RESPONSIBILITIES:
I serve as a member of the Reference/Instruction Team and a member of the Collection Development Team for the College of Allied Health and Nursing at Memorial Library. My responsibilities include:
I serve as library liaison to these departments:
PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
Education:
Mankato State University
Mankato, Minnesota
M.A., Art, 1990University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
M.A., ALA accredited-Library Science, 1984Mankato State University
Mankato, Minnesota
B.S., Education, 1981Certificate of Bibliographic Instruction, University of Wisconsin, 1995
Experience:
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Reference Librarian, 1985-
Instruction Librarian, 1985-
Collection Developer 1985-
Interlibrary Loan Librarian, 1996-2007
Bibliographic Instruction Coordinator, 1989-1996
Southcentral Minnesota Interlibrary Exchange (SMILE)
Director of SMILINE Information & Referral Service for Senior Citizens, 1984-1985
Publications & Presentations:
Frank, Polly and Robert L. Bothmann. "Interlibrary Loan Use Among MSU Undergraduate Students." Jounal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery, & Electronic Reserves, 18(1), 2007. [to be published fall 2007]
Frank, Polly "From Database to ILL Request : Making the Connection with OpenURL." Panel presenter, Ex Libris Regional User Group Meeting, 5 March 2007, Minneapolis, Minn.
Frank, Polly. "Teach Them What They Want to Know: CBAs of Library Research for Adult Students" October 2005. Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference-Minneapolis, MN. A poster session on a three part library research class . I developed and taught to adult learners at MSU which incorporated adult learning theory principles.
Frank, Polly. "Active Tense: Research with Undergraduate Art Majors" February 2002 College Art Association Annual Conference-Philadelphia, PA. On a panel with art faculty from other institutions, I presented my research regarding library use and art students from Minnesota college and described the peer-to-peer library assistance that grew out of this research.
Frank, Polly. "Physical Delivery in a Virtual World" October 2001 Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference-St.Cloud, MN. I presented an analysis of MSU's extended campus student survey and the MSU document delivery service for students living at a distance.
Frank, Polly. "Student Artists in the Library: An Investigation of How They Use General Academic Libraries for Their Creative Needs. " The Journal of Academic Librarianship 25, no. 6 (1999): 445-455.
Frank, Polly. "How Reference Librarians Use the Internet" October 1997. Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference-Minneapolis, MN. I presented results of my research regarding internet search strategies and preferences by academic librarians in Minnesota on a panel on web searching and search engines.
Frank, Polly and Lee, Alison Levene. "Everyone in the Pool: Staying Afloat with a Good B.I. Team." In The Upside of Downsizing: Using Library Instruction to Cope. Ed. Cheryl LaGuardia. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 1995. 107-125.
Frank, Polly and Lee-Alison Levene. "Peer Coaching: Professional Growth and Development for Instruction Librarians." Reference Services Review 21, no. 3 (1993): 35-42. This article on peer coaching from Reference Services Review was cited in "LIRT'S Top Twenty for 1993." Library Instruction Round Table News 16, no.4 (1994): 16.
Frank, Polly. "Active Library Instruction for Art Educators: Addressing Everyday Concerns." Art Reference Services Quarterly 1, no. 2 (1993): 11-20.
Frank, Polly and Lee-Alison Levene. March 1992 at Bucknell University Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Lee-Allison Levene and I co-presented a one day workshop on the evaluation of bibliographic instruction and peer coaching.
Frank, Polly. "Polly Frank." Art Libraries Journal 17, no. 1 (1992): 8-9.
Frank, Polly and Lee-Alison Levene. "Evaluation: Our Programs, Ourselves." In Working with Faculty in the New Electronic Library: Proceedings of the Nineteenth National LOEX Library Instruction Conference. Ed. Linda Shirato. Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian Press, 1992. 81-90.
Frank, Polly, Lee-Alison Levene and Kathy Piehl. "Reference Collegiality: One Library's Experience." The Reference Librarian 33, (1991): 35-50.
Frank, Polly and Kathy Piehl. October 1990 M.S.U.S. Undergraduate Teaching Conference Minneapolis, MN sponsored by the Bush Foundation. Kathy Piehl and I presented, "Library Assignments for General Education Courses: Purpose, Preparation, and Implementation."
Frank, Polly. May 1990 Minnesota Library Association Academic Libraries Conference St. John's University I organized and moderated a panel on "Bibliographic Instruction Wellness".
Frank, Polly. "Information Literacy Through Interactive Instruction." In Coping with Information Literacy: Bibliographic Instruction for the Information Age. Proceedings of 17th National LOEX Library Instruction Conference. Ed. Mensching. Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian Press, 1989. 96-99.
Frank, Polly. May 1988 L.I.T.A. Library Information Technology Association Annual Conference Boston, Massachusetts. I presented a paper, "Students and Information Access: The Online Catalog Connection".
Frank, Polly. May 1988 L.I.T.A. Library Information Technology Association Annual Conference Boston, Massachusetts. I helped present a showcase, "MSUS/PALS - Utilizing a Shared, Integrated Online System in a Multi-Library Network".
Professional Committees:
Statewide
Implementation Advisory Group (Exlibris Statewide Library System migration) 2001-2003
MnPALS Access Task Force (formerly HTML Committee) 2002-2003, 2004- PALS Users Council 1997- 01
PALS ILL Users Subgroup on Directable Interlibrary Loan 2000
ACRL Division of MN Library Association Board Member 1990-1991Regional
Southcentral Minnesota Interlibrary Exchange Resource Sharing Task Force 2000Campus Committees
Faculty Research Committee 1997- 01
Appointment, Promotion, & Tenure Committee 1994
Faculty Improvement, Grant, & Sabbatical Committee 1992-94
Graduate Thesis Committees 1997-Library Committees
Library Coordinators 2001-2007
Personnel Committee 1991-95, 1996-2001, 2004- Chairperson 1995, 1998-2000
Serials Review Committee 1985-91, 1996-2003
Extended Campus Committee 1996-2002
Faculty Development Committee 1989-90, 1993-94, 1998-00, Chairperson 1990 ,2005-2007
Election Committee 1996-97, 2006-
Planning and Development Committee 1996
Budget Committe 2006-
