Jacob Hill

Curriculum Vitae

A.C. Buehler Library
Elmhurst College
190 Prospect Avenue
Elmhurst, IL 60126

Education

Dominican University, River Forest, IL

Master of Library and Information Science, August 2003

Relevant Elective Coursework

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

B.A., English Studies, August 2002

Experience

A.C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL

Reference Librarian, June 2003 to Present

• Provides department/subject-specific library information literacy instruction classes contingent with ACRL Information Literacy Standards.

• Provides reference desk service and research assistance for college students, community area residents, and reciprocal institutions.

• Maintains resident computer information technology support for the library's entire wireless and Ethernet-based computer network, as well as administration for the campus's off-campus proxy server and content-management server.

• Facilitates web page updates, Blackboard support, Departmental research requests, subject-based collection management and development, supervisor-designated projects, and various institutional programming.

Elmhurst Public Library, Elmhurst, IL, and Helen Plum Library, Lombard, IL

Computer Literacy Instructor, Spring 2004 to present

• Computer literacy skills instruction for classes of up to 20 patrons.

• Conducted classes with active content (lecture and hands-on) using a variety of multimedia tools and applications.

• Courses include assessment and class evaluations.

• Responsible for all curricular design.

College of DuPage Library, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL

Library Assistant, October 2002 to August 2003

• Provided services to a student body of 34,000 and DuPage County residents.

• Performed circulation duties and audiovisual materials booking.

• Expedited email and telephone patron and staff requests.

Publications

• Submitted (with Fetyko-Page, E.) An Empirical Research Study of the Effectiveness of Two Plagiarism Detection Applications, Fall 2008.

• Contributer to Byke, S. and Lowe-Wincentsen, D.'s 2008 book; A Leadership Primer for New Librarians: Tools for Helping Today's Early-career Librarians Become Tomorrow's Library Leaders, Chandos Publishing, Oxford, UK.

• (December 2006). One State, Many Faces. The Illinois Library Association Reporter, (24,6) p4-9.

• Review of the book Electronics: The Life Story of a Technology, E-STREAMS (Online), v. 8, no. 8, August 2005. Available at http://e-streams.com.

• Review of the book UFO Directory International, E-STREAMS (Online), v. 7, no. 12, December 2004. Available at http://e-streams.com.

• Review of the book Environmental Health Sourcebook, E-STREAMS (Online), v. 7, no. 5, May 2004. Available at http://e-streams.com.

• Review of the book A Student’s Guide to Mental Health and Wellness, E-STREAMS (Online), v. 7, no. 3, March 2004. Available at http://e-streams.com.

Course Webpages

Nursing

2005-2006 School Year

• NRS 210~ Introduction to the Conceptual Basis of Nursing Practice

• NRS 410~ Research in Nursing

• NRS 501~ Theories in Nursing and Clinical Leadership

• NRS 500~ Epidemiology and Biostatistics

• NRS 503~ Applied Nursing for Clinical Leadership

2006-2007 School Year

• NRS 503~ Applied Nursing for Clinical Leadership

• NRS 210~ Introduction to the Conceptual Basis of Nursing Practice

• NRS 500~ Epidemiology and Biostatistics

• NRS 310- Introduction to the Conceptual Basis of Nursing Practice

• NRS 410~Research in Nursing

• NRS 501~ Theories in Nursing and Clinical Leadership

• NRS 503~ Applied Nursing for Clinical Leadership

2007-2008 School Year

• NRS 210~ Introduction to the Conceptual Basis of Nursing Practice

• NRS 410~ Research In Nursing

• NRS 501~ Theories in Nursing and Clinical Leadership

• NRS 503~ Applied Nursing for Clinical Leadership

English

2005-2006 School Year

• English 200: Intro to Literature

• English 201: Composition III

• English 220: Principles of Literary Study

• English 230: Readings in Race, Class, and Gender

• English 303: Writing in Professional Fields

• English 321

• English 330: Epics and Stories

• English 336: Contemporary Drama

• English 351: American Literature

• English 401: Composition IV

• English 416

• English 420

• English 451: Neo-Realism

• Hollywood U

• English 512

2006-2007 School Year

• English 220

• English 345

• English 401: Composition IV

• English 423

• English 440: Teaching of English/Resources for English Teachers

• English 511: Topics in Rhetoric

• English 273/373: Exploring Literacy in Lives and Communities

• English 201

• English 303

• English 321

• English 416

• English 420

• English 512

• English 541: Research Capstone I

2007-2008 School Year

• English 201

• English 220

• English 345

• English 421

• English 531

• English 220

• English 330

• English 401

• English 416

• English 451

Displays

• Resource Guide, “2007 Faculty Achievements Display” (Summer 2007). Retrieved on 25 Jun 2008 from http://www.elmhurst.edu/library/services/displays/facpubweb.html

• Resource Guide (co-created with Lindsay Harmon) “Graphic Novels: a Biography of Books Pertaining to Comic Art” (January 2007). Retrieved on 25 Jun 2008 from http://www.elmhurst.edu/library/services/displays/graphicnovelsbibLH.htm

• Resource Guide, “2006 Faculty Achievements Display” (Summer 2006). Retrieved on 2 Jan 2006 from http://www.elmhurst.edu/library/displays/facpubweb.html

• Resource Guide, "2005 Faculty Achievements Display" (Summer 2005). Retrieved on 8 May 2005 from http://www.elmhurst.edu/library/services/displays/FacultyAchievements2005.htm.

• Resource guide, "Family Reading Night and Children's Book Week" (November 2004). Retrieved on 3 March 2005 from http://www.elmhurst.edu/library/services/displays/CBWandFRN.htm

• Resource guide, "Motion Pictures: Reading About and Researching Film " (September 2004). Retrieved on 3 March 2005 from http://www.elmhurst.edu/library/services/displays/motionpictures.htm.

• Resource guide, "2004 Faculty Achievements Display" (Summer 2004). Retrieved on 17 June 2004 from http://www.elmhurst.edu/library/services/displays/FacultyAchievements2004.htm.

• Resource guide, "A Traveler's Guide to Mars" (April 2004). Retrieved on 29 April 2004 from http://www.elmhurst.edu/library/services/displays/MarsGuide.htm.

• Resource guide, "Lewis and Clark Bicenntenial" (December 2003). Retrieved on 29 April 2004 from http://www.elmhurst.edu/library/services/displays/LewisandClark.html

• Resource guide, "Louisiana Purchase Anniversary" (December 2003). Retrieved on 29 April 2004 from http://www.elmhurst.edu/library/services/displays/Louisiana

Courses

• January 2008, SPN-415 Spanish Immersion in Chile course co-instructor.

• Fall 2007, HON-350 Honors Directed Reading Instructor.

• January Term 2005-2006 Honors Program Course, Great Chicago Libraries. Co-taught with Jennifer Paliatka, Donna Goodwyn, Susan Swords Steffen and Janice Fodor.

• January Term 2004-2005 Honors Program Course, Great Chicago Libraries. Co-taught with Donna Goodwyn, Janice Fodor, Jennifer Paliatka and Ayanna Gaines.

Presentations

• (forthcoming) Panel presentation with Nadine Bachnman for the College Libraries section of the ALA Annual confererence titled Our Town, Common Ground: Academcic Libraries' Collaboration with Public Libraries' Collaboration with Public Libraries, July 12, 2006, Chicago, Il

• (forthcoming) Panel workshop with Toby Greenwalt of the Skokie Public Library for the Metropolitan Library System at Chicago, titled Supporting Mobile Device Users, Fall 2008, Burr Ridge, IL

• Provided collaborative research assistance and faculty sponsorship for a student and staff member presentation in the 2008 Research Performance Showcase, titled Casting Call: Implementing 'Casting as a Pedagogical Tool, May 8, 2008.

• Co-presenter and host (with Elaine Page) of a formal discussion on academic honesty and plagiarism at Elmhurst College, Elmhurst College, April 15, 2008.

• Panel member (April 2008), I Can Answer That!: How Librarians are Already Helping U, Dominican University, River Forest, IL
  

• Co-created and -presented a poster at the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) Conference (March 2008), Leading the Way on Plagiarism Issues; a Study of the Efficacy of Two Plagiarism-Detection Platforms, Bloomington, IL.

• Panel participant at the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) Conference (March 2008), Leading the Way in the Classroom: Librarians as Teachers in a Small College, Bloomington, IL.

• Presentation with Kyle Jones for the Metropolitan Library System at Burr Ridge (February 2008), History of Synchronicity: IM Reference at Elmhurst College, Burr Ridge, IL.

• Collaborative instruction with Lance Wilcox, Mary Oesterle, and other library faculty for the 2006-2007 Faculty Technology Workshops.

• With Cook, P.,Goodwyn, D., Paliatka, J., and Swords Steffen, S. (November 2006). Information Literacy at Elmhurst College: Alive in the Bubble. Presentation at Making Connections: 2006 Wisconsin Library Association Annual Convention, Wisconsin Dells, WI.

• With Cook, P.,Goodwyn, D., Paliatka, J., and Swords Steffen, S. (April 2006). Information Literacy at Elmhurst College: Alive in the Bubble. Presentation at the Information Literacy Summit 2006, Moraine Valley Community College.

• Presentation on the new features of the EBSCO database, Elmhurst College, July 12, 2006.

• Guest Speaker, February 2006 at the College of DuPage LTA program, on the subject of Looking Ahead: what to expect as a new professional/ paraprofessional in the library science field.

• Instructor at the July-August 2006 Math and Science Academy hosted at Elmhurst College.

• Speaker at Sigma Tau Delta’s What Can You do With an English Major Presentation, May 3, 2006

• Co-instructor (with library faculty) for the December 2005 Faculty Technology Workshop.

• Instructor at the July-August 2005 Math and Science Academy hosted at Elmhurst College.

• Poster Presentation, Why Go It Alone? Cooperative Collaboration Between Local Community Libraries with Elmhurst Public Library librarian Bryan Blank and Fenton Community High School librarian Peggy Fox at the Illinois Library Association Annual Conference in Peoria, IL, October 2005. Poster can be viewed at http://www.elmhurst.edu/~jacobh/Collaboration.ppt

• Poster presentation, Teaching Information Literacy Off-Campus: Challenges and Responses. Presented at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference, Minneapolis, MN (April 2005). Poster can be viewed at http://www.elmhurst.edu/~jacobh/PresentationAlt.ppt

• Group poster presentation by Ayanna Gaines, Donna Goodwyn, Jacob Hill, Elaine Page, Jennifer Paliatka, and Susan Swords-Steffen, Academic Librarians for the 21st Century: The Small College Library As a Crucible for the Future of the Profession. Presented at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference, Minneapolis, MN (April 2005). Conference overview available at http://www.ala.org/acrlconftemplate1.html

• Guest Speaker, January 2005 at the College of DuPage LTA program: “Looking Ahead: what to expect as a new professional/ paraprofessional in the library science field.”

• Co-instructor (with library faculty) for the December 2004 Faculty Technology Workshop.

• Group poster presentation by Ayanna Gaines, Donna Goodwyn, Jacob Hill, Elaine Page, Jennifer Paliatka, and Susan Swords-Steffen, Academic Librarians for the 21st Century: The Small College Library As a Crucible for the Future of the Profession. Presented at the Illinois Library Association (ILA) Conference, Chicago, IL. (September 2004). Presentation overview available at http://www.elmhurst.edu/library/AcadLib21stCentury/

• Instructor at the July-August 2004 Math and Science Academy hosted at Elmhurst College. Developed and taught a "Computer Literacy" class, co-taught an "Information Literacy" class with EC librarians.

• Presented “Academic Librarians for the 21^st Century: The Small College Library as a Crucible for the Future of the Profession” at the October 2004 Illinois Library Association with fellow presenters Ayanna Gaines, Donna Goodwyn, Jennifer Paliatka, Elaine Page and Susan Swords-Steffen.

• Presented “Academic Librarians for the 21^st Century: The Small College Library as a Crucible for the Future of the Profession” at the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries with fellow presenters Janice Fodor, Jennifer Paliatka, Ayanna Gaines, Donna Goodwyn, Elaine Page and Susan Swords-Steffen, April 2004.

• Co-instructor (with library faculty) for the December 2003 Faculty Technology Workshop.

• Guest Speaker, November 2003 at the College of DuPage LTA program: Looking Ahead: what to expect as a new professional/ paraprofessional in the library science field.

Continuing Education Courses

• September 2008~ Scantron's eListen Survey and Testing station training.

• March 2008~ Gale Literature Resources Online Training Webinar.

• January 2008~ Completed three-week Intensive Immersion Spanish-language course at the Universidad de Austral, Valdivia, Chile.

• August 2007~ Gale Resources Online Training Webinar.

• August 2007~ Excel Training and Certification, SLS2Go program.

• March 2007~ TLM Mini-Institute: E-Portfolios and Open Source Resources.

• February 2007~ LIBRAS Collection Development Program: Honey, I Shrunk the Collection. Concordia College

• January 2007 LIBRAS Reference/Instruction Workshop: Connecting With Adjunct Faculty, University of St. Francis.

• October 2006~ AT & T Teaching and Learning Mentor Workshop, Elmhurst College Library.

• August 2006~ EBSCOadmin Training, University of Illinois at Chicago.

• May 2006~ Attended the Writing Across the Curriculum workshop hosted by Mary Kay Mulvaney.

• February 2006~ CARLI Webfeat/SFX Conference and Training, Kankakee Community College.

• July 2005~ Completed SFX Training at Wheaton College, training provided by C.A.R.L.I.

• May 2005~Completed LIBRAS Reference/Instruction SIG training at Lake Forest College.

• Summer 2004~ Completed Microsoft FrontPage 2003 Training, an online course offered by the Suburban Library System.

• Fall 2003~ Completed Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 Training, an online course offered by the Suburban Library System.

Attended workshops

• Attended the April 2007 Elmhurst College Leadership Roundtable.

• Attended the Elmhurst College Writing Across the Curriculum workshop hosted by Mary Kay Mulvaney, May 2006.

• Attended the November 2006 Honors Program Faculty Exchange, Elmhurst College.

• Attended the Attended the April 2006 Information Literacy Summit at Moraine Valley Community College.

• Attended the April 2005 Information Literacy Summit at Moraine Valley Community College

• Attended the January 2004 Elmhurst College Honors Program Workshop as a library representative.

• Attended the Saint Xavier University Information Literacy Summit 101, November 2004.

• Attended the May 2004 Elmhurst College Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop.

• Attended April 2004 Information Literacy Summit at Moraine Valley Community College.

• Attended the University of Saint Francis Collection Development Workshop, February 2004.

• Attended a Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) Presentation in December 2003 at the Suburban Library System.

Conferences

• Attended the May 2008 LIBRAS Annual Meeting, Judson University, Elgin, IL.

• Attended the May 2008 LOEX Conference, Oakbrook Terrace, IL.

• Attended the March 2008 Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) Annual Convention, Bloomington, IL.

• Attended the May 2007 LIBRAS Annual Meeting, Aurora University.

• Attended the March/April 2007 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Annual Convention, Baltimore, MA.

• Attended the October 2007 Internet Librarian Annual Conference, Monterey, CA.

• Attended the August 2007 Elmhurst College General Education Conference.

• Attended the 2006 Wisconsin Library Association Annual Convention, Wisconsin Dells, WI. Attended the October 2005 Illinois Library Association (ILA) Conference.

• Attended the June 2005 American Library Association (ALA) Conference, Chicago, IL.

• Attended the April 2005 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

• Attended the October 2004 Illinois Library Association (ILA) Conference, Peoria, IL.

• Attended the April 2004 Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) Conference, Oakbrook, IL.

Elmhurst College Service

• Member and chair of Committee on Committees, 2006-2008.

• Member of the Advanced Learning Committee, 2006-present.

• Serving as the Honors Program Liaison Librarian, 2004-present.

• Member of Staff and Faculty for Equality (S.A.F.E.) group, 2007-present.

• Member of the Advising Committee, 2004-2006

• Member of the Judicial Appeals Committee, 2005-2007

• Liaison to the Nursing, English, and Computer Science departments, as well as the Nursing Graduate and Off-campus BSN completion program, and the English and Computer Science Graduate programs. Responsible for Collection development and research support, Blackboard support, and instructor technology support in these departments.

• Honors Program Retreat Weekend Chaperon, 2006 and 2007.

• 2007 Student Research and Performance Showcase presentation moderator.

Membership

• Member since 2005, Illinois Library Association (ILA), including the ILA Reporter Committee and Marketing Committee.

• Member since 2003, American Library Association (ALA), including New Member Round Table (NMRT) and College Libraries Section (CLS).

• Member since 2004, Association of College Research Libraries (ACRL).

Accomplishments, Projects, and Programs

• Completed archietecture for the new A.C. Buehler library website, which was live as of Fall 2008. It includes new library 2.0 functionality such as multi-page IM support, microblogged updates, front-page federated search integration, and mobile device support: http://library.elmhurst.edu/.

• Primary Moodle administrator, Winter 2008-present. Moodle is a free Open-source content-management system competitive with Blackboard, with additional tools such as built-in wikis and blogs.

• Primary LibData administrator, Summer 2008-present. LibData is a content management system that gives the Elmhurst College librarians the capability to design and publish live webpages without the need for HTML coding or web-authoring software using premade elements and turnkey tools.

• Researched and administered Pcounter print management software library-wide in Summer 2007, which was implemented to manage student, staff and visitor print jobs, reduce waste, and track usage levels.

• Completed work on a new twenty-station Computer Cluster room, which provides additional equipment and applications germane to the Music Department’s needs, as well effectively doubling instruction/work/research classroom space for general student use. Opened Fall 2007.

• Assembled and presented the 1999-2007 Faculty Achievements Display in the Frick Center with accompanying online bibliography and sample publications, Summer 2007. This display and webpage continues to serve as the college's sole institutional repository of historical achievements of Elmhurst College Faculty since 1999.

• Assisted Sigma Kappa Sorority with their association website design, development and deployment, Summer 2007.

• Selected for and participated in the 2007 Illinois Synergy Leadership Initiative, a three-session program hosted by the Illinois State Library with the stated goal of developing leaders within the library profession.

• Joined approximately twenty E.C. in a January 2007 field visit to Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey, sponsored by a cooperative venture between Elmhurst College and the Niagara Foundation.

• Designed the library Assistive Technology Computer room (010), which support students with physical challenges.

• Researched and administered an off-campus user-authenticated database-access application (EZProxy) for remote student research usage. Direct responsibility for all EZProxy server administration, as well as troubleshooting and pertaining updates.

• Created a new ciruclating media collection for student, staff and faculty use. Containing approximately 400 DVD and VHS films, this collection was built primarilly on donations with minimal investments.

• 2004 to Present~ Curriculum design and instruction for a series of computer literacy skills classes taught at local public libraries. The curriculum includes the following classes:

• Introduction to Basic Mouse Skills. Helen Plum Library, Lombard, IL: an introduction to the mouse interface for beginning computer users. 6 classes annually.

• Introduction to the Internet I and II. Helen Plum Library, Lombard, IL and Elmhurst Public Library: an introduction to basic elements of the Internet and web browser navigation. 6 classes annually.

• Introduction to Free Web Site Hosting. Elmhurst Public Library: an introduction to the creation and hosting of free-for-use websites, including graphic design and copyright information. One class monthly.

• Introduction to Office 2003. Elmhurst Public Library: a series of classes providing an introduction to the use of Office 2003 applications, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Bi-weekly classes.

• Introduction to Computers I & II, Elmhurst Public Library: an introduction to intermediate computer skills utilizing web-based software, PowerPoint, lecture, and hands-on experience with assessment. One class bimonthly.

• Wikis and Blogs. Elmhurst Public Library: a class covering turnkey methods of collaborative web publishing. One class monthly.

• Introduction to Office 2007. Elmhurst Public Library: a series of classes providing an introduction to the use of Office 2007 applications, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Bi-weekly classes.