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Rebecca Donlan

Name:	Rebecca Donlan
Education:	M.A., Library and Information Science, University of Iowa B.A., English Literature, Hunter College
Responsibilities:	University Librarian, Assistant Director for Collection Management
Contact Information:	Address: 10501 FGCU Blvd South Ft. Myers, FL 33965	Phone: 239-590-7641	E-Mail: rdonlan@fgcu.edu
Professional Experience:
Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida, May 2000- present Assistant Director for Collection Management, September 2006 - present Head of Library Collections & Technical Services, November 2003 - September 2006 Associate University Librarian/Liaison Librarian to College of Education, August 2002 - October 2003 Associate University Librarian/Technical Services Team Leader, May 2000 - August 2002 Taylor & Francis Journals Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve, January 2010 - present Lee County Library System, Fort Myers, Florida, July 1998 - April 2000 Manager, Division of Technical Services/Librarian IV Lee County Library System, Fort Myers, Florida, October 1996 - June 1998 Head of Reference/Librarian II, South County Regional Library Montclair Public Library, Montclair, New Jersey, June 1994 - October 1996 Adult Services Librarian/Supervisor of Periodicals Tenafly Public Library, Tenafly, New Jersey, November 1992 - June 1994 Children's Librarian Iowa City Community School District, Iowa City, Iowa, January 1991 - November 1992 District Cataloging Librarian Fairfield Public Library, Fairfield, Iowa, May 1990 - January 1991 Children's Librarian
Professional Interests:
Resource sharing Collaborative collection development Scholarly communication and publishing
Publications:
“From the Editor: Wikipedia and the Digital Divide.” Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve, 20/5, 2010. “From the Editor.” Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve, 20/2, 2010. ”From the Editors,” with Barbara J. Stites. Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve, 20/1, 2010. ”From the Editors,” with Barbara J. Stites. Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 20/1-2, 2009. ”From the Editors,” with Barbara J. Stites. Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 19/1-2, 2008. “Nexus: Where Reference and Technical Services Meet. ‘Exactness is Sometimes Key, but Keywords are not Exactly Exact: Discovery Tools and the OPAC, Part Two,’” with Anna Carlin. The Reference Librarian Vol. 49 (1), 2008. “Nexus: Where Reference and Technical Services Meet. ‘A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing? Discovery Tools and the OPAC,’” with Anna Carlin. The Reference Librarian Vol. 48 (2), 2008. “Nexus: Where Reference and Technical Services Meet. ‘Boulevard of Broken Links: Keeping Users Connected to E-Journal Content.’” Vol. 48 (1), 2007. “Nexus: Where Reference and Technical Services Meet. ‘An Unfortunate Event for Series, or, LC Outsourced You Back.’” Vol. 47 (2), 2007. “Nexus: Where Reference and Technical Services Meet. ‘Decision Points for Going E-Only: Beware the Fallacy of the Single Solution.’” Vol. 47(1), 2007. “Thinking Inside the Box: Comparing Federated Search Results from Google Scholar, Live Search Academic, and Central Search,” with Rachel Cooke, in ‘Google Scholar’ and More: New Google Applications and Tools for Libraries and Library Users, William Miller and Rita M. Pellen, Editors. (Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2008.) Also co-published simultaneously as Journal of Library Administration, Vol. 46 (3-4), 2008. “How Much Does Biology Really Need, Anyway? Determining Library Budget Allocations.” Library Issues: Briefings for Faculty and Administrators 26/6, July 2006. “Budget Allocations for Monographs: What’s Fair?” in Charleston Conference Proceedings 2005, edited by Beth R. Bernhardt, Tim Daniels, and Kim Steinle (Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2006). “Running With the Devil: Accessing Library-Licensed Full-Text through Google Scholar,” with Rachel Cooke. Internet Reference Services Quarterly 10/3-4, Winter 2005; published simultaneously in Libraries and Google, William Miller and Rita M. Pellen, editors (Binghamton, NY: Haworth, 2005). “The ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute: Highlights from the Third Annual Institute,” with Linda Golian. C&RL News, December 2001.
Presentations:
“Budget Allocations for Monographs: What’s Fair?” XXV Charleston Conference, Charleston, South Carolina. November 4, 2005. “Fostering Undergraduate Research through Rhetorically-Based Library Instruction.” FGCU Faculty Luncheon Seminar Series, October 22, 2004. “Fostering Undergraduate Research through Rhetorically-Based Library Instruction,” with Kathleen Hoeth, presented at the 10th Annual Council for Undergraduate Research Conference in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, June 25, 2004. "An Evolving Approach to Information Literacy: Librarians Teach a First-Year-Experience Course," with Kathleen Hoeth. Poster accepted for presentation at the American Library Association / Canadian Library Association Joint Conference in Toronto, Canada, June 21, 2003. (Not presented due to SARS outbreak.) “Information Literacy as a Liberal Art: Rhetorically-Based Library Instruction.” Poster session presented at FGCU Research Day, Fort Myers, Florida, April 2003. “Infiltrating the First-Year Experience: Librarian-Led Courses and Information Literacy.” With Kathleen Hoeth. Association of College and Research Libraries 11th National Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, April 2003. “Evaluating Technical Services: Tools, Techniques, Ideas.” One-day workshop presented for the Southwest Florida Library Network (SWFLN), Estero, Florida, May 2002. “E-Books in your OPAC.” SWFLN “E-Books Alive” workshop, Bonita Springs, Florida, September 2001. “Building Successful Outsourcing Relationships.” SOLINET Annual Membership Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2001. “FGCU’s E-book Experience.” SWFLN Cataloging Special Interest Group, Fort Myers, Florida, April 2001.