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ATG Star of the Week: Susan Stearns, VP, Strategic Partnerships, Ex Libris Group

gilsont — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:15:10 +0000

Name: Susan Stearns
Position: VP, Strategic Partnerships Organization: Ex Libris Group
Email: susan.stearns@exlibrisgroup.com
Website: exlibrisgroup.com

Born and Lived: Born in Urbana, Illinois. Lived in Illinois, Virginia, and London as well as now in Massachusetts.

Professional Career and Activities: Librarian at Virginia Union and Virginia Commonwealth Universities and Corporate Librarian [...]

ATG Star of the Week: Michael Arthur, Head of Acquisitions & Collection Services, University of Central Florida Libraries

gilsont — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:23:30 +0000

Name: Michael A. Arthur Title: Head of Acquisitions & Collection Services Organization: University of Central Florida Libraries Address: UCF Libraries, 12701 Pegasus Drive, Orlando, FL, 32816-2666 Phone: 407-882-0143 Fax: 407-823-1424 Email: Michael.arthur@ucf.edu

Born and lived: I was born in Bloomington, Indiana, and lived there until I completed by MLS and accepted my first [...]

ATG Star of the Week: Philippe Boisvert, Subject Librarian, Engineering and Physics, Université Laval

gilsont — Thu, 30 May 2013 20:44:11 +0000

Name: Philippe Boisvert
Position: Subject Librarian Library: Engineering and Physics, Université Laval
Email:philippe.boisvert@bibl.ulaval.ca Website: http://www.bibl.ulaval.ca/

Born and Lived: I was born in a small town of the province of Quebec, in Canada. I lived most of my life in that province, but also lived almost 3 years in [...]

ATG Star of the Week: Carolyn Bain, President, Bain Pugh & Associates

gilsont — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:31:22 +0000

Name: Carolyn Bain
Position: President Organization: Bain Pugh & Associates, Inc.
Email: bainpugh@verizon.net

Born and Lived: Austin, TX born; New Orleans, LA grew up; Dallas, TX (Southern Methodist University BFA and MFA); Birmingham, AL (Univ of Alabama-Birmingham) worked; Dallas, TX worked; Washington, DC area worked.

Professional Career and [...]

ATG Star of The Week: Margaret Hogarth, Electronic Resources and Acquisitions Librarian, Claremont University Consortium

gilsont — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:19:52 +0000

Name: Margaret Hogarth Position: Electronic Resources and Acquisitions Librarian, Institution: Claremont University Consortium
Email: margaret_hogarth@cuc.claremont.edu
Website: http://libraries.claremont.edu/

Born and Lived: Born in Burbank, California; Lived in Panorama City, Chatsworth, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Hayward, and Chino Hills, California; Lived in Taipei, Taiwan for one year.

Professional Career and Activities: Pool reference [...]

ATG Star of the Week: Mitchell Davis, Chief Business Officer, BiblioLabs

gilsont — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:10:26 +0000

Name: Mitchell Davis Position: Chief Business Officer, Organization: BiblioLabs. 360 Concord Street, Charleston, SC 29403 Phone: (843) 408-2303 Email: mitchell@bibliolabs.com Website: http://www.biblioboard.com

Born and lived: Charleston, SC.

Early life: I grew up in Summerville, a suburb of Charleston, where I played some sports but mostly tried to be popular. I then went [...]

ATG Star of the Week: Marie Bloechle, Electronic Acquisitions Librarian, University of North Texas Libraries

gilsont — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:09:17 +0000

Name: Marie Bloechle Position: Electronic Acquisitions Librarian Organization:University of North Texas Libraries Email: marie.bloechle@unt.edu Website: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/marie-bloechle/20/445/1b2

Born and Lived: I’m an army brat, so was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Soon after, though, my dad left the army and moved his family to Southern California to become a professor of geophysics at UCLA. [...]

ATG Star of the Week: Ann Lawson, EU Publisher Sales and Marketing Director, EBSCO Information Services

gilsont — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:34:23 +0000

Name: Ann Lawson Position: EU Publisher Sales and Marketing Director Organization: EBSCO Information Services Oxford, UK Phone: +44 7970 936038 Email:<alawson@ebsco.com> Website: www.ebsco.com

Born and lived: Born in Glasgow, Scotland, lived there until I left home to go to university on the day of my 18th birthday. I studied [...]

ATG Star of the Week: Denise Hannibal, Monograph Acquisitions Librarian, Bernard Becker Medical Library – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

gilsont — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:34:54 +0000

Name: Denise Hannibal Position: Monograph Acquisitions Librarian, Organization: Bernard Becker Medical Library at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Website: https://becker.wustl.edu/

Born and Lived: I was born and raised in St. Louis, MO. My parents still live in the house I grew up in. I traveled as far away [...]

ATG Star of the Week: Chris Banks, University Librarian and Director, University of Aberdeen

gilsont — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:32:22 +0000

Name: Chris Banks Position: University Librarian and Director, Library, Special Collections & Museums Institution: Sir Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen Phone: +44 (0) 1224 273384 Email: c.banks@abdn.ac.uk Website: www.abdn.ac.uk/library

Born and lived: Born in London. Lived in London, Belfast, London, Aberdeen.

Early life: Shaped (positively) by living in [...]

ATG Star of the Week: Sarah Hoke, Collection Development Manager, Southeast U.S., YBP Library Services

gilsont — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:14:28 +0000

Name: Sarah Hoke
Position: Collection Development Manager, Southeast U.S., Organization: YBP Library Services
Email: shoke@ybp.com
Website: www.ybp.com

Born and Lived: For the majority of my life I have lived in New Hampshire, but I recently moved to the greater Atlanta, GA area so I could be closer to the libraries I [...]

ATG Star of the Week: Cheryl E. Highsmith, Coordinator of Electronic Resources & Serials, Leatherby Libraries, Chapman University

gilsont — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:21:18 +0000

Name: Cheryl E. Highsmith Position: Coordinator of Electronic Resources & Serials Organization: Leatherby Libraries, Chapman University Phone: (714) 532-7769; Fax: (714) 532-7743 Email: highsmic@yahoo.com; highsmit@chapman.edu

Born and lived: Champaign County, IL, and elsewhere in IL; later in Philadelphia, PA; and now in Orange County, CA.

Early life: Champaign, IL.

Professional career and activities: Active [...]

ATG Star of the Week: James Lingle, Director of Sales and Marketing, IGI Global

gilsont — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:59:49 +0000

Name: James Lingle Position: Director of Sales and Marketing Organization: IGI Global Email: jlingle@igi-global.com
Website: http://www.igi-global.com/

Born and Lived: I was born in the 60′s in Banbury, England. Moved to the US as a babe in arms and then bounced back across the pond at 4 for schooling in the UK before [...]

ATG Star of the Week: Ibironke Lawal, Science & Engineering Collections Librarian, Virginia Commonwealth University

gilsont — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:12:58 +0000

Name: Ibironke Lawal
Position: Science & Engineering Collections Librarian
Institution: Virginia Commonwealth University
Email: ilawal@vcu.edu

Born and Lived: Born in Nigeria, now living in Glen Allen, Virginia

Professional Career and Activities: I am a member of a number of organizations including American Society for Engineering Education, American Chemical Society, ALA, ACRL, [...]

ATG Star of the Week: Donna F. Jacobs, Research Specialist – Manager, Medical University of South Carolina

gilsont — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:12:16 +0000

Name: Donna F. Jacobs Position: Research Specialist and Manager Organization: Transgenic Mouse Core Facility at the Medical University of SC Email: jacobsdf@musc.edu; westashleybook@gmail.com

In my spare time: I have taken up researching local modern history in the West Ashley region of Charleston, SC. I have published two books with Arcadia Publishing: [...]

ATG Star of the Week: Helen Henderson, Managing Director, Information Power Ltd

gilsont — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:07:22 +0000

Name: Helen Henderson Position:Managing Director, Organization: Information Power Ltd, 5 Stirling Acres Rd, Kirkcudbright DG6 4EY, Scotland
Phone: +44 (0)1865 596256
Email: helen@helenhenderson.com Website: www.informationpower.co.uk

Born and lived: Born in Essex, then moved around to university in Hull and Leeds, jobs in London, Oxford and Glasgow, and finally semi-retired to Scotland.

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ATG Star of the Week: Dr. Hazel Woodward, Director, Information Power Ltd.

gilsont — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:28:49 +0000

Name: Dr. Hazel Woodward Title: Director Organization: Information Power Ltd. 73, Dudley Street, Bedford, MK40 3TA, UK
Phone: +44 (0) 1234 303221
Email: hazel@informationpower.co.uk
Website: www.informationpower.co.uk

Born and lived: Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, UK. Subsequently lived in Nottingham, Loughborough, and currently Bedford.

Early life: Eldest child with a brother [...]

ATG Star of the Week: Gracemary Smulewitz, Head, Distributed Technical Services, Rutgers University Libraries

gilsont — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:57:35 +0000

Name: Gracemary Smulewitz Position: Head, Distributed Technical Services Institution: Rutgers University Libraries Phone: (848) 932-6120 Fax: (732) 932-8141 Email: smulewi@rutgers.edu

Born and lived: Born and lived in New Jersey but spent four years in Knoxville Tennessee. My husband and I now reside in Highland Park, NJ and have for 29 years.

Early life: [...]

ATG Star of the Week: Lorraine Keelan, Sales & Commercial Director, Scholarly, Palgrave Macmillan

gilsont — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:41:56 +0000

Name: Lorraine Keelan
Position: Sales & Commercial Director, Scholarly Organization: Palgrave Macmillan Email: l.keelan@palgrave.com
Website: www.palgrave.com

Born and Lived: Dublin, Ireland, then moved to United Kingdom after graduation, and have been living in New York for the last 6 months.

Professional Career and Activities: In charge of Palgrave Macmillan’s Sales & [...]

ATG Star of the Week: Tina Andersen, Aalborg University Library, Denmark

gilsont — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:04:04 +0000

Name: Tina Andersen
Title: Academic Employee Organization: Aalborg University Library, Denmark
Email: Ta@aub.aau.dk
Website: http://www.en.aub.aau.dk/

Born and Lived: I live in Denmark (Europe) in a medium size city called Aalborg all though I believe that the city would be considered small compared to US standards. Denmark is a very small [...]