SUZANNE ALAURA KLINGER
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University of Washington Tacoma Library
1902 Commerce St.
Tacoma, WA 98402
253-692-4443
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EDUCATION
M.A. Library Science, 1984
Graduate Library School, The University of Chicago
Thesis: The Swallow Press Archives: A Finding Aid with Background on
the Swallow Press and its Significance
B.A. Ancient Greek, 1979
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
LIBRARY EXPERIENCE
Head, Reference Services, .6 FTE
[Selector for History, Communications, Sociology, Urban Studies, and General Reference]
February 2007 to date
University of Washington Tacoma Library
Head, Reference Instruction and Services, .6 FTE
[Selector for U.S. History, Communications, Cultural Studies, Urban Studies, and General Reference]
October 2000- February 2007
University of Washington Tacoma Library
Public Services Librarian, .5-.6 FTE
[Selector for Liberal Studies and General Reference]
July 1, 1990 to 1999
University of Washington Tacoma Library
Reference Librarian (Substitute)
November 1, 1989 – 1991
Lakewood Reference Center, Pierce County Library District, Tacoma, WA
Documents Reference/State Documents Librarian
January 1988 - May 1989
Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Assistant Documents Librarian
September 1985 - December 1987
The University of Illinois at Chicago Library
Visiting Instructor
September 1984 - August 1985
General Library, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Reference Intern, Documents Department
September 1983 - August 1984
The University of Illinois at Chicago Library
COMMITTEEPARTICIPATION and SERVICE
UW Tacoma Campus
Health and Safety Committee
January 2013 to December 2015
Foundations of Excellence Program (assessment of UW Tacoma’s first year program)
Fall 2008 to Spring 2009
- Diversity Dimension Sub-committee, Chair
One of 9sub-committees
- Steering Committee, Member
Campus Survey Committee, Liaison for Library
Autumn 2006 – Spring 2008
Community Founders’ Award Committee, Member
Spring 2004
Peace and Justice Group, Member
2001-2007
Chancellor’s Task Force on Diversity, Member
2000-2002
Naming Committee, Member (appointed by Chancellor)
1999-2005
Human Diversity Initiative Conversations Project, Focus Group Facilitator
Fall 1999
Project data used in:
Diehm, T. M., & Lazzari, M. M. (2001). The university’s role in promoting human
rights through nurturing human diversities. The Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social
Services, 13(1/2), 171-189.
Teaching and Learning Discussion Group, Member
April 1999 to date
Committee on Directors’ Evaluations, Member
Spring, 1997
Curriculum Committee, Ex officio member
September 1997 to 2000
Committee of the Deanship of the University of Washington Tacoma, Member (appointed by William Gerberding)
[Search committee for the Dean of the campus]
May-June 1995
Staff Association, Co-Chair
April1994-August 1997
Technology Management Team, Member
1993-1996
Pride Coalition at UWT, Founding Member and Staff Advisor
1992 to 2000
Chancellor’s Committee on Human Diversity, Member
1992 – 1998
Facilities Committee
1991-1993
UW Tacoma Library
Strategic Spring Staff Working Group, Member
Fall/Winter 2015- 2016
3-D Printing Working Group, Member
Fall/Winter 2015-2016
Access Services Manager Search Group
Fall 2013
Food Pilot Working Group, Coordinator
January 2013 to December 2013
Services Desk Working Group, Member
2011 to 2013
Digital Collections Working Group, Member
2011 to 2012
Library Assessment and Statistics Committee, Member
2010 to 2013
Data Inventory Subgroup, Member
2011 to date
Security Policy Review Committee, Member
2010 to date
Library Staff Retreat Committee, Coordinator
Spring/Summer 2010
Exploratory Committee for Public Workstation Options, Coordinator
Summer 2008 to 2009
One Comprehensive Policy (for library security) Document Committee, Member
Summer 2008 to 2010
UW Tacoma Phase-3 Facilities Expansion Committee, Member
February 2008 to January 2009
UW Tacoma Strategic Planning Team, Member
2007 to 2010
Search Committee Membership
Head, Instruction Services, September 2006- Spring 2007; Head, Curricular Instruction and Collection Development (Chair), Summer 2002; UW Tacoma Campus Librarian [Library Director], Summer 1998 - Spring 1999; two Reference Librarian positions, Fall 1998 & Spring 1999
Space Committee, Member
2004- April 2006
University Libraries
Review Committee for Personnel Ib
Winter 2016
Peer Committee for Peer Group I
Spring 2009
Information Literacy Steering Committee, Member
Fall 2001 – Spring 2003
Task Force to Review Librarians Personnel Code, member
1995
Association of Librarians at the University of Washington (ALUW) Legislative Committee
1992-1993
UWIN/WILLOW Resource Person
1992
Project Network participant[Mentoring program sponsored by the alumni association of the UW Graduate School of Library and Information Science]
1992
Other Committee Participation and Service
Front Line Information Professionals
Perkins Library, Duke University
March 1988 - May 1989
Southern Americana
[Cooperative collection development among Duke University, the University of North Carolina, and North Carolina State University]
September 1988 - May 1989
Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Women: Services Subcommittee
The University of Illinois at Chicago
September 1986 - December 1987
Library Information Services Fees Task Force
The University of Illinois at Chicago
January 1987 - September 1987
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
Rethinking Reference Collections, online course
Fall 2011
Invited assessment of proposed reference publications for Sage Publications
2007 to date
Urban Studies Forum: The Urban University
University of Washington, Tacoma
February 3, 2011
Leading from the Middle: Managing in all Directions
ACRL/LAMA Joint Sprint Virtual Institute
April 29-30, 2008
Syndicating the Learning Process: Pods, Blogs, Wikis, and Writely
Webinar sponsored by the Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning
University of Illinois, Springfield
June 21, 2006
GIS Day
Sponsored by UW Tacoma, the City of Tacoma, and Pierce County
November 17, 2004
Strategic Leadership Program II for Veteran SupervisorsUniversity of Washington Tacoma
March 18-March 20, 2002
Facets of Digital Reference: The Virtual Reference Desk
October 16-17, 2000 Seattle, WA
Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable, Regional Workshop
University of Washington, Tacoma
May 13, 1999
Information and Inquiry in an Age of Technological Abundance, Organizer
[A series of four colloquia that I organized in celebration of the inaugural year of the University of Washington, Tacoma’s (UWT) new campus. The colloquia, featuring librarians from the University of Washington Libraries and UWT, explored the issues confronting academic librarians, faculty, staff, and students in their shared engagement in critical thinking and research. ]
April 8, 15, 22, 29, 1998
Information Literacy: Restructuring Learning in an Electronic Environment
Videoteleconference
November 7, 1996
Difficult Dialogues Toward the Common Good: A Conference on Cultural Pluralism on the College Campus
Conference sponsored by the Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate education
January 26-30, 1995
Information Literacy in the Information Society
University of Washington, Tacoma Liberal Studies
Three credit course team-taught with Rebecca Etheridge, Media Specialist
Summer Quarter, 1993
Great Expectations
Washington Library Association Conference
Tacoma, WA
April 21-23, 1993
Training with Impact
UW Libraries Training and Staff Development
December 8, 11, 1992
Pacific Northwest Women’s Studies Association Conference
Pullman, WA
April 19-20, 1991
Effective Meetings
Staff Development Workshop, Perkins Library, Duke University
November 1988
State Documents Study Circle
North Carolina Library Staff Development Program
1988
PRESENTATIONS
The Future of Libraries: Musings, Thoughts, and Guesses
Senior University Class
Frank Tobey Jones, a non-profit Continuing Care Retirement Community
January 28, 2008
Reference This! Exploring Career Paths of a Reference Librarian
Panel Member
Sponsored by the WLA Reference Interest Group for the Information School, University of Washington
January 25, 2006
Librarians Tell All! (With Carole Svensson)
Fall Faculty Workshop
Teaching and Learning with Technology
University of Washington Tacoma
September 25, 2002
Best Practices Faculty Panel
Teaching and Learning Online Symposium
Sponsored by UW Tacoma Arts and Lectures, UW Tacoma Information Technology, and UW Bothell Information Services
October 18, 2000
Caught in the Web: Research and Uncritical Use of the Internet and Electronic Resources, with UW Tacoma librarians Joan Norton & Scott Spooner, and UW Systems Specialist Tim Bostelle
Colloquium for Information and Inquiry in an Age of Technological Abundance
University of Washington Tacoma
April 22, 1998
Sibling Relationships Library Style – UW Tacoma Library Emerges from the Seattle Shadow with Deborah Stansbury Sunday
University of Washington, Tacoma
For WELSA (West Library Service Area) quarterly meeting
September 22, 1995
Gay Research: Hands-on Computer Access with Al Fritz
Gay, Bisexual, Lesbian, Transgender Education Youth Conference, Seattle, WA
October 21, 1995
From Card Catalogs to Computer Keyboards: Libraries and their Future
AMEWS (Association of Military Education in Washington State) Conference, Fife, WA
September 16, 1993
The Nature of the Professional Development Program
Perkins Library, Duke University
February 9, 1989
Documents for High School Libraries
Chicago High School Library Media Association
February 7, 1987
PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND GRANTS
Reconfiguration of the Teaching & Learning Space at the Reference Desk
UW Tacoma Founders Grant, 2010
Enhancing the UWT Experience for Multilingual Students, Member, grant proposal team
Joint UW Tacoma Library & UW Tacoma Teaching and Learning Center project
Funded by UW Tacoma Founder’s Endowment
October, 2001
Research Docent Program, Program Creator
Designed to give students advanced training in research techniques and resources
University of Washington Tacoma Library
Established Spring 1994 and ongoing
PUBLICATIONS
With Joan Norton and Brenda Philip, “New (Old?) Place in an Urban Space,” Alki,
15 (3), December 1999, p. 17.
With Deborah Stansbury Sunday, “The Birth of a Library,” Library Directions/A Newsletter of the University of Washington Libraries,Spring 1996, 6(3).
Book review. Passet, Joanne E. “Cultural Crusaders: Women Librarians in the American West, 1900-1917.” Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press,
1994 in Pacific Northwest Quarterly, Summer 1996, 87(3), p. 162.
With Lyle A. Benedict, “Legal Abbreviations of U.S. Government Documents,”
Law Library Journal,78(2), Spring 1986, 307 - 336.
FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS
Nominated for UW Librarian of the Year Award, Spring 2009
Nominated for UW Tacoma Distinguished Service Award, Spring 2009
Distinguished Staff Award, 1997-1998
University of Washington, Tacoma
Fellow, Professional Development Program, 1986-1987
Joint program of the University of Illinois at Chicago, the University of Chicago, and Northwestern University
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