Karen
J. McIntyre
2501 Ravine Dr. • Nashville, TN
37217 • 615-361-0046 kjmcinty@comcast.net
Experience
School
library
- Currently at
Westmeade Elementary School, Nashville, TN
- Seven years in
Texas School libraries. Four as District Librarian, Three in
elementary school libraries.
- Chaired Lubbock
I.S.D. migration project 1998.
- Oversaw the
remodeling and automation of Morton High School, and Junior High
Libraries incorporating a mini-lab of computers for Internet software
applications used in high school.
Brought Morton
I.S.D. into the Texas Library Connection which included access to
online databases and InterLibrary Loan.
- Wrote a Texas
Education Agency Planning Grant for $25,000.
- Wrote a Tocker
Grant for the Cochran County Love Memorial Public Library
to automate its collection and connect to the Internet as part
of a community-wide plan which the school spearheaded.
- Worked with the
Public library providing support for Summer Reading Program in the
form of books from the school library and programing. This
included storytelling, crafts, and activities for adults as
well.
Public
library
- Ten years as
Children's and Young Adult Services librarian at Clovis-Carver
Library, Clovis, NM, Passed bond and participated in automation of the library and involving children helped design the children's space. The project was featured in American Libraries (archetectural issue).
- Organized READ
Curry County Literacy Coalition and sponsored VOA Literacy training.
- Wrote and
administered two family literacy grants.
- Two years of
general library service in San Bernardino County Library System,
California.
Academic
Library
- Two years as
Bibliographic Assistant to the Social Science Department Head at
Syracuse University Library (ES BIRD).
Education,
certification and skills
M.L.S. University of
North Texas, Denton, TX , 2000.
M.A. Eastern New Mexico
University, Portales, NM, 1990. Education - emphasis in reading and
administration.
B.A. History, Chapman
University, Orange, CA, 1972 Magna Cum Laude
Texas Certifications -
School Library Media, Secondary English, Social Studies and
Journalism.
Storyteller,
calligrapher, arts,
layout & paste-up, piano, guitar, and voice.
Awards,
affiliations and honors
American Library
Association Member
1993 State
Chairperson - New Mexico Battle of the Books
1993 Presenter for NM
Dept. of Children, Youth & Families Child and Adult Care
Workshops.
1992 Nominee- New
Mexico Library Association Community Service Award.
1992 Presenter - New
Mexico IRA - Storytelling in the Classroom.
1990 & 1988
presenter -UMWMA Storytelling as Healing.
1989 Delta Psi
Delta Woman of the Year.
Publications
Texas
Library Journal
- The 2nd Time
Around: Automation Migration" Spring 1999
- "Woudn't Take
Nothin' for My Journey Now: Comparing School & Public
Libraries" Spring 1997
Morton
Tribune
Insights from
Morton High - weekly column which appeared from 1994-1997
