Jeanne Minor Brown

Office Phone: 702-895-4369 E-mail: jeanne.brown@unlv.edu

EDUCATION

• B.A. Memphis State University - Major: History - Minors: French and Political Science
• M.A. Memphis State University - Major: European History
• M.S.L.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Major: Academic Librarianship

  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  The University of Nevada, Las Vegas - 1991-
  
  

  Head, Architecture Studies Library 1997 to present; Architecture Studies Librarian - March 1991-1997

  Tenured with Rank of Full Professor Fall 1996

  Member of Dean's Cabinet 2001 -- 2005; 2007-

  Library Assessment Committee 1996-2005; co-chair 1998-2001, chair 2002-2005 [renamed Research & Analysis Committee 2003]

  Art Subject Librarian 2001-
  Assessment Librarian 2007-
  

  As the first UNLV Architecture Studies Librarian I established and developed the full range of academic library services for architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and interior design, including reference, instruction, liaison, and collection development. I brought the initially small collection up to accreditation standards, prepared numerous guides to library use and holdings, developed a one-credit lower division course on library/research/communication skills, and taught graduate courses in research methods in cooperation with architecture faculty. I developed a building program and worked with architects in planning a new branch library facility, opened in 1997 in the new architecture school complex. I hired and trained staff and students workers for the branch, and set up policies and procedures for library operations.

  I have achieved visibility for Architecture Studies Library services through a variety of means including newsletters, a library committee, speaking to student groups, attending architecture faculty meetings, assisting in architecture department projects such as setting up an Internet site, sending regular emails to full and part-time faculty, serving on the School's curriculum committee, and conducting surveys of students and faculty. I continue to work with the School of Architecture faculty to incorporate instruction into the curriculum and have developed a series of online tutorials. I worked with the Las Vegas AIA to establish an archive of Nevada Design Awards.

  As leader of the UNLV Libraries' Assessment Committee I worked to implement a standardized suite of statistics and an annual report format to be used throughout the Libraries, instituted posting of annual statistics [intranet] and survey results [extranet] on the web and contributed to the development and analysis of patron surveys. I have planned and implemented library wide assessment activities, such as the LibQual+ survey and focus groups, analyzed results, and shared findings at library wide meetings.

  
  
  
  

  The American University in Cairo Library, Cairo, Egypt - 1986-1991
  
  

  Head, Creswell Library of Islamic Art and Architecture - August 1989 to March 1991
  
  Administrator of the Creswell Library of Islamic Art & Architecture, one of the outstanding collections in the field, a combination teaching and rare books collection. Responsibilities in this position included managing the day to day operation of the library; supervising five staff members; reorganizing the Creswell Collection to include several major collections recently acquired by the university, along with other rare and special books and materials, in preparation for a new library building; preparing a policy manual and guides to the library; and instituting a preservation program.

  
  Head, Reference/Serials/Microforms and Circulation/Reserve Departments - August 1986 to June 1989
  
  Administrator of the Library's public service departments employing 25-30 FTE professional and clerical staff which provide information and access services. Oversaw the installation of the Dobis/Libis automated circulation system and on-line public access catalog installed during academic year 1987-88, an active Bibliographic Instruction Program, a comprehensive reference collection development and weeding project, and a staff training program.
  
  

  The American University in Cairo was founded in 1919, registered in Washington, D.C. and accredited by the Middle States Association. All courses are taught in English by an American and Egyptian faculty to 3,400 undergraduate and graduate students and 13,000 career and adult education students. The library supports undergraduate and graduate academic programs, and career education programs and provides American library resources for the whole country. The general library collection of 210,000 volumes, and 1,500 journal subscriptions is the largest English-language collection in Egypt.

  Lincoln Trail Libraries System-University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois - 1982-86  

  Head, Resource Sharing Department and System Administrative Assistant - 1984-86
  
  Administrator of a newly created Resource Sharing Department of 9.5 FTE professional and clerical staff incorporating the University of Illinois-Lincoln Trail Libraries System Bibliographic Center as well as all in-system resource sharing activities. My staff and I provided interlibrary loan, reference, and rotating collections services to over one hundred public, academic, special and school libraries. I also served as Administrative Assistant for Personnel for LTLS, in which capacity I created a personnel policy manual and monitored its implementation and continuing revision.

  Director, Bibliographic Center - University of Illinois-Lincoln Trail Libraries System - 1982-86
  
  Administrator of the joint Interlibrary Borrowing Office of Lincoln Trail Libraries System and the University of Illinois, located on the University of Illinois campus. This office, staffed by 4 FTE clerical staff, handled interlibrary borrowing for the system from libraries outside the system, as well as borrowing for the University of Illinois faculty, students, and staff (not, however, including U of I borrowing via the statewide academic library LCS computer system). The office used the full gamut of ILL tools to verify and send ILL requests: OCLC, LCS, CLSI computer systems; and NUC, ULS, NST, and Chemical Abstracts Source Index verification and location tools. RLIN was also used, but for verification only. In addition to administrative duties, I handled verification of all difficult citations.

  Urbana Free Library, Urbana, Illinois - 1979-82  
  
            Director, Municipal Documents Project

  Administrator of a joint public library-city government project to make city documents more accessible to both city officials and citizens of Urbana. As the first director of this project, conceived by Dr. Frederick Schlipf, Director, Urbana Free Library, I established a system of document control and collection, developed a thesaurus, set up indexing conventions and microfilming procedures, selected micrographic and computer equipment, and trained and supervised clerical and professional staff.

  School of Information and Library Science - Imperial Medical Center of Iran, Tehran, Iran - 1978  

            Library Science Librarian

  Administrator of a library designed to support graduate instruction in a medical library school at an institution jointly administered by the government of Iran and the University of Illinois, Harvard University and Catholic University. Duties during the three months I held the position before the School was closed due to the revolution included developing a basic library science collection, developing a library use course, and teaching Iranian graduate students to use the library.

  Clark County Library District, Las Vegas, Nevada - 1976-78  

            Regional Services Librarian

  Administrator of a public library development program for the three rural counties in southern Nevada.

  This program, staffed by 2.5 FTE clerical staff, provided directly to Nevadans services such as books-by-mail and bookmobile services (including programming such as the visiting artist series). In addition, I provided training workshops for the staff of the many small libraries in Lincoln, Nye and Esmeralda counties, and served as a consultant for a variety of projects in those small libraries including weeding and building projects. I also wrote the grant proposals and reports for this federally funded program, and cooperated with the Nevada State Library staff in their library development activities.

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - 1973-75  

            Reference Librarian - Education and Social Sciences Library
  

  Librarian responsible for reference service, collection development, and special collections.

  I, with five graduate assistants under my supervision, provided reference services in education, political science, anthropology, sociology, and psychology. With the assistance of a Library Technical Assistant, I maintained the library's special collections including HRAF, the U. N. documents depository collection, ERIC, psychological tests file, and the Mandeville collection of parapsychology and the occult, and improved access in various ways. I selected branch library materials in the areas of political science, anthropology, tests and measurement, and parapsychology and the occult.

  PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS / SERVICE

  • American Library Association 1973-
  • Association of College and Research Libraries (ALA) 1986-
    • Arts Section Liaison Committee 1993-1994
    • Arts Section Government and Private Sector Committee 1993-1994
  • ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Society of North America) 1989-
    • Denver 2008 Annual Conference Program Co-chair 2006-2008
    • Education Task Force 2007-
    • President 2004 (Vice President 2003, Past President 2005)
      
    • ARLIS Liaison to ALA 2005-
           - Moderator for the ALA Affiliates Group session “Avenues of Advocacy”, ALA 2007 Washington conference
      
    • Strategic Plan Task Force Board Liaison 2004-2005
    • Statistics Task Force, Architecture Section, 1999-2000
    • Electronic Archives Task Force 1999-2000
    • Executive Board, Secretary 1997-1999
    • List Manager, 5 Administrative Email Lists 1997-1999
    • Management Services Task Force 1997-1998
    • Publications Committee 1993-1996, Chair 1995, 1996, Executive Board Liaison 1997-1999
    • Membership Committee Executive Board Liaison 1997-1999
    • Architecture Section Moderator 1994
    • Moderator Annual Conference Internet Kaleidoscope Session 1995
    • Standards Committee 2001- 2002
    • Mountain West Chapter Chair - Elect 2001; Chair 2002
    • Mountain West Conference Las Vegas 2001 Local Arrangements and Program Chair
  • Association of Architecture School Librarians 1991-1995
    • Moderator of Annual Conference session on Internet Resources, March 1994
    • Architecture Statistics Committee, Chair 2001-2003, member 2006-
    • Moderator 2007 session on instruction, at Philadelphia conference
  • Association of Architectural Librarians 1991-1995
  • Clearinghouse for Architecture Library Guides and Handouts, Initiator and Maintainer 1991-1995
  • National Council on Educational Statistics state representative 2002, 2004

  
  Community Service

  American Institute of Architects, Las Vegas Chapter

  • Las Vegas Century Exhibits Committee. 2005
  • UNLV Walking Tour, AIA National Convention. 2005
  • Affordable Housing Conference Planning Committee. 2006

  
  

  UNLV Architecture School

  Archives Committee, Chair 1993-1994

  Library Committee, Chair 1991-

  Graduate Faculty Affairs, Standards, Admissions 1994-1997

  Accreditation Committee 1994-1997

  Curriculum Committee, ex officio 1995-

  Exhibits Committee 1997-

  Self-Assessment Committee 1997-1999

  Web Site Task Force 2005-2006

  
  

  UNLV Faculty Committees

  Appeals Committee 1999-2002

  Priority and New Program Review Committee 1992-1995

  Curriculum Committee 1995-1997

  Ad Hoc Technology Committee 1995-1997, Chair 1996-1997

  Tenure and Promotion Committee 1997-1999

  Sabbatical Leave Committee 2003- 2005, Chair 2004-2005

  
  

  UNLV Campus Appointments

  Strategic Plan Response Committee for Finance & Administrative Units 1996-1997

  Search Committee, Associate Director of Academic Computing 1997

  Assessment Committee 1997-2001, 2004-2005, 2006-

  Planning Council 2001- 2004

  • Performance indicators task force 2003-2005

  Image Collections Working Group 2005-2007, chair

  
  

  
  

  UNLV Libraries

  Technology Committee 1991-1995, Co-chair 1992-1995

  Faculty Deputy Moderator 1995/1996, Moderator 1996/1997

  Web Task Force 1995, 1998

  Web Team 2000, 2001-2004

  New Library Planning Committee 1992-1993

  Library Faculty Task Force on Position Descriptions 2001

  Faculty By-Laws Committee 1993-1994, 1997-2001; 2005/2006, 2006/2007, co-chair

  Merit Advisory Committee 1996-1998, Chair 1997/1998; 2007-

  Professional Development Committee 1998-2000, 2006-

  Tenure and Promotion Committee 2000- 2002; Chair 2001/2002
  Web Usability Group 2007-
  

   

  UNLV Libraries Search Committees

  Systems Librarian, Chair 1995

  Associate Dean 2000

  Collection Development Head 1998

  Materials Ordering and Receiving Librarian 1998

  Applications Developer 2003-2004

  Dean 2004

  Digitization Projects Librarian 2005-2006

  Knowledge Access Management Division Director 2006
  

   

  Previous Memberships

  Egyptian Library Association 1988-1990

  Illinois Library Association 1973-1975; 1982-86

    Resources and Technical Services Section Continuing Education Committee 1984-1986

  American Society for Personnel Administration 1985-1986

  National Micrographics Association 1979-1982

  Records Management Association 1979-1982

  Nevada Library Association 1976-1978, 1991-1995

  • Personnel Development Committee Chair 1977-78
  • Nevada Networking and Automation Group Newsletter Committee Chair 1992-1994

  Council of Planning Librarians 1993-1998

  CONSULTANCIES

  American University in Cairo. Building and Strategic Plan Consultant. July 2006
  
  American University in Cairo. Building and Assessment Consultant. Sept. 2005
  
  American University in Cairo, Egypt. Library Building Consultant. 2002.
  
  American University in Cairo, Egypt.  Team leader, four-member team. 1999. Prepared report to the University "Space, Programmatic and Organizational Recommendations for the Library at the American University in Cairo."
  

  AWARDS

  ARLIS/NA Worldwide Books Electronic Resources Award for Las Vegas Architects and Buildings database 2007

  UNLV Libraries McPhee Librarian of the Year 2003

  ARLIS/NA 1996 Publication Award for Architecture and Building: Net Resources.

  PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS

  Articles
  
  

  Brown, Jeanne M. "Indicators for the Evolution of the Academic Architecture Library." Art Documentation 25, no.2 (2006): 6-11.

  Brown, Jeanne M. "Information Competencies for Students in Design Disciplines." ACSA News. October 2006: 43.

  Brown, Jeanne M. "Ramping up assessment at the UNLV Libraries." Library Hi Tech 23, no. 3 (2005): 396-413.

  Brown, Jeanne M., Jennifer L. Fabbi, Cheryl Taranto. "Branch Libraries and Technology: Impact of a New Main Library." Library Hi Tech 23, no. 1 (2005): 90-101.

  Brown, Jeanne M.“The Visual Learner and Information Literacy: Generating Instruction Strategies for Design Students.” VRA Bulletin 29, no.3 (Fall 2002): 28-32. Revision of the visual learner paper presented at the ARLIS/VRA conference in St. Louis, 2002.

  Brown, Jeanne M."Time and the Academic Librarian." portal: Libraries and the Academy. 1, no. 1 (2001): 59-70.

  Brown, Jeanne M."Core Sites and Categories: An Overlap Study of Architecture Resources on the Internet." Art Documentation 18, no.2 (Fall 1999): 34-38.

  Brown, Jeanne M."Architecture: Reference Sites on the Internet." The Reference Librarian no. 57 (1997): 147-151. Co-published simultaneously in Reference Sources on the Internet: Off the shelf and Onto the Web. (Ed. Karen R. Diaz). The Haworth Press, 1997, 145-151.

  Brown, Jeanne M. and Judy Connorton (CUNY). "Statistical Profile of Academic Architecture Libraries." Art Documentation 15, no.1(1996): 39-50.

  Heaton, Shelley and Jeanne M. Brown. "Staff Perceptions of Incentives and Hurdles to the Use of Technology." Computers in Libraries 15, no.2 (February 1995): 28-31.

  Brown, Jeanne M."The Internet and the Virtual Architecture Library." Art Libraries Journal 19, no.4 (1994): 16-20.

  Brown, Jeanne M. and Mary Harrison. "Participation on National Committees by Nevada Academic Librarians." High Roller (A Publication of the Nevada Library Association) 31, no. 4 (October-December 1994): 21-30.

  Brown, Jeanne M."Internet Resources: Expanding the Reference Power of the Architectural Library." Architronic 3, no.1 (1994): part 3.

  Brown, Jeanne M. "The Global Computer Network: Indications of Its Use Worldwide." International Information and Library Review 26 (1994): 51-65.

  Brown, Jeanne M."A Clearinghouse of Printed Materials for the Architecture Library." Art Reference Services Quarterly 1, no. 2 (1993): 1-10.

  Brown, Jeanne M.. "The Multifile OPAC Environment: A Manageable Approach to Developing an Instruction Program." Art Documentation 12, no.3 (Fall 1993): 119-122.

  Brown, Jeanne M."Internet Sources in Architecture and Building," re-titled "Architecture and Building: Net Resources." Current edition available at the UNLV Library web site [http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/rsrce/webrsrce/index.html]. Previously at the Argus Clearinghouse (formerly the Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Guides to Resources on the Internet at the University of Michigan) [http://www.clearinghouse.net] where it received a five-star rating. November 1993, major revisions February 1994 , May 1994, January 1995, July 1995 and January 1997. Approximately 50 print pages.

  Brown, Jeanne M."Internet Resources for Architecture Studies." C&RL News (April 1993): 189.

  Brown, Jeanne M. and Teresa Manthey. "Evaluating a Special Library Using Public Library Output Measures." Special Libraries 76, no.4 (Fall, 1985): 282-289.

  Schlipf, Frederick and Jeanne Brown. "The Urbana Municipal Documents Project." Library Journal 110, no.4 (March 1,1985): 51-56.

  Brown, Jeanne M. and Frederick Schlipf. "The Use of Microfiche and COM Indexes to Improve Municipal Document Control." Government Publications Review 9 (1982): 289-310.

  Brown, Jeanne M. "Urbana Municipal Documents Microfilming Project." Dttp (Documents to the People) 9, no.3 (May 1981): 110.

  Books
  

  Brown, Jeanne M., Paul Glassman, and Janine J. Henri. The Library and the Accreditation Process in Design Disciplines: Best Practices. ARLIS/NA Occasional Paper 14. Ontario, Canada: ARLIS/NA, 2003.

  Brown, Jeanne M., comp. and ed. Library Instruction for Students in Design Disciplines: Scenarios, Exercises, and Techniques. Ottawa, Ontario: ARLIS/NA, 2002.

  Online Publications

  Brown, Jeanne et. al. Information Competencies for Students in Design Disciplines. Art Libraries Society of North America, 2006. Posted January 12, 2007. http://www.arlisna.org/resources/onlinepubs/informationcomp.pdf

  Columns

  Brown, Jeanne M."ArchitectureWeek: A Review." Archi-Tech: Bridging the Gap Between Design and Technology 3, no. 5 (2000): 64 66.

  Brown, Jeanne M."Source Materials: Print vs. Online." Archi-Tech: Bridging the Gap Between Design and Technology 3, no. 4 (2000): 20 21, 23, 25.

  Brown, Jeanne M."Qualifying Web Sources: Peripatetic Viewer." Archi-Tech: Bridging the Gap Between Design and Technology 3, no. 3 (2000): 66, 68, 70, 72.

  Brown, Jeanne M."Web Search: Online Courses." Archi-Tech: Bridging the Gap Between Design and Technology 3, no. 2 (2000): 71, 73.

  Brown, Jeanne M."Browsing: Green Sites on the Web." Archi-Tech: Bridging the Gap Between Design and Technology 3, no. 1 (2000): 52, 54-55.

  Brown, Jeanne M."Architecture Portals." Archi-Tech: Bridging the Gap Between Design and Technology 2, no.5 (Nov./Dec. 1999): 57-58.

  Brown, Jeanne M.. "Web Savvy: Architects On Line." Archi-Tech: Bridging the Gap Between Design and Technology 2, no. 3 (Summer 1999): 54-56.

  Brown, Jeanne M."'Core' Resources on the Web." Archi-Tech: Bridging the Gap Between Design and Technology 2, no. 2 (Spring 1999), 54-56.

  Book Reviews

  Brown, Jeanne M."Review of Encyclopedia of Interior Design." Art Libraries Journal 23, no. 3 (1998): 42-44.

  Brown, Jeanne M."Review of Architecture Sourcebook: A Guide to Resources on the Practice of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Sourcebook: A Guide to Resources on the History and Practice of Landscape Architecture in the United States." Art Libraries Journal 22, no.1 (1997): 41-44.

  Editorial Responsibilities

  Architecture Las Vegas Editorial Board 2003-

  Nevada Library Association Networking and Automation Group newsletter NNAGnet, 1992-1994. Published for distribution to members bi-monthly.

  UNLV Creative College Teaching Journal. Editorial Board 2007-

  Book Chapters
  
  Brown, Jeanne M. “Accreditation Requirements and the Library.” in The Library and the Accreditation Process in Design Disciplines: Best Practices, by Jeanne M. Brown, Paul Glassman, and Janine J. Henri. 7-23. Ontario, Canada: ARLIS/NA, 2003.

  Brown, Jeanne M. "Standards and Accreditation.” in The Library and the Accreditation Process in Design Disciplines: Best Practices, by Jeanne M. Brown, Paul Glassman, and Janine J. Henri. 25-32. Ontario, Canada: ARLIS/NA, 2003.

  Brown, Jeanne M. “Supporting Documentation.” in The Library and the Accreditation Process in Design Disciplines: Best Practices, by Jeanne M. Brown, Paul Glassman, and Janine J. Henri. 241-244. Ontario, Canada: ARLIS/NA, 2003.

  Brown, Jeanne M. "Putting Call Numbers in Order: A Group Exercise." in Library Instruction for Students in Design Disciplines: Scenarios, Exercises, and Techniques, comp. and ed. by Jeanne Brown. 10-12, Ottawa, Ontario: ARLIS/NA, 2002.

  Brown, Jeanne M. "Research Process analogized Graphically." in Library Instruction for Students in Design Disciplines: Scenarios, Exercises, and Techniques, comp. and ed. by Jeanne Brown. 27-29, Ottawa, Ontario: ARLIS/NA, 2002.

  Brown, Jeanne M. "Converting Face-to-Face Instruction to Virutal Modules." in Library Instruction for Students in Design Disciplines: Scenarios, Exercises, and Techniques, comp. and ed. by Jeanne Brown. 88-95, Ottawa, Ontario: ARLIS/NA, 2002.

  Brown, Jeanne M. "Comparing Web and Print Sources on a Topic: A Beginning-Level Assignment." in Library Instruction for Students in Design Disciplines: Scenarios, Exercises, and Techniques, comp. and ed. by Jeanne Brown. 123-124, Ottawa, Ontario: ARLIS/NA, 2002.

  Brown, Jeanne M. "Evaluation of Information: Online Module." in Library Instruction for Students in Design Disciplines: Scenarios, Exercises, and Techniques, comp. and ed. by Jeanne Brown. 125-131, Ottawa, Ontario: ARLIS/NA, 2002.

  Brown, Jeanne M. "'What Stood Out to You? Method of Assessment." in Library Instruction for Students in Design Disciplines: Scenarios, Exercises, and Techniques, comp. and ed. by Jeanne Brown. 166-167, Ottawa, Ontario: ARLIS/NA, 2002.

  Brown, Jeanne M. "Assessment Techniques for Sessions or Courses: A Smorgasbord." in Library Instruction for Students in Design Disciplines: Scenarios, Exercises, and Techniques, comp. and ed. by Jeanne Brown. 168-172, Ottawa, Ontario: ARLIS/NA, 2002.
  
  

  Church, Jennifer, Jeanne M. Brown and Diane VanderPol. "Walking the Web: Usability Testing of Navigational Pathways at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries." in Usability Assessment of Library-related Web Sites: Methods & Case Studies, ed. by Nicole Campbell. 113-121, Chicago: LITA, A Division of the American Library Association, 2001.

  Brown, Jeanne M. "Sources of Information: Associations, Organizations, and Libraries." in Information Sources in Architecture, 2nd Edition. ed. by Valerie Nurcumbe. 29-46, West Sussex, England: Bowker Saur, 1996.

  Brown, Jeanne M."IT Communications." in Information Sources in Architecture, 2nd Edition. ed. by Valerie Nurcombe. 217-226, West Sussex, England: Bowker Saur, 1996.

  Brown, Jeanne M.. "Architecture and Building/Construction: Information on the Internet." in The Internet Compendium: Subject Guides to Humanities Resources, ed. by Louis Rosenfeld, Joseph Janes and Martha Vanderkolk. 53-67, New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 1995.

  Brown, Jeanne M."Internet Resources for Architecture Studies." in Internet Resources: A Subject Guide, compiled by Hugh A. Thompson. 1-9, Association of College & Research Libraries, 1995.

  Lancaster, F. W. and Jeanne M. Brown. "Information Retrieval by Computer." in The Information Age: Its Development, Its Impact, ed. by Donald Hammer. 1-33, Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1976.

  Papers
  

  Brown, Jeanne M. “Assessment Approaches: Documenting Information Competencies.” Presented at the Association of Architecture School Librarians, March 8, 2007, Philadelphia.

  Brown, Jeanne M. “Elements of Collaboration: A Retrospective Look at Marketing a Program of Core Information Competencies.” Presented at the ARLIS/NA Conference, April 27, 2007, Atlanta.

  Brown, Jeanne M. "Integrating Student Information Competencies into Library Services." Presented at the ARLIS Mountain West Annual Conference, Tucson, Arizona, October 12-14, 2006.

  Brown, Jeanne M. "State of Instruction in NAAB-accredited Architecture School Libraries." Presented at the 28th Annual Conference of the Association of Architecture School Librarians, Salt Lake City, March 30-April 1, 2006.

  Brown, Jeanne M. "UNLV Architecture Studies Library: Space Planning – Thoughts after Five Years of Occupation." Presented at the 25th Annual Conference of the Association of Architecture School Librarians, Louisville, KY, March 13-16, 2003.

  Brown, Jeanne M. "The Visual Learner and Information Literacy: Generating Instruction Strategies for Design Students." Presented at the Art Libraries Society of North America 30th / Visual Resources Association 20th Joint Annual Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, March 25, 2002.

  Brown, Jeanne. "Architecture Library Web Pages: The Instruction Dimension." Presented at the Association of Architecture School Librarians Annual Conference, Baltimore, March 17, 2001.

  Brown, Jeanne M."Assessment Techniques for One-Session Occasions: A Smorgasbord of Techniques (with Examples)." Presented at the ARLIS Mountain West Regional Conference, Salt Lake City, October 2000. [Revised version subsequently published in Library Instruction for Students in Design Discipline, 2002.]

  Brown, Jeanne M."Finding and Using Architecture Information on the Internet -- The Librarian's Contribution: Categories and Core Sites." Presented at the ARLIS/NA Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada, March 30, 1999. [Revised version subsequently published in Art Documentation.]

  Brown, Jeanne M."Applying Bloom's Taxonomy to Internet Skills Courses." Presented at the ARLIS/MW Regional Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Nov. 6, 1998.

  Ozel, Filiz, Jeanne M. Brown, and Gina Sambolin. "Emergency Egress in Library Buildings." Paper presented at the ACSA Southwest Regional Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Oct. 31, 1997.

  Brown, Jeanne M. "Internet Resources: Expanding the Reference Power of the Architectural Library." Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association of Architectural Librarians in Los Angeles, May 14, 1994. [Subsequently published in Architronic.]

  Brown, Jeanne M. "Internet Gopher Sites of Interest to Architecture: Reality & Prospects." Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association of Architecture School Librarians in Montreal, Canada, March 13, 1994.

  Brown, Jeanne M. "Putting Internet to Work in Reference and Bibliographic Instruction." Paper presented at the 22nd annual ARLIS Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, February 15, 1994. [Revised version subsequently published in Art Libraries Journal.]

  Brown, Jeanne M. "Bibliographic Instruction for Architecture Students in a Multifile OPAC Environment." Paper presented at the 21st annual ARLIS conference in San Francisco, California, January 31, 1993. [Revised version subsequently published in Art Documentation.]

  Grants
  
  UNLV Teaching/ Learning Center Curiosity Mini-grants.“Integrating the WWW into a Visual Research Assignment: Impact on Student Learning Outcomes and Experiences” with Janet White as Principal Investigator and Jeanne Brown as Collaborating Librarian. Goal of this $2340 grant is to determine whether use of a web-based assignment improves performance and motivation. Grant awarded Dec. 2005. Grant report submitted June 2006.
  
  UNLV Teaching/ Learning Center Curiosity Mini-grants. “An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Creative/Artistic Student Assignments in Contemporary Art History Courses” with John Ricco as Principal Investigator and Jeanne Brown as Collaborating Librarian. Goal of this $2300 grant is to determine impact of creative assignment on learning contemporary art history. Grant awarded Dec. 2005. Grant report submitted June 2006.
  
  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  ACRL Assessment of Academic Library Effectiveness pre-conference 2007
  ARLIS/NA-VRA Image Management Institute 2006
  ARL Management of Digital Assets Workshop 2005
  ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute 2004
  ARL Service Quality Evaluation Academy 2004
  Qualitative Statistics Workshop ALA Orlando 2004
  LibQual+ training: ALA mid-winter,annual 2004; ALA midwinter, annual 2002
  ARL Institute on the Library of the 21st Century 2002
  ALCTS Preconference “Small Scale Research Methods for On-the-Job Problem Solving” 2000
  
  Institutional Research Board. Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative. Certification Feb. 2006; renewed Dec. 2007
  

  LANGUAGES
  French
  Elementary Arabic

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