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Rory B. Litwin – Curriculum Vitae
Library 268416 Library DriveDuluth, MN 55812rlitwin@d.umn.edu 218-726-7896
Major Professional Experience
Assistant Librarian, University of Minnesota, Duluth – 2004 to present. This is areference, instruction, and collection development position with subjectresponsibilities in philosophy, composition, foreign languages, art, and theatre. Specialactivities include the leadership of a Reference Tech team, which exploresexperimental applications of technology for library service; participation on theCopyright Team; assistance in organizing the annual Northeast Minnesota Book Awards; and the initiation of a professional reading group.Consulting Librarian, California Labor History Map project, California ResearchBureau, California State Library – 2002-2003. This position included a mix of originalhistorical research and research support in labor history using primary, secondary, andtertiary sources, as well as coordination of the project’s advisory committee. Researchsupport involved database design and maintenance as well as sophisticated referenceconsultation with the project historian.Reference Librarian, California Research Bureau, California State Library – 2001-2002. This position involved reference service to staff members of the CaliforniaLegislature involving complex questions under significant time-pressure, team-based participation in the production of a policy-related current-awareness service, andreference service to Bureau researchers.Library Services Director, National Hispanic University, San Jose, California, 1999-2001. This position involved library management and solo provision of professionalservice in a small, unique academic library. Special accomplishments during this jobwere successful preparation for a visit from the regional academic accreditingassociation (resulting in a positive decision); a major weeding project; completion of retrospective cataloging, and the design and implementation of an experimental creditcourse in information literacy.
 
 
Educational Background
Masters in Library and Information Science, San Jose State University, 1998Graduate Certificate in Fine Art, with a focus in photography, University of California,Santa Cruz, 1993Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy, with College and Departmental Honors, Universityof California, Santa Cruz, 1991
Edited Books
 Library Juice Concentrate
. Duluth: Library Juice Press, 2006.
 Library Daylight: Tracings of Modern Librarianship, 1874-1922.
Duluth: LibraryJuice Press, 2006.
Published articles
“Moving the Cheese: The Critical Approach to Thinking About Change,”
 LibraryWorklife: HR E-News for Today’s Leaders,
Vol. 1, No. 10 (October, 2004)“Radicals Defending Tradition: An Appeal to the Baby Boom Generation,” West,Jessamyn and Roberto, Katia, eds.,
 Revolting Librarians Redux
(McFarland, 2003), pp. 88-91.“Neutrality, Objectivity and the Political Center,”
 Progressive Librarian
 No. 21(Winter 2002).“Classic and Neo-Information,”
 Information for Social Change
No. 13 (Summer 2001).Of numerous articles I have written for 
 Library Juice
over the years, one was cited in a peer-reviewed journal: “On Google’s Monetization of Libraries,”
 Library Juice
7:26,December 2004.
Presentations
ALA Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, 004, “New Visions, New Voices: NewLeaders Speak on the Future of Libraries and Librarianship,” Sponsored by the ALADiversity Office.
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