KAREN J. STARR

Degrees and Certifications: Oregon State University, MAIS, 1983; Texas Woman's University, MLS, 1975; Oregon State University, BA, 1974. Current Position: Asst. Administrator for Development Services, Nevada State Library & Archives, 2004-present. Previous Positions: Bureau Chief, Library Development, New Mexico State Library, 2002-04; Assistant Director, Southeastern New York Library Resources Council, 1998-2002; Director of Network Information, Portland Area Library System (PORTALS), 1996-98; Networking Consultant, Idaho State Library, 1990-96; ALA/Fulbright Scholar, Norwegian National Library School, 1989-90; various (CD-ROM Librarian, Library Information Retrieval Service Coordinator, Search Consultant), Oregon State University, 1977-89; Cataloger, Washburn University of Topeka Law School Library, 1975-76. ALA Activities: ALA Library Advocacy Committee: LITA Liaison, Advocacy Coordinating Group, 2008-Present; Library and Information Technology Association: Member, Board of Directors, 2006-08; International Relations Round Table: Member, Nominating Committee, 2005-06; Library and Information Technology Association: Member, 2004 Nominating Committee, 2002-03; International Relations Round Table: Chair, Executive Committee, 2001-03; Library and Information Technology Association: Member, Program Planning Committee, 2001-03; International Relations Round Table: Member, Membership Committee, 1999-2001; Library and Information Technology Association: Member, Board of Directors, 1998-2001; ALA/IRRT: Member, International Relations Committee-International Relations Round Table Subcommittee, 1994-96; Library and Information Technology Association: Member, International Relations Committee, 1992-96. Offices Held outside of ALA: Western Council of State Libraries/Institute for Museum and Library Services: Chair, Evaluation Committee, 2009 Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums Conference, 2008-Present; Nevada Library Association: Chair, Planning Committee, 2006-08; Western Council of State Libraries/Institute for Museum and Library Services: Member, Task Force to Develop Core Competencies for Library Practitioners, 2004-05; New York Library Association: Member, Continuing Education Committee, 1999-2002; Pacific Northwest Library Association: Member, Resource Sharing Committee, 1994-96; Western Library Network (WLN): Member, Focus Group to Address Library Community's Perceived Needs as They Relate to Database Access, Database Content and Delivery of that Content, 1995-95; CD-ROM Professional magazine: Columnist, Q&Q column, 1990-94; CD-ROM Professional Product of the Year Awards: Member, Awards Committee, 1991-92; Biosciences Information Service: Member, BIOSIS User Communications Council, 1987-91; Online Northwest: Co-founder, Member, and Chair (Two Year Term), Coordinating Committee, 1982-89. Publications: "The Building Blocks of a CD-ROM Local Area Network," CD-ROM Professional (Online Inc.), 1993; "NetWare Loadable Modules for CD-ROM Networking," CD-ROM Professional (Online Inc.), 1993; "Online Information ’89: A Look at Information in the 1990’s in an Era of Political Change and Globalization," CD-ROM Professional (Online Inc.), 1990. Honors, Awards, Prizes, Medals, Citations: Microsoft CD-ROM Library Scholarship to attend the Fourth Microsoft International CD-ROM Conference, Anaheim, CA, March 28-30, 1989; ALA/Fulbright Library Fellow, American Library Association, 1989-1990. Accomplishments: Project coordinator for a planning project to develop a 5 year Nevada digital plan (2008-present); a planning project to develop a regional digitizing program for the 8 county region of the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York (2000-2002), implementation of an ISO compliant ILL software product using Z39.50 protocols region-wide across 8 library systems in the Hudson Valley (1999-2002); implementation of a proxy server providng Internet access to 23 databases in the Portland (OR) metro area (1997-1998); implementation of nine dedicated Internet nodes and 41 dial-up Internet sites in rural public libraries in Idaho (1994-1996); implementation of a 12 workstation CD-ROM reference center in a university library which provided access to 16 CD-ROM indexes from four CD-ROM publishers for a user population of 18,000 faculty and students (1985-1989). Publication of "The American Public, the Public Library, and the Internet; An Ever Evolving Partnership" in The Cybrarian's Manual and "The Byte of Electronic Information at Oregon State University: The CD-ROM Reference Center at the Kerr Library" in Public Access CD-ROMs in Libraries: Case Studies, 1990.

STATEMENT: Creative change comes with long term investment, commitment, and patience. Every 10 years of the last 30, the library field has passed a milestone in its use of technology including online searching (1970s), CDROMs (1980s), and the Internet (1990s). Now we are involved with the digital world. Everyone is struggling with the sustainability of the structure we have and trying to take the next step into the future. We are not quite sure where that step will take us. The innovators and leaders of tomorrow are the LITA members of today. It is refreshing to work with a dynamic group on the national level who care, who want to define that future and who come together to work on what the big picture should look like. I look forward to the opportunity to work with LITA's members to collaboratively implement the vision that sustains our country's 21st century information infrastructure.