraf, communications and marketing coordinator: AL Direct newsletter, American Libraries.
LuLen Walker, art curator, “Art As Activism in Prints by Delita Martin,” On Paper: The Journal of the Washington Print Club, Fall 2021.
Presentations
Emily Baldoni, metadata librarian, digital and special collections: “Building a Linked Data Model for Archival Collections Related to Slavery: The On These Grounds Project,” LD4 Conference on Linked Data, July 22, 2021.
Jennifer Boettcher, business liaison and reference librarian “American Library Association Demystified.” Washington Research Library Consortium Annual Meeting, May 25, 2022; “Librarians as Partners: Our Allies in Distributing and Understanding Government Data.” Association for Public Data Users Data Symposium and CIC Symposium, May 3, 2022; “Data for New Business Librarians.” New Business Librarian Group. March 25, 2022; “Data Sources for Business.” Special Libraries Association Data Community, February 25, 2022; “Free Business Sources for New England.” Boston Library Consortium. January 28, 2022; “Building the BIZREF Bridge As You Cross It: A Discussion Between New and Seasoned Business Librarians on how to Boost Business Reference Confidence,” Reference & User Services Association Business Reference And Services Section Fall Symposium. December 15, 2021.
Mary Beth Corrigan, curator of collections on slavery, memory, and reconciliation: “The Naming Projects: Connecting Communities with Their Ancestors” at the Clemson University Woodland Cemetery Historic Preservation Virtual Research Symposium, October 7, 2021.
Ladka Khailova, director, School of Continuing Studies Library, Matt Bernstein, librarian, School of Continuing Studies Library, and Emily Guhde, director of organizational effectiveness and planning: “Systematically Assessing LMS-Embedded Asynchronous Information Literacy Modules for Perceived Impact and Quality at Georgetown’s School of Continuing Studies Library,” Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy, March 31, 2022.
Megan Martinsen, head, Digital Scholarship Services Unit: moderator and commentator, Georgetown Digital Humanities Symposium, March 24–25, 2022; “Infusing Critical Evaluation of Data Visualizations in Open and Tool-centric Workshops,” Digital Library Federation Forum, November 2021.
Jess O’Toole, social science & government documents librarian: “Rethinking Research Consultations: Adding Critical Reflection and Increasing Metacognitive Awareness,” LOEX, May 7, 2022.
Mark Winek, head of electronic resources and serials; John Kimbrough, electronic resources librarian; and Cody Hackett, senior electronic resources specialist: “The Daily Unit Check-In Meeting: Developing a Technical Services Standup,” Potomac Technical Processing Librarians Annual Meeting, October 15, 2021.
Adrian Vaagenes, digital and archival services librarian, Woodstock Theological Library: “Jesuit Online Necrology: Understanding the Men who Devoted Their Lives to the Society of Jesus and to the Catholic Church, 1814–1970,” International Symposium on Jesuit Studies, August 1, 2022.
John Zarrillo, bioethics archivist/reference librarian, Bioethics Research Library: “Georgetown University Libraries: A Tale of Two COVID Collecting Projects,” Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, October 9, 2021.
Awards, Achievements, and Professional Involvement
Jennifer Boettcher, business liaison and reference librarian: member, American Library Association (ALA) Council; member, ALA Forward Together Resolutions Workgroup; member, ALA Policy Monitoring Committee; chair, ALA Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) Business Reference and Adult Services Section (BRASS) 2023 Program Planning Committee; Social Media Editor, Ticker; Chair, Capital Area Business Academic Librarians; Director at Large, Maryland Chapter of the Special Libraries Association; member, SLA Maryland Chapter Business & Finance Community Communication Committee; Listserv owner, Business Information Finders (Washington, D.C.)
Ted Mallison, Digital Production Coordinator, Maryland Province Archives: Chair, Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums Diversity Subgroup of the Digital Library Federation’s Committee for Equity and Inclusion; Digital Archives Specialist certification from the Society of American Archivists.