RESPONSIBILITIES:
I serve as library liaison to these departments for collection development
PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
Education:
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota
MA degree: English/Technical WritingUniversity of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, Missouri
ALA-accredited MA degree: Library and Information ScienceMinnesota State University, Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota
BS degree: English
Experience:
Electronic Resources Librarian
Minnesota State University, Mankato Memorial Library
Mankato, Minnesota
2000 - currentActing Systems Coordinator
Minnesota State University, Mankato Memorial Library
Mankato, Minnesota
2000-2002 and 2003-2004Reference/Instruction Librarian
Minnesota State University, Mankato Memorial Library
Mankato, Minnesota
1998 - 2000Graduate Assistant
Minnesota State University, Mankato Memorial Library
Mankato, Minnesota
1996 - 1998Electronic Resources Assistant
University of Missouri-Columbia Ellis Library
Columbia, Missouri
1995 - 1996
Publications & Presentations:
Holmberg, Melissa and Mark McCullough. "Anti-Plagiarism Tools: Scirus v. Google." IATUL Proceedings . [Online] (2005). Available: http://www.iatul.org/conference/proceedings/vol15/PAPERS/scirus61.pdf.
"Student Plagiarism and You: Prevalence, Implications and Solutions." Accepted co-presentation with Mark McCullough ( Minnesota State University, Mankato) for the International Association of Technological University Libraries Conference in Quebec City on May 31, 2005.
McCullough, Mark and Melissa Holmberg. "Using the Google Search Engine to Detect Word-for-word Plagiarism in Master's Theses: A Preliminary Study." College Student Journal. 39(3): 435-441.
“E-journal Management and Access Methods.” Rebecca Schwartzkopf, recorder, of NASIG co-presentation. Serials Librarian. Simultaneously published in The Serials Librarian 48(3/4): 315-319 and Growth, Creativity, and Collaboration: Great Visions on a Great Lake, 2005.
"Adventures-R-Us: Shooting the Rapids and Emerging as Electronic Resources Librarians." Accepted peer-reviewed co-presentation with Barb Bergman ( Minnesota State University, Mankato) for the Association of College and Research Libraries Conference in Minneapolis on April 8th, 2005.
" E-journal Management and Access Methods ." Accepted co-presentation with Bobby Bothmann ( Minnesota State University, Mankato) for the NASIG Conference at Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Friday, June 18 th, 2004.
"Electronic Journals and Aggregated Databases: New Roles for Public Service Librarians." Pamela Cipkowski, recorder, of NASIG co-presentation. Simultaneously published in The Serials Librarian 44(3/4): 317-323 and Transforming Serials: The Revolution Continues, 2003.
"Usage Statistics: Interesting Changes and Challenges." Brick and Click Libraries Symposium Conference Proceedings. October, 2002.
"Usage Statistics: Interesting Changes and Challenges ." Accepted presentation for the Brick and Click Libraries conference in Maryville, MO on Friday, October 18 th, 2002.
"Electronic Journals: Stop the Madness." Invited panel presentation for the Minnesota Library Association conference in St. Paul, MN on Wednesday, September 25 th, 2002. Available: http://lib.mnsu.edu/about/staff/holmberg/nasig02/fullscreen.htm.
"Educational Resources Through Effective Web Searches." Invited presentation for the Rural Integration of Technology Education Conference at Minnesota State University, Mankato on Monday, September 23 rd, 2002. Available: http://lib.mnsu.edu/about/staff/holmberg/rite02.html.
"Electronic Journals and Aggregated Databases: New Roles for Public Service Librarians." Accepted co-presentation with Jeanie Welch ( University of North Carolina at Charlotte) for the NASIG Conference at Williamsburg, Virginia on Saturday, June 22 nd, 2002.
JSTOR Mini-grant co-recipient. 2001-2.
"Educational Resources Through Effective Web Searches." Invited co-presentation with Tim Kochery ( Minnesota State University, Mankato) for the Rural Integration of Technology Education Conference at Minnesota State University, Mankato on Friday, September 14 th, 2001.
"Librarians, IMS Platforms, and Electronic Resources: A Partnership for Teaching Faculty. " Accepted presentation for the ITeach Conference at Minneapolis Community and Technical College on April 20 th, 2001.
Database review of "Research Index." Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship [On-line] (Winter 2001). Available: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/01-winter/databases.html.
"Using Electronic Resources for Teaching and Research in SBS." Invited presentation for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences "College Conversations" at Minnesota State University, Mankato on November 1 st, 2000.
"Using Publishers’ Web Sites for Reference Collection Development." Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship [On-line] (Winter 2000). Available: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/00-winter/article3.html.
Holmberg, Melissa and Mark McCullough. "Student Plagiarism and You: Prevalence, Implications and Solutions." Accepted presentation for the International Association of Technological University Libraries in Quebec City on May 31st, 2005.
Holmberg, Melissa and Mark McCullough. "Anti-Plagiarism Tools: Scirus v. Google." IATUL Proceedings. (in press).
McCullough, Mark and Melissa Holmberg. "Using the Google Search Engine to Detect Word-for-word Plagiarism in Master's Theses: A Preliminary Study." College Student Journal. (in press).
"Adventures-R-Us: Shooting the Rapids and Emerging as Electronic Resources Librarians." Accepted peer-reviewed co-presentation with Barb Bergman (Minnesota State University, Mankato) for the Association of College and Research Libraries Conference in Minneapolis on April 8th, 2005.
"Usage Statistics: Interesting Changes and Challenges." Brick and Click Libraries Symposium Conference Proceedings. October, 2002.
"Usage Statistics: Interesting Changes and Challenges." Accepted presentation for the Brick and Click Libraries Symposium in Maryville, MO on October 18th, 2002.
"Electronic Journals: Stop the Madness--Different Approaches to Managing E-Journals." Invited panel presenation for the Minnesota Library Association (MLA) conference in St. Paul, MN on September 25, 2002
"Electronic Journals and Aggregated Databases: New Roles for Public Service Librarians." Accepted co-presentation with Jeanie Welch (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) for the NASIG Conference at Williamsburg, Virginia on Saturday, June 22nd, 2002.
"Educational Resources Through Effective Web Searches." Invited presentation for the Rural Integration of Technology Education Conference at Minnesota State University, Mankato on Friday, September 23rd, 2002.
"Librarians, IMS Platforms, and Electronic Resources: A Partnership for Teaching Faculty." Accepted presentation for the ITeach Conference at Minneapolis Community and Technical College on April 20th, 2001.
Database review of "Research Index." Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship [On-line] (Winter 2001). Available: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/01-winter/databases.html.
"Educational Resources Through Effective Web Searches." Invited co-presentation with Tim Kochery (Minnesota State University, Mankato) for the Rural Integration of Technology Education Conference at Minnesota State University, Mankato on Friday, September 14th, 2001.
"Using Electronic Resources for Teaching and Research in SBS." Invited presentation for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences "College Conversations" at Minnesota State University, Mankato on November 1st, 2000.
"Using Publishers' Web Sites for Reference Collection Development." Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship [On-line] (Winter 2000). Available: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/00-winter/article3.html.
"Searching the Internet." Presentations for Instructional Technology's faculty workshops at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
"Evaluating Web Sites." Presentation for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences "College Conversations" at Minnesota State University, Mankato on September 22, 1999.
Professional Committees:
OTHER INTERESTS / WEB SITES
I have created web sites for various library instruction sessions. These sites include:
