RESUME
STEVEN WESLEY SOWARDS
LIBRARY EXPERIENCE
- Associate University Librarian/Associate Director for Collections, Michigan State University Libraries,
East Lansing MI, 2005-present
- Head, Main Library Reference, Michigan State University Libraries, 1998-2005
- Head, Social Sciences and Humanities Reference, Michigan State University
Libraries, 1996-1998
- Humanities Librarian, McCabe Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA,
1988-96
- Assistant Librarian for Reference, Duggan Library, Hanover College, Hanover
IN, 1986-88
- Supervisor of Microforms Services, Serials Department, Main Library, Indiana
University, Bloomington IN, 1979-86
EDUCATION
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M.L.S., School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University,
Bloomington IN, 1986
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Ph.D., History, Indiana University, 1981
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M.A., History, Indiana University, 1976
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B.A., History and Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford CA, 1973
HONORS, AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
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Fulbright Research Fellowship, Vienna, Austria, 1977-78
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Indiana University Graduate School Fellowship, 1976-77
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National Merit Scholarship, 1969
PUBLICATIONS
- The Reference Librarian's Bible: Print and Digital Reference Resources Every Library Should Own. Santa Barbara CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2018. Co-edited with Juneal Chenoweth.
- "Chapter Three: Managing a Collection Budget," in Susan K. Kendall (ed.), Health Sciences Collection Management for the Twenty-First Century (Lanham MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018): 83-120. Co-authored with Joseph J. Harzbecker, Jr.
- "The Big Deal at Michigan State University," Against the Grain 29/1 (February 2017): 26-27.
- "What is peer review, and does it have a future?," Bibliothek -- Forschung und Praxis 39/2 (2015): 200-205.
- Guide to Reference in Business and Economics. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2014. Co-edited with Elisabeth Leonard.
- "Library-publisher experimentation and partnership in alternative models
for journal content," Serials Librarian 65/3-4 (2013): 309-334.
- "Structures and choices for ready reference Web sites," Reference
Librarian 91/92 (2005): 117-138.
- "Visibility as a factor in library selection of ready reference Web
resources," Reference Services Review 33/2 (2005): 161-172.
- Moderne Geschichte des Balkans (German translation by Georg Liebetrau).
Seuzach, Schweiz: BoD GmbH, 2004.
- "Reference collections, reference services, and the change from text
to technology," New Library World 104/4-5 (May/June 2003): 135-141.
- "Rates of participation by faculty book selectors in a college library,"
MLA Forum I/1 (February 20, 2002). Text here.
- "Publish or perish? Three reasons to consider online journals," Michigan
Librarian 66/11 (September/October 2001): 6.
- "Declining that invitation: A response to Jerry Campbell," Reference
and User Services Quarterly 40/3 (Spring 2001): 209-212.
- "Libraries and imagination at the dawn of the World Wide Web," Libri
50/3 (September 2000): 137-156.
- "Agrarian Parties," "Agriculture," "Peasant Revolts," and "Peasants" in
Richard Frucht (ed.), Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress
of Vienna to the Fall of Communism (New York: Garland, 2000): 4-6 and
566-568.
- "Authoring specialized Web sites: The Education Book Reviews Web site,"
RSR: Reference Services Review 28/1 (2000): 47-54. Co-authored with
Katherine Corby.
- "Novas, niches, and icebergs: Practical lessons for small-scale Web publishers,"
JEP: The Journal of Electronic Publishing 5/2 (December 1999). Available
online: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jep/3336451.0005.201/--novas-niches-and-icebergs-practical-lessons-for-small-scale?rgn=main;view=fulltext.
- "Observations of a first-year middle manager: Thirteen tips that can save
you," C&RL News 60/7 (July/August 1999): 523-525, 541.
- "A typology for ready reference Web sites in libraries," First Monday
3/5 (May 1998). Available online: http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/594/515.
- "'Save the time of the surfer': Evaluating Web sites for users," Library
Hi Tech 15/3-4 (1997): 155-158.
- "Alphabetical order as a defect in the creation of OCLC lender strings,"
Journal of Interlibrary Loan and Information Supply 1/4 (1991): 53-69.
- "Library collections under a dual system: Hanover College, 1827-1909,"
Libraries and Culture 24/3 (1989): 317-343.
- Austria's Policy of Macedonian Reform. Boulder CO: East European
Monographs, 1989.
- "Historical fabrications in library collections," Collection Management
10/3-4 (1988): 81-88.
REVIEWS
- Review of Masanori Koizumi, Inherent Strategies in Library Management (Cambridge MA: Chandos Publishing, 2017), for Against The Grain 30/6 (December 2018-January 2019), pp. 39-40.
- Review of Jeremy Atkinson (ed.), Collaboration and the Academic Library: Internal and External, Local and Regional, National and International (Cambridge MA: Chandos Publishing, 2018), for Against The Grain 30/5 (November 2018), pp. 42 and 44.
- Review of G. Kim Dority, Rethinking Information Work: A Career Guide for Librarians and Other Information Professionals (Santa Barbara CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2nd ed., 2016), for Against The Grain 29/6 (December 2017).
- Review of CQ Press Library,
in American Reference Books Annual
Online (2017).
- Review of Peter Suber, Knowledge Unbound: Selected Writings on Open Access, 2002-2011 (Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2015), for Against The Grain 29/3 (June 2017).
- Review of Crash Course in Weeding Library Collections, by Francisca Goldsmith, in Against the Grain 28/5 (Nov. 2016): 51.
- Review of American Governance,
by Stephen Schechter, in American Reference Books Annual
Online (2016).
- Review of Bosnian Genocide: The Essential Reference Guide, by Paul R. Bartrop, in American Reference Books Annual
Online (2016).
- Review of Resisting the Holocaust: Upstanders, Partisans, and Survivors, by Paul R. Bartrop, in American Reference Books Annual
Online (2016).
- Review of Countries, Peoples and Cultures: Western Europe,
by Michael Shally-Jensen, in American Reference Books Annual Online (2016).
- Review of Historical Dictionary of the Chechen Conflict,
by Ali Askerov, in American Reference Books Annual
Online (2015).
- Review of Reviewing the Academic Library: A Guide to Self-Study and External Review,
by Eleanor Mitchell and Peggy Seiden, in American Reference Books Annual
Online (2015).
- Review of Historical Dictionary of Switzerland (2nd ed.),
by Leo Schelbert, in American Reference Books Annual 2015
(Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2015): 135.
- Review of War in the Balkans: An Encyclopedic History from the Fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Breakup of Yugoslavia, by Richard C. Hall, in American Reference Books Annual
2015 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2015): 136-137.
- Review of Encyclopedia of Race and Racism (2nd ed.),
by Patrick L. Mason, in American Reference Books Annual
2014 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2014): 122.
- Review of The Lincoln Library of Essential Information (44th ed.),
by Timothy L. Gall and Susan Bevan Gall, in American Reference Books Annual
2013 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2013): 18.
- Review of Global Social Issues: An Encyclopedia, by Christopher G.
Bates and James Ciment, in American Reference Books Annual 2013 (Englewood
CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2013): 27.
- Review of The Michigan Companion, by Arthur M. Woodford, in American
Reference Books Annual 2012 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2012):
36.
- Review of Heroes and Heroines of Greece and Rome, in American
Reference Books Annual 2012 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2012):
484.
- Review of Fang-Tastic Fiction: Twenty-First Century Paranormal Reads,
by Patricia O'Brien Mathews, in American Reference Books Annual 2012
(Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2012): 426.
- Review of Last Words of Notable People: Final Words of More than 3500
Noteworthy People Throughout History, by William B. Brahms, in American
Reference Books Annual 2011 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2011):
20-21.
- Review of Icons of Mystery and Crime Detection: From Sleuths to Superheroes,
by Mitzi M. Brunsdale, in American Reference Books Annual 2011
(Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2011): 415.
- Review of Chronology of Librarianship: 1960-2000, by Jeffrey M.
Wilhite, in American Reference Books Annual 2010 (Englewood CO: Libraries
Unlimited, 2010): 232.
- Review of Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Robin
Anne Reid, in American Reference Books Annual 2010 (Englewood CO: Libraries
Unlimited, 2010): 432-433.
- Review of Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic, by William
Grange, in American Reference Books Annual 2009 (Englewood CO: Libraries
Unlimited, 2009): 186.
- Review of 100 Great American Novels You've (Probably) Never Read, by
Karl Bridges, in American Reference Books Annual 2008 (Englewood CO:
Libraries Unlimited, 2008): 432.
- Review of Gothic Literature: A Gale Critical Companion, edited
by Jessica Bomarito, in American Reference Books Annual 2007 (Englewood
CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2007): 449.
- Review of Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia, by
S. T. Joshi and Stefan Dziemianowicz, in American Reference Books Annual
2007 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2007): 450.
- Review of Pop Culture Germany! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle, by
Catherine C. Fraser and Dierk O. Hoffmann, in American Reference Books
Annual 2007 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2007): 500.
- Review of G. K. Hall Bibliographic Guide to Slavic, Baltic, and Eurasian
Studies 2003, in American Reference Books Annual 2006 (Englewood
CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2006): 49.
- Review of Germany and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History,
edited by Thomas Adam, in American Reference Books Annual 2006 (Englewood
CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2006): 347.
- Review of Science Fiction Quotations: From the Inner Mind to the Outer
Limits, edited by Gary Westfahl, in American Reference Books Annual
2006 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2006): 481.
- Review of Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviations Dictionary (34th
ed.), edited by Kathleen J. Edgar, in American Reference Books Annual
2005 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2005): 3.
- Review of The History of the Baltic States, by Kevin O'Connor, in
American Reference Books Annual 2004 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited,
2004): 222-223.
- Review of Austria-Hungary & the Successor States: A Reference Guide from
the Renaissance to the Present, by Eric Roman, in American Reference
Books Annual 2004 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2004): 223.
- Review of Der Dreibund: Europaeische Grossmacht- und Allianzpolitik vor
dem Ersten Weltkrieg, by Holger Afflerbach and Aristocratic Redoubt:
The Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office on the Eve of the First World War
by William D. Godsey, Jr., for HABSBURG, H-Net Reviews (July, 2003). Available
online: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=39401059590267.
- Review of The History of Serbia, by John K. Cox, in American Reference
Books Annual 2003 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2003): 220.
- Review of Gothic Writers: A Critical and Bibliographical Guide, edited
by Douglass H. Thomson, Jack G. Voller and Frederick S. Frank, in American
Reference Books Annual 2003 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2003):
476-477.
- Review of Science Fiction and Fantasy Readers' Advisory: The Librarian's
Guide to Cyborgs, Aliens, and Sorcerers, by Derek M. Buker, in American
Reference Books Annual 2003 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2003):
477-478.
- Review of The New York Times Twentieth Century in Review: The Balkans, edited
by Ana Siljak, in American Reference Books Annual 2002 (Englewood CO:
Libraries Unlimited, 2002): 212-213.
- Review of Armenia: A Historical Atlas, by Robert H. Hewsen, in American
Reference Books Annual 2002 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2002):
214.
- Review of International Dictionary of Library Histories, edited
by David H. Stam, in American Reference Books Annual 2002 (Englewood
CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2002): 261-262.
- Review of Copyright in Cyberspace: Questions and Answers for Librarians,
by Gretchen McCord Hoffmann, in American Reference Books Annual 2002 (Englewood
CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2002): 281.
- Review of Effective Management of Student Employment: Organizing for
Student Employment in Academic Libraries, by David A. Baldwin, Frances
C. Wilkinson and Daniel C. Barkley, in American Reference Books Annual
2001 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2001): 270-271. Co-authored with
Joycelan Dick.
- Review of Who Are the Macedonians? (2nd edition), by Hugh Poulton,
for HABSBURG, H-Net Reviews (June, 2000). Available online: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=18316962307937.
- Review of Austria (World Bibliographical Series, v. 66), compiled
by Michael Mitchell, in American Reference Books Annual 2000 (Englewood
CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000): 49.
- Review of Women Under the Third Reich: A Biographical Dictionary,
by Shaaron Cosner and Victoria Cosner, in American Reference Books Annual
2000 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000): 215.
- Review of Regional Markets: The Demographics of Growth and Decline,
by Thomas G. Exter, in American Reference Books Annual 2000 (Englewood
CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2000): 355-356.
- Review of Science Fiction Writers, 2nd edition, edited by Richard
Bleiler, in American Reference Books Annual 2000 (Englewood CO: Libraries
Unlimited, 2000): 469-470.
- Review of Croatia (World Bibliographical Series, v. 216), compiled
by Cathie Carmichael, for HABSBURG, H-Net Reviews (November, 1999). Available
online: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=29287943745410
- Review of Federal Information Policies in the 1990s: Views and Perspectives,
edited by Peter Hernon, Charles R. McClure, and Harold C. Relyea, in Library
and Information Science Annual 1999 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited,
1999): 119.
- Review of Slaves of the Machine: The Quickening of Computer Technology,
by Gregory J. E. Rawlins, in Library and Information Science Annual
1999 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1999): 133.
- Review of Libraries, Immigrants, and the American Experience, by
Plummer Alston Jones, Jr., in Library and Information Science Annual 1999
(Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1999): 137.
- Review of Enrichment: A History of the Public Library in the United
States in the Twentieth Century, by Lowell A. Martin, in Library and
Information Science Annual 1999 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1999):
138.
- Review of Balkanologie, edited by Patrick Michels, for HABSBURG,
H-Net Reviews (July, 1999). Available online: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=7206933099889
- Review of Vienna (World Bibliographical Series, v. 201), compiled
by C. M. Peniston-Bird, in American Reference Books Annual 1999 (Englewood
CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1999): 51.
- Review of The Pocket Oxford-Duden German Dictionary, revised edition,
edited by Dudenredaktion and the German Section of the Oxford University Press
Dictionary Department, in American Reference Books Annual 1999 (Englewood
CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1999): 388.
- Review of the American Library Association Archives Web site,
The University of Illinois Archives, Urbana-Champaign, Ill., for H-LIS, H-Net
Reviews (October, 1998). Available online: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/exhibit/showrev.cgi?path=72
- Review of A Historical Dictionary of Germany's Weimar Republic, 1918-1933,
by C. Paul Vincent, in American Reference Books Annual 1998 (Englewood
CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1998): 208.
- Review of The Oxford-Duden German Desk Dictionary: English-German, German-English,
edited by Michael Clark and Olaf Thyen, in American Reference Books
Annual 1998 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1998): 446.
- Review of Copyright and the NII: Resources for the Library and Education
Community, compiled by the ARL Copyright Team, in Library and Information
Science Annual 1998 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1998): 76.
- Review of A Copyright Sampler, edited by Wanda K. Johnston and Derrie
B. Roark, in Library and Information Science Annual 1998 (Englewood
CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1998): 76.
- Review of Copyright: Interpreting the Law for Libraries, Archives, and
Information Services, Second Edition, by Graham P. Cornish, in Library
and Information Science Annual 1998 (Englewood CO: Libraries Unlimited,
1998): 76-77.
- Review of Von den Balkankriegen zum Ersten Weltkrieg: Kleinstaatenpolitik
und ethnische Selbstbestimmung auf dem Balkan, by Katrin Boeckh, for HABSBURG,
H-Net Reviews (March, 1997). Available online:
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=17638864329641
- Review of The 19th Century Macedonian Awakening: A Study of the Life
and Works of Kiril Pejchinovich, by Michael Seraphinoff, for HABSBURG,
H-Net Reviews (April, 1996). Available online:
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=14099850535026
- Review of Who Are the Macedonians?, by Hugh Poulton, for HABSBURG,
H-Net Reviews (July, 1995). Available online:
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=7560851371278
- Review of Library Collections of Harvard, Yale, and Brown from the 1780's
to the 1860's, by Louis J. Pisha, in Library and Information Science
Research 15/4 (1993): 380-381.
- Review of A History of the Oklahoma State University Library, by
Roscoe Rouse, Jr., in Library Quarterly 63/3 (1993): 396-397.
PRESENTATIONS
- "Helping libraries move forward with purpose: An online conversation with librarians" -- webinar panel with Sustainable Collections and Services, 8 November 2016.
- "Thinking Outside the Box in the World of eBooks" -- keynote address
at the MeLCat Users Day, Lansing MI, 4 November 2011.
- "E-Books: Issues, Perspectives and the Future" -- panel presentation
at the Michigan Library Association Academic Libraries Day, Mt. Pleasant MI,
9 May 2008.
- "Research and Publishing in the Library World, or What Goes on Behind
the Mirror" -- panel presentation at the Michigan Library Association
Annual Conference, Lansing MI, 7 November 2007.
- "Statistics for Academic Libraries" -- presentation at a workshop
of the Access, Collections and Technical Services Roundtable of the Michigan
Library Association, East Lansing MI, 17 March 2006.
- "From Text to Technology: The Changing Reference Collection" --
panel presentation with Margaret Landesman and Michael Miller, at the American
Library Association Annual Conference, Atlanta GA, 18 June 2002.
- "Writing and Publishing for Academic Librarians" -- panel presentation with
Leonard Kniffel, Joseph Mika and Michael Seadle, at a workshop of the Academic
and Research Libraries Division of the Michigan Library Association, East
Lansing MI, 9 April 2001.
- "What to Keep and What to Toss" -- panel presentation with Mary Cary and
Richard Vettese, at the Michigan Library Association Annual Conference, Dearborn
MI, 4 November 1999. Summary available online: http://staff.lib.msu.edu/sowards/staff/professional/keeptoss.html.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Lecturer, Department of History, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA
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"The Balkans in the Age of Nationalism" (Fall 1993, Fall 1995)
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"Eastern Europe" (Fall 1991)
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Faculty-Member-in-Residence, Collins Living Learning Center, Indiana University,
Bloomington IN
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"Hitler: Comparative Views" (Spring 1986)
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"Terrorists and Terrorism" (Spring 1985)
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"On War" (Spring 1984)
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"History and Biography" (Spring 1983 and Fall 1985)
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"Strauss, Klimt, Freud, Hitler: The Rise and Fall of Vienna, 1848-1938" (Spring
1982)
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Lecturer, Honors Division, Indiana University
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"Freshman Honors Seminar" (Fall 1982, Fall 1983, Fall 1984)
EDITORIAL AND ADVISORY BOARDS
American Reference Books Annual Advisory Board (2005-present)
American Library Association Guide to Reference Editorial Review
Board: division editor for Social and Behavioral Sciences (2005-2016), contributor for General Social Sciences (2008-2016)
Library Hi Tech Editorial Advisory Board (2000-2016; outstanding reviewer 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Reveal Digital Executive Committee (2016-present)
SAGE Collection Development and Technical Services Library Advisory Board (2012-2016)
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS AND SERVICE
Michigan Library Association (MLA) (1997-2015)
- Conference Committee (2002; 2004; 2005)
- Dues Task Force (2009)
- Membership Committee (1999-2001; 2002-2006 as chair; 2006-2008; 2008-2009
as chair)
- Middle Management Success Working Group (2009-2010)
- MLA Forum Editorial Board (2007-2008)
- Multicultural Roundtable (2004-2005 as member-at-large)
- Nominating Committee (2010 as member-at-large)
- Print to Digital Working Group (2010-2012)
- Reference Division Board (2001-2002 as member-at-large)
Michigan Academic Library Association (Mi-ALA) (2014-present)
American Library Association (ALA) (1986-present)
ALA Library History Round Table (ALA LHRT) (1986-present):
- Gleason Award Committee (2006-2007 and 2010-2013)
- Nominating Committee (1996-1997; 1999-2003 as chair; 2003-2006; 2006-2007
as chair; 2009-2010)
- Research Committee (1994-1995 as chair)
- Secretary-Treasurer (1998-1999)
CAMPUS SERVICE AND COMMITTEE WORK
Michigan State University Libraries:
- Discovery Tool RFP Evaluation Team 2013
- Collection Coordinators (1997-present)
- Data Base Selection Committee (1996-1998)
- Data Base Advisory Committee (1998-2004)
- Executive Council (2005-present)
- Faculty Affairs Committee (1997-1998 as chair)
- Food and Drink Task Force (1997)
- Front Door Group (1999-2003)
- Innovative Interfaces OPAC User Screens Task Force (1998-1999)
- Library Advisory Committee on Reappointment, Continuous Appointment and
Promotion (2002-2004)
- Library Staff Association (2002-2003 vice-chair)
- Public Services Division Council (1996-2005)
- Representative for collection development to the Michigan Council of Library
Directors (COLD) (2005-present)
- Search Committees (Assistant Director for Public Services 1997; State Documents/Social
Sciences Librarian 1999 as chair; Reference Librarian 1999 as chair; Health
Sciences Librarian 2000; Health Sciences Librarian 2001; MAGIC Librarian 2003;
Reference Librarian 2004 as chair)
- Steering Committee (1997-1998 as FAC chair; 1998-1999; 1999-2000 as chair;
2000-2004 ex-officio as Faculty Council representative)
Michigan State University:
- University Committee on Curriculum (2008-2012)
- Faculty Council/Academic Council (2000-2004)
- University Standing Appeals Panel (1998-2000)
Swarthmore College:
- Equal Opportunity Advisory Committee (1993-1996)
- College Bookstore Committee (1990-1995)
- Reference Committee, Tri-College Library Automation Consortium (1989-1996)
CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS
American Library Association:
- Annual Conference, New Orleans, June 22-25, 2018
- Annual Conference, Chicago, June 23-26, 2017
- Midwinter Meeting, Atlanta, January 19-23, 2017
- Annual Conference, Orlando, June 24-26, 2016
- Midwinter Meeting, Boston, January 8-11, 2016
- Midwinter Meeting, Chicago, January 29-February 2, 2015
- Annual Conference, Las Vegas, June 26-30, 2014
- Annual Conference, Chicago, June 27-30, 2013
- Annual Conference, Anaheim, June 21-25, 2012
- Annual Conference, New Orleans, June 23-27, 2011
- Annual Conference, Washington DC, June 24-28, 2010
- Midwinter Meeting, Boston, January 15-18, 2010
- Annual Conference, Chicago, July 10-13, 2009
- Midwinter Meeting, Denver, January 23-26, 2009
- Annual Conference, Anaheim, June 26-30, 2008
- Midwinter Meeting, Philadelphia, January 10-14, 2008
- Annual Conference, Washington DC, June 21-25, 2007
- Midwinter Meeting, Seattle, January 18-22, 2007
- Annual Conference, New Orleans, June 22-26, 2006
- Midwinter Meeting, San Antonio, January 19-23, 2006
- Annual Conference, Chicago, June 24-27, 2005
- Midwinter Meeting, Boston, January 14-17, 2005
- Midwinter Meeting, San Diego, January 7-12, 2004
- Midwinter Meeting, Philadelphia, January 24-27, 2003
- Annual Conference, Atlanta, June 14-18, 2002
- Midwinter Meeting, New Orleans, January 18-21, 2002
- Annual Conference, San Francisco, June 15-18, 2001
- Midwinter Meeting, Washington DC, January 12-15, 2001
- Annual Conference, Chicago, July 7-10, 2000
- Midwinter Meeting, San Antonio, January 14-17, 2000
- Annual Conference, New Orleans, June 25-28, 1999
- Midwinter Meeting, Philadelphia, January 28-February 1, 1999
- Reference and User Services Assocation meeting, Indianapolis, October 29-31, 1998
- Annual Conference, Washington DC, June 26-29, 1998
- Midwinter Meeting, New Orleans, January 9-11, 1998
- Midwinter Meeting, Washington DC, February 14-17, 1997
- Annual Conference, New York, July 6-7, 1996
- Annual Conference, Chicago, June 23-26, 1995
- Midwinter Meeting, Philadelphia, February 2-4, 1995
- Annual Conference, Miami, June 24-28, 1994
- Annual Conference, New Orleans, June 25-29, 1993
- Annual Conference, San Francisco, June 26-July 2, 1992
- Annual Conference, Atlanta, June 28-July 1, 1991
- Annual Conference, Chicago, June 22-25, 1990
- Annual Conference, Dallas, June 24-26, 1989
Michigan Library Association:
- Academic Libraries Days, East Lansing MI, May 29, 2014
- Annual Conference, Lansing MI, October 16-18, 2013
- Print to Digital Workshop, East Lansing MI, March 8, 2013
- Print to Digital Workshop, Novi MI, March 16, 2012
- Annual Conference, Lansing MI, November 4-5, 2009
- Academic Libraries Day, Mt. Pleasant MI,
May 9, 2008
- Annual Conference, Lansing MI, November 7-8, 2007
- Annual Conference, Detroit, October 11-13, 2006
- Annual Conference, Grand Rapids MI, October 26-27, 2005
- Annual Conference, Traverse City MI, October 27-29, 2004
- Annual Conference, Lansing MI, October 29-31, 2003
- Annual Conference, Grand Rapids MI,October 30-November 1, 2002
- Reference Divison Workshop, Lansing MI, May 3, 2002
- Annual Conference, Lansing MI, November 7-9, 2001
- Annual Conference, Detroit, October 4-6, 2000
- Annual Conference, Dearborn MI, November 3-4, 1999
- Annual Conference, Grand Rapids MI, October 21-23, 1998
- Annual Conference, Grand Rapids MI, November 5-6, 1997
- Annual Conference, Dearborn MI, November 7, 1996
Association of College and Research Libraries:
- Scholarly Communication: From Understanding to Engagement (workshop), East Lansing MI, April 11, 2014
- ACRL Biennial Conference, Philadelphia, March 30-April 1, 2011
- ACRL Biennial Conference, Detroit, April 9-10, 1999
Center for Research Libraries (CRL):
- 69th Annual Business Meeting, Chicago, May 17-18, 2018
- 68th Annual Business Meeting by webinar, April 21, 2017
- 66th Annual Business Meeting by webinar, April 24, 2015
- 65th Annual Business Meeting, Chicago, April 24-25, 2014
- 64th Annual Business Meeting by webinar, April 19, 2013
- 63rd Annual Business Meeting, Chicago, April 19-20, 2012
- 62nd Annual Business Meeting by webinar, April 21, 2011
- 61st Annual Business Meeting by webinar, April 23, 2010
- 60th Annual Business Meeting by webinar, April 24, 2009
- 59th Annual Business Meeting, Rosemont IL, April 17-18, 2008
- 58th Annual Business Meeting, Rosemont IL, April 19-20, 2007
Innovative Users Group:
- Michigan Innovative Users Group Annual Conference, Lansing MI, July 27, 2012
- IUG National Annual Conference, Chicago, April 16-18, 2012
- Michigan Innovative Users Group Annual Conference, Lansing MI, September 28, 2011
COLD (Council of Library Directors) Cooperative Collection Development Discussion Group Meetings:
- Online meeting hosted by MCLS, October 24, 2018
- Online meeting hosted by MCLS, October 24, 2017
- University of Michigan--Ann Arbor, May 5, 2017
- Online meeting hosted by MSU, October 25, 2016
- Online meeting hosted by MSU, October 30, 2015 (co-chair)
- Midwest Consortium for Library Services, Lansing MI, May 22, 2015 (co-chair)
- Grand Valley State University, Oct. 14, 2014
- Michigan State University, May 28, 2014
- Grand Valley State University, Oct. 25, 2013
- Central Michigan University, May 10, 2013
- University of Michigan at Dearborn, May 18, 2012
- Michigan State University, September 30, 2011
- Ferris State University, May 20, 2011
- Saginaw Valley State University, October 8, 2010
- Western Michigan University, May 15, 2009
- Central Michigan University, September 26, 2008
- University of Michigan at Flint, May 23, 2008
- Eastern Michigan University, September 28, 2007
- Oakland University, May 11, 2007
- University of Michigan at Dearborn, October 27, 2006
- Grand Valley State University, May 12, 2006
- Michigan Technological University, October 7, 2005
- University of Michigan, May 6, 2005
Michigan State University Human Resources events:
- Spartan Experience, March 4, 2014
- Best Practices in Diversity, October 28, 2005
- Office of Inclusion AACM conference, October 17, 2003
- Foundations of Leadership series, Fall Semester, 2000
- Meet Michigan program, October 10-11, 1996
Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) events:
- Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Center for Library Initiatives meeting, East Lansing MI, May 24, 2011
- Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Center for Library Initiatives meeting, Madison WI, May 2-4, 2001
Other events:
- Digital Scholarship and Radicalism Studies: A Symposium to Launch SiRO, East Lansing MI, March 27, 2015
- GODORT-MI meeting, Livonia MI, November 16, 2012
- MelCat Users Group meeting, Lansing MI, November 4, 2012
- Charleston Conference, Charleston SC, November 7-10, 2012
- Scholarship and Libraries in Transition (University of Michigan Libraries/Google), Ann Arbor MI, March 10-11, 2006
- Virtual Reference Desk Conference, Chicago, November 11-12, 2002
- Reference Service in a Digital Age (Library of Congress Institute), June 29-30, 1998
- Internet Public Library meeting, East Lansing MI, May 16, 1997
- Library History Seminar VIII, "Libraries, Books and Culture," Bloomington IN, May 9-11, 1990
CONTACT INFORMATION
- E-mail: sowards@msu.edu
- Telephone and voice-mail: 517-884-6391
- Surface mail:
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East Lansing MI 48824-1048 USA
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