Information School

Joanne V. Lerud-Heck

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Arvada, Colorado 80002

Home Phone: 303-***-****

Work Phone: 303-***-****

E-mail: ******@*****.***

Education:

M.A. Librarianship and Information Management, University of Denver, December 1979

M.S. Geology, University of North Dakota, May 1979

B. S. Geology, University of North Dakota, December 1971

Professional Experience:

Director of the Library, Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401

August 1989 to Present

Formulate goals and objectives and develop policies and procedures to implement objectives

for provision of services and administration of the Library

Recommend to the Vice President for Academic Affairs the allocation of the Library s budget

and approve the allocation of financial, personnel, bibliographic, equipment, and space

resources to meet goals and objectives of the Library

Serve on the Alliance (formerly Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries) Board and Member

Council

Recruit, supervise, and evaluate faculty and staff personnel

Promote the Library and its use to all prospective patrons

Seek support, financial and otherwise, from the University community and the external

community

Interact with the information community on a local, state, regional, and national level

Participate as an active faculty member in campus committees and organizations

Participate as an instructor in Epics 201 and CSM 101

Director of Libraries, Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology, Butte, Montana 59701

July 1986 to July 1989

Formulated goals and objectives and developed policies and procedures to implement

objectives for provision of services and administration of the Library

Formulated goals and priorities for the development of collections in support of instruction

and research

Recommended to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research the allocation of the

Library budget and approved the allocation of financial, personnel, bibliographic, equipment,

and space resources to meet goals and objectives of the Library

Recruited, supervised, and evaluated professional and staff personnel

Participated in bibliographic instruction, particularly upper division in a subject specialty

Provided reference, cataloging, and collection development assistance in areas of subject

expertise

Sought support, financial and otherwise, from the college community and external community

Interacted with the information community at state, regional, and national levels

Participated as an active faculty member in campus committees and organizations

Associate Technical Information Specialist, Marathon Oil Company, P. O. Box 269, Littleton,

Colorado 80160

March 1980 to June 1986

Planned and executed bibliographical searches for company geologists and geophysicists

using online and manual indexes

Developed specialty databases which included record selection and online editing for loading

into in-house databases (Detrital, Lime, Rift, Geophysics, Well-Logging, Geochemistry,

Minerals, Micropaleontology) and conducted company-wide training sessions on the

MASQUERADE retrieval system on those databases

Created internal series of publications for geologists and geophysicists using an automated

system; supervised student help for this project

Created prototype of Minerals Exploration Alert for the American Geological Institute

Planned SDI services for geologists and geophysicists involving record selection of internal

reports and research, selected abstracts from major vendors, and consultant reports

Indexed the computerized map collection for more efficient retrieval

Consultant, University of Denver and Marathon Oil Company, University of Denver, Denver,

Colorado 80208

January 1980 to March 1980

Planned and executed online and manual searching for explorationists

Consultant, Group Seven, 777 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood, Colorado 80226

September 1978 to July 1979

Planned and executed thorough bibliographic search on geophysical and geothermal studies

for explorationists and retrieved documents

Graduate Research Assistant, Computer Access Lab, Graduate School of Librarianship, University

of Denver, Denver, Colorado 80208

June 1978 to December 1979

Planned and directed activities of lab for curriculum support; executed and directed online

computer searches; teaching responsibilities for computer-related courses

Library Technician, Geology Library, School of Engineering and Mines, University of North Dakota,

Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202

July 1976 to June 1978

Executed reference services for graduates, undergraduates, and faculty; designed

classification system for and cataloged the map collection; checked-in serials

Student Library Technician, Geology Library, School of Engineering and Mines, University of North

Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202

October 1975 to June 1976

Answered reference questions on the undergraduate level under the guidance of the Library

Technician; completed the inventory of the air photo collection; had responsibility for other

clerical duties

Professional Organizations:

Alliance (formerly CARL, Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries)

Board, 1991-present

Member Council, 1989-present

Journal Access Project Chair, 1995-1996

PUAC (Proceeds Use Advisory Committee), 2000-2001

American Geological Institute

Secretary, 1998-2000

GeoRef Advisory Committee, 1993-1995

Environmental Geoscience Advisory Committee, 1995-1998

American Library Association

Association of College and Research Libraries

Government Relations Committee, 1994-1996

Professional Development Committee, 1996-1998

Geoscience Information Society

Vice President, 1987-1988

President, 1988-1989

Past President, 1989-1990

American Geological Institute Member Council, 1989-1992

Best Website Selection Committee, 2002-present

Mary B. Ansari Best Reference Work Award, Chair, 1996-2000

International Association of Technological Research Libraries

Liaison with ASEE, alternate

Special Libraries Association

Rocky Mountain Chapter

Professional Development Committee, 1996-1997

University of Denver

LISV Advisory Committee

O.I.P.E.E.C. (International Organization for the Study of the Endurance of Wire Rope)

Rope Database Working Group, 1997-2001.

Mountain Plains Library Association, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Sigma Xi, Tobacco Root Geological Society

Publications:

Guy, Laura; Lerud-Heck, Joanne; and Ward, Jennifer, 2004: Providing access to the photographic

collection of Charles F. Dwyer: O.I.T.A.F.-N.A.C.S. (International Organization for Transportation by

Rope North American Continent Section) Ninth Symposium, September 16-20, 2004, Vail, Colorado, p.

8.1-8.14. Presented in Vail, Colorado, on September 18, 2004.

Lerud-Heck, Joanne, and Guy, Laura, 2003: Exploring new partnerships: Information Center for Ropeway

Studies and Associated Wire Rope Fabricators. Presented at meeting of the association of Wire Rope

Fabricators (AWRF), Boulder, Colorado, October, 2003.

Guy, Laura A., and Lerud, Joanne V., 2002, The Information Center for Ropeway Studies, Arthur Lakes

Library, Colorado School of Mines, accomplishments and further directions. Proceedings, Eighth OITAF-

NACS Symposium, Girdwood, Alaska, September 15-19,2002, p. 6.1-6.12

Lerud, Joanne; Stark, Marilyn; and Van Tassel, Cathy; eds., 2002, 5th International Symposium Cultural

Heritage in Geosciences, Mining and Metallurgy Libraries Archives Museums, Mining History

Proceedings Volume: Meeting held July 24-28, 2000, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, 106 p.

Lerud, Joanne V. and Dunn, Lisa G., 2001, Opportunities for creativity: fundraising for engineering and

science libraries: Science and Technology Libraries, Vol. 19, No. 3/4, p. 221-235.

Lerud, Joanne V., 2001, Colorado School of Mines and the Arthur Lakes Library: Gorny i zhurnal, No.1,

2001, p. 6-10.

Lerud, Joanne V. and Christopher, Janice K., 2001, 5th Symposium on Cultural Heritage in Geosciences,

Mining and Metallurgy, Libraries Archives, Museums: Gorny i zhurnal, No. 1, 2001, p. 10-12.

Lerud, Joanne V., 2000, The significance of Robert Peele s Mining Engineers Handbook : Proceedings,

Cultural Heritage in Geology, Mining and Metallurgy. Libraries Archives Museums, p. 57-65.

Presented at the 3rd International Symposium Cultural Heritage in Geology, Mining and Metallurgy,

Libraries Archives Museums, Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 23-27, 1997.

Lerud, Joanne V., 1999, The Information Center for Ropeway Studies Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado

School of Mines: New partnerships : Proceedings, p. 369-375. Presented at the 8th International Congress

for Transportation by Rope, San Francisco, California, May 23-27, 1999.

Lerud, Joanne V., and Charnes, Alan N., 1999, Accreting the continent s collections, the consortial

strategy: Presented by invitation at the Geoscience Information Society Symposium, Accreting the

Continent s Collections of Earth Science Information, Geological Society of American 1998 Annual

Meeting, October 26-29, 1998, Toronto, Canada. Proceedings of the 33rd Meeting of the Geoscience

Information Society, 1999, p. 41-45.

Lerud, Joanne V., and Dunn, Lisa G., 1998, Providing access to fugitive information via the World Wide

Web: A cost-effective method for a diverse clientele : Presented at Networked Information Services,

International Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL), The Norwegian University of

Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, June 30-July 4, 1997, Proceedings on CD.

Lerud, Joanne V., 1997, Cultural treasures in the Colorado School of Mines Archive, USA : Presented

at 2nd Cultural Heritage Symposium: The Cultural Heritage in Mining- and Geoscience Libraries

Archives - Museums, Leoben, Austria, September 18-20, 1995, p. 135-138.

Lerud, Joanne V., and Wilson, Derek J., 1997 Cooperation, competition or unique roles? The Arthur

Lakes Library and the Computing Center at the Colorado School of Mines : Presented at Resources

Management, International Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL), University of

Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, June 5-9, 1995, Proceedings of the 16th Biennial IATUL Conference,

p. 236-242.

Lerud, Joanne V., 1996, The Information Centre for Ropeway Studies and the ROPEWAY Database,

Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of Mines : O.I.P.E.E.C. (International Organization for the Study

of the Endurance of Wire Ropes) Bulletin 72, December 1996, p. 39-43.

Lerud, Joanne V., and Bradbeer, Gayle, 1996, The Information Center for Ropeway Studies, Arthur Lakes

Library, Colorado School of Mines : Presented at the OITAF-NACS Seventh Symposium, The

International Organization for Transportation by Rope North American Continent Section, Albuquerque,

New Mexico, September 8-12, 1996, Proceedings, unpaginated, 7 pages.

Lerud, Joanne V., 1996, "Cultural heritage collected at the Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of

Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA : Presented at Cultural Heritage Collected in Libraries of Geoscience,

Mining and Metallurgy, Past, Present and Strategy for the Next Millennium International Symposium,

Freiberg, Germany, September 20-23, 1993, Proceedings, Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, Bd.

35, 1996 Wein (Verl. D. Geol. Bundesanst.), p. 265-270.

Lerud, Joanne V., 1995, The geoscience information professional in the brave new information world :

Presented by invitation at the Geoscience Information Society Symposium, Crossing the bridge to the

future: managing geoscience information in the next decade, Geological Society of American Annual

Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 5-8, 1995. Proceedings of the Thirtieth Meeting of the

Geoscience Information Society, edited by Nancy Blair, Volume 26, 1996, p. 1-4.

Lerud, Joanne V., 1995, Herbert Hoover Mining engineer, translator of De Re Metallica : International

Newsletter, The Cultural Heritage of Libraries Concerned with Geosciences, Mining and Metallurgy,

Volume 1 (1994), p. 40-42.

Lerud, Joanne V., and Carrick, Jonathan, 1995, The Information Center for Ropeway Studies : Presented

at the OITAF-NACS Sixth Symposium, The International Organization for Transportation by Rope North

American Continental Section, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, September 11-15, 1994, Proceedings, p.

266-276.

Lerud, Joanne V., 1993, Visiting Committee implementation, Arthur Lakes Library, Colorado School of

Mines : Presented at Geoscience Information Society Technical Session, Geological Society of America

Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, October 27, 1993. Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of

the Geoscience Information Society, V. 24, 1994, p. 121-124.

Lerud, Joanne V., and Huttelmaier, H. Peter, 1993, CSM Ropeway Studies Information Center and

database : Presented at the OITAF-NACS Fifth Symposium, The International Organization for

Transportation by Rope North American Continental Section, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, August 30-

September 2, 1992, Proceedings, p. 59-65.

Scott, Mary W., and Lerud, Joanne, 1992, The impact of F. D. Holland, Jr., on geological literature :

Proceedings of the F. D. Holland, Jr., Geological Symposium, edited by J. Mark Erickson and John W.

Hoganson, North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Series 76, p. 303-318.

Lerud, Joanne V., and Stark, Marilyn, Editors, 1991, Geoscience information Essential foundation,

critical skill : The Compass of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, V. 68, No. 2, Winter 1991, p. 73-132, Also

Introduction by Joanne V. Lerud, p. 73.

Lerud, Joanne Van Ornum, 1991, The Geoscience Information Society and geoscience education : Journal

of Geological Education, V. 39, p. 104-105.

Lerud, Joanne V., 1990, Geoscience information : Geotimes, V. 35, No. 2, p. 67.

Lerud, Joanne V., Editor, 1989, Individual workstations: Information supermarkets for geoscientists :

Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Meeting of the Geoscience Information Society, Volume 19, p. 209.

Farrar, Ralph K., and Lerud, Joanne V., 1982, Online searching using geographic coordinates : Second

International Conference of Geological Information Proceedings, V. 1, Oklahoma Geological Survey

Special Publication 82-4, p. 109-116. Also, Farrar, Ralph K., and Lerud, Joanne V., 1982, Using

geographical coordinates to search bibliographical databases : Online 82 Conference Proceedings, Online

Inc., Weston, CT, p. 256-262.

Lerud, Joanne V., 1982, Lexicon of bedrock stratigraphic names in North Dakota : North Dakota

Geological Survey Report of Investigations No. 71, 139 p.

Williams, Bradford; Blumele, Mary E.; and Groenewold, Joanne R., 1977, Status of mineral resource

information for the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota : U.S. Geological Survey Closed-File

Report, 64 p.

Grants

OITAF-NACS (Organization for the Study of Transportation by Rope), 1992-2004, $1,000 per year.

$2,000 for special project in 1996.

Johnson Foundation, (grant written by L. Dunn, Presentation by J. Lerud) 1993, $100,000, funding for

technology enhancements for reference including a Library LAN.

Colorado Commission of Higher Education, Technology Fee disbursement, $197,000.

OITAF with OITAF-NACS, proposal under consideration for endowment of the Information Center for

Ropeway Studies.

With assistance from the Office for Institutional Advancement the following gifts were given to the

Library:

Robert and Stasia Davison Endowment of $1,000,000 received in 2001

Jim Lake Endowment of $25,000 received in 2002, 2003

Scholarships and Awards

Peter Schmidt Award, 2003, given to the individual whose support, enthusiasm, and energy for the

recognition and appreciation of cultural heritage collection in libraries of mining, metallurgy, and

geosciences emulates the work and life of Peter Schmidt [of Freiberg Mining Academy].

Certificate of Appreciation from University of Denver for service to Library and Information Services

Program

Certificate of Appreciation from American Geological Institute of America, 2000

Graduate Research Assistantship, University of Denver, 1978-1979.

Chapter Service Award, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, University of North Dakota, 1976.

North Dakota State Board of Higher Education Tuition Scholarship, University of North Dakota,

1975-1976.

National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Participation Grant, University of North Dakota,

1970

Extended Study

Accepted for the Doctoral Program in Geology at the Colorado School of Mines, 1994. Studies in

progress.

Advanced Management Program for Library Administrators, Miami University, 1992.

Principles of Strategic Planning in the Library Environment, ACRL, 1988.

Assessing Your Management Style, University of Denver, 1986.

Geophysics for Geologists, Marathon Oil Company, 1986.

Applied Petroleum Reservoir Technology, IED, Denver, Colorado, 1985.

Technical Writing Workshop, Marathon Oil Company, 1985.

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