We also had a series of music events in the atrium.

· The SAU Chamber Singers sang Christmas Carols.

· A Christmas flute duet.

· Paul Jacobson and the Banjoleers.

· Mike Wallace guitar concert.

Mary Heinzman organized a number of displays for the cases in the atrium.

· Women's History Month

· Black History Month

· Native American Art & Crafts

· Sister Ritamary Bradley Memorial

· Antique Banjoes

· Collectibles

· Christmas/Hanukah/Kwanzaa

· Navajo Rug

· Commonplace Books

ADMINISTRATION AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Donations to the library were up this year. This allowed us a greater variety to choose for inclusion into the collection. We are rather stringent in our criteria for what we add to the collection. Those donations that are not added are usually placed on our book sale cart.

	****GIFTS RECEIVED							% incr/dec
	Books	93/94	94/95	95/96	96/97	97/98	99/00*	99/00 - 97/98
	Titles	435	962	1670	1740	1610	1911	19%
	Volumes	460	N.A.	332	1465	1718	1956
	Periodicals
	Titles	40	72	52	46	25	187	648%
	Issues	376	N.A.	332	1465	354	1244
	Media
	Titles	5	0	821	16	9	25	178%
	Volumes	5	0	821	26	46	28
	Total Titles	460	1034	2513	1802	1644	2123	29%
	Total Volumes/Issues	841	0	2899	3499	2118	3228
*99/00 received $3990.00 in donations, including gifts from the Bishop O'Keefe memorial.

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

Librarians continued to purchase books to complement those purchased by faculty. Cathy Bolkum served as an intern from the University of Iowa Library and Information Science program. She looked at our collection in the art subject area. She used statistics from our online catalog and worked with the Art Department faculty to identify strengths and weaknesses in our collection. We will use her findings during the next year to strengthen our collection in that area. We hope to use the model employed by Cathy in other areas of the collection.

Reference librarians and the staff in Technical Services worked together to weed the Reference Collection. We weeded much of the older, out-dated material in the reference section. That which was valuable for its historic coverage was moved into the circulating section and nonessential material was donated or placed on the book sale cart. Barb Kuttler worked with Technical Services to identify material in the collection that had not been entered into the online catalog. Books were either weeded or cataloged, making them more accessible to our students.

Purchases by Subject Area

The majority of our purchases continue to be concentrated in the business, social science, sciences and medicine. Continuations represent annual and series publications for which we have standing orders. They cross all disciplines. This information is mirrored in our cataloging statistics.

Inventory of the Collection

	*INVENTORY OF COLLECTION*

		Physical	Fiscal
		Inventory	Year End			Current Periodical
		1/16/98	6/30/98	6/30/99	6/30/00	Titles Received
BOOKS	Titles	77,282	79,141	82,594	86,233
	Volumes	92,707	94,673	98,185	101,928
Periodicals	*Titles	950	968	1,009	1,008	642	*
	**Volumes	23,279	23,609	24,326	25,016
Media	Titles	1,013	1,115	1,232	1,357
	Volumes	1,786	1,944	2,122	2,310
CD-Rom, Music	Titles	9	9	44
	Volumes	9	9
Microfilm	***Titles	40	46	46	46	57
	Volumes	4,099	4,153	4,257	5,781
Microfiche	Titles	6	6	2	0
	Volumes	33,491	33,698	33,698	0
Total Titles		79,285	81,270	84,881	88,644	699	total
*Includes 8 newspaper titles
**Periodical volumes is a count of bound volumes only.
Current issues will be added to the count as they are bound.
***Microfilm title count is only of the titles NOT duplicated in periodicals.
Total microfilm titles in collection at year end was 198.

REFERENCE SERVICES

Highlights

· 11 tours – 227 people (faculty, students, staff, and community)

· 73 research workshops – 1088 people (approximately 50 were faculty)

· 497 students completed the library skills exercise

· Research assistance - Upward Bound students (June-July 2000)

· Presentation/Tour – Students for every New Student Seminar (NSS) class.

· Various new faculty instruction sessions

· Library staff participation in treasure hunt for orientation

Library Instruction

This year the library requirement was offered completely through an online format. This allowed students to complete the exercise at any time and made it more accessible to off campus students. 495 students completed the library requirement this year.

There were 73 technology-related workshops held FY1999-2000. The number of students attending these workshops totaled 1088. Approximately 50 faculty members also participated.

Upper-level and lower-level undergraduate classes were included in the technology related workshops. Specialized instruction was given to groups from various majors offered at St Ambrose University. These sessions included candidates in the following programs: Master of Business Administration, Doctor of Business Administration, Master of Physical Therapy, and Master of Social Work.

All of the workshops conducted at O’Keefe Library are technology based and require student participation. One example was a recent research workshop conducted for Master of Social Work candidates. Instructional material was projected to a screen by a video data projector connected to a laptop so that the group could conveniently view material. Searching strategies were demonstrated and students simultaneously performed searches at their own computers. Students were encouraged to ask questions and eventually practice individual searching. They were given instruction in QuadLINC (online card catalog), Social Work Abstracts, EBSCO and FirstSearch databases. Best Information on the Web, an index to web sites chosen by librarians at O’Keefe Library, was introduced and web site evaluation was discussed. Print resources were also emphasized.

TECHNICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

ACQUISITIONS

The number of books we purchase has been increasing steadily in the past years, this year was no exception as the following chart explains. We also have been receiving an increasing number of gift books and our standing orders for “continuations” also have increased.

CATALOGING

			*CATALOGING STATISTICS FY 93 – FY 99*

									% incr/dec
		93/94	94/95	95/96	96/97	97/98	98/99	99/00	98/99-99/00
BOOKS, NEW
	Titles	1,758	1,502	1,861	2,370	3,043	2,965	3,361	13%
	Volumes	1,842	1,576	2,032	2,481	3,301	3,062	3,727	22%

Books, Gift:
	Titles	227	266	98	454	503	552	679	23%
	Volumes	260	279	128	486	520	567	726	28%

BOOKS, RECLASS
DEWEY*
	Titles	4,101	2,884	2,966	0	0	43	199	363%
	Volumes	4,480	3,354	3,635	0	0	47	258	449%
OTHER
	Titles	118	14	32	21	24
	Volumes	142	142	53	21	24

*TOTAL BOOKS*
	Titles	4,446	3,291	3,096	2,845	3,570	3,560	4,239	19%
	Volumes	4,882	3,775	3,819	2,988	3,845	3,676	4,711	28%

We purchased 13% more titles this year compared to 98/99 when 10% of our book budget was suspended due to enrollment being less than originally projected. As can be seen in the table above, when gifts books and reclassification of books are added, we added over 4000 titles to the catalog. This is a 19% increase over last year. The only time we added more titles to the catalog was in FY93 when we were in the midst of a grant funded reclassification project that moved books that were classified under the Dewey Decimal System into the Library of Congress system we now use.

MEDIA, NEW		93/94		94/95		95/96		96/97		97/98		98/99		99/00		% change
	Titles		120		118		188		92		218		117		106		-9%
	Volumes		202		168		221		158		346		178		164		-8%
MEDIA, GIFT
	Titles		9		0		4		32		2		8		1		-88%
	Volumes		9		0		4		50		4		10		1		-90%
MEDIA, RECLASS
	Titles		1		0		0		0		0		0		1
	Volumes		1		0		0		0		0		0		13
TOTAL MEDIA
	Titles		130		118		192		124		220		125		108		-14%
	Volumes		212		168		225		208		350		188		178		-5%

Media purchases were down this year and last after a record high in FY97/98. As classroom technology changes we will monitor the use of videos.

Our collection continues to grow stronger in the social sciences than in any other area. This reflects our campus strengths in business, social work, and criminal justice (H). We also continue to make significant purchases in the areas of science (Q) and health (R). English and American literature (PS-PZ) are other areas where we are growing the collection.” We may need to consider increasing the budgets for history (D-F) and religion (BL-BX).

During the spring, Technical Services participated in the two weeding projects in the reference and circulating collections. Technical Services worked with Reference to remove the bibliographic records for withdrawn books from all of our databases. We removed quite a significant number of titles in a short period of time. This project made our reference collection leaner and facilitated easier access to up-to-date material. Next year collection development librarians will be concentrating on updating the reference collection to replace the outdated titles.

DISCARDS, BOOKS		93/94	94/95	95/96	96/97	97/98	98/99	99/00
	Titles	1,401	552	1,307	122	188		600
	Volumes	1,674	667	1,741	251	269		968
DISCARDS, MEDIA
	Titles	0		227	0	0		0
	Volumes	0		318	0	0		0
TOTAL DISCARDS
	Titles	1,401	552	1,534	122	188		600
	Volumes	1,674	667	2,059	251	269		968

CIRCULATION

	*CIRCULATION*
									% incr/dec
		93/94	94/95	95/96	96/97	97/98	98/99	99/00	98/99-99/00
Books & Media
By Students		4,666	6,868	5,166	5,506	11,351	14,721	15,259	3.65%
By Faculty		1,582	1,569	1,322	2,075	3,955	4,630	4965	7.23%
Of Reserve items--by all		3,145	4,748	4,402	5,061	2,634	3,429	3890	1.34%
Reciprocal (by Quad-City Community)		2,814	2,947	2,858	3,760	6540	6,065	5024	-17.16%
		93/94	94/95	95/96	96/97	97/98	98/99	99/00
Books & Media-by all patrons		12,207	16,132	13,748	16,402	24,480	28,845	29,138	1.02%

Circulation statistics have not increased as much as we have experienced in the past. We will continue to monitor these trends. We are convinced that monographs play a central role in the research needs of our students. With the popularity of the Web students, and sometimes faculty, overlook this. Library staff will continue to emphasize the use of books in their library instruction and in their conversations with students and faculty.

We continue to see statistics that show there is a continued demand for recreational reading among students, faculty and staff.

As can be seen above, there has been a significant drop in use of periodicals within the library. Not all of this can be attributed to a difference in how circulation was counted in the past. These numbers combined with inter-library loan figures indicate that fulltext databases have become the source of choice for journal articles. If we continue to experience such a strong impact by fulltext databases we will need to take a very close look at our periodical subscriptions. Faculty will be asked to assist the library to identify paper subscriptions that may be superfluous so that funds can be reallocated into information sources that more closely reflect the needs and research methods of students.

Study room use dropped last year. My hope is that this is an anomaly and not an indication of a drop in use of the library.

Circulation Staff

The majority of student labor in the library is in the circulation department. We are still working on the optimal number of student assistants in the library. Based on our current patterns of work assignments we will continue to employ students at around 10,000 hours per year. We employ 26 student workers at any one time during the school year.

We were able to make a new hire in January of 1999 after a hiring freeze during fall semester during FY 98/99. At that time we hired Rhonda Ehrecke as night circulation supervisor and Sue Baumbach took full responsibility for inter-library loan. Rhonda has been supervising the night crew of students and working with Syl Rex. Rhonda has taken on added responsibilities of helping Interlibrary Loan and Acquisitions during peak times in those departments.

INTERLIBRARY LOAN

		*INTERLIBRARY LOAN History*
								% incr/dec
	93-94	94-95	95-96	96-97	97-98	98-99	99/00	98/99 to 99/00
For Students	376	548	572	1050	962	1017	828	-19%
For Faculty	237	340	356	527	924	1369	1276	-7%
Total Borrowed	613	888	928	1577	1886	2386	2104	-12%
Loaned	1406	2235	2377	1524	2746	3728	4611	24%
TOTAL	2019	3123	3305	3101	4632	6114	6680	9%

Interlibrary Loan activity has continued to grow at a rapid rate throughout the last seven years. The total number of items borrowed for students and faculty and the number of items we loaned to other libraries rose by 9%. We have seen a 24% increase in the number of loans to other libraries. In fact our loans to other libraries almost equaled our total interlibrary loan activity of 97/98! This is caused in part because we have made our periodical holdings more accurate on the national database. The word is out among other libraries that we are very efficient so more make requests of us.

Sue Baumbach has instituted a number of procedures that account for a much greater efficiency in the Interlibrary Loan department. She suggested using two new software packages that help her process requests. We have joined the growing number of libraries that use Ariel software to send articles among libraries using the Internet instead of the mail. This means that material we ask for can come in a matter of days instead of weeks. We also purchased a software package that allows us to manage our interlibrary loans and send out requests faster. In the next year we will continue to make interlibrary loan more efficient for students and faculty so that we have the greatest possible access to needed information.

Our interlibrary loan statistics show a trend similar to those in circulation. This year there was a drop in use by faculty and students. Student requests have continued to be below those of FY 96/97, the last year before our acquisition of fulltext article databases. We will continue to access the impact that fulltext has on use of library resources and interlibrary loan.

MEDIA SERVICES

*MEDIA ACTIVITY*
										% incr/dec
			93/94	94/95	95/96	96/97	97/98	98/99	99/00	98/99-99/00
		1. Media Equipment--times used*		5,928	5,986	4,914	4,329	5,423	4,519	-17%
		2. Projects--# completed	781	862	262	545	601	902	638	-29%
		3. Facilities--times program room used	538	583	543	193	191	270	265	-2%
		4. Video cassettes--times used**	3,264	4,721	5,400	2,816	N.A.
	*Uses decrease as equipment is permanently installed in campus buildings.
	**Estimates of video use from equipment permanently installed in classrooms

The Media Services department continues to provide a fairly stable amount of service with ups and downs depending on specific years. We don’t have statistics that show the impact of having so many televisions and video players in classrooms but as we continue to put permanent installations in each room the numbers in line 1 continue to decrease. Anecdotally, the TV/VCR installations are the widest and easiest used technology on campus.

1999-2000 O’KEEFE LIBRARY STAFF

Title	Name	Start Date	End Date
Director	John H. Pollitz	6-16-97
Associate Director for Public Services	Marylaine Block	9-15-77	6-30-99
Reference and Systems Librarian	Nanette Miller	10-4-96	10-22-99 As Head of Ref.
Reference Librarian	Patricia Kranovich	7-5-96	10-15-99
Head of Reference	Patricia Kranovich	1-22-00
Reference Librarian	Stella Herzig	1-3-94	On Leave 11-99 to 08-00
Reference/Technology Librarian	Marcy Downs	7-15-99
Reference Librarian	Mary Heinzman	12-12-99
Evening Reference Librarian	Syl Rex	7/1/98
Temporary Reference Librarian	Barbara Kuttler	12/15/99	5/15/00
Head of Technical Services	Jennifer Davis	1-4-93
Head of Media Services	Harold Krubsack	1-6-86
Administrative Assistant to Director (1-15-96)	Mary Kathryn (Kathy) Byers	1-4-93
Administrative Assistant for Acquisitions (1-3-96)	Nancy Johnson-Van Hecke	3-7-84
Administrative Assistant for Circulation Services (4-18-93)	Carol Ann Chouteau	1-18-88
Evening Circulation Supervisor	Rhonda Ehrecke	2-1-99
Library Technical Assistant – Interlibrary Loan (2-1-99)	Sue Baumbach	6-15-98
Library Technical Assistants – Cataloging	Susan Green	8-21-95
	Eliza Gilles	3-4-96
	Connie Schroeder	6-1-97

STAFF DEVELOPMENT

John H. Pollitz

· Attended the Iowa Library Association (ILA) Conference in Dubuque, IA.

· Attended the American Library Association Conference in New Orleans, LA.

· Served as President of the St. Ambrose University Staff Assembly.

· Served as President of the Iowa OCLC User Group and planned the annual IOUG conference.

· Served as Chair of the Library Network Advisory Committee to the Iowa Communications Network.

· Volunteered as grant reader for Quad City Arts.

· Continued to write reviews for Choice magazine.

Kathy Byers

· Twelve hours of training in Microsoft 2000 Excel and Word at RBLS.

· Staff Assembly-sponsored workshops in Investment Planning.

· Received 9 hours of Continuing Professional Education from Institute of Management Accountants.

· Board member and treasurer for the Institute of Management Accountants.

· Member of the Facilities Team for Vision 20/20.

Pat Kranovich

· Presentation - Upward-Bound students – June, 2000

· Library tour - 10 deacon candidates – June, 2000

· Presentation - STAR (students trained as role models) students – June, 2000

· Presentation - beginning nursing class – May, 2000

· Academic issues panel for parents of new students – June-July, 2000

· RBLS RIC (reference information committee) meetings – 1999/2000

· IPAL meeting – Coe college – Cedar Rapids – March, 2000

· March 13 & 14, 2000 attended workshop - LEADERSHIP: The Critical Difference presented by Barry Woolf at the SAU Professional Development Center.

· Electronic resources/e-books meeting – Bettendorf Public Library – May, 2000

· Various meetings – preparation for IL101 – new information literacy class

Mary Heinzman

· October 1999 – presentation at the Iowa Library Association on “Library Services to the Business Community”.

· January 7, 2000 – attended BCR class entitled “Beyond ILL Basics” at Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

· March 7, 2000 – attended teleconference session by OCLC on CORC.

· March 16, 2000 – attended St. Ambrose University staff development day sessions.

· March 24, 2000 – attended the Iowa Private Academic Libraries (IPAL) meeting in Cedar Rapids, IA.

· May 12, 2000 – attended the Iowa ACRL conference at Iowa State University in Ames, IA.

· June 2, 2000 – attended the Iowa OCLC User Group conference in Clive, IA.

· June 16, 2000 – attended a videoconference on services to distance education students at River Bend Library System.

· Member of the Academic Resources Team for Vision 20/20.

Marcy Downs

· August 25, 1999 - Excellent Customer Service Seminar, Augustana College

· September 14-16, 1999 - NUG Meeting, GEAC, Downers Grove, IL

· October 15, 1999 - Iowa Library Association, Dubuque, IA

· November 11-12, 1999 - Powerful Learning Powerful Partnerships, Iowa City, IA

· March 9 & 16, 2000 - Windows NT Server 4.0, Black Hawk Community College

· March 30, 2000 - CORC Presentation Teleconference at library

· April 3,2000 - Online Instruction Presentation, ACCEL offices

· May 17-19, 2000 - Vision Planning, SAU

· June 2, 2000 - OCLC Users Group Clive, IA

· June 16, 2000 - Distance Learning Teleconference RBLS

· Represented the library throughout the year by participating in RIC meetings and RBLS activities.

· Fall Semester 1999 - Computer Systems Class, SAU

· Spring Semester 2000 - Computer Networking Class, SAU

Stella Herzig

· Took over maintenance and updating of BIOTN

· Created new web pages and resource handouts for Drama, Speech, Religion, English and Multicultural issues.

· Took over administration of the library requirement.

· Represented O'Keefe Library as a correspondent for Library Journal's academic e-mail newsletter.

· Took a leave of absence to live in India for 6 months.

Sue Baumbach

· August 1999 - Essentials of excellent customer service workshop at Augustana College

· January 2000 - Microsoft Word I, II and III at River Bend

· February 2000 - Microsoft Excel I, II and III at River Bend

· March 2000 - Staff Development Seminar at St. Ambrose- TIA-CREF

· June 2000 - Iowa OCLC users group conference - 17th Annual

Carol Anne Chouteau

· August 1999 - Essentials of excellent customer service workshop at Augustana College

· March 13 & 14, 2000, attended workshop - LEADERSHIP: The Critical Difference presented by Barry Woolf at the SAU Professional Development Center.

Harold Krubsack

· Attended the Iowa Educational Media Association’s annual conference.

· Attended several meetings of the Iowa Association of Communications Technology.

Jennifer Davis

· August 1999 - Essentials of excellent customer service workshop at Augustana College.

· September 14-16, 1999 - NUG Meeting GEAC Downers Grove, IL.

· March 13 & 14, 2000, attended workshop - LEADERSHIP: The Critical Difference presented by Barry Woolf at the SAU Professional Development Center.

· March 30, 2000 - CORC Presentation Teleconference at library

· Iowa OCLC Users Group and Introduction to Metadata in Clive, June 2000.

· OCLC Update 2000 and OCLC CORC Service-Overview in Dubuque, June 20, 2000.

Nancy Johnson-Van Hecke

· August 1999 - Essentials of excellent customer service workshop at Augustana College

Eliza Gillies

· September 1999 – Geoweb training at River Bend Library System.

· October 1999 – ILA Conference in Dubuque, IA.

· March 1999 – Excel workshop at River Bend Library System.

· June 2000 – BCR cataloging description workshop in Ames, IA.

Susan Green

· Essentials of Excellent Customer Service Workshop at Augustana College, August 1999.

· Organization of Information Resources, ICN 21:122 at Davenport P.L., August-December 1999.

· GEOWEB training at RBLS, September 1999.

· Iowa Library Association in Dubuque (Nancy Kraft presentation on Disaster Preparedness and Collection Salvage), October 2000.

· Excel training at RBLS, March 7, 14, 21, 2000.

· BCR Original Cataloging class in Cedar Rapids, March 2000.

· CORC training in house, March 2000.

· Iowa OCLC Users Group and Introduction to Metadata in Clive, June 2000.

· OCLC Update 2000 and OCLC CORC Service-Overview in Dubuque, June 20, 2000.

Connie Schroeder

· Attended the Customer Service seminar at Augustana College, August 1999.

· Attended Word 1 & 2 sessions at RBLS, January 2000.

· Attended the TIAA-CREF information session here at Ambrose, March 2000.

BIOGRAPHIES OF LIBRARY STAFF

Susan Baumbach-- Secretarial Degree from Skills Business Training Center. With this degree, she has eight years of experience in the field. She had volunteered for the O’Keefe Library approximately one year helping in the Special Collections Area as well as the Technical Services Department prior to being on staff.

Kathy Byers--BA Accounting, 1995, St. Ambrose University. Twenty years experience in management and bookkeeping responsibilities for family-owned business. Worked for 3½ years in Technical Services Department of this library prior to becoming administrative assistant to the library director. Member, Board of Directors - Illowa Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants, Treasurer 97-98, 98/99, & 99-00.

Carol Anne Chouteau--BM Vocal Performance, 1982 St. Ambrose University. Experience in all aspects of library work progressing from page (Davenport P.L.) to circulation supervisor (SAU). Also worked at University of Missouri at Kansas City (general library) in Acquisitions and Serials/Continuations, and Midwest Research Institute Science and Technology Library overseeing the Barstow Library (economics department).

Jennifer Davis--MS in Library Science, 1990 Florida State University. From 1974 worked in research and statistics for various criminal justice agencies and the Division of Tourism for the state of Florida before joining SAU in 1993. Member - American Library Association, Beta Phi Mu.

Marcy Downs—MSLS, 1998 University of Kentucky, 1996 BA Loyola University, Chicago. Member of the American Library Association and the American Historical Association.

Rhonda Ehrecke—Bachelor of Business Administration, 1993 Iowa State University. Managerial experience in the retail industry. Attending St. Ambrose University to earn her Secondary Education degree.

Eliza Gillies--BA English, 1973 Macalester College. Additional graduate hours in Library Science at the University of Iowa. Experience in educational advising and transcript evaluation at post-secondary institutions.

Susan Green--Board of Governors Degree, 1992 Western Illinois University. Six years at DeWitt Public Library as library clerk and children's librarian.

Stella Herzig--MLS, 1985 Kent State University. Ten years of experience in libraries including five years as reference librarian at Santa Barbara Public Library, California. Has been at SAU since January 1994.

Mary Heinzman—MLS, Northern Illinois University, BA University of Iowa. Extensive experience in local public libraries, most recently as the Business/Reference Librarian at Davenport Public Library. Member of the American Library Association, the Iowa Library Association, and member of the Small Business Council, Davenport Chamber of Commerce.

Nancy Johnson-Van Hecke--BA English, 1973 Augustana College. Has progressed from Library Technical Assistant in cataloging to Administrative Assistant in Acquisitions. Has also worked occasionally as backup in Circulation and Reference. Prior to joining the SAU library staff, job experiences included restaurant management and social services for abused children.

Barbara Kuttler—MA in Library and Information Science, 1994 University of Iowa. BA Music, Marycrest College.

Patricia Kranovich--MLS 1980, University of Iowa. Held Reference Positions at Cedar Rapids Public Library, Minnesota Valley Regional Library and Wartburg College. Member - American Library Association.

Harold Krubsack--MS in Education Technology, 1969 University of Wisconsin at Stout. Initially an instructor in media technology at U. of Wisconsin; then 10 years as director of learning resources at Southwest Wisc. Technical Institute; moving to SAU in 1986 to coordinate the extensive media resources available to faculty, students, and staff. Member, Association of Education Communications Technology, Iowa Educational Media Association.

John Pollitz--MLS, 1990 University of Iowa. MA/History 1978 University of Denver. Began his career as a reference librarian at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. Was promoted to assistant director, automated services in 1992. Served as interim director at Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois during the 1994-1995 academic year. While at Augustana served as project director for an LSCA Title III grant-sponsored program that digitized local historical documents and photographs about the Quad Cities. The digitized material was then placed on the World Wide Web for use in elementary and high school classrooms. Began as library director of O’Keefe Library in June 1997.

Connie Schroeder--Secretarial degree from Eastern Iowa Community College, 1969; eight years in Bettendorf elementary school library and most recently one year in the SAU Records & Registration Office before coming to the library in June, 1997.