In addition to our day-to-day work here in the Libraries, Libraries' faculty and staff are involved in a variety of activities on and off campus: conducting workshops, publishing articles, receiving grants, forming partnerships, serving as expert panelists, contributing to professional organizations, and many other endeavors. See below for what we are up to this academic year, and visit our archives page for past accolades.

2019-2020

Elyse Becker, Access Services Assistant, Access & Resource Management

• Author, Necessary Sins, a historical novel published under her pen name, Elizabeth Bell (August 2019).

Jessica Bowdoin, Head, Resource Delivery and Licensing

• Co-author, "The Impact of Big Deal Breaks on Library Consortia: An Exploratory Case Study," The Serials Librarian (April 2020).

Steven K. Gerber, Music, Theater, and Philosophy Librarian & Adjunct Professor, School of Music

• Secretary, Board of Directors, Reston Community Orchestra (2019-20 Season).
• Presenter, "Open-Access Digital Dissemination of Musical Rarities from a Special Collection," Virginia Library Association Conference, Norfolk, Virginia (October 2019).
• Presenter, "Incorporating a Musical Iconography Component in a Music Research Course," Mid-Atlantic Chapter Meeting of Art Libraries Society, George Mason University (January 2020).

Rachel M. Lavender, Metadata Specialist

• Received her MLIS, UW-Madison (May 2020).

Kayla Morrow Gourlay, Teaching and Learning Specialist

• Received her MSLS, with a Concentration in Reference and User Services, Clarion University (May 2020).

Stephanie Grimm, Art & Art History Librarian

• Recipient, Worldwide Books Award for Publications 2020 from the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA), for Comics and Critical Librarianship: Reframing the Narrative in Academic Libraries, edited by Olivia Piepmeier and Stephanie Grimm (May 2020).

Wally Grotophorst, Associate University Librarian, Digital Strategies & Systems

• Recipient, Outstanding Achievement Award, in recognition of his contributions to George Mason University, particularly his work developing the Mason OER Metafinder (October 2019).

Jocelyn Lewis, Head, Resource Acquisition, Access and Resource Management

• Recipient, Charleston Conference's Up and Comer Award, in recognition of her achievements in the library and information profession (November 2019).

Genya O'Gara, Deputy Director, Virtual Library of Virginia

• Co-author, "Negotiating on Our Terms: Harnessing the Collective Power of the Consortium to Transform the Journal Subscription Model," Collection Management, 44:2-4, 176-194 (2019).
• Co-author, "The Impact of Big Deal Breaks on Library Consortia: An Exploratory Case Study," The Serials Librarian (April 2020).

Anne Osterman, Director, Virtual Library of Virginia

• Co-author, "Negotiating on Our Terms: Harnessing the Collective Power of the Consortium to Transform the Journal Subscription Model," Collection Management, 44:2-4, 176-194 (2019).
• Co-author, "The Impact of Big Deal Breaks on Library Consortia: An Exploratory Case Study," The Serials Librarian (April 2020).

Diana Tippett, Development Assistant

• Recipient, Herman L. Totten Scholarship, School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas (April 2020).

Trevor Watkins, Teaching and Outreach Librarian, Teaching and Learning Team

• Member, Advisory Board, Project STAND 2019
• Chair, Web Committee, Project STAND 2019
• Presenter, "Cosmology of Artificial Intelligence Project," IFLA WLIC 2019, Athens, Greece (August 2019).
• Invited Speaker, "Pineapple and Kali: A Match Made in Hacker Heaven," "Unreasonable Search and Seizure of Data: The Internet, EULA, mobile applications, and the erosion of privacy," and "The Power of Social Engineering: Hacking Librarians, Library Staff, Patrons, and Administration," Northeast Ohio Regional Library System: IT Network, Hubbard, Ohio (October 2019).
• Co-presenter, "More Artificial Intelligence help with journald and journalctl for Linux System Administrators and Developers," Ohio LinuxFest, Columbus, Ohio (November 2019).
• Presenter, "From topic and research question to published manuscript: A 10-step process to writing a research article through the use of FOSS Tools and open access information," 27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Kenting, Taiwan (December 2019).
• Author, "Cosmology of Artificial Intelligence Project: Libraries, Makerspaces, Community and AI Literacy," AI Matters 5(4), 14-17 (December 2019).
• Invited Guest Speaker, "Programming and Problem Solving with Python," Grand opening of Sherwood Regional Public Library's TechLab, Alexandria, Virginia (January 2020).
• Invited Speaker, "Ethical Hacking in the Library Information Technology Ecosystem: Policy, Implementation, Enforcement, and Assessment," Northeast Ohio Regional Library System: IT Network, Cleveland, Ohio (April 2020).