Jim Kapoun 4076 Sunbeam Avenue Beavercreek, Ohio 45440 937-306-8229 HOME 937-769-1238 WORK jkapoun@antiochcollege.org EDUCATION MLS University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin 53102 MDIV Luther Seminary St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 BA Gustavus Adolphus College St. Peter, Minnesota 56082 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ANTIOCH COLLEGE November 2011-to date YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO 45387 Director of the Olive Kettering Library Administer daily operations of the library, supervise a staff of 4. Manage library budget and supervise 4 staff members, oversee collection development, reference, and instruction services. YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY July 2009 October 2011 YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO 44555 Associate Director of Maag Library ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Administer daily operations of the Information Services Department: reference, instruction, media, microforms, education library and supervise a staff of 11. Exercises responsibility and authority for Maag Library in the absence of the Executive Director and/or represents the Executive Director in YSU initiatives. WALDORF COLLEGE August 2004 June 2009 FOREST CITY, IOWA 50436 Director of the Luise V. Hanson Library ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Administer daily operations of the library, supervised a staff of 7. Manage budget of over $150,000.00, wrote grants, oversee collection development, reference, and instruction services. Facilitated the construction of a new library in 2005. Member of the Faculty Senate, 2005-2009. MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MANKATO 2004 MANKATO, MINNESOTA 56001 July 2001-July Instruction Coordinator ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Coordinate all instructional and assessment activities for the library. Staff the reference desk and collection development to 3 academic departments.
Served on the Library Web Management team. Member of the Faculty Senate, 2001-2004. Page 2 Jim Kapoun PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: (continued) SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY July 1995- June 2001 MARSHALL, MINNESOTA 56258 Reference/Instruction/Web Master ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Reference and Instruction Librarian, library web administrator. Supervision of the Circulation Desk. Faculty Vice President. ST. MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND May 1994 - June 1995 ST. MARY'S CITY, MARYLAND 20686 Reference/Instruction Librarian ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Staff the reference desk and conduct library instruction classes. Faculty Liaison for the Arts and Letter Division. Coordinated CD-Rom systems. Member of the Maryland Gopher Implementation Team Wrote current library mission statement. PENN STATE ERIE, THE BEHREND COLLEGE June 1991 - April 1994 STATION ROAD, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA 16563 Senior Assistant Reference Librarian Staff reference desk, library instruction and faculty liaison to the division of arts and letters. Responsible for all automation and CD-ROM coordination Designed library user guides and developed new collection development policy.
Page 3 Jim Kapoun PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS ALA (AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION) MEMBER 1991 - ALA-LIRT Research Committee 1992-1999 Committee Chair: 1996-1999 ALA-LIRT Publications Committee 1999-2000 Committee Chair: 1999-2000 ACRL (AMERICAN COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES) MEMBER 1991- ALA-ACRL Publications Committee 1998-2002 Recorder: 1999-2000 Committee Chair: 2000-2002 ALA-ACRL INSTRUCTION SECTION Policy Committee: 2003-2004 LLAMA (LIBRARY LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT ASSO.) MEMBER 2004- ALAO (ACADEMIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF OHIO) MEMBER 2010 - ILA (IOWA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION) MEMBER 2004-2009 IPAL (IOWA PRIVATE ACADEMIC LIBRARIES) MEMBER 2004-2009 MLA (MINNESOTA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION) MEMBER 1995-2004 MLA Public Relations Committee 1996-2004 AWARDS AND GRANTS 2007 Holman Award for Professional Excellence at Waldorf College 2005 Carver Trust Grant of Iowa to develop biology, business, and curriculum materials for the library. 2000 "JSTOR promotional grant" Minnesota council of private schools. 1998 "Systems Grant for 1998" from SAMMIE (Southwest area Multicounty Multitype Interlibrary Exchange)-- training in Microsoft NT server software and CISCO systems 1995 Master Trainer for Maryland's Gopher System called Sailor.
Page 4 Jim Kapoun CAMPUS ACTIVITIES ANTIOCH COLLEGE Strategic Planning Committee 2011 Higher Learning Commission Committee 2011 YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY Library Strategic Planning, Chair 2009-2011 Budget Review Committee, Chair 2009-2011 Library Web Design Committee 2010-2011 WALDORF COLLEGE Convocation Implementation Committee 2004-2009 Faculty Senate Member 2005-2009 Undergraduate Research Committee 2005-2009 Higher Learning Commission Committee 2007-2009 MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MANKATO Library Web Team 2001-2004 Library Planning and Development Committee 2001-2004 Chair, 2002-2004 Faculty Organization: Long Range Planning 2002-2004 Member of Executive Council 2002-2004 SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY Global Studies Committee 1995-2001 Computer Users Group Committee 1995-2001 Student Users Computer Group Committee 1995-2001 University Assessment Committee 1999-2001 Faculty Organization: Membership & Retention Committee Chair 1995-1999 Vice-President of the Faculty 1999-2001 ST. MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND Gopher Implementation Team 1994-1995 PENN STATE ERIE, THE BEHREND COLLEGE Student Life Committee 1991-1994 Cultural Diversity Affairs 1991-1992
Page 5 Jim Kapoun PRESENTATIONS: Googling the Scriptures Conference on Information and religion Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, May 18-19, 2012 "Comparing Research Methods currently taught at Lutheran Seminaries" Conference on Information and Religion Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, May 20, 2011 50 Years of Evolution in MLS Education Poster Session at ACRL 15 th National Conference Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 31 April 2, 2011 "After the Move" Presentation at the Iowa Library Association Annual Conference Council Bluffs, Iowa, October 11, 2006. Generation X and Y Meet the Baby Boomer at the Library Presentation at the LOEX of the West Conference Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, June 2-4, 2004 The Changing Face of the Reference Collection Presentation at the Academic Library Values, ARLD Days Minnesota Library Association, Chanhassen, Minnesota, April 30, 2004 Adopt a Librarian: College Classes Connect with Their Personal Librarian Presentation at the Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference Rochester, Minnesota, September 25, 2003 Adopt a Librarian Poster Session at ARLD-Days, Minnesota Library Association Duluth, Minnesota, April 25, 2003 Instruction Dialogue: Assessment, where we are and where we are going Moderator and Sponsor; Minnesota Library Association ARLD Section Minnesota State University-Mankato, Minnesota, December 9, 2002 Web Evaluation for Undergraduates Presentation at ITEACH Conference of MNSCU Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 19, 2003 Getting Happily Published Presentation at ALA Annual Conference San Francisco, California, June 16, 2001 Web Evaluation Presentation to SW MN Area Schools Mountain Lake, Minnesota, February 26, 2000 Page 6 Jim
Kapoun PRESENTATIONS: (continued) Web Search Engines: A Tangles Mess SAMMIE Annual Meeting Marshall, Minnesota, September 25, 1999 Variations on a Theme: Changes in Reference Services Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference St. Paul, Minnesota, October 9, 1996 Patents and How to Search Them Northwestern Pennsylvania s Inventors Association Erie, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1994 Navigating Through the Internet PSU-Behrend Council of Fellows Erie, Pennsylvania, February 17, 1994 Internet, LIAS, and Penn State NICOP of Pennsylvania, Erie Pennsylvania, November 14, 1992 Page 7 Jim Kapoun PUBLICATIONS Kapoun, Jim. Library Instruction, Intervention and Immersion: A 5-Year Study of
Religion and the Arts. Journal of Religious & Theological Information, 8, 3-4 (2009). Kapoun, Jim. Creating a Library Logo for an Academic Library. Library Philosophy and Practice, 8 2 Spring (2005). HTTP://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/lppv8n2.htm (Contributor) Austin, Marion, Et. Al. Canadian and World Politics. Emond Montgomery Publications, 2004. Kapoun, Jim. Assessing Library Instruction Assessment Activities. Library Philosophy and Practice, 7, 1-Fall (2004). HTTP://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/lppv7n1.htm Kapoun, Jim. The Use of Powerpoint in the Library Classroom: An Experiment in Learning Outcomes. Library Philosophy and Practice, 6, 1 Fall (2003). HTTP://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/ppv6n1.htm (Contributor) Shannon, Edward. Pocket Guide to Writing about Literature. New York: Prentice Hall, INC, July 2001. (Contributor) Research Committee, Library Instruction Round Table. Publish Your Article Outside the Library Field. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2000. Kapoun, Jim. Teaching Undergrads Web Evaluation. College and Research Library News, 59, 7-July/August (1998). Kapoun, Jim. Teaching Undergrads Web Evaluation. College and Research Library News. HTTP://www.ala.org/acrl/undwebev.html. -voted ACRL s most hits top 10 list for 1999 (Contributor) Research Committee, Library Instruction Round Table, Diane Schonrock, Editor. Evaluating Library Instruction. Chicago: ALA Editions, 1995. Kapoun, Jim. Re-thinking the Library Pathfinder. College and Undergraduate Libraries, 2, 1-May (1995). Jim s files/resume 2012.doc jmk 04/18/12