University Librarian and Director of International Programs
Staley Library 105, Millikin University, 1184 West Main Street, Decatur, IL 62522-2084
e-mail: kborei@millikin.edu

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University Librarian, 1999 -
Millikin University, Decatur, IL

Responsible for planning and managing all library services, resources, and staff, through initiative, coordination, example, and delegation. As a University faculty member, participate in faculty governance and academic planning. As a University administrator, actively contribute to the overall mission of the university. As a library professional, participate in and contribute to regional and state-wide consortia and other collaboratives.

Director of International Programs, 2004 -
Millikin University, Decatur, IL

Coordinate and facilitate semester-long study abroad programs and policies for Millikin students, including student advising and, for the London semester, on-site planning. Create and maintain informational web site for all Millikin international programming, including for short-term (intersession and summer) offerings.

Adjunct faculty, Decatur IL, 2002 -
Millikin University, Decatur, IL

Teach IN120, Cultural Events Seminar, a one-credit course aimed at giving students the opportunity to experience, appreciate and enjoy a variety of musical, theatrical, artistic, academic and other cultural events, activities, presentations and performances at Millikin University and in Decatur. Primarily taught electronically.

Director of Library and Information Services, 1993 - 1998
Trinity College of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Responsible for all library operations and staff. As a College administrator, participate in strategic planning including for campus technology and diversity. As a College faculty member, collaborate in curricular and other academic matters. Expand library resource access for Trinity students, faculty and staff throughout Vermont and elsewhere, through cooperative and technological means. Integrate Library services with College's mission and its strategic and educational objectives.

Adjunct faculty, Saint Michael's' College, Colchester, VT, 1994

Library Consultant (automation, management), 1992 - present
 

1993: State Library of Massachusetts, Boston (choose and implement library automation)  1994: Green Mountain College Library, Putney, VT (review technical services)  1994: Small Academic Independent Libraries - Vermont (SAIL) Consortium (library automation planning).

Project Director/Consultant, 1992
Boston Library Consortium (BLC), Boston, MA
 

Managed the grant-funded technology projects ($200,000) and related activities for a consortium of twelve member institutions (including MIT, Boston University, Brandeis, Wellesley, and Boston College) during a vacancy in the Consortium's Executive Director position. Collaborated with Board of twelve library directors, and coordinated the ongoing work of inter-institutional committees. Spearheaded needs assessment and vendor selection for a BLC online serials union list system. Obtained federal grant funding for a BLC electronic document transmission system (Ariel).

Associate University Librarian for Automation & Technical Services, 1987 - 1992
Boston College Libraries, Chestnut Hill, MA
 

As part of the senior library management team, collaborated in all aspects of strategic planning for, and ongoing management of, the Boston College libraries. Had specific responsibility for all applications of technology to enhance library services to faculty and students. Directly managed the library's Technical Services and Systems departments. Active participant in the University's long-range planning for computer technology and telecommunications.

Associate Director of Libraries, 1983 - 1987
Boston University Libraries, Boston, MA
 

Responsible for day-to-day planning and management of public and technical services, including budget and staff performance monitoring, collection development activities, and library automation implementation. Initiated a public services self-review for the BU libraries through the Association of Research Libraries' Office of Management Services.

Systems Librarian, 1980 - 1983
Boston University Libraries, Boston, MA
 

Established University-wide library automation needs, wrote specifications, and managed vendor selection. Initiated a 300,000 title OCLC retrospective conversion project. Brokered the library's role as test site for the Faxon serials check-in system.

Circulation Librarian and Assistant Professor, 1977 - 1979
Alderman Library, University of Virginia Libraries, Charlottesville, VA
 

In addition to managing a department that serviced 320,000 circulation transactions annually, coordinated planning for AACR/2 impact on the public card catalogs, and also collaborated on a needs analysis for the in-house design of circulation automation and on architectural plans for a new undergraduate library.

Catalog Editor and Head, Catalog Information Office, 1973 - 1976
Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Philadelphia, PA
 

Along with managing filing and maintaining authority control in the card catalog, taught professional catalogers how to use the OCLC system when that was first introduced to the University of Pennsylvania libraries.

Anglo-Germanic Original Cataloger, 1968 - 1972
Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Philadelphia, PA
 

Assistant Librarian, University Museum Library, 1966 - 1968 University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Philadelphia, PA

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Millikin University (other than library-specific)

University Studies Curriculum Review Team (University-wide faculty committee), 2006-

Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA): serve on three subcommittees for Millikin University re-accreditation process, 2005-

Millikin University Institutional Review Board, 2005 -

Global Issues Committee, 2004 -

Information Technology Advisory Council (ITAC) (strategic planning group) , 1999-

Academic Council (Vice President for Academic Affair's management group) , 1999-

Decatur, IL

Heritage Network of Decatur-Macon County, IL

• Board of Directors, 2000-
• Publicity Committee Chair, 2000-2005
• Board Chair, 2005-2006

Translation (private, for local resident) of 90+ page book of 17^th century Norwegian history from Norwegian to English.
Book title: Herr Sinclair dro over salten hav (Mr. Sinclair ventured over the salt sea), author Rolf Rasch-Engh.  2005.

Curriculum Affairs Council, 1993 - 1998

• Acting Chair, Jan.-May 1995
• Chair, 1996/97; 1997/98

• February 1995: Accompanied Trinity student group to West Virginia for one week of service learning in Appalachia.
• February 1996: Led Trinity student group for one week of service learning in Washington, DC, including soup kitchen work.

• Chair, 1994/95

Academic Dean's Council

Boston College (other than library-specific)

Committee for Strategic Planning for [campus-wide] Computing and Communications

• Co-authored library portion of University's 1989 Boston College Strategic Plan for Computing and Communications.

• Applications Systems Development Subcommittee, 1989 - 1992.

Boston University (other than library-specific)

Charles River Campus Institutional Review Board, 1984 - 1991

• This Board is charged with assuring ethical use of human subjects in all sponsored research on campus.

• Board of Directors, 1986 - 1992
•     Scholarship Committee, 1989 - 1992

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: LIBRARY ORGANIZATIONS

library: national

American Library Association (member since 1978)

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) (one of 13,000+ members since 1980)

• Board of Directors, 1990 - 1994
• Chapters Council, 1987 - 1990
• ACRL White House Conference on Library and Information Services II (WHCLIS II) Committee, 1991/92.

• Chair, LAMA Women Administrators Discussion Group, 1984/85 (mounted program)

• Local Arrangements Committee, LITA National Conference, 1988

• Chair, 1989/90, 1990/91

Illinois Library Computer Systems Organization (ILCSO) [now CARLI, Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois]

• Board of Directors, 2000 - 2002
• Electronic Resources Committee, 2001-2002
• Assessment Task Force, 2000.

Illinois Cooperative [Library] Collection Management Program (ICCMP): grant reviewer, 2001-

New England Library & Information Network (NELINET)

• Board of Directors, 1994 - 1998
•     Program Committee, 1995/96 ; 1997/98
•     Personnel Committee, 1996/97

• Board of Directors, 1981 - 1990
•     Vice President/President/Past President, 1987 - 1990 (mounted two programs)
•     Archivist, 1981 - 1990

• Trustee, 1994/95

• Chair, NELA Academic Libraries Section, 1984/85 (mounted program)

Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

• Network Advisory Committee for Automated Resource Sharing in Massachusetts, 1984 - 1992.

Boston Library Consortium Automation Committee, 1980 - 1983.

• Chair, 1982/83 (mounted program)
• Union List Development Advisory Committee to Faxon, 1982/83

Swedish Library Association (Sveriges Allmänna Biblioteksförening): member since 1986

• Local Arrangements Committee, International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Stockholm Conference, August 1990.

WEB CREATIONS (other than for current professional positions)

As a result of winning a bid to do the work, completely re-designed the web site for the St. Andrews Arts Council (New Brunswick, Canada), November/December 2006. (Unless on black background, has not yet been changed over.) (http://www.standrewsartscouncil.nb.ca/)

Design, implement, and manage the Web site for The Heritage Network of Decatur-Macon County, beginning in 2000. (http://faculty.millikin.edu/~kborei/Hn/)

Design, implement, and manage the Web site for the Swede-L discussion list, beginning in 1998.. Beyond the list info itself, the site contains food links & recipes, and also genealogy resources. The pages are in English. (http://www.heskonsult.se/Swede-L/ )

Designed, implemented, and managed the Web site for  WALDEN, (Women Academic Library Directors Engaged in Networking), between 1997 and the organization's disbanding in 2001. Included a continuously updated member list, a history of the organization, and information about the next semi-annual dinner. (http://kbpembroker.se/WALDEN/walden.htm)

Designed, implemented, and managed the Trinity College Library's Web site, 1996-1998. In that the college has closed as of Sept.1, 2000, the site is now defunct. However, I saved some of it, which is what the link connects to. (http://kbpembroker.se/Vermont/default.htm)
 
 

PUBLICATIONS

Introducing the Small Library: College Libraries. In Running a small library: a how-to-do-it manual / edited by John Moorman. New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2006.

During the Summer 2005, I translated a 93-page book of Norwegian history (resulting in a 46 page typescript, 21,587 words) from Norwegian to English

The Rewards of Managing an Electronic Mailing List. Library Trends 47(4), Spring 1999, p. 686-698. (Scroll down article for linked table of contents.)

ACRL's New England Chapter: 25 years of history. Written as a 25th Anniversary Conference handout, and also made available on personal Web site, March 1997.

Report on the NISO [National Information Standards Organization] 1991 Conference. (Edited version of posting on PACS-L [electronic bulletin board], September 1991.) ALCTS Newsletter 3(2), 1992, p.15-19.

Controversies of the Information Age: NISO's Annual Meeting. (With Pat Ensor.) CD- ROM Professional May 1992, p.28-31.

Academic Librarian Delegates Chosen for WHCLIS. (Column.) College & Research Library News 52(3), March 1991, p. 177-178.

Changing Systems: Putting It All Together and Making It Work. Library Systems Migration (ed. Gary Pitkin), p.103-123. Meckler, 1991.

Putting It All Together And Making It Work. Library Software Review 9(3), May/June 1990, p. 152-153.

Mentor/Protege: Librarians Helping Librarians. (Program summary.) Library Administration & Management 2(4), September 1988, p.202-203.

Ergonomic Imperatives in Library Automation: One Library's Task Force Approach. Technical Services Quarterly 5(2), 1987, p.19-33.

Automation in the Boston University Libraries. Academic Computing 12(1), Fall 1986, p.5-8.

ACRL New England Chapter History. ACRL New England Chapter News, October 1983. (4 page insert.)

Nine Test Libraries' Use of the LINX Serials Checkin System. (With Linda Miller.) Serials Review 8(1), January-March 1982.

LINX Serials Management System: View from a Test Library. Serials Review 7(4), October-December 1981.

Report of the Task Force on Catalog Usage. University of Virginia, 1979. [ERIC Document # IR 008 728]
 
 

PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS CONCEIVED AND STAGED

• As principal or only organizer of the following, selected theme, selected & secured speakers, assured any local site arrangements, and monitored event.

Satisfying Library Users in Unsatisfying Times: Threats and Opportunities. ACRL New England Chapter Fall Conference, November 1987. (One-day regional conference, attendance 200.)

Leadership Styles of Successful Women Administrators. LAMA Women Administrators Discussion Group, ALA Annual Conference, July 1985. (Program at national conference.)

Strengthening Public Services in Academic Libraries. Academic Libraries Section, New England Library Association Annual Conference, October 1984. (Program at regional conference.)

Philosophical and Practical Implications of Library Automation Standards. Boston Library Consortium Automation Committee, June 1983. (Half-day program for Boston area librarians, attendance 100)
 
 

PUBLICLY PRESENTED PAPERS

Juggling Priorities: Administrative Challenges in Academic Libraries. Vermont Library Association Annual Conference, Burlington, VT, May 19, 1994.

Should the ALA Code of Ethics Be Revised?. (Testimony written for and read at public hearing on behalf of the ACRL Board.) ALA Committee on Professional Ethics hearings, San Antonio, January 1992.

Finding and Working With a Mentor [For Your Research Project]. Western New York/Ontario ACRL Chapter Fall Conference, St. Catharine's, Ontario, September 27, 1991.

True Or False: The Barriers Between Technical Services and Public Services Are Being Broken Down as a Result of Automation?. ALCTS Technical Services Administrators of Medium-Sized Research Libraries Discussion Group program, ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, June 1990.

Changing Systems: Putting It All Together And Making It Work - or, How We Did It Good At Boston College. Computers in Libraries '90, Washington, D.C., March 5, 1990.

Librarians and Mentoring: the Concept, the Practice, the Expectations - an Overview. New York Library Association Annual Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, October 27, 1989.

Interviewing: The Questions to Ask and the Answers to Give. ACRL New England Chapter Spring Conference, Hanover, N.H., April 1989.

Mentor/Protege: Librarians Helping Librarians. Concluding speaker on panel at ALA Annual Conference, New Orleans, July 1988.

Managing Technological Change. (Workshop leader.) Boston Library Consortium Conference, Boston, December 1986.

Authority Control for the Boston University Online Catalog. LITA/RTSD Cataloging and Classification Section program, New York City, June 1986.

Labor Relations and Libraries in the 1980's. (Panelist.) ACRL New England Chapter Fall Conference, Storrs, CT, November 1985.

Managing Library Automation with Multiple Vendor Systems. Faxon National Users Meeting, Boston, October 1985.

Changes in Staffing for Changing Times. New England Library Association Annual Conference, Boxborough, MA, September 1985.

Serials Automation Update. Art Libraries Society of North America Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, February 1983.

Retrospective Conversion at Boston University. Music Library Association, New England Chapter Fall Meeting, Storrs, CT, October 1982.

Innovations in Serials Automation: Faxon's LINX System. METRO[politan New York] Library Consortium program, New York City, April 1982.

Issues for Libraries in the 80's. The Faxon Company Spring Executive Retreat, Hyannis, MA, February 1982.
 
 

EDUCATION

Boston University Doctoral Program in Human Resource Education (School of Education)

• 55% of coursework completed; GPA 3.96 (out of 4)

• "[This] program is built upon the assumption that the basic concepts of administration developed in business, public administration, and their supportive social science disciplines, are equally relevant to library administration." (Program brochure)

Bachelor of Art (arts major) - Brown University

HONORS

Beta Phi Mu Library Science Honorary Society (inducted 1972, Sigma Chapter)

Pi Lambda Theta National Honor and Professional Association in Education (inducted 1986, Alpha Gamma chapter)

Listed in several Who's Who publications, including Who's Who, Who's Who in American Education, and in Who's Who in the World.
 
 

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