Résumé

Eric Phetteplace

I am a technologist librarian with experience developing and maintaining a wide variety of systems. I am passionate about usability, data, and the internet as a means of democratizing information.

phette23@gmail.com

Professional Experience

CCA Libraries: California College of the Arts — June 2014 to Present; Systems Librarian who manages a Koha ILS, openEQUELLA digital repository, Moodle LMS, Panopto video platform, & homemade Wagtail (a Django-based CMS) website. Automates workflows, collects & analyzes statistics, performs some reference & instruction. Works closely with the Instructional Support & Technology Services departments on projects related to instructional technology & web infrastructure.
Learning Resource Center: Chesapeake College — June 2011 to May 2014; Emerging Technologies Librarian who developed new & innovative services for a rural community college. My major projects included a one-to-one iPad program, a centralized statistics recording system & dashboard display, chat reference, redesigning the LRC website in Drupal 7, a mobile website, & an ERM system.
Research & Scholarly Services: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — August 2009 to May 2011; Graduate Assistant who staffed the University Library's central Information Desk & answered reference questions via several modes of communication. Used numerous academic databases & reference resources to answer inquiries. Taught information literacy sections, including ones embedded in the ESL graduate program.
Library Assessment Working Group: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign — August 2009 to May 2011; Graduate Assistant who maintained a website, analyzed assessment data, visualized data, wrote macro programs in Excel, performed research, & organized ongoing projects such as a pilot implementation of the READ Scale.
Information Services: Parkland College — Fall 2010; Practicum Student who staffed a reference desk. Providing computer troubleshooting & customized the library's LibGuides to better match the aesthetics of their website.

Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Master of Library & Information Sciences — August 2009 to May 2011; I focused my coursework at GSLIS on developing a broad array of skills which would apply to reference & instruction services in many different settings. Coursework focused on user-centered services & design, as well as adapting to a changing information landscape.
Stanford University: Bachelor of Arts & Sciences in English & Mathematics — September 2003 to June 2007; The double-degree I obtained required additional coursework beyond the usual requirements. My B.A.S. reflects the unique blend of creative & analytical skills which I possess. My English concentration was in Creative Writing, specifically poetry. I completed five writing workshops, attaining an A in each, & published poems in five periodicals.

Professional Activity

Code4Lib

I've volunteered for the Code4Lib annual conference, often in multiple roles, since 2015. I chaired the Website Working Group and Community Support Squad for multiple years. In 2019, I was chair of the primary conference planning committee for the San Jose conference.

SCELC

I run a bi-monthly Institutional Repository Managers Discussion Group
Institutional Repositories Sub-Committee (under Scholarly Communications Committee)

Library Information Technology Association (LITA)

Outgoing Chair, LITA / Ex Libris Student Writing Award Committee 2018-19
Chair, LITA / Ex Libris Student Writing Award Committee 2017-18
Volunteer, Appointments Committee 2017-18
Volunteer, LITA Forum Planning Committee 2014 (Albuquerque, NM)
Volunteer, LITA Forum Planning Committee 2013 (Louisville, KY)
Member, Library Code Year Interest Group where I helped to make a project to teach librarians Git & Github

Reference & User Services Quarterly

I served as the editor of the Accidental Technologist column for the RUSQ journal from 2012 to 2015.

Association of College & Research Libraries

From 2011 to 2014 I served as a member of the Community & Junior College Libraries Section as well as the Instruction Section. I held the position of Newsletter Editor on the CJCLS Membership & Communications Committee, with an ex officio position on the section's Executive Committee.

I was the lead editor of the ACRL TechConnect blog from 2016 to 2019. I first started writing for the library technology blog in 2012.

Awards

2024-25 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report expert panelist
California College of the Arts Staff "Fostering Excellence" Award for 2017
Librarian of the Month, ByWater Solutions, April 2017
Member of the inaugural Institute for Open Leadership in 2015, run by the Open Policy Network

Publications

A list of my presentations is also available.

Phetteplace, E. (2016). Sculpting Data for a Successful Visualization. In L. Magnuson (Ed.), Data Visualization: A Guide to Visual Storytelling for Libraries (pp. 1-18). New York, NY: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Phetteplace, E & Bengtson, J. (2016). JavaScript. In B. Thomsett-Scott (Ed.), The Librarian's Introduction to Programming Languages (pp. 41-60). New York, NY: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Phetteplace, E. (2015). How Can Libraries Improve Wikipedia?. Reference & User Services Quarterly 55(2), 109-112.
Phetteplace, E. (2012). Effectively Visualizing Library Data. Reference & User Services Quarterly 52(2), 93-97.
Phetteplace, E. (Ed.). (2012, Spring). Community & Junior College Libraries Section Newsletter, 28(1).
Ward, D. & Phetteplace, E. (2012, August). Staffing by Design: A Methodology for Staffing Reference. Public Services Quarterly 8(3), 193-207.
Phetteplace, E. (Ed.). (2012, Spring). Community & Junior College Libraries Section Newsletter, 27(2).
Phetteplace, E. & Kern, M. K. (Ed.). (2012, Spring). Hardening the Browser: Protecting Patron Privacy on the Internet. Reference & User Services Quarterly 51(3), 210-214.
Phetteplace, E. (Ed.). (2011, Fall). Community & Junior College Libraries Section Newsletter, 27(1).
Phetteplace, E. & Kern, M. K. (2011, April). From Evidence to Service: Using Assessment Data to Design a Remote Reference Desk. Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Association of College and Research Libraries, Philadelphia, PA.
Hensley, M. K., Edwards, M. B., & Phetteplace. (2011, March). The Intentional Employer: Strategies for Entering and Integrating into a Community of Practice. Preconference at the biennial meeting of the Association of College and Research Libraries, Philadelphia, PA.
Phetteplace, E. (2010). Speculative Realism: resources on an emerging discipline. College & Research Libraries News 71(6), 305-313.
Ryerson, C., Koenig, G., & Phetteplace, E. (2006). Supercooled cloud scale length and correlative relationships. 86th AMS Annual Meeting; Atlanta, GA; 29 January 2006 through 2 February 2006.

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