Awards

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Courses Taught

Education

Hobbies

Professional Interests

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Betsey J. Brenneman

Senior Librarian,  Electronic Resources & Access Services

 

Contact Information

Office: LRC-204
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8AM - 4:30PM
Phone: (508) 929-8801
E-Mail: bbrenneman@worcester.edu
Fax: (508) 929-8198

Education

Certificates

  • Adobe Photoshop - April 2006 from Assabet Continuing Ed., Northborough, MA
  • HTML 100- May 2005 from Assabet Continuing Ed., Northborough, MA
  • UNIX for Librarians - 100 level. April 2005, from Endeavor Information Systems, Inc., Des Plaines, IL

Professional Interests

  • Design, content, and maintenance of Worcester State's  Library Website  
  • Information literacy: teaching classes for students on search strategies, web search agents, accessing the Invisible Web, evaluating and documenting WWW research sites
  • Legal and ethical issues involving technology in society: copyright, the digital divide, individual privacy rights in the digital age.

Awards

  • Recipient of a state-wide Massachusetts Commonwealth Citation for Outstanding Performance Award for 2005, Worcester State College
  • Nominated for the Excellence in Teaching Award, Worcester State College (2005)

Courses Taught - Worcester State College

  • CS 120 Microcomputer Applications (Computer Science Dept.)
  • UR 191 Computers in Society (Freshman Seminar)
  • UR 230 Technology, Public Policy, and Urban Society
  • Microsoft Word (non-credit, Division of Graduate & Continuing Education)

Courses Taught - University of Rhode Island,
                             Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
                              ( GSLIS ) - Adjunct Faculty

I have been an adjunct faculty member for the American Library Association - Accredited GSLIS for almost 30 years. Although on occasion I teach courses on main campus in Kingston, RI,  mostly I teach courses through the Regional Program. I have taught URI courses at U Mass Amherst, U Mass Boston, the University of New Hampshire, and most recently in Worcester, at various locations, now settling here at our own Worcester State campus.

  • LSC 502 - Management of Library and Information Center Services
  • LSC 503 - Collection Development
  • LSC 504 - Reference and Information Services
  • LSC 540 - Library Materials in the Humanities
  • LSC 541 - Library Materials in the Social Sciences

As of Spring 2006, appointed as Regional Counselor for the Worcester campus of URI/GSLIS. Regional counselors answer general questions about the MLIS degree program, questions relevant to the needs of remote students, and also serve as advocates and mediators.

Hobbies

  • Over-decorating the L-204 office at holidays and special occasions
  • Tastefully decorating my new home - a lovely townhouse condominium
  • I try playing golf - some day I hope to break 100
  • My cats: a white and 2 blue British Shorthairs from Advent Hill Cattery in New Hampshire; and my newest addition of a mackerel tabby former stray.

                                      

Created 2/26/02 © Betsey J. Brenneman