Jeff Zachwieja Reference & Electronic Services Librarian -- (313) 927-1347 jzachwieja@marygrove.edu IM AIM, MSN, Yahoo, GoogleTalk: mglibraryjeff

Education:

• M.L.I.S., Wayne State University
• B.S., Eastern Michigan University

Primary Duties:

• Reference and Bibliographic Instruction
• MAT Distance Learning Library Contact
• Website Maintenance and Development
• Electronic Database Maintenance
• Collection Development in Education

Marygrove Committees:

• General Education Committee

Professional Associations:

• Michigan Library Association 
  2007-present, Secretary, Education and Curriculum Interest Group
• Southeastern Michigan League of Libraries  
  2007- present, Member at Large, SEMLOL Executive Board

Professional Interests:

• Information Literacy
• Web 2.0
• Distance Learning

Presentations & Professional Activities:

• January/February 2007 -- Article in Michigan Libraries: "Tech Watch: Wikis in the Library." Michigan Libraries 72(1), p.11.

• November 2006 -- MLA ILRT PREMIER Project presentation at Wayne State University entitled "Virtual Information Literacy Instruction."

• February 2006 -- Marygrove College Black Family Technology Night presentation entitled "Safe on The Internet:  Educational and Fun Resources for Children and Young Adults."

• November 2005 -- MLA ILRT PREMIER Project presentation at Wayne State University entitled "Information Literacy and Virtual Instruction."

• November 2004 -- February 2005 -- DALNET Single Database Task Force, Public Interface Subcommittee

• July 2004 -- Presentation for Marygrove staff members, "New Options for Getting Books You Need:  netLibrary & MiLE."

• April 2004 to 2006 --  Educator's Reference Desk volunteer, maintaining the Teaching section.

• April 2002 -- Panelist for MLA ILRT Spring Workshop program, "Creating Effective Web Tutorials."

• 2001-2002 -- Member-at-Large of the MLA Information Literacy Round Table (ILRT); responsible for maintaining and updating the ILRT web site.

• November 2001 -- Co-moderated the MLA Annual Conference program entitled "Eyes Glazed Over: Engaging Your Audience for Effective Instruction."

• May 2001 -- Presented at the Marygrove College Spring Faculty Workshop, "Delivering PowerPoint Presentations."

• August 1999 -- Presented at the Marygrove College Fall Faculty Workshop, "Update on Library Resources and Services."

• May 1999 -- Presented at Academic Librarians Day, "Distance Education and Distance Librarianship."

• October 1998 -- Presented at the MLA Annual Conference, "College 101."

• August 1998 -- Presented at the Marygrove College Fall Faculty Workshop, "Introducing AccessMichigan."

Personal Favorite Websites

• Arts & Letters Daily

• All Music

• My del.icio.us links

Last updated September 17, 2007