CURRICULUM VITAE Christina D. Baum EXPERIENCE Director of Library Services Southern Connecticut State Univ. 501 Crescent St. New Haven, CT 06515-1330 (2007-current) Dean of Library Services Lamar University Texas State University System Beaumont, Texas (2004-2007; tenured) Director of Library Services University of Wisconsin-River Falls River Falls, Wisconsin (1989-2004) Dean of Library and Learning Resources State University of New York Orange County Community College Middletown, New York (1987-1989) Adjunct Professor Palmer School of Library and Information Science Long Island University Greenvale, New York (1987-1989) Director of Library University of Kentucky Maysville Community College Maysville, Kentucky (1979-1987; tenured)
District Librarian Forrestville Valley School District Forreston, Illinois (1978-1979) Assistant Director of Learning Materials Center / Reference Librarian Glenville State College Glenville, West Virginia (1977-1978) EDUCATION Ed.D. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky (1987). Major: Higher Education Administration M.S.L.S. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky (1977). Major: Library Science B.S. Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois (1976). Major: Elementary Education Major: Library Science PROFESSIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MEMBERSHIPS American Library Association, 1976 to date. Association of College and Research Libraries, 1989 to date. Distance Learning Section, 2001 to date. University Libraries Section, 2001 to date. ACRL/ULS Bylaws and Procedures Committee, 2007 to date. Library Administration and Management Association, 1995 to date. Fund Raising and Financial Development Section, 2001 to date. Library Organization and Management Section, 2001 to date. HRS Leadership Skills Committee, 2009 to date. Connecticut Council of Academic Library Directors (CCALD), 2007 to date. Chair, 2009-2010. Vice President, Chair-Elect, 2008-2009. Connecticut Library Association, 2007 to date. Treasurer, 2012-2014.
Treasurer-Elect, 2011. College and University Libraries Section, 2011 to date. Membership Committee, 2009 to date. Connecticut State University System Council of Library Directors, 2007 to date. Council of Texas State University Libraries, 2004-2007. Council of University of Wisconsin Libraries (CUWL), 1989-2003. Executive Committee, 1992-1995, 2001-2003. Chair, 1993-1994. Vice-Chair, 1992-1993. New England Library Association, 2007 to date. Rotary International, 2004 to 2008. RotaryGram Committee Literacy Committee Wheelchair Committee Texas Council of Academic Libraries, 2004-2007. Texas Library Association, 2004-2007. E-Distributed Learning Interest Group, Chair-Elect, 2007. University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Faculty Senate, 1990-1993, 2002-2003. West Central Wisconsin Library Cooperative, 1989-2003. Chair, 1991-1994. Wisconsin Library Association, 1989-2004. PRESENTATIONS Presentation to the Connecticut Library Association, May 8, 2012, Assessment and Accreditation in Academic Libraries. Planned (as a member of the LLAMA HRS Leadership Skills Committee) and participated in an ALA Pre-Conference for ALA Annual Conference, June 25, 2010, Is the Glass Half Empty, or Half Full? Transforming Libraries through a Positive Organizational Philosophy. 21 st Century Vision for Hilton C. Buley Library to the Southern Connecticut State University Academic Council, September 16, 2009.
Participated in the presentation to the Academic Vice Presidents in the Connecticut State University System on "Funding for CSU Libraries," March, 2008. Information Literacy vs. Computer Literacy at the District 8 Conference of the Texas Library Association, Houston, Texas, October 21, 2006. Issues and Challenges for Regional Campus Libraries in the Current Decade to Lamar University Retired Faculty Association, Beaumont, TX, May, 2005. Traveled as a Rotary Ambassador to Villahermosa, Mexico, to present 100 new wheelchairs to the people of the area. Made presentation to the mayor and city of Villahermosa, the Rotary Club, and wheelchair recipients, February 11-14, 2005. Presented Poster Session to the Texas Alliance of Black School Educators on Upgrading Technology in Libraries, Beaumont, Texas, February 18, 2005. PUBLICATIONS Currently researching the unionization of academic libraries. Currently researching The Library s Role in Student Retention. Feminist Thought in American Librarianship. A monograph published by McFarland, 1992. AWARDS AND HONORS Received the Connecticut Library Association Publicity Award for the handbook Hilton C. Buley Library: Southern Connecticut State University, May, 2012. Elected to Chair the Council of Connecticut Academic Library Directors, 2009-10. Received Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service to the Hamden Transition Academy, New Haven, CT, June, 2008. Appointed by Provost to represent Southern Connecticut State University on The Big Read-Greater New Haven Council, 2007 to date. Nominated and selected for Leadership Southeast Texas Class of 2005-06. Graduated in May, 2006. Harvard Institute for Higher Education. Sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries, Cambridge, MA, July 5-9,1999.
Selected as an Outstanding Young Woman of America 1987. Commissioned a Kentucky Colonel by the Governor of the State of Kentucky Martha Layne Collins,1987. Awarded the Key to the City of Maysville, Kentucky by the Mayor, Harriet Cartmell, for contributions for the betterment of the community. May 21, 1987 was proclaimed Dr. Christina D. Baum Day. GRANTS Connecticut State University System. Assessment of Learning for Educational Improvement Grant, 2011. Lamar University Competitive Funding to purchase 20 new computer workstations for the Reference Area, 2007. Texas Library Association Disaster Relief Grant, 2006. Budget Development Grant from Lamar University to purchase databases, 2005. Budget Development Grant from Lamar University for new position, Media Technology Specialist Senior, 2005. Budget Development Grant from Lamar University for new position, Archives Technology Specialist, 2004. Texas Entergy Grant to purchase databases for Library, 2004, 2005, 2006. ExxonMobil Grant to purchase databases for Library, 2004, 2005, 2006. University of Wisconsin System, Laboratory Modernization Grant, to purchase six Reference-info stations, 2002. Wisconsin Humanities Council, Collaborative Grant, If These Walls Could Talk."St. Croix Valley Middle School Students, Artists and citizens Create a Millennium Mural for UW - River Falls Chalmer Davee Library), 2001. West Central Wisconsin Cooperative, Minority Retention Grant, Diversity and the Chalmer Davee Library: Improving and Assessing the UW -River Falls Ethnic Studies Collection, 2001. University of Wisconsin System, Laboratory Modernization Grant, to purchase computers, a video imager, and a graphics projector the Bibliographic Instruction
Lab, 2001. University of Wisconsin - River Falls Foundation, to purchase new tables and chairs for the University Archives, 2001. University of Wisconsin - River Falls Foundation to construct new Newspaper area in Library, 1999. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION The Lyrasis Collection Services Conference, March 16, 2010. Preparing Your Library for NEASC Accreditation, Southborough, MA, March, 2009. Completed six hours of Assessment Event at OCLC Eastern Service Center, Washington, D.C., June 11, 2008. Participated in a live interview about "The Future of Libraries" on Connecticut Public Radio, Hartford, CT, November, 2007. Living for the Future 6 Library Conference, Tucson, Arizona, April 5-8, 2006. CASE Development Fund Raising Seminar for Deans, Baltimore, Maryland, October 26-28, 2005. Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission of Colleges, Atlanta, Georgia, December, 2005 and 2004. Summer Seminar on Academic Administration, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, July 11-16, 2004. Harvard Institute for Higher Education, 2002 Alumni Seminar, Performance Measurement in Higher Education: A Catalyst for Institutional Improvement, Cambridge, MA, July, 2002. Harvard Institute for Higher Education, Cambridge, MA, July 5-10, 1999.