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Patrick Rudd

Interim Dean of the Carol Grotnes Belk Library, Coordinator of Library Instruction & Outreach Services and Assistant Librarian

Department: Library

Office and address: Carol Grotnes Belk Library, office 123 2550 Campus Box Elon, NC 27244

Phone number: (336) 278-6574

    Education

    North Carolina Central University

    Durham, NC

    Master of Library Science, 2004        

    Bryan College

    Dayton, TN

    Secondary Education Licensure, 1990         

    Bachelor of Arts with Honors, English, 1989

    Employment History

    Coordinator of Instruction and Outreach

    Belk Library, Elon University

    2012-present

    Assistant Librarian Rank

    • Coordinates, mentors, and provides leadership for the library instruction program and shares trends in new developments and technologies in information literacy and assessment with the teaching librarians.
    • Develops and implements innovative approaches in the teaching of information literacy in collaboration with teaching faculty.
    • Supervises, mentors, and evaluates the professional and non-exempt staff of the Instruction and Outreach department.
    • Leads the Instruction and Outreach department in long-range planning, problem-solving, and assessment.  Compiles and prepares reports and statistics to support these goals.
    • Develops, implements, and assesses library strategic plans, policies, and operations in collaboration with the Dean and University Librarian and the other library Coordinators
    • Serve as liaison to the Education, English, Religious Studies, and Health and Human Performance Departments
    • Lead coordination of library services for the Elon Academy, a need- based program for high school students

    Coordinator of Assess Services

    Belk Library, Elon University

    2009-2012

    Assistant Professor Rank

    • Manage all areas of Access Services including electronic, print, and audiovisual reserves, interlibrary loan, and circulation
    • Supervise, train, manage workflow of, and support staff development for one librarian and four paraprofessionals
    • Serve as a member of the coordinators team responsible for setting goals, planning, developing policies, directing operations, and implementing programs for the entire library
    • Provide an average of nine hours of reference service per week
    • Serve as liaison to the Education, English, Religious Studies, and Health and Human Performance Departments
    • Lead coordination of library services for the Elon Academy, a need- based program for high school students
    • Co-led on-going customer service initiative to ensure superior service standards and maintain a customer-oriented environment
    • Initiated comprehensive student worker program including team leaders, ongoing training, and performance evaluations

    Evening Librarian

    Belk Library, Elon University

    2005-2009

    Assistant Professor Rank

    • Managed all areas of the library in the evenings including building security
    • Supervised one paraprofessional, 2007-2009
    • Provided evening reference 
    • Implemented electronic course reserves
    • Expanded audiobook lease program
    • Liaised with the Education Department and library Technical Services Department to reorganize children’s collection
    • Coordinated library services and instruction for the Elon Academy      

    Evening Library Manager

    Belk Library, Elon University

    2003-2005

    • Managed all areas of the library in the evenings including building security
    • Provided reference assistance
    • Supervised evening student workers
    • Responsible for print and electronic reserves
    • Implemented audiobook lease program  

    Courses Taught

    • Semester-long, non-credit course (Elon 101) for first year students, 2007-present,  Spring and fall. Co-taught with Lynne Bisko 
    • Single-session library instruction sessions for education, English, health and human performance and religious studies courses, 2003-present 
    • Single-session library instruction sessions for the Elon Academy, (summer program for high school students), 2007-present 
    • Librarian-in-Residence for South Africa Study Abroad, winter term 2015 and 2016.
    • Single-session instruction for faculty about best practices for electronic reserves, 2008-2010 
    • Single-session instruction for faculty about best practices for copyright compliance, 2009

    Publications

    • Technical Services Quarterly book review, Academic Librarianship, November 2017.
    • Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Annual Conference session review, September 2015.

    Presentations

    • "Design Stars:  Partnerships for Active Learning Spaces."  Librarian's Association at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (LAUNC-CH) Conference.  Chapel Hill, NC 2018.
    • "Charting Your Course! Engaging Your Library in High-Impact Teaching and Learning Practices."  Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference. Baltimore, MD 2017.
    • "Full Steam Ahead: Library Integration in High-Impact Educational Practices."  ACRL Conference, Baltimore, MD 2017.
    • "Campus Collaborations:  Library Integration in High-Impact Educational Practices" ACRL Conference, Baltimore, MD 2017.
    • "Charting Your Course! Engaging Your Library in High-Impact Teaching and Learning Practices."  Metrolina Library Association Conference.  Charlotte, NC 2017.
    • "Campus Collaborations:  Library Integration in High-Impact Educational Practices" North Carolina Library Association (NCLA) Conference, Winston Salem, NC 2017.
    • "Innovate and Collaborate to Engage Your Library in High-Impact Teaching and Learning Practices."  NCLA Conference, Winston-Salem, NC 2017.
    • "Librarians on the Move:  Innovation and Collaboration in Study Away."  NCLA Conference, Winston-Salem, NC 2017.
    • “A Model for Collaboration:  The Human Library” Triad Area Library Association Paraprofessional Conference, Elon, NC 2017.
    • "Co-Owners in Engaged Learning:  Reimagining the Library First Year Writing Partnership as a Community of Practice."  The Innovative Library Classroom Conference, Radford, VA 2016.
    • "Co-Owners in Engaged Learning:  Reimagining the Library First Year Writing Partnership as a Community of Practice."  Georgia International Information Literacy Conference, 2016.
    • "Co-Owners in Engaged Learning:  Reimagining the Library First Year Writing Partnership as a Community of Practice."  Credo Reference Webinar, 2016.
    • "Fresh, Local, Good:  A New Model for Librarian-Faculty Collaboration."  Teaching & Learning Conference, Elon, NC 2016.
    • "A Librarian, an Archivist, and a Professor walk into . . . a Collaboration that Matters."  Society of North Carolina Archivists / South Carolina Archival Association Joint Conference, Charlotte, NC 2016.
    • "LEAPing for the Stars! Belk Library as an Entrepreneurial Model of an Engaged Academic Library," Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians.  Greensboro, NC 2016.
    • "Racenicity:  Personal Soulwork: Race, Religion, and Competence."  CREDE Race-nicity Workshop, Elon, NC 2016.
    • "All Hands on Deck:  a Shared Service Desk in an Academic Library."  TALA Paraprofessional Conference, High Point, NC 2015
    • "NCLive Resources."  NCLPA Conference, Greenville, NC 2015.
    • "Transformations from South Africa Study Abroad:  Perspectives from Students and a Librarian."  New Century Book Club, Burlington, NC 2015
    • "A Librarian, an Archivist, and a Professor walk into . . . a Collaboration that Matters."  NCLA Biannual Conference, Greensboro, NC 2015.
    • "Snapshots of an Engaged Library."  PACE Conference, Elon NC 2015
    • "All Together Now!: Archives as Collaborative Space." Tri-State Archivist Conference, Greenville, SC October 2013.
    • "Ten Years of Collaboration and We’re Still Speaking." LAUNC-CH Conference,"  Chapel Hill, NC March 2010.
    • Panel Discussion, Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN) New Librarians, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Library and Information Science, Chapel Hill, NC February 2008.

    Professional Activities

    • Member Association of College and Research Libraries Instruction Committee. 2014-present.
    • Member, American Library Association, 2003-present
    • Member, Association of College and Research Libraries, 2003-present
    • Member, North Carolina Libraries Association, 2003-present

    Service Activities

    Elon University Committees

    • Member, Graduate Council Standing Committee, 2012-present
    • Member, Dean and University Librarian Search Committee, 2011-2012 
    • Member, School of Education Curriculum Resource Committee, 2007-present
    • Member, Religious Life Standing Committee, 2006-2008 

    Belk Library Committees

    • Chair, Instrcution Committee, 2012-present
    • Chair, Publicity Committee, 2010-present
    • Member, Student Outreach and Communications Committee 2010-present
    • Member, Kindle Committee, 2010-present
    • Member, Instruction Committee, 2005-present
    • Member, Student Worker Committee, 2005-present

    Department Liaison  

    • Liaison to Health and Human Performance Department, 2011-present 
    • Liaison to the Elon Academy, 2007-present
    • Liaison to the Education Department, 2003-present
    • Liaison to English Department, 2012-present
    • Liaison to Health and Human Performance Department, 2012-present
    • Liaison to the Religious Studies Department, 2003-present

    Professional Development

    • Attended LAUNC-CH - 2016.
    • Attended LOEX Annual Conference - 2016.
    • Attended ACRL Conference – 2015.
    • Attended Innovative Library Classroom Conferencec - 2015. 
    • Attended CATL Teaching and Learning Conference - 2015.
    • Attended LAUNC-CH - 2014.
    • Attended Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy - 2014.
    • Attended CATL Teaching and Learning Conference - 2014.
    • Attended Access Services Conference – 2013.
    • Attended Tri-State Archivist Conference - 2013.
    • Attended CATL Teaching and Learning Conference - 2013.
    • Attended Metrolina Information Literacy Conference - 2013.
    • Attended the Association of Colleage and Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference - 2013.
    • Attended Library Assessment Conference sponsored by UVA - 2012.
    • Attended Triad Area Library Association Organizaitonal Meeting and Copyright Workshop - 2012.
    • Attended conference sponsored by LAUNC-CH - Spring - 2012.
    • Accepted to attend the TRLN Management Academy – 2011.
    • Attended conference sponsored by LAUN-CH – 2011.
    • Attended ACRL Conference – 2011.
    • Attended The Future of Fair Use, Educase live webinar – 2011.
    • Attended Apple in Education Workshop sponsored by Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) - 2011.
    • Attended Plagiarism in the Online Classroom Workshop sponsored by TLT – 2011.
    • Attended iDeal Summit at University of North Carolina Greensboro concerning outreach to the GLBTQIA community – 2010.
    • Attended Access Services Conference – 2010.    
    • Attended Human Resources program about working with diverse populations – 2010. 
    • Attended Human Resources program concerning supervising high performance teams –2010.
    • Attended Human Resources employment law program – 2010.
    • Attended eAudio Webinars – 2010. 
    • Alamance Reads Selection Committee – 2010.