MELISSA A. CAST-BREDE University of Nebraska at Omaha Criss Library 6001 Dodge St. Omaha, NE Work unomaha.

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1 MELISSA A. CAST-BREDE University of Nebraska at Omaha Criss Library 6001 Dodge St. Omaha, NE Work unomaha.edu PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY EXPERIENCE Education/Psychology Reference Librarian, Criss Library, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE. August 2001-present. Create and maintain directories of faculty research for the College of Education, the Department of Psychology and the campus, interdisciplinary Early Childhood/Child Welfare Consortium. Organize two children's book fairs a year. Liaison to the College of Education and Department of Psychology. Liaison to the campus Writing Across the Curriculum Task Force Coordinate collection development activities in the area of education, psychology, and reference. Oversee development and implementation of juvenile and young adult collections policy including creation of young adult collection. Write accreditation reports for various departments including the College of Education s NCATE accreditation renewal. Provide instruction to freshman introductory classes, and undergraduate and graduate classes for the College of Education and Department of Psychology. Coordinated library s implementation of the LibQUAL+ survey. Co-organize annual campus-wide/community spring strategic planning event, , 2012-present. Co-coordinated campus-wide enrollment and retention forum, Fall 2012 Member of the College of Education's Diversity Committee, present. Collaborated in streaming media service development. Consult on issues of information literacy including plagiarism and copyright. Adjunct Instructor College of Education, University of Nebraska at Omaha, January 2005-present Instruct classes on collection development and introduction to library services. Emphasize writing skills and active learning. Integrate service learning activities Director of Member Services, Association of College and Research Libraries of the American Library Association. Chicago, IL. Feb August 2001 Primary contact person for seventeen sections, forty-two chapters and twenty discussion groups. Advised and coordinated program development, section activities, and special events. Developed, implemented and managed membership promotion and recruitment. Developed, managed and implemented member programs, such as speakers bureau and mentoring program. Managed ACRL s presence at ALA Annual Conference and Midwinter Meetings. Oversaw membership, section and chapter budgets.

2 Cast-Brede, page 2 PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY EXPERIENCE (cont.) Reference Librarian/Education Resource Coordinator, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK. Sept Jan Acted as liaison to the faculty of the College of Education and the Department of Psychology. Taught library instruction to the College of Education, the Dept. of Psychology and public school teachers. Co-wrote user questionnaire and created corresponding survey Web page. Organized and implemented children's literature book fairs. Reference/Library Instruction Librarian, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK. Aug Aug Coordinated sessions for all library instruction librarians. Taught approximately 50 library instruction sessions a semester. Maintained statistics for library instruction program and wrote annual report. Hired, trained and supervised 3-4 CD-ROM student assistants. Developed evaluation form and co-wrote training manual for student workers. EDUCATION Ph.D. School of Library and Information Management. Emporia State University, December Outcome Based Evaluation and Consulting Institute. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Urbana-Champaign, IL. July Institute for Information Literacy Immersion Program. Association of College and Research Libraries. Colorado Springs, CO. August Master of Arts in Library and Informational Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO. August Teaching Assistant, Ellis Library, University of Missouri-Columbia, August 1991 May 1992 Bachelor of Arts in American Studies, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA. May Grinnell-in-London semester of study, Fall PUBLICATIONS Co-Editor for English- Education Review present Articles Neujahr, J., Hillyer, N., & Cast-Brede, M. (2013). Envisioning a literacy partnership: The University of Nebraska at Omaha s Criss Library and Girls Inc. Metropolitan Universities. 24(3), Cast-Brede, M. (2007). College and University Section Annual Report Nebraska Library Association Quarterly, 38(4), Adcock, P. & Cast, M. (2006). The value of information literacy skills for teaching and learning. Michigan Journal of Teacher Education. 3:2,

3 PUBLICATIONS (cont.) Articles (cont.) Cast-Brede, page 3 Cast, M. (2003) Plagiarism. NLA Quarterly. 34:4, Cast, M., & Cary, S. (2001). Members assess ACRL: results of the 2000 membership survey. College & Research Libraries News, 62(6), Cast, M. (2001). The association's associations: ACRL: members, members, members. American Libraries, 32(2), 10. Cast, M. (2000). Community college focus group: comments from the 2000 ALA Midwinter Meeting. College & Research Libraries News, 61(5), 384. Archer, S.B. & Cast, M. (1999). Going where the questions are: Using media to maintain personalized contact in reference service in medium-sized academic libraries. The Reference Librarian, 31(65), Books and Proceedings Erb, R. & Cast-Brede, M. (2008). Bringing Semantic Diversity to the Online Catalog with LibraryThing. Brick & Click Libraries, Proceedings of an Academic Library Symposium. Maryville, MO: Northwest Missouri State University. Cast, M. & Pasco, P. (2006). Digital resources for distance students in a library science and literacy program. In D. Cook and T. Cooper Teaching information literacy skills to education and social sciences students and practitioners: A second casebook of applications. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries. Cast, M.C. (2003) [Contributed three entries]. Greenwood Dictionary of Education. Westwood, CT: Greenwood Press. Reviews Cast, M. (2006). [Review of the book Reading history: A practical guide to improving literacy. ] Education Reviews. Retrieved August 31, 2006 from Cast, M.C. (2004) [Review of the book Teaching Technology: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians]. Serials Review. 30:2, Cast, M.C. (2004) [Review of the book Poetry Please! Sharing Poetry with Children]. Education Review. Retrieved from Cast, M.C. (2003) [Review of the book Opening a Door: Reading Poetry in the Middle School Classroom]. Education Review. Retrieved from Cast, M.C. (2003) [Review of the book Am I Teaching Yet? Stories from the Teacher-Training Trenches]. Education Review. Retrieved from Cast, M.C. (2003) [Review of the book Comprehension Right from the Start: How to Organize and Manage Book Clubs for Young Readers]. Education Review. Retrieved from Cast, M. C. (2002) [Review of the book Reading Don t Fix No Chevys: Literacy in the Lives of Young Men]. Education Review. Retrieved from

4 Cast-Brede, page 4 Other publications Cast, M.C. (2006). [Primary contributor of Teacher Education and Educational Administration sections]. Resources for College Libraries. New Providence, NJ: Bowker. PRESENTATIONS Cast-Brede, M. (2012, October). Raising community awareness of campus research with the library [Poster]. Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, Chattanooga, TN. Cast-Brede, M., Hillyer, N., Parker, L., Hector, J. (2012, May). Roving reference - Wherefore art thou, o librarians? Connected and Collaborating: Nebraska Libraries. Annual Meeting of the College & University Section, Nebraska Library Association, Grace University, Omaha, NE. Cast-Brede, M., (2011, October). Education Apps for the Ipad. Fall Conference. Future Educators of America Nebraska Chapter, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE. Hillyer, N., Cast-Brede, M., Neujahr, J. (2011). Making the Vision Real: UNO s Criss Library and Girls Inc. Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) Conference, Indianapolis, IN. Cast-Brede, M. (2009, January). Copyright. Central Community College. Multi-campus Faculty Development. Columbus, NE. Erb, R. & Cast-Brede, M. (2008, October). Bringing Semantic Diversity to the Online Catalog with LibraryThing. Nebraska Library Association, Annual Conference, Lincoln, NE. Cast-Brede, M. & Maring, M. (2007, May). Building Diverse Collections: Navigating the Guadalajara International Book Fair. College & University Section, Nebraska Library Association. Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE. Cast-Brede, M. (2007, October). Is it Fair Use? Or is it a Copyright Violation. Nebraska Library Association, Annual Conference, Kearney, NE. Sunderman, G. & Cast-Brede, M. (2007, October). Wikipedia: Encyclopedia of the People. Nebraska Library Association, Annual Conference, Kearney, NE. Shorb, S. & Cast, M. (2005, October). Copyright.. (2005). eportfolio Implementation Workshop. University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE. Cast, M. (2005, November). Copyright. Westside Community High School. Omaha, NE. (Session was conducted remotely using ichat). Cast-Brede, M. & Hein, K. (2005, May). Assessing the View: LibQual+ at UNO. Copresenter. College and University Section/Technical Services Round Table of the Nebraska Library Association. Spring Meeting. Doane College, Crete, NE. Cast-Brede, M. (2004, October). Outcome Based Evaluation. Nebraska Library Association/Nebraska Educational Media Association Annual Conference. Grand Island, NE. Cast, M. (2004, August). Online Review Sites. NEMA/PLS Institute. Alliance, NE. Cast, M. (2003, March) Plagiarism. Eastern Library System, Library Media Specialist Training. Omaha, NE.

5 PRESENTATIONS (cont.) Cast-Brede. page 5 Cast, M. (2003, April). Training the trainer. Immersion and Beyond Preconference. Association of College and Research Libraries National Conference. Charlotte, NC. Cast, M. (2003, November). Plagiarism. Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart. Omaha, NE. Cast, M. (2002, May). Plagiarism. College and University Section, Nebraska Library Association. Spring Meeting. Hastings College, Hastings, NE. Cast, M. (1997, January). Children's Literature Resources on the Web. Children's Literature Conference, Northeastern State University - Muskogee Campus. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Chair, College & University Section, Nebraska Library Association, Member-at-large, Education & Behavioral Sciences Section, Association of College and Research Libraries, Chair, Research Committee, Education & Behavioral Sciences Section, Association of College and Research Libraries, Chair, Membership & Orientation Committee, Education & Behavioral Sciences Section, Association of College and Research Libraries, Member, Planning Committee, Instruction Section, Member, Membership Committee, Education & Behavioral Sciences Section, Secretary, Oklahoma Chapter - ACRL, January December 1998 Chair, Oklahoma Bibliographic Instruction Council, January December 1996