PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, 2004-2005

Barbra Buckner Higginbotham Professor  
Professional Activities American Library Association
     Library & Information Technology Association
     Association of College & Research Libraries
Archons of Colophon
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service & Committee Assignments  
Library Department Chair
Committee on Appointments (Chair)
Committee on Library Organization & Space Utilization
Committee on Publications
Cabinet
College Brooklyn Studies Project @ Brooklyn College
Strategic Plan - Undergraduate Research and Mentoring Subcommittee
Outcomes Assessment Steering Committee
     Institutional Effectiveness Subcommittee
Committee on Space Utilization
Committee on Student Technology Fee
Committee on Faculty Diversity
Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable
Promotion and Tenure Committee
Humanities Division Promotion and Tenure Committee
Personnel and Budget Committee
Faculty Council
     Committee on the Library (ex officio)
  Friends of the Library Steering Committee Golden Key Society (Honorary Member)
CUNY Council of Chief Librarians, City University of New York
     Collection Development Committee
CUNY Proficiency Exam Task 2 Committee
Other American Library Association
     Office of Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee
Middle States Commission on Higher Education evaluation team
     University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, April 3-6, 2005
William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Center visit, February 4, 2005
New York State Distance Higher Education Task Force
USNY Technology Policy & Practices Council
Other  
Grant Reviews National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, 1995-
Institute for Museum & Library Services, 1990-
U.S. Department of Education, 1989-
Publications & Papers "Preserving Digital Information: What Does It Mean and Who's Responsible?" Presentation at the Digitization of Heritage Languages Symposium, February 25, 2005, Lehman College, New York City A Country Cottage Abroad: completed monograph; seeking a publisher.


Jocelyn Berger-Barrera Assistant Processor  
Professional Activities American Library Association
Library Association of the City University of New York (Executive Council delegate)
Professional Service & Committee Assignments  
Library Committee on Collection Development
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Committee on Instruction
Committee on Publications
College Faculty Council Committee on Undergraduate Curriculum and Degree Requirements
Publications & Papers "Interpreting John Adams: Shifting Perceptions of His Life and Career" (M.A. Thesis, Brooklyn College, Spring 2004).


Sally Bowdoin
Assistant Professor
 
Professional Activities American Library Association
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service & Committee Assignments  
Library Committee on Appointments
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Committee on Publications
Committee on Collection Development
Disaster Team Leader
Access (Co-Editor)
College Faculty Sub-Committee on Promotion to Senior College Laboratory Technician
CUNY Urban Library Journal (Co-managing editor)
Aleph Acquisitions/Serials Committee


Jill Cirasella
Instructor
 
Professional Activities American Library Association
     Association of College and Research Libraries
     Reference and User Services Association
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service & Committee Assignments  
Library Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Committee on Instruction
CUNY Urban Library Journal (Editorial Board)


Martha Corpus
Assistant Professor
 
Professional Activities American Library Association
     Association of College & Research Libraries
     Library Instruction Roundtable
     Association of College & Research Libraries New York
Library Association of the City University of New York
Phi Beta Mu
Yeats Society of New York
Association of Gender Equity and Leadership in Education
Professional Service & Committee Assignments  
Library Committee on Committees
Committee on Collection Development
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Committee on Instruction
Committee on Publications
Committee on Student Relations (Chair)
College Strategic Plan - Student Centered Campus Committee - Working Group on Student Fee-Funded Programs (Chair)
Committee of Orientation Programs for All Students (C.O.P.A.S.)
Faculty Newsletter Committee, 2003- (Co-Chair)
Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics, 2003-
CUNY Library Association of the City University of New York
     Constitution and Bylaws Committee
     LACUNY Institute 2005 (Program Planning Committee)
Publications & Papers Urban Library Journal (Co-Editor)
"Social Activism and the New Right," American Social Movements, Armonk, NY: Sharpe, July 2004
"Serving the Homebound Learner," Urban Library Journal Winter 2003 (with C. Williams)
The ViewsWire (online country analysis service), Economist Newspaper Group (Contributor)
Resources, The Newsletter of the Mercy College Libraries. 1998-2004 (Editor and contributor)


Jane Cramer
Associate Professor
 
Professional Activities METRO Government Documents Interest Group (Secretary)
Professional Service & Committee Assignments  
Library Committee on Appointments
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Committee on Instruction
Committee on Publications
Committee on Collection Development
Committee on Celebratory Events
Fire & Safety Warden
Access (Co-editor)
CUNY CUNY Data Archives (Library Contact)
Publications & Papers Invited presentation to Law Librarians Association of NY
"Online Access to Government Information: Getting Government Documents to your Desktop." Presentation for the Law Librarians Association of New York (with Michael Roffer), New York Law School Library


Anthony Cucchiara
Professor
 
Professional Activities American Library Association
Archivists Roundtable of Metropolitan New York
Society of American Archivists
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service & Committee Assignments  
Library Committee on Student Relations
Committee on Collection Relations
Committee on Library Organization and Space Utilization
Cabinet
College Brooklyn Studies Project @ Brooklyn College
Committee for Art Acquisition for the New Library
Faculty Council Committee on Honors, Citations, & Awards
Presidential Advisory Committee on Italian-American Affairs
CUNY Library Association of the City University of New York Archival Advisory Committee


Miriam Deutch
Associate Professor
 
Professional Activities American Library Association
Art Libraries Society of North America
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service & Committee Assignments  
Library Committee on College Relations
Committee on Copyright
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Spring Seminar Coordinator
Disaster Team Leader
Committee on Celebratory Events
Cabinet
College Strategic Planning Committee - Student Focused Campus Subcommittee - Working Group on Student Life Goals (Chair)
Creative Achievement Award Committee
Divisional Subcommittee on Tenure
Auxiliary Enterprises Corporation (Board Of Directors)
Committee for Art Acquisition for the New Library (Chair)
Sexual Harassment Advisory Panel (Coordinator)
Sexual Harassment Educational Committee
Faculty Circle Executive Board
CUNY Aleph Circulation Committee
Library Association of the City University of New York
     Circulation Roundtable
     Interlibrary Loan Roundtable


Paraskeva Dimova-Angelov
Assistant Professor
 
Professional Activities American Library Association
     Association of College & Research Libraries
      International Relations Round Table
     Sister Library Committee
Association of College & Research Libraries New York
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service & Committee Assignments  
Library Committee on Collection Development
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Committee on Instruction
Committee on Student Relations
Other Alliance Fran aise


Beth Evans
Associate Professor
 
Professional Activities American Library Association
     New Members Round Table
     International Relations Round Table - Poster Presenter, Annual Conference 2005
     Association of College & Research Libraries - Spectrum Scholar Mentor
NYLINK Electronic Resources Advisory Group
Library Committee on Committees
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services (Chair)
Committee on Instruction
Committee on Publications
Committee on Copyright (Chair)
College Strategic Planning Committee - Undergraduate Education Committee - Working Group on General Education
CUNY Library Association of the City University of New York
LACUNY Institute 2005 (Program Planning Committee Co-Chair)
Electronic Resources Advisory Committee
Publications & Papers Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration (Editorial Board)
Urban Library Journal (Guest Editor; Editorial Advisory Board)


William Gargan
Professor
 
Professional Activities American Library Association
     Association of College & Research Libraries
Modern Language Association of America
Ernest Hemingway Society
James Joyce Society
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service & Committee Assignments  
Library Deputy Chair
Committee on Appointments
Committee on Honors, Citations & Awards
Committee on Collection Development
College Policy Council
Faculty Council
     Steering Committee
     Department delegate
Educational Services Department (Adjunct Professor)
Marshall 2005 Commencement
Strategic Plan - Leadership Subcommittee
CUNY Professional Staff Congress      Brooklyn College Chapter (Secretary)      Delegate Assembly Librarian's Committee Certified Reader for the CUNY WAT Exams LACUNY Professional Status Committee
Other American Library Association
     Association of College & Research Libraries
       English and American Literature Section
MLA International Bibliography Discussion Group
MLA International Bibliography Advisory Committee
Publications & Papers Reviewed books for Choice and Library Journal
Contributor to MLA International Bibliography, 2004


Nicholas Irons
HEO Associate
 
Professional Service & Committee Assignments  
Library Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services (ex officio)
Committee on Instruction (ex officio)
Committee on Student Relations (ex officio)
Chat Reference Committee (ex officio)
Social Committee
Fire & Safety Warden
College Academic Computing Advisory Committee (ex officio)
Brooklyn College Lab Managers Group
Support Staff Review Committee
Provost's Teaching, Learning and Technology Roundtable
Brooklyn College Labor Management Committee
CUNY CUNY Site License Managers Group
Other New Media Centers Summer Conference


Marguerite Iskenderian
Associate Professor
 
Professional Activities Association for Recorded Sound Collections
International Association of Music Libraries
Music Library Association
Music Library Association (Greater NY Chapter)
Music OCLC Users Group
New York Technical Services Librarians
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments
 
CUNY Aleph Music User Group
Library Association of the City University of New York
     Cataloging Roundtable
     Music Librarians Roundtable


Petek Kent
HEO Assistant
 
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments
 
Library Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services (ex officio)
College Assessment Committee
CUNY 57th Street Blackboard Team Leader/Administrator Meetings
Other Project Management Institute (PMI)


Marianne LaBatto
HEO Associate
 
Professional Activities Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York
Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference
METRO Documentary Heritage Program Advisory Council
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments
 
Library Friends of the Library Liaison
College Relations Committee
Web Page Committee
Celebratory Events Committee
Social Committee
College CUNY Campaign Captain
Fire & Safety Warden
Brooklyn Studies Project @ Brooklyn College
Grants Received METRO Grant: Digitizing the Scrapbooks of the Brooklyn Democratic Party


James Liu
HE Assistant
 
Library Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
College Brooklyn College Lab Managers Group
Asian American/Asian Faculty & Staff
CUNY Asian American/Asian Research Institute


Ann Matsuuchi
HE Assistant
 
Professional Activities American Library Association
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments
 
Library Committee on Collection Development (ex officio)
College Faculty Circle
CUNY Aleph Acquisitions/Serials Committee
LACUNY Acquisitions Roundtable


Slava Polishchuk
College Laboratory Technician
 
Professional Activities Guild of Book Workers, New York Chapter
American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
Library Association of the City University of New York
Awards Award of Excellence, Firehouse Art Gallery, Nassau Community College
Exhibitions & Interviews Anything Goes: Open competition, Firehouse Gallery, Nassau Community College
Emptiness & Sensuality [exhibit], Remy Toledo Gallery
     Malevich and His Successors [exhibit], C.A.S.E. Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, NJ; Alexander Glezer & Joachim Sklorz Gallery, Moscow
New York, Moscow [exhibit], C.A.S.E. Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, NJ
1960-80 Russian Non-Conformists [exhibit], Grant Gallery
     Group Exhibit, Gallerie Hudson; C.A.S.E. Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, NJ
     Slava Polishchuk & Asya Dodina: Between Earth and Heaven: Roots, Dreams and Chimeras [exhibit], Fox & Fowle Gallery, New York
ARTnews, New York [interview]
     Andrea Louie, "Remembrance of Things Not Yet Lost," Brooklyn College Magazine [interview]
     Alexander Glezer & Joachim Sklorz, Malevich and His Successors [article in exhibit catalogue]
Alexander Glezer, "Malevich and His Successors," Russkaya Reklama, No. 15, NYC
Maya Pritsker, Interview on RTN-TV, NYC
Anneta Meiman, Interview on Radio Nadeghda, NYC
Lana Rayberg, "The Phantoms of Reality," Metro, NYC
Lilian Koctyuk, "Between Earth and Heaven," V Novom Svete, NYC
Lana Rayberg, "Between Earth and Heaven," Vecherniy New York, NYC
Margarita Shklyarevskaya, "Between Earth and Heaven," Russian Bazaar, NYC
Maya Pritsker, "From Details to the Whole," Novoe Russkoe Slovo, NYC


Honora Raphael
Associate Professor
 
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments
 
Library Committee on Collection Development
Committee on Copyright
Committee on Honors, Citations, and Awards (Chair)
College Faculty Council (Divisional Delegate)
Publications & Papers "Gruenberg, Louis," In Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, v. 1 (New York: Routledge, 2004).


Mariana Regalado
Assistant Professor
 
Professional Activities American Library Association
     Association of College & Research Libraries
New York Library Association
Library Association of the City University of New York
Metropolitan New York Library Council
American Anthropological Association
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments
 
Library Committee on Committees
Committee on Collection Development
Committee on Copyright
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Committee on Instruction (Chair)
Committee on Publications
Committee on Library Organization and Space Utilization
Library Website Working Group
College Center for Teaching (Board)
Teaching, Learning and Technology Roundtable
Learning Communities Planning Group
College Master Planning Committee on Educational Foundations
CUNY Library Information Literacy Advisory Council
Other Metropolitan New York Library Council
     Bibliographic Instruction Special Interest Group (Co-Convener)


Sylvie L.F. Richards
HEO Assistant
 
Professional Activities Modern Language Association
Library Association of the City University of New York
American Association of University Women
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments
 
Library Committee on Copyright
Committee on Instruction (ex officio)
Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services (ex officio)
Social Committee
College Foundations of Excellence
Outcomes Assessment Task Force
Learning Communities
Undergraduate Orientation
Graduate Orientation
Teaching, Learning and Technology Roundtable
CUNY Blackboard Systems Administrators Group (Chair)
New York/NY Blackboard Users Group (Steering Committee)
LACUNY Electronic Information Services Committee (Co-Chair)
Publications & Papers "Saving Time When Grading Essays--Using the Combined Power of Blackboard and MS Word," CUNY IT Conference, November 19, 2004
"The CUNY Portal and Blackboard: Issues and Answers for Faculty and Librarians." Lehman College, February 24, 2005
"The CUNY Portal and Blackboard: Integrating Library Resources and Proxy Issues," Council of Chief Librarians, Baruch College, March 14, 2005
"The Interactive Assignment: Anchoring Learning with Technology." German Society for Online Research, University of Zurich, March 22,2005
"Creating a Collaborative Community with 19 Colleges of the City University of New York," Blackboard Users Conference, Baltimore, April 12, 2005
"Best Practices in Web Usability: Understanding and Applying the ADA and Section 508," NYC College of Technology, April 29, 2005
"Some Assembly Required: The Heptameron and New Media Technologies" in Approaches to Teaching Marguerite de Navarre, Modern Language Association Publications, scheduled to appear in the fall of 2005
"E-teaching: Emerging Foreign Language Methodologies Using Online Course Management Systems," UNTELE 2005, L'Universit de Technologie de Compi gne, March 24,2005
Grant Proposals PSC-CUNY Grant for travel to present paper at the New Learning 2004 conference in Skiathos, Greece
Graduate Dean Travel Grant for Skiathos, Greece to present paper at the New Learning 2004 conference
Workshops Developed & Led Blackboard Workshops:
What's New in Version 6?
Dreamweaver and the Interactive Syllabus
Save Time Grading Essays: Bb and MS Word
Using the Bb MathEditor for Math and Science Courses
Archive and Recycle your Bb Course Site
Maximizing Photoshop
Microsoft PowerPoint
Desktop Audio and Video with Camtasia
"You Are Here": Creating Instructional Concept Maps
Creating Instructional CDs Using Apple QuickTime 6
"Give Me a PDF, PDQ!" Creating Instructional PDF files
Creating Instructional CDs Using Microsoft Producer
Digital Media with Mac OS X and Windows XP
First-Year Learning Communities
Department-specific Blackboard Workshops:
LACUNY: ADA Compliance and Libraries
Library: Blackboard and the CUNY Portal


Alex Rudshteyn
HEO Associate
 
Professional Activities IEEE Computer Society
NaSPA -Network and Systems Professionals Association
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments
 
College Brooklyn College Lab Managers Group
Teaching, Learning Technology Roundtable (TLTR)
Faculty Day 2005 Planning Committee
Library Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services (ex officio)
Electronic Reference Task Force
Social Committee
Chat Reference Committee
Fire & Safety Warden
Other Hillel Foundation for Jewish Campus Life at Brooklyn College Board of Trustees, 2001-
New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Agency (METRO) Information Advisory Council, 2003-
U. S. Patents US5504969 Self-propelled machine for cleaning and disinfecting transportation vehicles
US5549410 Portable vehicle barrier
US5743196 Mobile waste incinerator
USSR Patents USSR 1662384 Machine for loading liquid organic fertilizers
USSR 1677371 Pump for transporting compound masses
USSR 1604206 Machine for distribution of liquid organic fertilizers
USSR 1628898 Machine for distribution of liquid organic fertilizers


Suzie Samuel
HEO Associate
 
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments
 
Library Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services (ex officio) Social Committee
College Brooklyn College Lab Managers Group


Howard Spivak Higher Education Officer  
Professional Activities American Library Association
Library & Information Technology Association
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments
 
Library Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services (ex officio)
Committee on Library Organization and Space Utilization (ex officio)
Cabinet
College Strategic Plan - Committee on Integrated Management Information Systems
Academic Computing Advisory Committee (ex officio)
Teaching, Learning and Technology Roundtable
Support Staff Review Committee
CUNY Task Force on Educational Technology
     Subcommittee on Faculty Development
     Subcommittee on Budget
Aleph Primary Contacts Committee
Other American Library Association      Library & Information Technology Association
        Membership Development Committee
Department of Health and Human Services/National Institute of Drug Abuse/Innovative Research Program
     Special Review Committee


Susan Vaughn
Professor
 
Professional Activities American Library Association
     Association for Library Collections & Technical Services
     Association of College & Research Libraries
     Library & Information Technology Association
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments
 
Library Committee on Collection Development (Chair)
Committee on Electronic Information & Media Services
Committee on Library Organization & Space Utilization
Social Committee
College Faculty Council Committee on College Review
CUNY Electronic Resources Advisory Committee (Chair)
Other EBSCO Advisory Board Wilson Company Advisory Board
Publications & Papers Editor, Collection Building


Edward F. Wall III
Substitute Instructor
 
Professional Activities American Library Association      Association of College & Research Libraries
American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
Library Association of the City University of New York
Association for Library and Information Science Education
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments
 
Library Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services
Committee on Instruction
CUNY SFX Committee
Other Metropolitan New York Chapter of ASIS&T (Treasurer)


Irwin Weintraub
Associate Professor
 
Professional Activities American Library Association
     Association of College & Research Libraries
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments
 
Library Committee on Committees (Chair)
Committee on Collection Development
Committee on College Relations
Committee on Instruction
Committee on Student Relations
College Faculty Circle (Vice President 2004-2006)
Faculty Newsletter Committee
CUNY Library Association of the City University of New York
     LACUNY Institute 2004 (Program Planning Committee)
Other American Library Association
     Social Responsibilities Roundtable
        Task Force on the Environment
Electronic Green Journal (Member, Editorial Board)
Publications & Papers Kesselman, Martin A. and Irwin Weintraub. Global Librarianship. New York, Dekker, 2004.
Articles in Brooklyn College Faculty Newsletter:
     "Faculty Day Round-up." Martha Corpus, Rennie Gonsalves, Irwin Weintraub. 7(1): 1-9 Fall/Winter 2004
     "That's Entertainment." Rennie Gonsalves and Irwin Weintraub. 8(2):1-6, Spring/Summer 2005

Book reviews:      Spurlock, Morgan. Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America. Putnam. 2005. Library Journal 130(8):109 -110, May 1, 2005.
     Campbell, T. Colin. The China Study : The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health. Ben Bella Books, 2004. Library Journal 129(20):148, December 1, 2004
     Fedoroff, Nina and Nancy Marie Brown. Mendel In the Kitchen : A Scientist's View of Genetically Modified Crops. Joseph Henry Press. Nov. 2004. Library Journal 129(17):85, October 15, 2004 Manuscript reviews for Electronic Green Journal:      "The Social and Ethical Aspects of Nuclear Waste"
     "Mars Millennial Fever, Extremophiles, NASA, Astroenvironmentalism, and Planetary Protection"


Judith Wild
Professor
 
Professional Activities American Library Association
     Library & Information Technology Association
New York Technical Services Librarians
Library Association of the City University of New York
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments
 
Library Library Cultural Events (Chair)
Committee on Copyright (Chair - 2004)
Committee on Library Organization and Space Utilization
Social Committee
Cabinet
College Humanities Division Subcommittee on Tenure
Faculty Day Committee
Faculty Newsletter Committee
Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Committee
President's Advisory Committee on Security
CUNY Book Vendor Selection Task force
Aleph
     Primary Contacts Committee
     Cataloging Committee
     Acquisitions/Serials Committee
Interlibrary Loan Roundtable


Harold Wilson
College Laboratory Technician
 
Professional Service &
Committee Assignments
 
Library Committee on Electronic Information and Media Services (ex officio)
Celebratory Events Committee
Fire & Safety Warden
Social Committee
College Brooklyn College Lab Managers Group
Employee of the Month Committee
CUNY CUNY/CECT Representative
Multimedia Roundtable


Emma Lee Yu
Assistant Professor
 
Professional Activities New York Technical Services Librarians
Library Association of the City University of New York