Florence Mason, Keynote Session Speaker
Florence Mason is the owner and principal of F. Mason and Associates, established in 1990. She began her practice consulting for libraries in 1984, after earning a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. Her B. A. degree (History) is from Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, and she has an M.L.S. in Library Science from Simmons College, Boston.
Her previous positions include Director of the Pitkin County Library, Aspen, CO and Program Coordinator and Manager, The Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, Aspen, CO and Crestone, CO.
Her consulting practice includes work with public, academic and special libraries, government organizations and corporations on library building issues, library long range planning, library training and other issues related to the management of library and information services. As a library building consultant, she has developed building and master plans for academic and public libraries, state libraries and private corporations in forty states.
In addition to her consulting work, she recently served as co-chairman of the new Durango Public Library Fundraising Committee and is the President of Music in the Mountains, a classical Music Festival based in Durango, Colorado. In Dallas, she was the President and board member of The Assemblage, a group supporting the visual arts in Dallas as well as vice president of the Texas Old Forts and Missions Restoration Association dedicated to the preservation of Texas historical structures.
She is currently a half-time faculty member at the School of Library and Information Sciences, College of Information, University of North Texas and has served as an adjunct faculty member at UNT for 20 years. Previously she has also been an adjunct faculty member for the School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University and the School of Information Studies, Syracuse University. Her courses include the Economics of Information, Ethics of Information, and Managing Horizon Technologies and Change. Her book-length publications include Information Brokering (1998) with Chris Dobson, and Ethics of Information Management with Richard Mason and Mary Culnan. She resides in Durango, Colorado and is married to Richard Mason.
As the Assistant Director of Planning & Facilities for the Houston Public Library, Wendy applies library programming, operational needs, and design standards to 18 capital projects, including the $15 million renovation of the Central Library, the $25 million restoration and addition to the historic Julia Ideson Building, and the $8 million restoration of the historic Gregory School. She also oversees completion of maintenance and security improvements for 36 neighborhood libraries, the Central Library complex, and the Clayton genealogical library.
She joined the Houston Public Library in January of this year. Prior to joining the Library, Wendy was the Chief of Design & Construction for the City of Houston’s General Services Department. She managed the design and construction of building projects included in the City's Capital Improvement Plan for all City departments, except Aviation. This included implementation of the US Green Building Council's LEED program She continues to implement LEED in her Library projects.
Wendy became a LEED-Accredited Professional in 2001, while she was a partner in the Houston architectural firm Bricker Cannady. Wendy earned a B.A. in the Plan II Liberal Arts Honors Program at The University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Architecture Degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Meggan Smith is a Reference & Instruction Librarian at Musselman Library Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, PA. She received her Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 2007, and her Bachelor of Arts in History from Gettysburg College in 2004. She is currently serving on Gettysburg College’s Resource Conservation Committee and strives to find new and creative ways to lessen the library’s environmental impact.
Rebecca Elder has served as the Adjunct Preservation Field Services Officer for Amigos Library Services Imaging & Preservation Service since 2004. She received her MSIS and a Certificate of Advanced Studies for Conservation of Library and Archival Materials from The University of Texas at Austin. Rebecca has a significant amount of experience in preservation and conservation through her previous work at Harvard, the Harry Ransom Center, the Center for American History in Austin, and the Smithsonian Institution. Currently she teaches both face-to-face and live online workshops in book repair, preservation and emergency preparedness, and she also conducts site surveys in her role with Amigos. She is also the owner of Austin BookWorks, a private conservation practice. Rebecca is a member of ALA and the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC). Her recent continuing education includes a course in Synchronous Design from InSync Training, and the workshop, Teaching Courses in a Live Online Environment.
Steven Carr
Steve Carr is a library manager from the Arlington Public Library system in Virginia. Among the first LEED accredited professionals in the library field, Steve brings a unique understanding of the issues and potential outcomes of green initiatives. Steve manages a unique library in the county’s office building, designs libraries – the newest of which will have just opened prior to this meeting – and offers consulting services to libraries. In addition to being a LEED-AP, Steve is also a Certified Public Manager and a co-author of the forthcoming Greening of America’s Libraries to be published by ALA in the Fall of 2010.
Shannon Blakey
Shannon Blakey has worked for the Mohave County Library District for three years. She is a Youth Services Library Assistant who specializes in teen programming, maintaining the teen collection, and the teen volunteer program. She has helped plan several programs for both teens and kids throughout the years.
She is a member of several different committees at my library that help make our library a better place for both patrons and staff. She will graduate with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in May of 2010.
Susan Wright
Susan Wright is a Library Assistant for Mohave County, Lake Havasu City Branch, Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
She has 10 years cumulative Library experience including service in libraries both in California and Arizona.
She has enjoyed a variety of jobs and challenges throughout her career, and her current duties included public service, and collection development/maintenance. She also holds a position on Library District Staff Advisory Counsel.
Michelle Burke
Michelle Burke has worked for the Mohave County Library in Arizona for 6 ½ years. She started as a library clerk at the Lake Havasu City branch and then became a library assistant.
For the past 4 ½ years she’s been the supervisor for the districts training division, creating public computer classes, training staff and assisting customers. Her duties also include computer hardware and software maintenance.
She is a member of the American Library Association and has presented at the Arizona Library Association annual conference.
Mary M. Carr has been a librarian for a life-time……over 36 years and counting. Mary is presently the Dean of Instructional Services at Spokane Community College, and earlier worked for both at both North Idaho College and Gonzaga University. She has been the president of both the Washington and Idaho Library Associations, and recently served on the Board of the American Association of Community Colleges. She currently serves on the Association of College and Research Libraries Board of Directors. In 2008 Mary became the first librarian in the country to become a nationally certified Sustainable Building Advisor. In 2009 she became the first librarian in the country to become a Green Building Professional with the National Home Builders Association. In 2009 she also become the second librarian in the country become a LEED AP. She currently serves as a member of the Spokane Mayor’s Task Force on Sustainability and is collaborating with Steve Carr (Arlington Public Library, VA, and first librarian to become a LEED AP) to write a book tentatively titled, The Greening of America’s Libraries: LEEDing the Way.
Robbie Sittel is Government Documents Librarian at the Tulsa City-County Library. She graduated with her MLS from the University of North Texas in 2005 and has been at the Tulsa City-County Library since 2006. Her green tendencies began at an early age and appreciates the position of the public library as a way to educate the public and foster relationships to encourage a more sustainable society.
Sarah Passonneau has worked in education and libraries for twenty years. In that capacity she has seen k12 and higher education change dramatically. She has worked as a k12 teacher librarian in Minneapolis, MN. In Orange County, CA. she worked as district librarian at Tustin Unified School District and as the county librarian at the Orange County Department of Education. She worked at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, MN as the librarian in charge of media production and worked in reference. Presently, she works as the assistant to the dean at Iowa State University Library.
Stacy DeLano has been an adult services librarian at the Stillwater (OK) Public Library since 2001. There, she performs reference services and acts as the adult programming and volunteer coordinator. She is active in the Oklahoma Library Association’s Social Responsibility Roundtable and served as chair in 2006-2007.
Stacy began her library career during high school as a page at the Miami (OK) Public Library. She then worked four years in the Tulsa City County Library System before earning a B.A. and J.D. from the University of Tulsa.
Stacy’s interest in green library programming resulted from the weight of unbearable guilt in seeing unsold book sale books thrown away.
Cindy Batman is the Library Liaison to the University of North Texas’ College of Information, comprised of the Departments of Library and Information Sciences and Learning Technologies. She graduated with her BS from Texas Christian University and her MLS from the University of North Texas, where she is currently in the UNT Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program and is a adjunct faculty for the Department of Library and Information Sciences. She spent the first five years of her library career at the UNT Dallas Campus in the Virtual Library, instructing in the use of the predominantly electronic resources. Her recent move to Denton has heightened her awareness of the recycling programs, landscaping, and transportation issues in residential areas; her recent appointment to the University’s We Mean Green Committee on Sustainability has brought forward the needs of improving residential and work place environments on campus.
Born and raised in Waco, Texas, Smith Getterman has a wide variety of experience and an extensive background in communication. Mr. Getterman attended Baylor University as both an undergraduate and graduate student. As an undergraduate, he received his Bachelor of Arts in History; after a short stint teaching at a local school, Mr. Getterman then attended Baylor’s Communication Studies graduate program where he successfully completed his Master of Arts degree. Upon graduation, Mr. Getterman and his wife, Kristin, moved to Austin, Texas where he worked in community relations for the video game company, Sony Online Entertainment. Following his time with Sony, Mr. Getterman accepted the position of Sustainability Coordinator at Baylor University, happily returning to his alma mater to put the green in Baylor’s green and gold.
Carl Flynn serves the Baylor University Libraries as Director of Marketing and Communication. He has a broad background ranging from information technology to theology to public relations. His interest in sustainability comes from his California upbringing and his work with Baylor University's PawPrints network - the campus public printing system. He has been a member of Baylor University's Sustainability Committee since its inception and continues to serve as the convener for the committee.
