Vita

Tina Maragou Hovekamp, Ph.D.
Interim Library Director, Professor
Barber Library
Central Oregon Community College
Bend, OR 9770

EXPERIENCE 

Interim Library Director, Barber Library, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR, 2013-present.

Associate College Librarian, Information & Access Services, Barber Library, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR, 1997-2013.  

Library Instruction Coordinator, Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, CO,1994-95.  

Part-time English Instructor, Northwest College, Powell, WY, 1991-93.  

Library Assistant, Office of Research Services, UNC at Chapel Hill, NC, 1990-91.   

Reference Librarian, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, WI, 1987-88.

EDUCATION 

Ph.D. in Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 1993.

M.L.S., Kent State University, Kent, OH, 1986.

B.A., English , Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1985.

COCC Full Professorship, 2010; COCC Associate Professorship, 2004; COCC Assistant Professorship, 2000; COCC Tenure, 2002.

Council on Library Resources/Kellogg Dissertation Award, 1991.

Merit Award and Kalp Student Awards, 1989-91.

Fulbright Scholarship, 1985-86.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

"Technology in school is no substitute for professional librarians," The Bend Bulletin, May 22, 2007, C6.

"School Library Programs Make a Difference!," presentation, Bend/LaPine School Principals, April, 2006.

"Web Tools to Supplement School Library Collections," presentation, Ed-Tech Training, Bend/La Pine Schools, March, 2006.

"Using the Free Web to Build Reference Collections in School Libraries," Interchange, 34 (Winter 2006): 6-9.

"Using the Free Web to Build Reference Collections in a Secondary Library," presentation, OEMA (Oregon Education Media Association), September, 2005.

“Unions in Academic Libraries.” In G. M. Gregory (Ed.), The Successful Academic Librarian. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2005. 

“Virtual reference and library collaboration,” presentation, Orbis, annual summer meeting, 2002; Virtual Reference Task Force Orbis report, June 2002.

“The use of the Internet as a reference tool,” presentation in a workshop for reference librarians of the CONIN regional reference network, 1998.

"USGovSearch and Google’s Unclesam: A comparative Look" http://libweb.uoregon.edu/govdocs/digor/documentor/doc201/review.htm (March 2000).

“Professional associations or unions? A comparative look,” Library Trends, 46 (Fall 1997): 232-245.

“Unionization and job satisfaction among professional library employees in academic research institutions,” College & Research Libraries, 56 (July 1995): 341-350.

"Organizational commitment of professional employees in union and nonunion research libraries," College & Research Libraries, 55 (July 1994): 297-307.

"Work values among professional employees in union and nonunion research library institutions," Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 24 (June 1994): 981-93.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & MEMBERSHIPS

OLA Development & Legislative committee member, 2012-present.
 
Bend Public Library Advisory Council, 2007-08.

Orbis/Orbis Cascade Alliance Consortium: 
    Summit Consortium Borrowing Committee and Summit Planning and Operations Team Representative, 2000-present.
    Summit Borrowing Steering Committee, 2003-06. 
    Virtual Reference Orbis Task Force Chair, 2002. 
    
L-Net (Oregon Statewide Virtual Reference project/service): 
   Advisory Board, 2006-07. 
   Oregon Statewide Virtual Reference project member, 2003-present.   
    
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) evaluator for the Wilsonville Public Library ESL project, 2002.
     

 INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Central Oregon Community College: 
    AIM Library Administrative Team, 1999-present.
    COCC Technology Advisory Committee, 2011-present.
    COCC Shared Governance Task Force, 2013-present.
    Learning Communities (LC) Task Force member, 2011-2013 & Chair, 2012-13.
    COCC Curriculum Committee, 1998-99 & 2012-13.
    Academic Affairs (AA) Committee member, 2008-11 & Chair, 2010-11. 
    Faculty Forum Executive Committee Member-at-Large, 2000-01, 2005-08, 2011-13.   
    Faculty Forum Negotiations Team, 2009-10.
    Tenure Committee, 2009-10.   
    Peer team evaluator for COCC faculty, 2001-13.
    Served numerous search committees for COCC faculty and staff, 1997-present.
    COCC Honors Celebration Committee member, 1998-2009, Chair, 2001-05, & co-Chair 2007-09.  
    Chief co-editor of the college's ConXn blog, 2007-12.
    College Hour presenter, Spring 2007, “Library 2.0: Research and Teaching on the Read/Write Web.”
    Faculty Forum Retreat presenter, “Plagiarism,” 2006 
    Library Review Team member, 2002. (A campus committee headed by the COCC Vice President for Instruction to review library services in light of campus budget cuts.)    
    COCC Web Usability Study Team, 2000-01. 
    COCC Acceptable Use Policy Committee, 1999.
    
Bend/Lapine School district:
    Board member, International Baccalaureate School of the Cascades, 2006-09.
    Advocate for school libraries and librarians for the Bend/LaPine School District (offered presentations and workshops for teachers and administrators on the value of library services, 2006-2008).
    Bend/LaPine School District Library Study Committee, 2003.  

Bend Arts & Cultural Alliance member, COCC representative, 2012-present.

Deschutes County:
    Deschutes County Historical Landmarks Commissioner, 2009-11.