Candidates -- Vice Chair/Chair Elect: Thomas Baker OR Karen Selden

Candidate for Vice Chair/Chair Elect:
Thomas Baker

Employment:

• 1989-date Arthur W. Diamond Law Library, Columbia Law School, Columbia University:
    - Since 1997, Library Systems Coordinator;
    - from 1995-1997, copy cataloger in the Bibliographic Control Dept.;
    - from 1989-1995, clerk in the Acquisitions and then in the Serials Depts.
• 1987-1989 Juilliard School of Music, New York, New York. I did recitation sections of the large Music History lecture class.

Education:

• 1995 - Certificate in C, Computer Technology and Applications program, Columbia University
• 1975 - M.Phil. in historical musicology, Columbia University (early music; music of Richard Wagner)
• 1970 - B.A., Columbia College, Columbia University (Phi Beta Kappa)

Professional Activities:

• IUG; presented a talk on the III SCAT table mechanism at the Oakland IUG Meeting, 1999
• Memberships: AALL, ALA

Statement:

My long experience as a library staff member has given me a good sense of how important it is to maintain a good group spirit and to get the details of the work flow right; also how helpful (or the reverse) the library's system can be in these matters. I was a student worker with the Law Library when the III system was introduced in 1985, and I have seen the entire development of the III system in the Columbia Law Library, though only recently from a more complete perspective. As systems coordinator I have gained experience in working with gifted computer science students in crafting automated scripting solutions to various problems of library production. Later this year I will be getting the load table training from Innovative.

I know that it is very important that the law libraries be a real presence in the IUG and with III, and would work hard with you to maintain that presence.

Candidate for Vice Chair/Chair Elect:
Karen Selden

Employment:

• 1998-Present - Catalog Librarian, University of Colorado Law Library, Boulder, CO
• 2002-Present - Consultant, National Indian Law Library Subject Heading Thesaurus Project, Boulder, CO
• 1995-1998 - Circulation Services Librarian, Ohrstrom Library, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH

Education: M.L.S., Simmons College (1995); B.S., Pennsylvania State University (1984)

Selected Professional Activities:

• Innovative Law Users Group (1999 to Present)
  • Facilitated Cataloging Discussion Group at 2003 Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA
• American Association of Law Libraries (1998 to Present)
  • AALL Representative to the American Library Association's Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information (MARBI) Committee (July 2004 to July 2007) (Appointed Position)
  • Member of Cataloging and Intranet Access to Electronic Resources (Special Committee) (October 2002 to April 2004) (Appointed Position)
  • OBS-SIS Representative on the Technical Services Law Librarian Editorial Board (July 2002 to July 2004) (Appointed Position)
  • OBS-SIS Education Committee (March 2004 to Present)
  • Produce and Distribute OBS-SIS Website of the Month (October 2000 to Present)
• Colorado Association of Law Libraries (1998 to Present)
  • Member at Large (June 2002 to June 2003) (Elected Position)
  • Secretary (June 2000 to June 2001) (Elected Position)
  • Public Relations Chairperson (August 1999 to June 2002) (Appointed Position)

Selected Publications:

• Briscoe, Georgia, Karen Selden, and Cheryl Rae Nyberg. "The Catalog vs. The Homepage: Best Practices in Connecting to Online Resources." Law Library Journal 95, no. 2 (Spring 2003): 151-174. Chosen 2004 Law Library Journal Article of the Year
• Selden, Karen. "Library of Congress Classification Web." Technical Services Law Librarian 26, no. 3/4 (March/June 2001): 1, 24-26.
• Selden, Karen. "Linking Globally, Coping Locally: Cataloging Internet Resources at the University of Colorado Law Library." Law Library Journal 92, no. 4 (Fall 2000): 439-457.
• Briscoe, Georgia, and Karen Selden. "Cataloging @ 2000: Over 100 Years of Change at the University of Colorado Law Library." Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 30, no. 2/3 (2000): 177-195.

Presentations:

• Karen Selden, Accessing Electronic Resources: Issues to Consider (to be presented at the Western Pacific Chapter, American Association of Law Libraries' Annual Meeting, Sept. 17-18, 2004)
• Georgia Briscoe, Cheryl Nyberg & Karen Selden, The Catalog vs. the Homepage? Best Practices in Connecting to Online Resources (presented at the American Association of Law Libraries' Annual Meeting, July 23, 2002)
• Karen Selden, Cataloging Internet Resources: Linking Globally, Coping Locally (presented at the Southwestern Association of Law Libraries' Annual Meeting, April 1, 2000)
• Karen Selden & Mary Strouse, Cataloging a la Carte: Linking Globally, Coping Locally: An 856 "Field Guide" (presented at the American Association of Law Libraries' Annual Meeting, July 20, 1999)

Statement:

ILUG has a strong history of serving the law library community by affording us the chance to network with one another, explore the software's capabilities and features, share our tips and tricks, and advocate for improvements with a unified voice. If elected as Vice Chair/Chair Elect, I plan to continue to meet these important goals via ILUG's well-established traditions (the annual luncheon at IUG and annual meeting at AALL) and multiple channels of communication (ILUG list, website, and periodic newsletters), but remain open to improving and expanding upon this successful formula as opportunities arise. I have much relevant experience and many valuable skills to offer as the ILUG Vice Chair/Chair Elect. My experiences with III software over the past six years are many and varied. In addition to being a practicing cataloger, I am a librarian at a relatively small library, which requires me to perform public service as well as system administration duties. Thus, I regularly use almost all modules of III software, in both Millennium and text-based versions. As my service and publication activities demonstrate, I am active and involved in the field of law librarianship in general and experienced at serving my profession at the local, regional, and national levels. For these reasons, I look forward to using my III software knowledge and experience, my creativity, and my organizational, administrative, and communication skills to serve ILUG's members as we continue to network, explore, share, and advocate together.