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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.
- 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)
- 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
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