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March 16, 2005
Susan Gibbons, assistant dean for public services and collection development at River Campus Libraries, has been chosen for a "Mover & Shaker" award by Library Journal, the oldest and best-known national library publication.
Described by the magazine this week as a bridge builder, Gibbons was credited for her work developing the University of Rochester's institutional repository and for contributing to the University's early involvement as a leader in using DSpace technology to capture, store, index, and distribute finished scholarly work.
The continuation of that effort produced UR Research, a new repository developed for faculty members, researchers, and graduate student users. With an Institute of Museum and Library Services National Leadership Grant, she worked with a team that studied faculty research practices and came up with solutions to get their scholarly work better known and cited worldwide.
Gibbons told the magazine that one of her "proudest achievements is the development of CoURse Resources, a relational database of major library resources and course offerings that allows librarians to generate a page of links quickly to the best print and electronic (and human) library resources for any course." She also said she "enjoyed the challenge of reengineering librarianship in a Google world."
She holds a master's degree in history and in library science from Indiana University, and a professional MBA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She is co-author of E-Book Functionality: What Libraries and Their Patrons Want and Expect from Electronic Books (ALA, 2003).
Library Journal chose 51 individuals for the 2005 award. They will be honored at a luncheon at the American Library Association annual conference in June.
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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