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# Karen Williams

## University of Arizona

### Education

- AMLS. Graduate Library School. University of Michigan. December 1982
- Bachelor of Arts. University of Michigan-Flint. Major in English; Secondary teaching certificate. December 1979.

### Professional experience (selected)

- Team Leader, Undergraduate Services (3/03-present)
  Member, Planning Team, Institutional Repository for Learning Objects
- Team Leader for the Digital Library Initiatives Group (9/99-3/03) and Acting Team Leader for Special Collections (12/00-3/03), University of Arizona Library. Special assignment for copyright. Member, Arizona / Sonora Documents Project Team.
- Team Leader, Social Sciences Team, University of Arizona Library, (8/93-9/99). Founding member of the University's Learning Technologies Partnership (1995-present); Member, Education Project Team (1997-1999); Member, Technical Services Process Improvement Team (1995-1997).
- Head of Central Reference, University of Arizona Library, (8/90-7/93).

### Publications (selected)

- Austin, James and Karen Williams. " Lessons Learned: Computer Technologies as Teaching Tools and Their Applications to Library Instruction." Paper presented as part of the ACRL Instruction Section Think Tank III, 1999 American Library Association Annual Conference. To be published in 2002.
- Stoffle, Carla, Karen Smith and Karen Williams. "Campus Partnerships: Collaborating for the 21st Century." In LOEX of the West: Collaboration and Instructional Design in a Virtual Environment. Stamford, Conn: JAI Press, 1999.
- Stoffle, Carla J. and Karen Williams, "The Instructional Program and Responsibilities of the Teaching Library," in Lynch, Beverly P, editor, Information Technology and the Remaking of the University Library. New Directions for Higher Education, No. 90. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, Summer 1995.
- Budd, John M. and Karen Williams. "CD-ROMs in Academic Libraries: A Survey," College and Research Libraries, 54:529-35, November 1993.

### Presentations (selected)

- Williams, Karen. "What's in a Name: From Bibliographic Instruction to Information Literacy." Interactive presentation (two hours), Nevada Library Association Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2001.
- Petrowski, Mary Jane and Karen Williams. The Affects of Technology on Librarians' Roles. Panel presentation for the Association of College & Research Libraries, University Libaries Section, Current Topics Discussion Group, Washington D.C., January 2001.
- Austin, James, Barbara Hoffman and Karen Williams. "Sustaining A Virtual Support Organization: The Learning Technologies Partnership, A Model for the New Millennium." Paper presented at Educause, Long Beach, California, October 1999.
- Williams, Karen. "The Faculty Development Partnership: University of Arizona." Paper presented at the "New Learning Communities: Collaboration Through Technology" pre-conference to Choosing Our Futures, the 8th National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, Nashville, April 1997.

### Professional service (selected)

- Chair, Instruction Section, Association of College and Research Libraries, American Library Association, 1999/2001. Currently serving as Past-Chair.
- Faculty member, Association of College and Research Libraries, Institute for Information Literacy, Immersion Program. Faculty member for 4.5 day Immersion Program, July 1999, August 2000, and August 2002.
- Secretary, University Libraries Section, American Library Association, 1995/1997.
- President, College & University Libraries Division, Arizona State Library Association, 1993/1994.

### Awards

- Selected for 2003 ACE Forum and Retreat: Arizona Women Aspiring to Leadership Roles in Higher Education
- Selected for participation in the UCLA Senior Fellows Program, Summer 2001.
- University of Arizona, Award for Excellence, May 2001.
- American Library Association, Innovation in Instruction Award to the University of Arizona Library's Education Project Team for the web-based information literacy tutorial, RIO (Research Instruction Online).