Robin Hartman M.A., M.L.I.S.

Director of Library Services; Associate Professor

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EDUCATION:

• M.L.I.S., San Jose State University
• M.A., Instructional Technology, East Tennessee State University
• B.A., Social Sciences/Social Work, Hope International University

CREDENTIALS/CERTIFICATIONS:

• Single Subject Credential, Social Sciences, California State University, Fullerton

KEY AWARDS/AFFILIATIONS:

• Beta Phi Mu, Library and Information Science Honor Society
• Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education
• ALA (American Library Association)
• ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries)
• LLAMA (Library Leadership & Management Association)
• LITA (Library and Information Technology Association)
• CARL (California Academic and Research Libraries), Campus Liaison since 1997
• ATLA (American Theological Library Association)
• SCATLA (Southern California Theological Library Association)
• CCL (Christian College Librarians)
• SCELC (Statewide California Electronic Library Association), Board Member

ACADEMIC INTERESTS:

• Integration of Faith and Learning
• Restoration Movement
• Instructional Technology

PUBLICATIONS:

•  “The Information Therapist is In.” IN Trott, Garrett, ed. 2019. The Faithful Librarian: Essays on Christianity in the Profession. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. (Google Preview: https://books.google.com/books?id=R76tDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false)

• ​“Providing Library Services in the Cloud: An Essay.” July 2014. Theological Librarianship: An Online Journal of the American Theological Library Association. (7:2) https://theolib.atla.com/theolib/article/view/348/1076  
• “Life in the Cloud: A WorldShare Management Services Case Study.” August 2012. Journal of Web Librarianship (6:3)
• “Faith and Technology: Toward Integration for Christian Higher Education.” 1997. Paper co-authored with Terri L. Bogan for the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

 

• “Obsolete eBooks: Is It Already Time to Consider Weeding eBook Collections?” 2016. Poster Session. American Theological Library Association Annual Conference.
• “George P. Taubman: A Restoration Movement Influence in Long Beach, California.” 2016. Stone Campbell Denominational Group Meeting. American Theological Library Association Annual Conference. 
• “Successful Transition for New Staff.” 2015. Co-presenter with Katy Lines and Jennifer Rich. WorldShare Management Services User Group Meeting. 
• “The View from the Director’s Chair: Metamorphosis, Three Tales of Change.” 2013. Panel with Debra Quast and Karen Schneider. Association of Christian Librarians Annual Conference. 
• “Library Services in the Cloud.” 2012. Poster Session with Lindsey Sinnott. American Theological Library Association Annual Conference.  
• "Adopting OCLC WorldShare Management Services: Perspectives from Different Positions in Libraries" (Reprise of American Library Association presentation.)Co-presenter. OCLC Webinar. July 2012.
• "Library Services in the Cloud". Poster Session with Lindsey Sinnott. American Theological Library Association. Annual Conference. Scottsdale, AZ, July 2012.
• "Adopting OCLC WorldShare Management Services: Perspectives from Different Positions in Libraries." Co-presenter. American Library Association. Annual Conference, June 2012.
• "Using WMS to Provide Services to a Remote Campus". Co-presenter with Lindsey Sinnott and Nicole McDermott. WorldShare Management Services UGM, Los Angeles, CA. May 2012.
• "The Power of Cooperation at Web-scale: OCLC and Academic Libraries." Co-presenter. OCLC Webinar. November, 2011.
• Web Services: Libraries in the Cloud. Co-presenter. Internet Librarian. Monterey, CA, October 2011.
• "Empowering Your Staff to Do Their Own Access Reports (So You Can Do Your Job)." Presenter. EndUser, 2005.
• "Overcoming Fear of Implementing Customer-Authored Tools at Your Library." Panel Coordinator. EndUser (Endeavor Users Group Meeting), 2004.
• Outlook. Staff Training. December 2003.
• Voyager Reports. Library Staff Training. August 2003.
• Get Smart: Unix System Administration For Those Who Play System Administrators on TV. Presenter. EndUser (Endeavor Users Group Meeting), 2003.
• An Anatomy of a WebVoyáge: For Beginners. Co-presenter with Nell Yang, Systems Librarian at Santa Ana College. Voyager Users Group Meeting, 2002.
• "Thriving on Chaos" and other books in my backlog. Presenter. Voyager Users Group Meeting, 2002.
• Learning Styles. 1998. Co-presenter with Terri Bogan. Day of Common Learning, Pacific Christian College.
• The InterNOT: What the Internet is Not. 1995. Presentation to the faculty of Pacific Christian College at the annual fall retreat and initial meeting.
• Instructional Technology and Pedagogy. 1994. Presentation to the faculty regarding the use of instructional technology in the classroom.

HOBBIES/INTERESTS:

I collect international nativity sets, enjoy cooking, entertaining interesting ideas, and learning about how the organization and communication of information shapes society.

PERSONAL MISSION STATEMENT/ FAVORITE QUOTE/ SCRIPTURE/ PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION:

“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”
Proverbs 27:17

RECOMMENDED LINKS:

https://libguides.hiu.edu/library/