Faculty and Staff Accolades (2017-18)

Kathleen Bell, Grants, Planning, and Assessment Analytics Officer

  • Awarded 2017 LibPMC Travel Award to attend 12th International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries in Oxford, UK (July 2017).

Rebecca Bramlett, Special Collections Research Services Coordinator

  • Member, RBMS Conference Development Committee, Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, Association of College and Research Libraries (2017-19).
  • Member, RBMS Conference Planning Committee, Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, Association of College and Research Libraries (2018).
  • Co-Presenter, “Stronger Together: Collaboration in Special Collections Instruction,” Washington Research Library Consortium Annual Meeting (March 2017).

Kathy Butler, Health Sciences Librarian

  • Awarded Senior Status in the Academy of Health Information Professionals of the Medical Library Association (October 2017).

Jessica Clark, Development & Communications Officer

  • Co-author, "Rhetorics of Proposal Writing: Lessons for Pedagogy in Research and Real-World Practice," Journal of Technical Writing and Communication (December 2017).

Ian Fairclough, Cataloging & Metadata Librarian

  • Member, Sharing Expertise Committee, Washington Research Library Consortium (2017-18).

Michael English, Online Learning Coordinator & Instruction Librarian

  • Co-Recipient, H.W. Wilson Library Staff Development Grant, American Libraries Association (March 2017).

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

  • Co-Director, "Peter Ritter Chamber Music Performing Edition," GMU-OSCAR Undergraduate Research Team Project (Summer 2017).
  • Presenter, "Knowledge Visualization in a Musicology Seminar Using the Scalar 2 Platform," 9th Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference, George Mason University (September 2017).
  • Presenter, "Mentoring Novice Music Editors, or How I Spent My Summer with Old Manuscripts and New Software," Atlantic and Greater New York Chapters of Music Library Association Conference, Rutgers University (October 2017).
  • Composer, Fanfare for Thirty in Thirty for symphony orchestra, commissioned and performed by Reston (VA) Community Orchestra (November 2017).

Ashley Howell, Metadata Specialist, Resource Description & Metadata Services

  • One of 50 participants selected for the ALA Emerging Leaders 2018 Program, and one of 35 participants sponsored by the ACRL European Studies Section (2018).

Madeline Kelly, Head, Collection Development

  • Co-Chair, Collection Development Initiative, Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (2017-19).

Margaret Lam, Physical Sciences and STEM Data Librarian

  • Treasurer, Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics Division, Special Libraries Association (January 2016-December 2017).

Carl Leak, Systems Biology and Life Sciences Librarian

Janna Mattson, Instructional and Social Sciences Librarian

  • Editor, Framing Information Literacy: Teaching Grounded in Theory, Pedagogy and Practice (May 2018)

Mary K. Oberlies, Conflict and Peace Studies Librarian

  • Secretary, Politics, Policy and International Relations Section, ACRL (2017-19).
  • Chair, Communications & Publications Committee, Politics, Policy and International Relations Section, ACRL (2017-19).

Michelle Polchow, Electronic Resources Librarian

  • Presenter, "Text Mining Virtual Reference through a Collection Management Lens: Extracting Insightful Stories and Operationalizing Data for Strategic Allocation of Resources." Charleston Library Conference, Charleston, SC (November 2017).
  • Presenter, "Professional Librarianship: Career & Education," Panel Discussion Representing Academic Librarianship, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC (March 2018).
  • Presenter, "Collection Development Insights Informed by Text Mining Virtual Reference," Washington Research Library Consortium Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (March 2018).
  • Author, "Leveraging Licensing to Increase Access. Presented by Jennifer Chan, Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of California, Los Angeles." Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship, 2(1), 1-3 (2018).
  • Originator, Electronic Resources Interest Group, Washington Research Library Consortium (2018).
  • Member, Accessibility Committee, Code4Lib Conference, Washington, DC (2018).

Laura Ramos, Resource Sharing Librarian

  • Member, Resource Sharing Advisory Committee, Washington Research Library Consortium (2017-18).

Beth Roszkowski, Team Lead Social Sciences & Head, Arlington Campus Library

  • Co-Chair, Academic Outreach Committee, University Libraries Section, American Library Association (2016-18).
  • Member, Executive Committee, University Libraries Section, American Library Association (2016-18).

Robert L. Vay, Archivist

  • Curator, “Chalkboards to Smartboards: Public Schools in the County of Fairfax and Fairfax City,” Fairfax Museum & Visitor Center (March–July 2017).

John W. Warren, Director, Mason Publishing/George Mason University Press

  • Member, Research Committee, Library Publishing Coalition (2017).
  • Member, Library Publishing Coalition Board (2017-18).
  • Participant, Leadership Legacy Program, George Mason University (2017-18).
  • Author, Impact Module for the Curriculum to Advance Library Publishing, Educopia Institute and Library Publishing Coalition (2017-18).
  • Member, Arts and Humanities Commission of the City of Takoma Park (2017-20).
  • Presenter, "Extending and Measuring Impact," "Getting the Word Out: Strategies for Reaching Your Readers," and "The University Press and the Library Publisher: Spanning Boundaries to Create Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Professional Development Resources for Library Publishers," Library Publishing Forum (May 2018)

John G. Zenelis, Dean of Libraries and University Librarian

  • Chair, Nominating Committee, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia – Library Advisory Committee (2017).
  • Invited Participant/Contributor to “University Futures, Library Futures: Supporting Liberal Education” consultation session, a research project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and conducted by OCLC Research and Ithaka S+R (January 2018).