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A Long Overdue Partnership: Librarians, Have You Met Your Faculty Development Staff?

Esther Brandon
Esther Brandon is the Digital Literacy Specialist for undergraduate and graduate programs at Brandeis University. She is an enthusiastic seeker of new instructional technologies who is focused on best teaching practices. Esther has a B.A. in Anthropology and International & Global Studies and a Masters of Arts in Teaching in Secondary Education for English Literature from Brandeis University. Before returning to higher ed, she taught in public schools K-12 focusing on using educational technology for instruction to support English Language Learners and students with moderate disabilities. 

Torrey Dukes
Torrey Dukes is a Reference & Instruction Librarian at North Shore Community College in Lynn. Throughout her professional career, Torrey’s focus has been on providing instruction and guidance for, and access to quality information and resources. To that end, Torrey has created online tutorials, Libguides, videos, and other resources to help students navigate the research process, and access library resources. Equal and affordable access to knowledge has been a driving force behind her endeavors. Torrey has worked with faculty and staff to create pathways for students to access information. As a member of the Open Textbook Initiative, Torrey has worked with faculty to find free and low-cost alternatives for their students, and has created OER Libguides to organize subject-specific, recommended resources for faculty. Torrey has a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, completed graduate work in Anthropology and Primatology at the University of Georgia, and has an M.L.I.S. from the University of Southern Mississippi.


Lance Eaton
Lance Eaton is an instructional designer and faculty development specialist at Brandeis University, a doctoral student in UMASS Boston’s Higher Education program, and a part-time instructor at North Shore Community College and Southern New Hampshire University.  His professional work focuses on improving student learning and experiences in online, hybrid, and traditional classrooms through faculty development focused on issues such as accessibility, universal design for learning, open educational resources, open pedagogy, and other inclusive practices that maximize student potential through traditional and newer pedagogies and technologies.  His doctoral work focuses on the limitations of the academic publishing regime for scholars who rely on piracy practices to access research literature in order to publish new research. He also writes for several magazines and websites. His musings can be found at http://www.ByAnyOtherNerd.com. 


Laura Hibbler
Laura Hibbler is the Associate University Librarian for Research and Instruction at Brandeis University. She also serves as the library liaison to the university's departments of History and African and African-American Studies. Laura has a B.A. in history from Yale University and an M.S.L.S. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


Andrea Milligan
Andrea Milligan is currently the Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation at North Shore Community College, where she has worked for over ten years. Prior to coming to North Shore Community College, Andrea was the Director of Academic Technology at Framingham State University, where she worked for over twelve years. She first started at Framingham State University as the Reference and Instructional Librarian. Through her most recent roles, Andrea has over fifteen years of practical and theoretical experience in promoting and facilitating the use of technology as an integral part of the total academic experience; helping faculty in the design and development of hybrid and online courses; providing professional development opportunities to faculty in using technology effectively in the teaching and learning environment; and assisting and supporting faculty and students in the use of academic technology tools. At North Shore Community College, she is a member of the Open Textbook Initiative Team and has been working with faculty to explore and implement open and affordable textbook solutions into their courses. She is also actively involved in the MA Community College Go Open Initiative.  


Amanda Page
Amanda Page is the Open Publishing and Copyright Librarian at Syracuse University, where she supports and provides advisement on Open Access initiatives, the institutional repository, scholarly communications, and publishing and rights management. She is a volunteer editor for the Directory of Open Access Journals. Prior to Syracuse University, she held positions in at Northern Kentucky University and Harvard University.  Her interests include advocacy for Open Access advocacy, intellectual property rights, accessibility, inclusion and issues in patient care and healthcare; she is also keenly interested in best practices in publishing, society OA journals, and the voice of individual authors. She holds degrees from the University of Northern Colorado and Simmons University. 


Greta Kuriger Suiter
Greta Kuriger Suiter is the Processing Archivist in the Department of Distinctive Collections at the MIT Libraries. At MIT, Greta appraises, describes, and makes available to researchers archival collections related to MIT departments, labs, offices, and faculty. She joined the department in September of 2014, the same year she received her Master’s degree in Art History from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Greta also holds a Master’s of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Washington in Seattle.


Elizabeth Tietjen
Elizabeth Tietjen is the Head of Digital Projects & Metadata at Providence College’s Phillips Memorial Library, where she leads digital initiatives, scholarly communications, and emerging technologies projects and services. Prior to Providence College, she spent four years supporting users of and leading technical services initiatives for Artstor Digital Library, with a focus on integrating media content into library discovery platforms and understanding media resource usage data. Her interests include technology for social justice, including web accessibility and inclusive design, as well as open access. She holds an MLIS from McGill University and a BA in the History of Art from the University of Michigan.


 

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