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Certified Public Manager Credential
(CPM)
Program offered through the South
Carolina Office of Human Resources. May, 2004.
Doctor of
Education
- Curriculum and Instruction, College of
Education, University of South Carolina. December,
2002.
Dissertation: Education
for the Azorean Immigrant Descendant: Selected Cases from the Summer Study
Program at the University of the Azores.
Dissertation Director: Dr. Rhonda B.
Jeffries, USC College of Education.
Committee Members: Dr. Susan
Schramm-Pate, Dr. Dan Barron, Dr. Linda Walling.
Certificate
of Study
- Azorean Portuguese Language and Culture. Curso de
Verão 2001 (Summer Study Course), University of
the Azores, Portugal, June 23 - July 30, 2001.
Master
of Library and Information Science, School of Library and Information
Science, College of Mass Communications and Information Studies, University of
South Carolina. December, 1991.
Bachelor of
Arts
in Geography, Department of Geography, University of South Carolina. May, 1990.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
South Carolina State Library
1430 Senate Street
Columbia, SC 29211
Director of Communications
March 1,
2007 to present.
South Carolina State Library
1430 Senate Street
Columbia, SC 29211
Director, Division of Statewide Library Services
(December 2002 to October 2006) then March 19, 2007 to February 2007.
South Carolina State Library
1430 Senate Street
Columbia, SC 29211
Interim Director (and continue with duties of Director, Division of Statewide
Library Services)
(Appointed by the State Library Board October 21, 2006 to March 18, 2007)
According
to the South Carolina Code of Laws, the general outline for the position of the
State Library Director is as follows:
SECTION 60‑1‑30.
Director of State Library;
qualifications; evaluation
and term of office.
The
State Library Board shall appoint the director of the South Carolina State
Library to serve as the administrative head of the State Library. The director:
(a)
shall hold a degree from a graduate library school accredited by the American
Library Association and must be eligible for a South Carolina professional
librarian’s certificate; and
(b)
shall have at least ten years of library experience in
increasingly responsible professional positions, including at least four years
in library administration with demonstrated success in this area.
The
board shall annually evaluate the performance of the director who shall serve
until terminated by the board for good cause.
SECTION 60‑1‑50.
Duties of director.
The
director of the South Carolina State Library is responsible for the management
of the State Library and for the development and coordination of a statewide
program of library and information services.
The director shall:
(a)
organize, staff, and administer the State Library in
accordance with law and good library practice;
(b)
recommend to the State Library Board policies and
regulations necessary for carrying out the provisions of this chapter and
execute those adopted by the board;
(c)
prepare a budget for the approval of the board and
administer funds made available from any source for improvement of library
services, interlibrary cooperation, or resource sharing;
(d)
provide advice and technical assistance to public and
other libraries, agencies of the State, political subdivisions, and planning
groups concerning library services and operations;
(e)
carry out continuing studies of the information needs
of the citizens of the State and recommend services and programs to meet those
needs;
(f)
encourage broad professional and community
participation in library planning and development;
(g)
encourage and assist the efforts of libraries and
local governments to develop mutual and cooperative solutions to library and
information service problems;
(h)
encourage every citizen of the State to fully utilize
the state’s library resources and maintain the individual’s right of access to
those resources.
Committees/Associations:
COSLA– Chief Officers of State Library Agencies member
ALA – American Library Association
member
SCLA – South
Carolina Library Association.
Editor of Newsletter, VP/Pres. Elect Nominee.
SC Partnership
for Distance Eduaction, Secretary.
South Carolina State Library
1430 Senate Street
Columbia, SC 29211
Director, Division of Statewide Library Services
(December 2002 to October 2006)
Under the limited supervision of the
Director, administers the Division of Statewide Library Services. Provides leadership, supervises, and directs
the administration, by the designated department heads of Library Development
Services, Talking Book Services, Information Services, Collection Management
Services, and DISCUS Program director, of all aspects of each area; ensures
cooperation/collaboration among all departments and units of the division;
serves as the agency liaison for collaborative IS and LDS projects with outside
agencies and organizations; participates in the overall management of the
agency through service as a member of the Leadership Team; manages agency
programs and services in the absence of the Director.
Serves as a member of the Leadership
Team; provides input on Division planning for both the agency's annual business
plan as well as the agency's annual strategic plan. Provides input for
developing initiatives and strategies to promote resource sharing and assure
that libraries statewide, regardless of type, interact to obtain the maximum
benefit from their collections and offer services to meet the needs of the
citizens of South Carolina. Provides input to support the
development of effective public library services through the provision of
consulting services and the administration of federal and state funding in an
ethical and equitable manner. Provides input and
leadership to improve information services to people with diverse backgrounds,
regardless of their geographical, cultural, educational and socioeconomic
differences as well as planning for the provision of information and education
services that contribute to a well-informed workforce resulting in a more
efficient state government operation.
Plans, organizes and directs the
administration of the Division of Statewide Library Services which includes the
Library Development Services (LDS) department, Information Services (IS)
department, Talking Book Services (TBS), Collection Management Services (CMS)
department, Public Relations, and the DISCUS Program; provides direct
supervision of personnel in each area in the absence of departmental directors.
Provides
direct consultant services to public libraries; develops schedules for personal
participation in telephone, e-mail, and site visit consultations; establishes
and maintains effective procedures for support and guidance of new public
library directors, public library Boards of Trustees, statewide and local
Friends of the Library organizations, and public library staffs; provides
library administrators with information on a wide range of topics, such as
policies, procedures, standards, programs, personnel matters, and budgets.
Directs the planning and development
of policies, procedures and training for the improvement and expansion of State
Library services; provides clear instructions and leadership for the
development of annual goals and objectives for statewide library services;
establishes and empowers work teams to meet goals and objectives.
Establishes a course of action for
meeting the division's goals and objectives and establishes an environment for
collaborative execution of the department's goals and objectives; develops and
implements long range planning; analyzes and reports the division's activities;
sets priorities for the division's staff and allocates responsibilities;
provides direction and guidance to other agency departments on all matters
relating to the direct provision of consultative and other services to public
libraries.
Collaborates with various statewide
organizations to promote libraries and services of the South Carolina State
Library; serves as the agency liaison for collaborative ventures with the
organizations such as the USC School of Library and Information Science; offers
consultative assistance to library organizations such as the South Carolina
Library Association, American Library Association, and other local, regional
and national groups as requested and in keeping with goals and objectives of
the agency.
Serves
as State Data Coordinator. Annually
collects library data from academic, public, and institutional libraries. Maintains Bibliostat
Collect data collection tool. Provides instruction to
academic and public library staff on its use. Provides annual statistical
report of these data. Represents State Library at the annual Federal State Cooperative
System for Public Library Statistics program conference. Coordinates submission of
public library data to the Census for the annual PLS (Public Library Survey)
report. Coordinates
the collection of agency statistics for the annual submission of the StLA
(State Library Agency) survey to the National Center for Education Statistics.
Committees and Associations:
§
Staff
Development Committee
§
SC
Connects @ the Library Project Team
§
Home
Page Development Team (Chair)
§
LSTA
Committee
§
Public
Relations Team
§
SC
Partnership for Distance Education, Executive Committee
§
Friends
of South Carolina Libraries, Board Member and South Carolina State Library
Liaison
§
South
Carolina Library Association Editorial Committee. Editor of News from the
South Carolina Library Association available online at www.scla.org
§
CLENE-RT (Continuing Library
Education Networking and Exchange Round Table) of the ALA (American
Library Association), Secretary, 2002-2004
Web manager for the following web
sites:
§
SC Connects @ the Library
http://www.state.sc.us/scsl/sconnect.html
§
State Library CE Forum
(CONTED) (1997-2003)
http://www.state.sc.us/scsl/jobs.html
§
CLENE-RT (Continuing Library
Education Networking and Exchange Round Table) of the ALA (American
Library Association), Secretary, 2002-2004 http://www.ala.org/alaorg/rtables/clene/
§
APLA
of South Carolina (Association of Public Library Administrators)
http://www.scapla.org/
College of Mass Communications and
Information Studies
School of Library and Information
Science
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
Adjunct Instructor
CLIS J705 – Research Methods in
Library and Information Science, Summer II session 2003. (45 students via
distance education) Syllabus available at http://curtisrogers.info/j705.htm
CLIS J746 – Humanities Information
Services, Fall 2003. Syllabus available at http://curtisrogers.info/j746.htm
South Carolina State Library
1430 Senate Street
Columbia, SC 29211
Continuing Education Coordinator
(August 1997 to December 2002)
Designs, plans, implements, and
evaluates a statewide training, staff development, and continuing education
program to meet the needs of library staff, administrators, and trustees.
Presents reports and recommendations
to the State Library CE committee based on assessment, analysis and
interpretation of current and future educational needs of library staff,
administrators and trustees and information needs of their customers.
Serves a
permanent member of the State Library CE committee. Prepares the annual CE calendar and Continuing Education
Opportunities.
Conducts and coordinates workshops,
institutes, forums, training, and educational projects on a regular basis
within budgetary and resource limitations.
Identifies and utilizes a variety of
techniques and technologies to effectively and efficiently meet the learning
needs of library practitioners, administrators, and trustees. Develops manuals,
guidelines, directories, listings of resources and other methods to assist with
presentations and expand access to training opportunities.
Provides training in use of
technology for presentations. Provides technical assistance
upon request within established schedule.
Coordinates
the Agency’s continuing education program with other continuing education and
training providers at state agencies and public libraries.
Maintains a
current listing of CE activities available within the State. Establishes a task force of representatives of other continuing
education and training providers and meets with the task force on a scheduled
basis. Communicates regularly with other state and
regional CE providers.
Consults
with local library administrators and staff on matters relating to staff
development, including the provision of research data and technical information
needed to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of local library
organizations.
Responds
promptly to request for information, answering all requests for information
within one working day and for request for in-depth information within 3
working days (and within time frame established.)
Uses appropriate group
processes to build consensus and teamwork in order to support collaborative
program development. Establishes and maintains contacts among the library
profession and a variety of organizations to assure coordination of mutually
achievable goals.
Encourages
library participation in State Library continuing education activities. Encourages libraries in the areas of staff development and
certification of appropriate staff. Assist with the LSTA Continuing
Education program and LSTA planning and program evaluation.
Committees:
§
SOLINET Training Advisory Committee
§
CE
Committee
§
SC
Connects @ the Library Project Team
§
Home
Page Development Team
§
LSTA
Committee
§
SC
Partnership for Distance Education, Executive Committee
South Carolina State Library
1500 Senate Street
Columbia, SC 29211
Reference Librarian/Web Administrator
(December 1993 to August 1997)
Provide reference desk service to
South Carolina State Government Employees; assist Reference Librarian for
Electronic Resources by managing a portion of the CD-ROM collection,
communications software and computer hardware, and teaching library-related
Internet searching skills to South Carolina state government employees, public
and institutional librarians; editor of New Resources bi-monthly newsletter;
assist in updating and maintaining periodicals list; assist Interlibrary Loan
librarians by periodically answering reference questions from all county
libraries; preview all incoming federal documents and journals; perform routine
book selection; administer the library's world wide web home page located at http://www.state.sc.us/scsl
Committees:
§
SC Connects @ the Library Project
Team
§
Public
Access Team
§
Open Studio Project Team
§
Training
Seminar Series Team, Registration Coordinator
§
Home
Page Development Team, Chair
§
Database
Accessibility Team
Charleston
County Public Library
68 Calhoun Street
Charleston, SC 29403
Reference Librarian I (January 1992 to December 1993)
Provide reference and phone
center reference service; manage foreign language and consumer health
information center collections; collection development for foreign languages,
sciences, and generalities collections; manage all vertical file, pamphlet, and
map collections; search UMI PROQUEST, SILVERPLATTER, ATLAS, DBASE III+, use
WORDPERFECT; provide bibliographic instruction.
Provide reference and phone
center reference; coordinate interlibrary loan service; supervise interlibrary
loan assistant; search databases for unfilled interlibrary loan requests and as
a service to the four regional branches; search UMI PROQUEST, SILVERPLATTER,
ATLAS, use WORDPERFECT; provide bibliographic instruction.
School of
Library and Information Science
The University of South Carolina
Reader/Reviewer
For the following courses:
J703, J701, J702, J742, J761 (Fall 1992 to present - when requested) For detailed course information, please visit
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/program/coursesoffered.htm
PRE-PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Columbia
College of South Carolina
Graduate Intern, Edens Library
Columbia, SC 29203
(One semester, 1991)
Under the supervision of the
library director, answer reference questions, assist users of the ERIC
database, provide bibliographic instruction, search OCLC, DIALOG, and INFOTRAC,
supervise student workers, create workshops for use of all CD- ROM products.
School of
Library and Information Science
Office of the Dean - Graduate Assistant
The University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
(Three semesters, 1990-1991)
Order books for faculty, assist with administrative projects including the
MLA Knowledge and Skills Task Force Survey, using DBASE III+ and WORDPERFECT.
The Thomas Cooper Library
Education Library - Student Assistant
The University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
(One semester, 1989)
Assist users of ERIC, assist
in answering reference questions, and shelve books.
Research Planning Institute, Inc.
Columbia, SC
Geography/Cartographic Design Undergraduate Intern
(One semester, 1989)
Create maps using AutoCAD,
assist with digitizing and plotting cartographic projects for the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, conduct outdoor surveying.
The Thomas Cooper Library
Map Library - Undergraduate Student Assistant
The University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
(One and a half semesters, 1988-1989)
File maps, answer basic
geographically related reference questions, assist head map librarian.
The Thomas Cooper Library
The Library Processing Center (Now System Library
Services) of Acquisitions Department - Student Assistant
The University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
(Three semesters, 1987-1988)
Perform data entry,
acquisitions accounting, filing.
The Carnegie Free Library
(Union County Library)
Reference and Circulation - Student Assistant
Union, SC 29379
(One Semester, 1987)
Assist in answering reference
questions, shelve books, and assist children's librarian.
CONSULTING:
New Mexico State Library
Library Development Services
April – July 2007
Create Blog for the Staying Connected New Mexico project to include logo
design and bookmark/brochure design/production.
Blog is available at http://stayingconnectednm.wordpress.com/.
PAPERS
AND PUBLICATIONS:
TITLE: From the Dresden Codex to
Scanning Robots: The 2007 German library Study Tour. (Brief
article) March 2008, v22n1, International
Leads: A publication of the International Relations Round Table of the
American Library Association.
Editor of
the South
Carolina State Library’s newsletter, MORE.
TITLE: Survey Regarding Use of SC
Economic Impact Study.
PUBLICATION DATE: February 2, 2007.
Published on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/curtisrogers/377586065/
TITLE: A Review and Analysis of the
Ayurvedic Institute's Ayurvedic Studies Program.
PUBLICATION_DATE:
1999
ABSTRACT: The Ayurvedic Institute, which has been licensed as a private
institution of higher education in New Mexico since 1994, offers training in
the traditional therapy of East Indian Ayurveda, which includes the use of
herbs, nutrition, panchakarma cleansing, and accupressure massage. The
institute also offers training in the related disciplines of Ayurveda:
Sanskrit, Yoga, and Jyotish (Vedic astrology). The institute's Ayurvedic studies
program, which is the foundation of all its educational programs, consists of
three academic courses: "Introduction to Philosophy and Theory of
Ayurveda," "Introduction to Clinical Assessment," and
"Introduction to Management of Disorders." Together, these courses
entail approximately 700 hours of classroom instruction over 1 academic year
and culminate in a certification of program completion. The courses are based
on the Vedic educational model, which is based on using the self and a complete
understanding of the self to transfer knowledge from teacher to student and
which involves the use of practical examples, ceremonies, and stories.
According to the institute's assessment criteria, which are described as a
"blend of approximately 50% quantitative and 50% qualitative program
analysis," its programs are successful in helping students who want to
reach the goal of making Ayurveda a way of life. (Contains 10
references.) (MN) ERIC_NO: ED437514
TITLE: Fitting
ebooks into Your Training Plans in CLENExchange: Newsletter
of the American Library Association Continuing Library Education Network &
Exchange Round Table. September 2000, Volume 17, Number 1. http://www.ala.org/alaorg/rtables/clene/clenexchange/clene900.pdf
TITLE: Creating an Electronic
Community of Teacher Educators in Richland County (SC) School District One To
Support the Instructional Technology Teacher Education Curriculum.
PUBLICATION_DATE: 1998
ABSTRACT: This paper describes the development of an electronic community to
support teacher educators in their instructional technology (IT) curriculum.
Teacher educators were enthusiastic about the project, since the most important
facet of IT teacher education was to integrate technology into the classroom.
IT teacher educators understood the importance of e-mail communication in
creating an electronic community so they could communicate regularly with each
other and share course information. The teacher educators were given identical
laptop computer systems to use in preparing for classes, presentations, and
communicating with one another. The IT services division had a home page on the
World Wide Web that gave an overview of the division and the various technology
documents that supported the IT teacher education curriculum. The home page
could serve as a single location for a clearinghouse of accepted activities for
trainers to supplement the IT curriculum; an idea forum for IT teacher
educators; individual module and course electronic community web-based
discussion groups; and scheduled online meetings. This paper lists a series of
goals, objectives, and activities that training coordinators could utilize to
promote use of and centrally organize the electronic community. (SM) ERIC_NO:
ED430960
TITLE: Implementing Technology at
Springdale Elementary School: A Case Study.
PUBLICATION_DATE: 1997
ABSTRACT: In 1995, the Lexington County, South Carolina School District 2 began
implementing their "Technology Task Force Position Statement" for
effectively incorporating technology into the curriculum. This transformed
Springdale Elementary School's computer ownership from a few Apple II-E computers
for the entire school to one with as many as four Pentium (TM) multimedia
personal computers equipped with Internet access and color ink jet printer per
class. Implementation began with the philosophy: (1) technology should support
district educational goals, (2) technology should provide a platform for
student access and advancement in curricular areas, (3) students, faculty
members and staff should communicate effectively with each other and enhance
information accessibility, (4) the appropriate use of technology should become
an integral part of the curriculum, (5) schools should prepare students for the
'world of work' that is driven by technology, and (6) minimum technology
standards should be developed for all district schools. This paper describes
the roles of managing and implementing this technology change as played by
principal, vice principal, media specialist, teachers and students. Also
outlines how parents and the community can benefit from the implementation and
integration of technology. Basic objectives and principles for effective
technology implementation are listed in the conclusion. (AEF) ERIC_NO: ED430559
TITLE: A Theoretical Look at
Electronic Community's Conversation and Curriculum.
PUBLICATION_DATE: 1998
ABSTRACT: This paper examines the importance of the electronic community and
its conversation for educators. Highlights include: (1) connections in
electronic communities, including listservs, World Wide Web-based discussion
groups, and the "conversational web"; (2) cyber-collaborative
learning, including virtual classrooms, developing student writing skills, and
collaboration among educators; (3) social development within the electronic
community, including virtuality and postmodernism; (4) electronic community and
hypertext conversation, including the chaos of non-linear asynchronous
communication; (5) the individual and the community, including advantages of
non-linearity for advancing critical thinking skills and allowing greater
flexibility in understanding curriculum; and (6) conversational nuance and
beyond, including conveying emotion and miscommunication/misunderstanding.
(AEF) ERIC_NO: ED430551
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