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Lorraine J. Pellack (Knox)

Head, Science & Technology Department

Iowa State University Library

Associate Professor (tenured)

152 Parks Library

Ames, IA  50011-2140

 

 

 

 

Education:

Master of Library Science, 1982.  Emporia State University.

Bachelor of Science, 1981.  Major:  Biology.  Upper Iowa University.

 

 

Employment History:

9/98 to present:  Head, Science & Technology Department (tenured in 2005), Parks Library, Iowa State University. 

9/89 to 9/98: Assistant Science Librarian (tenured in 1994), Anschutz Science Library, University of Kansas. 

1/86 to 9/89: Physical Science Bibliographer/Reference Librarian & Branch Library Coordinator, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota. 

11/84 to 1/86: Life Science Bibliographer/Reference Librarian, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota. 

 

Job Duties:

Technically, I am the Head of the Science & Technology Department in the Parks Library.  Loosely translated, this means that I supervise the science portion of library staff, collections, and services.  I supervise 6 tenure-track science librarians (each with varying subject backgrounds and expertise who staff the Parks Library Help & Information Desk, teach library research skills, purchase materials for the collection, and conduct research in library science).  I also currently serve as the subject specialist for two academic departments:  Agronomy and Agricultural Education & Studies.  I fill in for other science subject areas during staff vacancies.   In the last 25+ years, I have become adept at working with research tools in almost every area of science & technology, including:  locating some of the most bizarrely-cited references, teaching researchers how to do cited reference searching, tracking down elusive conference proceedings, and working with technical reports, patents, industry standards, and dissertations.

 

 

Research Interests:

 

·        Recruitment and training of science librarians

·        Specialized research tools – making them easier to use

·        Future of peer-review and alternative methods for showing research impact

·        Public service motivation

 

Publications:  (See Google Scholar Citations Profile.)

 

Pellack, Lorraine J.  (In Press).  “Now Serving Customer 7,528,413.”  Reference and User Services Quarterly, 51(4): 317-319.

 

Pellack, Lorraine J. and Kappmeyer, Lori Osmus.  2011.  “The Ripple Effect of Women's Name Changes in Indexing, Citation, and Authority Control.”  Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 62(3): 440-448.  Available as PDF file.  DOI: 10.1002/asi.21469

 

Pellack, Lorraine J.  2009.  “First Impressions and Rethinking Restroom Questions.” [Guest editorial.]  Reference and User Services Quarterly, 49(1):  4, 6.  Available online: http://www.rusq.org/2009/11/28/first-impressions-and-rethinking-restroom-questions/

 

Pellack, Lorraine J.  2009.  “Soil Surveys:  They’re Not Just for Farmers.” [Tips from the Experts column.]  Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, no. 58 (Summer).  Available online:  http://www.istl.org/09-summer/tips.html

 

Pellack, Lorraine J.  2006.  “Uncle Albert Needs You!  Individual Recruiting Efforts are a Necessity and an Obligation.”  Co-published simultaneously in Science & Technology Libraries, v. 27 (1/2): 55-70; and Recruiting, Training, and Retention of Science and Technology Librarians (ed. Patricia A. Kreitz and JoAnn DeVries), New York: Haworth Press, pp. 55-70.   Available as PDF file.  DOI:  10.1300/J122v27n01_05

 

Pellack, Lorraine J.  2005.  “Industry Standards in ARL Libraries:  Electronic and On-Demand,” Collection Building, v.24(1): 20-28.  Available as PDF file. 

 

Jackson, Rebecca and Pellack, Lorraine J. 2004.  ““Internet Subject Guides in Academic Libraries:  An Analysis of Contents, Practices, and Opinions,” Reference and User Services Quarterly, v. 43(4): 319-327.  Available as PDF file.

 

Pellack, Lorraine J.  2004.  “American Journal of Botany at 90:  A Librarian Perspective,” American Journal of Botany, v. 91(12): 1945-1948.  Invited Special Paper.  Available at: http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/reprint/91/12/1945

 

Pellack, Lorraine J.  2003.  “Interpersonal Skills in the Reference Workplace.”  Co-published simultaneously in The Reference Librarian, no. 83/84:  57-70; and Cooperative Reference: Social Interaction in the Workplace (ed. Celia Hales Mabry), New York: Haworth Press, pp. 57-70. Available as PDF file. 

 

Llewellyn, Richard D., Pellack, Lorraine J., and Shonrock, Diana D.  2002.  “The Use of Electronic-Only Journals in Scientific Research,” Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship no. 35 (Summer).  Available online:  http://www.istl.org/02-summer/refereed.html

 

Knox, Lorraine J.  1995.  "Aardvarks to Zoysia: A Primer on Genus Species Resources for the Non-Scientist."  RQ 34(3): 369-377.

 

 

Editorial Contributions:

 

Best Books for Academic Libraries – volume 1:  “Science, Technology, Agriculture.”  Temecula CA:  Best Books, Inc., 2002.

            Served as one of 12 Senior Advisors for volume 1. 

 

Union List of Geologic Field Trip Guidebooks of North America.  6th ed.  Compiled and edited by the Geoscience Information Society Guidebooks Committee, Richard Spohn, chair.  Alexandria, Va.: American Geological Institute, in cooperation with the Geoscience Information Society, c1996.

I was one of 11 committee members, each repre­senting a region of North America.  I was also one of four committee members who constructed the geographic index for this edition of the Union List.

 

 

Selected Committee Activities:

ISU Librarian Assembly, Vice-chair/Chair-Elect, June 2011-May 2012, Chair, June 2012-May 2013 (elected by members)

ISU Library Sustainability Task Force, 2009-2010

ISU Library Promotion & Tenure Review Committee, May 2005 – April 2009 (2 year terms, elected by members of the ISU Library Faculty)

Interinstitutional Reference & Instruction Task Force, 1998-2010; Chair, July 2004-June 2006

SLA/SciTech Division, Professional Development Committee, 2009-2011

ILA/ACRL Mentoring Committee, 2 terms (2008 and 2009).

 

 

Recent Grant Activities:

 

March 2003 --- Institute of Museum and Library Services grant for “Recruitment and Education of University Science and Health Sciences Librarians.”  This was a 5-year project for $392,347 with an additional $151,687 in matching funds.  The University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln joined together in this grant proposal.  The grant was designed to provide work experience via 9 assistantships (3 at each institution) targeted to library science students with undergraduate and graduate degrees in the sciences.  It is also designed to investigate alternative methods for recruiting new librarians in specialized subject areas such as science.  The Principal Investigator was from the University of Iowa.  I was listed as the library coordinator for the ISU Library portion of the project which involved supervising 3 student work experiences and working closely with librarians at the other 2 institutions to develop recruiting strategies.  (Funded)

 

 

Web Guides:

 

Careers in Academic and Science Librarianship – http://www.public.iastate.edu/~pellack/AcadSciCareers.htm

 

Interpersonal Skills Self-Assessment – http://www.public.iastate.edu/~pellack/InterpersonalSkills.htm

 

LibGuides Profile – http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/profile.php?uid=1183

 

 


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