First name,Last name,Preferred title,Overview,Position,Department,Individual
Zheng (Lan),Yang,Professor,"Zheng Ye (Lan) Yang is a Professor and Head of Document Delivery Services, which is generally known as ""Get It For Me."" Lan is an active member of the American Library Association and several divisions relating to resource sharing and document delivery.
Lan has developed innovative and increasingly responsive services for faculty and students at Texas A&M that have become models for other institutions. In addition to the traditional Interlibrary Loan services of getting materials not held locally, free scanning of documents from our own collection began in 2004. In Fall 2009, Get It For Me began delivering books to faculty mailboxes through campus mail. Because of her pioneering services, Lan is frequently called upon to consult with peer institutions and has been invited to give the Keynote Addresses for the Wisconsin and New York Interlibrary Loan Conferences.
Lan's research interests have always complemented her job responsibilities. Before heading Document Delivery, Lan was a reference librarian and her research centered on liaison activities to faculty. In her current position, her research concentrates on user satisfaction, management of document delivery, resource sharing services, and improvement of services.",Professor,University Libraries,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n135d48c0
Wendi,Kaspar,Professor,"Wendi Arant Kaspar is Professor of Library Practice at Texas A&M University. Her research interests include Human Resources and Management in Libraries, Innovation in Library Services, Outreach and Liaison. She has written numerous articles and book chapters and co-authored 2 monographs: Guide to Ethics in Acquisitions and Leading Libraries: Creating a Service Culture. She has also been co-editor of Library Administration and Management and co-editor-in-chief of Journal of Academic Librarianship and is currently editor of College & Research Libraries.",Professor||Professor,International Affairs||University Libraries,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n5c5671cd
Chad,Pearson,Instructional Associate Professor/Public Services Reference Librarian,"I am a maverick and interdiscipinary thinker. I am creative and analytical, starting out in the creative arts but finding my professional calling in librarianship. I love to learn about all types of things, which explains my diverse education but also my intense desire to see the value and connections among all types of knowledge. I write creatively and academically, and I like to sing as well. I also enjoy watching films, mostly foreign and independent. I believe, like Aristotle, that it is important to maintain a sense of wonder when approaching knowledge and the world.
REFERENCE PHILOSOPHY
I believe each reference transaction is unique and relies on dialogic interaction on multiple levels. I believe in a maieutic reference process, guiding the patron to his/her own information realization and true inquiry need. I believe reference is a noble calling, a shared information discovery with humanity that allows us to broaden and expand our worldviews.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Artificial intelligence and usage for information retrieval
Rhetorical arguments between container and content in library studies - preservation of artifact vs. reader response
Horizon technologies for information storage and retrieval
Night librarianship
Enhancing and personalizing the reference transaction
TEACHING FIELDS/INTERESTS
Library instructional technology and database searching
Library Science 102 - Introduction to Information Research (credit class)
Bibliographic instruction for a variety of classes
Library resources and OPAC instruction
RefWorks and bibliographic management systems
Course management systems and library resources
Rhetoric (convincing, persuasive, mediation, editorial, and other arguments)
Expository Writing (evaluation, information, position, analysis papers, etc.)
Composition (entry-level to advanced)
Literature (Foreign, British, American)
Speech/Communication",Instructional Associate Professor,University Libraries,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nabd9c03e
Alyson,Vaaler,Director of Research and Scholarly Initiatives,,Director of Research Impact,University Libraries,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nabf5812d
David,Hubbard,Research & Scholarly Initiatives Librarian,"Received my bachelor's in chemistry from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1988. After graduation I worked as a research chemist at Monsanto Chemical Company in the areas of thin films, sensors, and optical coatings and then as an environmental chemist at the University of Missouri-Columbia. After working more than a decade in the areas of materials science, analytical chemistry, and environmental health & safety; I earned a master's in library science and pursued science & engineering librarianship. Before joining Texas A&M University, I served as the subject liaison to several science and engineering departments at both Texas Tech University and Missouri University of Science & Technology (MS&T). While at MS&T, I also served as the Government Documents Librarian supporting geographic information systems (GIS) and maps. This led to an additional master's in Geographic Information Science and research into the geospatial aspects of scholarship.",Full Librarian,University Libraries,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfc5401e7