Nancy Persons

Acting Dean of Instruction, Petaluma Campus

Petaluma

Telephone: (707) 521-6902
npersons@santarosa.edu
Moodle Profile

Schedule

• Monday
     8:00 - 4:30 Doyle Library (Santa Rosa)
  
  
• Tuesday
     8:00 - 4:30/5:00 Doyle Library
  
  
• Wednesday
     8:00 - 4:30/5:00 Doyle Library
  
  
• Thursday
     8:00 - 4:30/5:00 Doyle Library
  
  
• Friday
     8:00 - 1:00 Doyle Library
  

Classes

• Section 5459 of LIR 10: Introduction to Information Literacy -- Spring 2013 -- Online
  
  
• Section 5642 of LIR 10: Introduction to Information Literacy -- Spring 2013 -- Online
  
  

Education

M.L.S., Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1993
M.A., German Literature, University of Vermont, 1987 (thesis title: The Reception of Friedrich Nietzsche's Concepts in German Literature at the Turn of the Century, with Regard to Works by Stefan George, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Thomas Mann.)
B.A., Religion and German Literature, University of Vermont, 1983

Academic Experience

Library Department Chair, Fall 2008-present
Public Services Librarian, Santa Rosa Junior College, 2002-present

Work and Consulting Experience

Librarian, Santa Rosa Junior College, 2002-present
Coordinator of Adult Services, Sonoma County Library, Santa Rosa, CA 1999-2002
Collection Development Librarian, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 1996-1999
Librarian, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA 1993-1996
Library Assistant, Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA 1990-1993
German Instructor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1989-1990
German Instructor, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 1985-1987

Professional Involvement and Community Service

Fall 2008- present: Department Chair, Library
Spring 2012: Chair, Library Faculty Hiring Committee
Fall 2010-present: Member, SRJC Faculty Staffing Committee
Fall 2011-present: Member, SRJC College Council
Fall 2008- Spring 2011: Executive Secretary, SRJC Academic Senate
Fall 2010-Spring 2011: Member, California State Academic Senate Curriculum Committee
Spring 2011: SRJC Hiring committee member for Internet Services Manager
Fall 2009-fall 2010: Member, Compressed Calendar Task Force
Fall 2010: SRJC hiring committee member for Healthcare Workforce Manager
Spring 2010: SRJC hiring committee member for Director of Computing Services
Spring 2010: SRJC hiring committee chair, Adjunct Librarian Hiring Committee
Spring 2009: chair, SRJC hiring committee for Public Services Librarian
Fall 2009-Spring 2010: New Faculty mentor
Summer 2008: SRJC hiring committee member for Manager of Media Services (Petaluma Campus)
Spring 2008: SRJC hiring committee member for Public Services Librarian
Fall 2008- Spring 2009: Department Chair Council Co-Chair
Fall 2007-Spring 2008: Co-Chair Team C Basic Skills Committee
Fall 2007- Spring 2009: Member, Professional Development Committee
Fall 2008-present: Library area representatitve to SRJC Academic Senate
Fall 2005- Spring 2008: At-large representative to Academic Senate
Spring 2007-Spring 2009: Staff Development Coordinator, Petaluma Campus
Fall 2007- Spring 2008: Member ACSTT (committee for SRJC's AFDAF and FTTF)
Fall 2007- Spring 2008: Puente Mentor
Fall 2007- Spring 2008: New Faculty Mentor
Fall 2007- Spring 2008: Past-Chair, Petaluma Faculty Forum
Fall 2005- Spring 2007: Chair, Petaluma Faculty Forum
Fall 2003- Spring 2005: Secretary, Petaluma Faculty Forum
Fall 2003-Spring 2005: member SRJC Institutional Policies Committee (IPC)
Fall 2007-Spring 2008: Creator and Facilitator, Faculty Reading Colloquia
Fall 2006-Spring 2007: Creator and Facilitator, Petaluma Faculty Teaching Breakfasts

Presentations and Publications

"Virtually Yours: Models for Managing Electronic Resources and Services." Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory, v.22, no.2 (1998): 177-188.

"Development of a Model for Cataloging, Circulation, and Housing CD-ROMs." College and Undergraduate Libraries, v. 3, no. 2 (1996): 101-113.

Honors and Awards

SRJC Employee of the Month, January 2008

SRJC Academic Senate Staff Development Award, 2007

Links

SRJC Library For information on how to find resources and services to assist you
Student Comments about LIR 10 Read what past LIR 10 students have to say about the class
LIR 10: Introduction to Information Literacy A course to help students succeed in college.
SRJC Academic Senate The voice of faculty at Santa Rosa Junior College
Petaluma Faculty Forum A subcommittee of the SRJC Academic Senate and the voice of faculty at the Petaluma Campus