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Jane Carlin
University of Puget Sound
Library Director
Tacoma
Jane Carlin joined Puget Sound in 2008 coming from University of Cincinnati, where she served as senior librarian for the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning Library. There she successfully served in a number of roles, bringing to each a strong commitment to faculty-staff partnership in library instruction; to collection development that supports teaching and research; and to new services and programs that embrace innovation and new technologies. Prior to her work at University of Cincinnati, in roles of increasing leadership and responsibility, Carlin served at Oxford Brooks University in England, University of Texas at Arlington, and Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis.
Education
Bachelor of Arts degree (anthropology), University of Delaware
Master of Library Science, Indiana University-Bloomington
Master of Librarianship, University of Wales at Aberystwyth.
Awards & Honors
University of Cincinnati Libraries Leadership Award, 2005
University of Cincinnati Honors Excellence in Teaching Award, 2008
University of Puget Sound’s Excellence in Action, January 2010
Professional Interests
The art of the book
Fine presses and printing
Management and change
Information Literacy
Digital image development
Arts & Crafts period and the Art of William Morris
Current Professional Activities
Board of Directors, Orbis Cascade Alliance
Information Literacy Immersion Committee, Association of College and Research Libraries (American Libraries Association)
Board of Directors, Puget Sound Book Artists
Courses Taught
William Morris and His World
Music, Art and Thought in Medici Florence
The Printed Page: From Victorian to Virtual
Study Abroad in Italy
Media Research Methods
Recent Selected Publications & Presentations
Contributor, KIKI Magazine (www.kikimag.com)
Carlin, Jane A., and Cindy B. Damschroder. "Beautiful and useful: The book as a learning object: Using an honors seminar as a forum to explore information literacy and critical thinking." College & Research Libraries News 70.3 (2009): 168-183.
Bauer, Charly, and Jane A. Carlin. "The Case for Collaboration: The OhioLINK Digital Media Center."Journal of Library Administration 39.2/3 (2003): 69-86.
Panelist: “Convergence and Managing Progressive Change.” Art Libraries Society of North American Annual Conference, Indianapolis, 2009.
“Diversity & Pedagogy: Why is it so hard to talk about race, gender and ethnicity in the classroom?” Association of College and Research Libraries Annual Conference, Seattle, 2009