Assistant Project

WILLIAM MERTON MUSSER

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EDUCATION

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University of Iowa, Iowa City,

Iowa

Comprehensive examination passed with distinction

1988-89 Theological study

Augustana Hochschule (theological

seminary), Neuendettelsau, Germany

1987-88 Theological study in the Master of Arts program

Wartburg Theological Seminary,

Dubuque, Iowa

Concentration: Old Testament studies

1980-81 Theological study in the Master of Arts program

Luther Theological Seminary,

St. Paul, Minnesota

Concentration: Old Testament studies

1980 B.A., magna cum laude

Luther College, Decorah, Iowa

Majors: Religion and Classical Studies [additional coursework

in Art and Scandinavian studies, 1993-96; equivalence of Art minor,

1996]

MUSEUM, EDUCATIONAL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

2006-

1984-86

&

1981-82 Vesterheim, Norwegian-American

Museum, Decorah, Iowa

Director of Development, 2007-2009

Assistant to the Director, 2006

Associate Director of Development, 1986

Development Office Assistant, 1984-85

Book / Gift Shop Manager, 1982

Tour Coordinator / Membership Secretary, 1981-82

Newsletter Editor, 1981-86

1995-96

&

1989-90 Northeast Iowa Community College

Adult Basic Education program,

(teaching site, Decorah,

Iowa)

Teacher of English as a Second Language (part-time)

1986-87 Northeast Iowa Refugee Coordination Services, Decorah, Iowa

Director

1998-99 Luther College, Decorah, Iowa

Campus Coordinator and Steering Committee member,

Four-College Teagle Foundation Collaborative Diversity Project

(grant program part time)

1980-83

&

1978 Sugar Creek Bible

Camp (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America),

Ferryville, Wisconsin

Interim Program and Site Director (1982-83)

Day Camp Co-Coordinator (1980, 1981)

Counselor (1978)

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES EXPERIENCE

2010 - present Seed Savers Exchange, Decorah,

Iowa

Robert Becker Memorial Library

Librarian

2001-2003 Preus Library, Luther College,

Decorah, Iowa

Academic Technology Librarian / Assistant Professor

Blackboard Course Management System Administrator

2001 (summer) Decorah Public Library, Decorah,

Iowa

Technical Consultant

2000-2001 School of Library and Information

Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Graduate Assistant (part-time)

2000

(spring) Cole

Library, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa

Cataloging Assistant, Technical Services (part-time)

1999

(fall) Main Library, University of

Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Student Work-Study Assistant, Bibliographers Offices

(part-time)

1989-99 Preus Library, Luther College,

Decorah, Iowa

Cataloging Assistant, 1991-99

Circulation Night & Summer Supervisor (part-time), 1989-91

1987-88 Reu

Memorial Library, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa

Student Work-Study Circulation Assistant

1984-85 Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American

Museum, Decorah, Iowa

Special Collections Book Processor / Researcher, 1983-84

1980-81 Luther Theological

Seminary Library, St. Paul, Minnesota

Student Work-Study Circulation Assistant

1977-80 Preus Library, Luther

College, Decorah, Iowa

Student Work-Study Circulation Assistant

Summer Circulation and Audiovisual Media Assistant (1979 only)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIESNorwegian E-Learning ("Luther

eNorsk") Project originator, project committee convener, content

provider (lectures and digitized material) for Web-based (Blackboard

course management system) unit on Norwegian and Norwegian-American Folk

Music and Dance, 2002-2005Presenter of interactive session entitled "Languages on 'Board:

Blackboard Course Management Software in the Foreign Language Classroom"

at the 2001 Fall conference of the Midwest Association for Language

Learning Technology (MWALL) held at Luther CollegeCo-presenter for concurrent session entitled Lilly Climate for Diversity

Project, Luther College at the 1997 Association of College and Research

Libraries national conference in Nashville Initiator of library oral history project - interviewed several

library faculty and staff; compiled and excerpted from interviews to

create In and Out the Back Door, a booklet commemorating the

contributions of Preus Library staff in observation of the 25th anniversary

of the building in 1994 1992 Iowa Library Association Fall Conference

concurrent session planner (first session ever sponsored by Iowa s Support

Personnel organization)

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIPPlaintiff with partner Otter Dreaming and five other couples in the

Iowa Supreme Court case Varnum v. Brien, which resulted in the

landmark decision making Iowa the first state in the Midwest to grant

the right of marriage to same-sex couplesCivil Rights Ordinance Committee Chair, Decorah Diversity Appreciation

Team - co-authored Decorah's civil rights ordinance which established

the Decorah Human Righs Commission Northeast Iowa Unitarian Universalist Fellowship - co-founder in

2003 (authored the Fel1owship's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws);

member, 2003-present; lay leader and service planner, 2004-05; NEIUUF

Chair of the Board of Trustees - 2005-06, ex officio board member,

2006-07

LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS University of Iowa Library and Information Science Student Organization,

1999-2001. Offices: President, Fall 2000, Vice-President, Fall 1999-Spring

2000 American Library Association, 1999-2005, 2010-current Association of College and Research Libraries, 2001-2005, 2010-current ACRL Special Libraries section, 2010-currentAssociation for Library Collections and Technical Services, 2001-2003 Iowa Library Association, 1992-2005, 2010-current Iowa Association of College and Research Libraries, 1992-2005, 2010-current Charter member and charter Executive Committee member of the Iowa

Library Association Support Personnel Forum, 1992-2005

ACADEMIC HONORS & AWARDS

2001-present Beta Phi Mu (international honor society for library

and information science) member

2000-2001 University of Iowa Graduate Research Assistantship

1999-2000 Jack E. Tillson Scholarship, Iowa Library Association

Foundation

1999-2000 H. W. Wilson Scholarship for study in library and information

science

1988-89 Bayerische Landeskirche scholarship for theological

study in Neuendettelsau,Germany

1980-81 Skattum Memorial Scholarship for theological study (Luther

College)

1979-80 The Classical Scholarship

1979-80 Houston County (Minn.) Extension Home Council Scholarship

1978-79 Martin J. Nelson Scholarship in Religion

1976-1980 Luther College Scholarship

LANGUAGES

Varying degrees of speaking and reading fluency in German, Norwegian,

Spanish, Russian. Varying degrees of reading fluency in Biblical and classical

Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Latin, Aramaic

LIBRARY TECHNICAL SERVICES & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

EXPERIENCEOperating systems: PC/Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, XP and

Macintosh OS9Internet/WWW: Website design with Dreamweaver, digital

imaging using Adobe Photoshop; streaming media (digital audio/video)

using iMovie; basic HTML; website management; domain and site registration.

Websites created and maintained include: Foot-Notes

Scandinavian and Norwegian-American musical group; Northeast

Iowa Unitarian Universalist Fellowship; Civilized

and Inclusive: Policies and Politics for Humans; Watson

Brothers (wastewater technologies); Maritza

Balkan and klezmer musical group; Skurdall

Translation German and Norwegian language translation service; Rocketdog

Books; ;

Friends End Flowers (in progress);

.

Cataloging experience and cataloging tools: copy and

original cataloging, AACR-2, LCSH & classification schedules, DDC-21,

MARC records of varying formats (book, serial, visual and sound recordings,

scores, computer files), OCLC Bibliographic Standards, Music OCLC Users

Group Best of MOUGBibliographic utilities: OCLC - familiar with OCLC online

database, online authority, searching techniques, CATME-Plus & Passport

for Windows cataloging software; some experience with OCLC union serial

list; experienced in copy cataloging and retrospective conversion using

OCLC, including creating machine-readable (MARC) records for OCLC database

input from paper records; RLIN - basic exposure to records and searchingLibrary automated systems: database management and circulation

programs using Library World, Innovative Interfaces INNOPAC system,

the CARL automated library system (text-based version), and Voyager

cataloging subsystems; searching in public and staff modes on NOTIS

and ALEPH systems (University of Iowa)Research databases: indexes and full text databases

including DIALOG, EBSCOhost, Academic Search Elite, ERIC, FRANCIS, Periodicals

Content Index, Web of Science, Wilson Web, and others Instructional technology: Blackboard course management

software system administrator and trainer; WebCT enduser; Iowa Communications

Network enduser and presenter.

REFERENCES

Available upon request

Curriculum

Vitae

12 March 2010

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