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Interest Group Conveners

Details on responsibilities

 

Interest groups are a loosely formed group that comes together for a common interest. The Interest Group is convened at the USAIN Conference where interested parties can discuss issues of concern. Interest Group Conveners work with the program planning chair to make sure the USAIN Conference reflects the interest of the membership.

 

AgNIC || Animal Health || Collection Management || International Agriculture || Social Issues/Rural Development || Technology Trends

AgNIC Interest Group  ^top

Diana Farmer
Convener, 2009-2010

Associate Professor
Kansas State University
Hale Library
Manhattan, KS  66506
Phone: 785-532-7037
Fax:  785-532-6144
Email: 
dmfarmer@k-state.edu

Julie Kelly

Executive Council Liaison, 2009-2010
Librarian
University of Minnesota
83 Magrath Library
1984 Buford Ave
St Paul MN 55108-6040
Voice: (612) 624-4781
Fax: (612) 625-3134
jkelly@umn.edu

 

 

Animal Health Information Interest Group  ^top

Helen Smith
Co-Convener, 2007-2010

Agricultural Sciences Librarian

Pennsylvania State Library

408 Paterno Library

University Park, PA 16802

Phone: 814-865-3706

Fax: 814-863-9684

Email: hfs1@psu.edu

Cindy Mitchell
Co-Convener, 2008-2010

Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Librarian
Colorado State University Libraries
128 Morgan Library
Fort Collins, CO 80523
Phone: 970-491-7163
Fax: 970-491-5817

Email: cindy.mitchell@colostate.edu

Eboni Francis
Executive Council Liaison, 2008-2010

Reference & Instruction Librarian
Oberlin College Library
148 W. College Street
Oberlin, OH  44074
Phone: 440-775-5026

Fax: 440-775-6586
Email: eboni.francis@oberlin.edu

Collection Management Interest Group ^top

Nancy Duran
Co-Convener 2008-2010

Associate Professor
Agriculture and Life Sciences Librarian
Medical Sciences Library
Texas A&M University Libraries
 4462 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843
Phone:. 979-862-1050

Fax: 979-845-2610

Email: nduran@tamu.edu

 

Jodee L. Kawasaki

Co-Convener 2009-2010
Professor
Head, Collection Development Consortial Library
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508-4614
Phone: 907-786-1875
Fax: 907-786-4639
Email: afjk1@uaa.alaska.edu

Connie Britton
Executive Council Liaison 2008-2010

Librarian
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
The Ohio State University
1680 Madison Ave.
Wooster, OH 44691
Phone: 330-263-3773
Fax: 330-263-3689
Email: britton.4@osu.edu

International Agriculture Interest Group ^top

Barbara Hutchinson
Co-Convener, 2008-2010

Assistant to Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

The University of Arizona

Forbes 306A

Tucson, Arizona 85721

Phone: 520-626-0329

Email: barbarah@ag.arizona.edu

Mary Ochs

Co-Convener, 2008-2010

Head Collection Development and Preservation
Cornell University
Albert R Mann Library
Ithaca NY 14853
Phone: (607-255-6919
Fax: 607-255-0318
Email: mao4@cornell.edu

Patricia Neenan
Executive Council Liaison, 2008-2010

Business Development Manager

CABI North America

47 Dundas Drive
Rochester NY 14625

Phone: 585-787-8838
Fax: 585-787-8838
Email: p.neenan@cabi.org

Social Issues/Rural Information Interest Group ^top

Deva E. Reddy (Reddy)
Convener 2007-2010

Associate Professor

Evans Library

Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas 77843

Phone: 979-862-1062

Fax:  979-458-0112

Email: devaereddy@tamu.edu

Julie Kelly

Executive Council Liaison, 2009-2010
Librarian
University of Minnesota
83 Magrath Library
1984 Buford Ave
St Paul MN 55108-6040
Voice: (612) 624-4781
Fax: (612) 625-3134
jkelly@umn.edu

 

Technology Trends Interest Group ^top

Claudine Jenda,
Co-Convener 2007-2010

Agriculture Reference Librarian

Auburn University Libraries

RBD Library

231 Mell St.

Auburn University, AL 36849-5606

Phone: 334-844-1714

Fax: 334-844-4424

Email: jendaca@auburn.edu

Martin A. Kesselman, Co-Convener 2007-2010 Life Sciences Librarian

Chang Science Library

Rutgers University

New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8520

Tel: 732-932-0305 x163

Fax: 732-932-0311

Email: martyk@rci.rutgers.edu

Marianne Stowell Bracke

Executive Council Liaison, 2009-2010
Agricultural Sciences Information Specialist
Purdue University Libraries - LIFE
504 W State St
West Lafayette IN 47907-2508
Voice: (765) 496-9620
mbracke@purdue.edu