Virginia M. Smith

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Cybrarian & Communications Coordinator

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Prior to being hired by the University of Louisville in June 2006, Virginia served as the Gemini Observatory's librarian and webmaster in Hilo, HI. She has also worked as an academic librarian for both the University of Hawaii and Sullivan University. In addition to her library and information background, she was employed as a Content Provider for About.com for four years and has 10 years of customer service experience.

Publications

Smith, Virginia M. "IT in Law School." Bench & Bar, July 2007: 29.

Smith, Virginia. "Information Dissemination: Exploring the Librarian's Role in Public Relations." Emerging and Preserving: Providing Astronomical Information in the Digital Age: Proceedings of the Library and Information Services in Astronomy IV (LISA IV), Prague, Czech Republic, 2-5 July 2002. Eds. Brenda G. Corbin, Elizabeth P. Bryson, and Marek Wolf. Washington, DC: U. S. Naval Observatory, 2003, 19.

Contributions to The Owl, the newsletter for employees of the University of Louisville Libraries:

“Summer Readers’ Picks” (Summer 2008)
“Bulldogs in the Libraries” (September 2007)
“Summer Readers’ Picks” (Summer 2007)
“One Island, Two Palm Trees, Three CDs and a Solar-Powered Boom Box” (May 2007)
“Holiday Readers’ Picks” (December 2006)

 

Presentations

Virginia

Read excerpt from Lysistrata by Aristophanes, Banned Books Week @ Ekstrom Library & Professor Nowka's Secured Transactions class, Virginia M. Smith & Rebecca Simms (3L), October 3, 2008

"University of Louisville Libraries Digital Collections: Connecting Communities and Collections", Kentucky Library Association Annual Conference, Presenters: Rachel Howard, Weiling Liu, Virginia M. Smith, September 20, 2007

Read excerpts from America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart and The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, Banned Books Week @ Ekstrom Library, September 29, 2006


University and Community Service

Law School: The Agenda Editor, UofL Law: Legal Studies Research Paper Series (co-editor), Library Committee, Technology Committee, Habitat for Humanity Historic Land Use Research Group, Community Service Day Project Manager, Barrister's Ball (faculty chaperone)

University Libraries: Content DM Administrators Group

University of Louisville: Champions 4 Her (volunteer co-coordinator), Kentucky Women's Book Festival (volunteer coordinator)

Kentucky Libraries: KYSLA Webmaster, 2007 KLA Conference Local Arrangements Committee, KLA Co-chair Ad Hoc Committee on Conference Proceedings

National Libraries: SLA's IT Division Webmaster Chair-Elect

Community: Bulldogs in the Bluegrass (mentor), Champions 4 Her (Data Divas team member), Cherokee Triangle Art Fair (volunteer), Every 1 Reads (tutor), Forecastle Festival (volunteer), Habitat for Humanity (volunteer), Louisville AIDs Walk (law school team), Sierra Club (member)