Rebecca Albrecht Oling, M.L.S.

Coordinator of Library Instruction and Literature Librarian (Part Time)

Office:
Tel: (914) 251-6417
Fax: (914) 251-6437
Email: rebecca.oling@purchase.edu

Rebecca Oling coordinates the Library Instruction Program, which focuses on training students, faculty, and staff how to frame information needs, create effective research strategies, and use the library's resources to execute those strategies. Librarians teaching in the instruction program also work with classes and individuals on evaluating information they find.  Rebecca is also the liaison for Assistive Technology needs in the Library (coordinating this with Counseling services and computing services on campus). Her collection development responsibilities include literature and Jewish studies.

EDUCATION

M.L.S., Kent State University, 1997
M.A., Kansas State University, 1994--English Literature
B.A., Purdue University, 1991--Majors in Professional Writing and English Education.  Minor in Jewish Studies.

POSITIONS HELD:

October 2000-Pres.:  Coordinator of Library Instruction

2002-2006.:  Coordinator of Reference Services
 
2000-PRES.:  Adjunct Instructor/Internship Supervisor.  Long Island University Palmer SLIS

F1999-S2000: Adjunct Instructor. Manhattanville College

S1998-2000:  Instructional Services Librarian.   Pace University--Westchester

F1996-F1997:  Graduate Assistant. School of Library and Information Science. Kent State University

F1995-S1996:  Part-Time Instructor. Kent State University. Taught introductory English composition courses

PUBLICATIONS

Forthcoming May 2007.  "Egging Us On! Spring’s Balancing Act."  Info Career Trends. 

Co-Authored with Leah Massar. "Dead on Arrival: How to be "Dead on" and Not Dead Wood when Starting Out." Info Career Trends 8.1 (2007): February 24 2007. http://www.lisjobs.com/newsletter/archives/jan07roling.htm.

Monograph Essay:   Cowritten with Sara Baron of UMass.  "The Politics of Pedagogy" in Information Literacy Programs: Successes and Challenges  (2002).

"The Politics of Pedagogy: Expectations and Reality for Information Literacy in Librarianship." Journal of Library Administration.  June 2002.

Connections "Profiles in Membership" newsletter interview http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/acrlny/v20n4.pdf, page 4

Contributing Editor.  Sound Instruction: Ready to Use Classroom Practice.  April 2001.

Web Publication.  WALDO CiteSite: a guide to the citation of electronic resources.  www.waldolib.org/citesite. Creator and designer in 2000. 
Site defunct and no longer hosted by WALDO (2005).

Review.  "ALEX Catalog of Electronic Texts by Eric Lease Morgan" Electronic Resources Review 3/10 1999, 122-126.

PRESENTATIONS

"Absence Makes the Mind Grow Sharper" LACUNY Institute, May 2007.

"Lifting the Hood on Search Engines" Regional Partnership of Schools and Colleges Annual Teachers Workshop Day, April 2005.

"Commitment Sans Straight Jackets: Local Institutions Helping Schools" Regional Partnership of Schools and Colleges Annual Teachers Workshop Day, March 2004.

Interview with Professor S. Samuel Shermis, "The Changing Face of Education" North Castle Cable Community Television (released fall 2002).

"Assessment of Teaching and Learning in Today's Libraries" Westchester Library Association, May 2002.

Panel Presentation: "Pedagogical Platforms - Library Schools and the Future of Instruction" WILU New Brunswick, May 2002.

"The WALDO CiteSite: Teaching Electronic Citation without the Chaos."  Catholic Library Association, April 2002.

"The Changing Professional Development Needs of Teaching Librarians" Academic Library Association of Ohio.  October 2001.

"CopyCats: Recognizing and Preventing Online Plagiarism,"  Regional Partnership of Schools and Colleges Annual Teachers Workshop Day.  April 2001.

"Getting Published".  NYLA annual conference (New Members Roundtable invite).  October 2000.

"Learning Theory and Its Applications in Library Instruction," NJLA and ACRL/NJ College and University Section, User Education Committee day-long workshop/retreat.  August 2000.

"Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: negotiating information literacy and information overload with incoming students," LOEX-of-the-West.  Bozeman, MT.  June 2000.

"Pre-college Outreach," LACUNY Institute 2000 on Information Literacy: Laying the Foundations.  New York, NY.  May 2000.

GRANTS/DONATIONS

Affiliates Grant: "Nights of the Bard" (Fall 2006).  Grant used to purchase the entire BBC Shakespeare Productions collection and features evening lectures with campus experts on these works.

Affiliates Grant: Free Reading Collection for the College Community (Fall 2002). This reading "collection" is housed on the main floor of the Library to entice the campus population to read for pleasure.  Grant monies used to buy display cages.

Morgan Stanley Furniture and Shelving.  This donation was arranged in cooperation  with Morgan Stanley to provide the campus library with a new reference desk, some custom literature displays, computing chairs, ottomans and tables.