Debra L. Nordgren

Hill Library, UW-Superior

Belknap & Catlin, PO Box 2000

Superior, WI  54880

 (715)394-8233

email: dnordgre@uwsuper.edu

Vitae

Education        M. S. in Education, Guidance and Counseling, 1993, University of Wisconsin-Superior                                    

                         M.A. in Librarianship, 1977, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. 

B.A., Psychology, Library Science minor, 1976.  University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Experience      Technical Services Librarian

Associate Professor, Library Science program,

            Graduate Faculty

University of Wisconsin-Superior

1989 to present

                        Interim Library Director

                        University of Wisconsin-Superior

                        July, 2002-June, 2004

                        Chair, Library Science Program

                        University of Wisconsin-Superior

                        August, 2001-June, 2004

                        Cataloger, Limited Term Employee

University of Wisconsin-Superior

1988-1989

Medical Librarian

Howard Young Medical Center

Woodruff, Wisconsin

1977-1987

Consultant

1988, Hayward Area Memorial Hospital, Wisconsin

1985, Community Memorial Hospital, Spooner, Wisconsin

1982, 1980 Riverview Hospital, Wisconsin Rapids

1980, Sacred Heart Hospital, Tomahawk, Wisconsin

 Professional Activities

Council of University of Wisconsin Libraries (UW System Library Directors), 2002-2004; Strategic Planning Committee, 2002, Nominating Committee, 2002.

 Library Hub Consortium 1999 to present; Chair, 2000-2001.

University of Wisconsin System Library Automation Managers, 1989 to present. Chair, 1995-1996.

University of Wisconsin System Collection Development Committee, 1993-2002.

University of Wisconsin System Advisory Panel to the Women’s Studies Librarian, 1994 to present.  Chair, 1997-1998.

Wisconsin Interlibrary Services OCLC Peer Council Representative, 1990-2002, 2004 to present.

Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians Library Development and Legislative Committee, 1991.

Arrowhead Health Sciences Library Network, 1989-2002.  Secretary/Coordinator-Elect, 1990-1991; Coordinator, 1992.

Planning committee for the new Superior elementary school library, 2000.

Greater Midwest Regional Medical Library Association, Wisconsin Representative, 1980-1981, 1984.

Wisconsin Health Science Library Association, 1978 to present; Treasurer/Membership Chair, 1978-1980; President-Elect, 1980-1981; President, 1981-1982; Board Member, 1985-1986.

Northern Wisconsin Health Science Libraries Cooperative, Coordinator/Area Representative, 1978-1980; Coordinator-Elect, 1983-1984; Coordinator, 1985-1987.

Wisconsin Valley Library Services, Wausau, Library Advisory Committee, 1978, 1982-1983.

Service at University of Wisconsin-Superior

Information and Instructional Technology Services Council, 2002-2004.

University Technology Committee, 2003-2004.

Hosted the Foundation Social, January 16, 2003.

UW-Superior Strategic Planning Core Committee; 2002-2003.

Hill Library Strategic Planning Committee, 2000-2004.

Information and Instructional Technology Services Information Resources Team, 1996-1998.

Academic Affairs Council, 1995-2001; Alternate secretary, 1999-2000.  General Education Subcommittee, 1995-1997; General Education Subcommittee Chair, 1999-2000.

            Faculty Personnel Council, 1998-2001.

Women’s Studies Committee, 1990 to present; Co-chair, 1996-1998.  Women’s Studies Director Search Committee, Chair, 2000-2001; Search Committee member 2001-2002.

Status of Women Ad Hoc Committee, 1999-2000.  Standing Committee on Women, 2000 to present; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Working Group, 2002 to present.

            Faculty Advisor to Association for Women Students, 1999 to present.

Women’s Resource Center Board, 2002 to 2003.

            Rothwell Student Center Committee, 1998-1999.        

Search and Screen Committee for Vice Chancellor/Provost, 1997.

Search and Screen Committee for Legal Studies professor, 1998.

Search and Screen Committee for Dean of Professional Studies, 1993.

Search and Screen Committee for Head of Reference/Library Science Faculty, 1990; Bibliographic Instruction Librarian/Library Science Faculty, 1993; Database Librarian/Library Science Faculty, 1994; Bibliographic Instruction Librarian/Library Science Faculty, 1998; Acquisitions/Periodicals Librarian, 2001; Information Services Librarian, 2002.

            Campus Safety Transition Committee, 1996.

Affirmative Action Committee, 1994-1995, 1997 to present; Chair, 1997-2002.   AAEEO Subcommittee on Recruitment of Staff of Color Chair, 2001-2002.

            Daycare Advisory Committee, 1990-1991, 1993.

Ad hoc Committee on Faculty Evaluation, Division of Education, 1991-1993.

Papers/Presentations/Conferences

Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership Annual Conference, October 16-17, 2004, Baraboo.

Wisconsin Women = Prosperity, Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton Statewide Economic Development Initiative, member of Educational Achievement Task Force, 2003 to present.

UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity Reading Group Discussion Leader for Affirmative Acts by June Jordan, UW-Superior, Spring 2003.

“The Teacher-Library Media Specialist Partnership in Schools”, presentation to Teacher Education 200, Introduction to Education , Nov. 19, 2003; Teacher Education 331, Teaching Elementary/Middle School Social Studies, Jan. 31, Nov. 21, 2003.

“Information Literacy at UW-Superior” presentations to departments, Fall, 2003.

Invited presentation on the Hill Library to the Wisconsin Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) meeting held on July 12, 2002, in Ashland, Wis.

Facilitator, “Recognizing how feminist politics change when feminist groups become more like institutions” at the Making Women’s History Now:  The State of Feminism in the Twin Ports, Oct. 25, 2002.

 Organizer and Presenter of the “Let Me Tell You” presentation on diversity at UW-Superior Spring 2001 Orientation.

 “Doing Gender” panelist at the UW-Superior Dean’s Colloquium, Nov. 9, 2001

 Attended the UW System conference on the Recruitment and Retention of Faculty of Color, Madison, Jan. 18-19, 2001.

 Initiated and coordinated feminist pedagogy discussions held each month with the Women's Studies faculty, 1998-1999.

 "The Next Online Library System" presentation at the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable UW-Superior, April 1, 1999.

 “The Feminist Agenda in Academic Librarianship”, paper presented at the International Conference of Women in Higher Education, Charleston, South Carolina, January 2-5, 1999.  Paper also published in Proceedings of the 12^th Annual International Conference – Women in Higher Education, January 2-5,1999.

 Article and interview on “Feminist Agenda in Academic Librarianship” appeared as “Feminist Promotes New Vision for Hierarchical Libraries”, Women in Higher Education, v. 8, no. 3, Mar. 1999, p. 17.

 "The Library Science Distance Education Collaboration", co-presenter at the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable, UW-Superior, November 5, 1998.

Invited participant, Library Technology Planning Conference, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, February 23-25, 1998, Wausau.

 "Access to Information and Intellectual Property" at the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable on May 1, 1997 at UWS.

Invited instructor for one session on cataloging for the Education Teleconference Network (ETN), A50, Basic Library Management course through the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Library and Information Science, Continuing Education program, Fall 1997, Fall 1998. 

Invited instructor for three sessions on cataloging for the Basic Library Skills course through the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Library and Information Science, Continuing Education program, Fall 1998. 

 Invited instructor for a semester-long, non-credit course on Basic Cataloging for ETN, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Library and Information Science, Continuing Education program, 1998.  Fifteen students enrolled in this distance education course.

Planning Committee for grant for library services within the Northwoods HealthNet, a consortium of hospital and health care organizations in northern Wisconsin, 1997.

Planned, conducted, and coordinated the presentations for the programs for the UWS “Take Our Daughters to Work” Day celebrations for 1994-1996.

 Presentation on "Spirituality - Earth Wisdom/Religions", at the 21^st Annual University of Wisconsin System Women's Studies Consortium Conference on October 4-5, 1996, at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.  Also selected books appropriate to the conference theme of “Finding Common Ground” to sell at the conference.  The sale was a cooperative effort with the local Waldenbooks.   A portion of the sales went toward conference expenses.

 Moderator, Roundtable Discussion on The Status of Women Around the World, co-sponsored by the UWS Department of Political Science and the Superior Chapter of the National Organization of Women, 1993.

 Invited participant, Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians Leadership Institute, 1991.

 “Accessing Library Catalogs and Information via PC Modem” presented at the CESA #12 Annual Education Conference, October 25, 1991, Ashland.

 UW System Faculty College, 1990.

Moderator, Convocation Panel on the Superior Plan, Affective Support for Students, 1990.

 Memberships

 American Library Association

Wisconsin Library Association

            Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians