Library Responsibilities

Coordinate team of eleven staff members and four faculty responsible for monographic, serial, e-resource acquisitions, cataloging, processing, and document delivery.  Manage the annual information budget.  Develop business models and anticipate trends.  Negotiate with vendors about pricing, approval plans, license and purchasing terms, and electronic access issues.  Collaborate with team members to develop innovations in bibliographic services.  Participate in collection development and teaching.

• MA in Information Resources and Library Science, University of Arizona, 2004
• MFA in Creative Writing, University of Texas at El Paso, 2000
• Certificate of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Transworld Schools, 2000
• Bachelor of Arts in English, University of Georgia, 1996

Scholarly & Service Interests

• Leadership Studies including Professional Development and Human Resources, Strategic Planning, Diversity and International Issues, and Library Advocacy
• Collection Development, especially Scholarly Publishing and Communication

Selected Publications

Donovan, Georgie and Miguel Figueroa. Staff Development Strategies that Work: Stories and Strategies from New Librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2009. 

Donovan, Georgie. “Writing with Colleagues: Strategies for Getting the Work Done” and “Bringing Creative Writing Lessons to the Library Literature Worktable.” Book chapters in The Published Librarian: Successful Professional and Personal Writing edited by Carol Smallwood. Chicago: American Library Association ALA Editions, 2010.

Simmons-Welburn, Janice, Georgie Donovan, and Laura Bender. “Transforming the Library: The Case for Libraries to End Incremental Measures and Solve Problems for Their Campuses Now.” Library Administration and Management, Vol. 22, No. 3 (Summer 2008) pp 130 – 135.

Donovan, Georgie and Karen Estlund. "New Librarians and Scholarly Communication: Get Involved." College & Research Library News, Vol. 68, No. 3 (March 2007) pp 155-162. 

Donovan, Georgie and John Abbott. "Moving a Library Collection into New Quarters: Lessons Learned." Charleston Conference Proceedings 2006. Portsmouth, NH:  Greenwood Press, 2007.

Selected Presentations

Mario Ascencio, Scott Collard, Georgie Donovan, and Mary Evangeliste. "Early Career Librarians Discuss the Future of the Academic Library." ACRL Leaders Lunch. ACRL 13th National Conference. Baltimore, Maryland. April 1, 2007.

Georgie Donovan, Tim Jewell, Cindy Krolikowski, and Kara Malenfant. "Faculty Outreach and the Institute for Scholarly Communication."  Panel presentation. Sponsored by the ALCTS Scholarly Communication Discussion Group. ALA-Midwinter. Seattle, Washington.  January 22, 2007.

Georgie Donovan and Lauren Ray. “Public Services and Outreach from a Progressive Perspective.” Roundtable at the annual meeting of the Progressive Librarians Guild. New Orleans, Louisiana. June 25, 2006.

Georgie Donovan, moderator; Lisa Norberg, Laura Smith, Adam Sherland, panelists.  “College and University Section / Topics in Academic Libraries: Can You Hear Me Now?  Millennials and the Academic Library.” Presented at the North Carolina Library Association Conference, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, September 22, 2005.

Joseph Brewer, Georgie Donovan, Sheril Hook, Janice Simmons-Welburn, and Karen Williams. "A Library Response to the Transformed Campus:  Transforming Higher Education: A New Dynamic Role for Libraries.” Presented at the ACRL Forum, ALA Midwinter, San Diego, California, January 10, 2004.

Selected Professional Service

National
Association of College & Research Libraries
            Scholarly Communication Committee (2005 - 2009)
            National Conference planning committees (2003 - 2009)
Progressive Librarians Guild (2002 - present)

University & Region
Doorways:  International Program Series Committee (2007 - 2009)
University Strategic Planning Committee, Student Achievement (2006 - 2007)
Learning Partner, Alternative Spring Break (2006, 2007, 2008)
WNCLN Collections & Tech Services Committees

Library
Curriculum Committee (2008 - 2009)
Library Strategic Planning, co-chair (2006 - 2007)
Institutional Repository Working Group (2006 - present)
Public Relations Committee (2004 - present; chair, 2004 - 2006)

Full Curriculum Vitae