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Joan Roca, Ph. D.
Dean of Library Services
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Mankato, MN 56002-8419 |
w e l c o m e !
b e n v i n g u t s !
b i e n v e n i d o s!
A native Catalan,
born near Barcelona, in Catalonia
(North-East Spain),
I serve as Dean of Library Services at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
MSU students, faculty and staff: please feel free to contact me by email: roca@mnsu.edu
or phone! (389-5953)
PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION:
Education:
University of Minnesota
Dissertation Abstract: "Road
Signs in Infoscape: A Study of the Links Among Academic Library Gophers"
Advisor: Dr.
William Ammentorp, Professor and Department Chair.
Ph.D.,1995, Educational
Policy and Administration
Mankato State University
Thesis topic: Development of a Library Circulation System.
M.B.A., 1984. Graduate coursework in Library Science
Mankato State University
B.S.,1982. Interdisciplinary Computer Science and Business Administration.
Universitat
de Barcelona
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 1974
Teaching Licensure,Escuela Universitaria
Professional Experience:
- 6/2002 to present: Dean of Library Services, Memorial
Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
- 8/2000 to 2/2002: Interim Dean of Library Services, Memorial
Library, Minnesota State University,
Mankato
- 7/95 to 8/2000: Coordinator of Library Systems and Systems
Librarian (Tenured, Professor), Memorial
Library, Minnesota State University,
Mankato
- 9/94 - 6/95: Administrative Fellow and Doctoral
Candidate at the University of Minnesota,
Dept. of Educational Policy and Administration
- 1993-1994: Library Systems Specialist -- Automation Librarian with MSUS/PALS (Minnesota State
University System / Project for Automated Library Systems)
- 1988-1993: Microcomputer Library Systems Specialist with MSUS/PALS (Minnesota State University
System / Project for Automated Library Systems)
- 1986-1988: EDP Programmer/Analyst with MSUS/PALS (Minnesota State University
System / Project for Automated Library Systems.
- 1982-1986: Coordinator for Automated Library Systems with MSUS/PALS (Minnesota State University
System / Project for Automated Library Systems)
Memberships and Affiliations:
- Minnesota State University, Mankato:
Member of the campuswide Learning and Technology
Roundtable (1997-present). Co-chair, 2003-
- Minnesota State University, Mankato:
Member of the Extended LearningSub-Meet and Confer committee (2006-).
- Minnesota State University, Mankato:
Cochair, Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Committee (2004-2006).
- Library -- Minnesota State University,
Mankato: Member of the Planning Committee (1997-2000).
- Library -- Minnesota State University,
Mankato: Member of the Budget Committee (1997-2000).
- Minnesota State University, Mankato:
Chair of the University's Diversity
Task Force. (2003-2004).
- Minnesota State University, Mankato:
Member of the campuswide Distance
Learning Task Force (2003-2004).
- American Library Association (ALA). Member,
1988 to present.
- Association of College and Research
Libraries (ACRL). Member, 1995 to present.
ACRL Budget & Finance Committee, member (2006-2010).
- ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute, Harvard
Graduate School of Education. Participant, 2003 & 2008.
- EDUCAUSE Institute
Leadership Program. Participant, 2004.
- Library Information and Technology
Association (LITA). Member, 1988 to 1995.
- MINITEX
Policy Advisory Council. Terms 2001-2003, 2003-2006, 2006-2010. Representative
for the Minnesota state universities (MnSCU four-year institutions).
- Minnesota Library Association
(MLA). Member, 1989 to present, Web Team Chair, and Member of the Conference
Planning Committee. Annual Conference Program Committee member (1997). Webmaster
for the organization (1997-2000)
- Academic and Research Libraries Division (ARLD) - a Division of MLA. Member,
1989 to present. Past Chair of ARLD and member of the Minnesota
Library Association (MLA) Board during 1997.
- MnLINK
ILS (Integrated Library System) Operations Committee. 2001-2006. Chair,
2004-2005. Appointed to represent the seven Minnesota state universities (MnSCU
four-year institutions).
- MnLINK
Policy Advisory Council. 2001-2006. Appointed by MnLINK ILS Operations
Committee to represent MnSCU libraries.
- MnLINK Gateway Interface Group. Member,
1998-1999. Appointed to design the user interface to the MnLINK Gateway (to
be used by all Minnesota libraries).
- MNSCU/PALS USERS GROUP. 1995
to present. Member of the Systems Librarians User Group (statewide representation).
Elected convener, 1996-1999.
- MNSCU/PALS USERS COUNCIL. 1995
to 1999. Elected to represent the Systems Librarians User Group at the Council
(statewide representation).
- North American Catalan Society
(NACS). 1989 to 1995..
- OCLC Access Services Advisory
Committee. Term 1998-1999. Representative for the MINITEX
Regional Network to the OCLC Access Services Advisory Committee.
- OCLC Members Council.
Terms 1999-2002 and 2002-2005. Elected member representing the regional libraries
of the MINITEX Library Network
(for Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota).
Publications:
- Lawrence, Margaret; Roca, Joan; and Sharp, Wayne (2009). LibITS
(Library+ITS): Cooperative Projects Lead to Successes. Poster session
at EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago, March 23-25, 2009.
- Roca, Joan,(2008). Evaluación
de Bibliotecas y acreditación universitaria en EE.UU. Ponencia
en las I Jornadas Universitarias de Calidad y Bibliotecas, Huesca, Junio,
2008. (Transl.: Library Evaluation and University Accreditation).
- Larsson, Donald, Roca, Joan, and Olson, Scott, (2007). Self-Study as Self-Knowledge:
Integrating Shared Governance and Planning Structures in the Self-Study Process.
Proceedings of the 2007 Annual Meeting of The Higher Learning Commission.
Chicago, April 20-24, 2007. A Collection of Papers of Self-Study and Institutional
Improvement, 2007 (4) 44-47.
- Roca, J.,(2006). La
transformació dels sistemes integrats de gestió bibliotecària.
Item, 43, 91-107.
- Kelly, J., Roca, J., and Thrasher, R. (2005), Currents
and convergence: The ACRL 12th National Conference wrap-up. College &
Research Libraries News, 66 (6). June 2005.
- Panelist (2004), Jornades
Catalanes d'Informació i Documentació 9 (Ninth Catalan Conference
on Information and Documentation) Round Table: "La gestió al 2014,
què hem d'aprendre" (Knowledge management in 2014: What do we
need to learn?"). Barcelona, Spain, 25 November.
- Roca, J., and Nord, R. (2001). Usability Study of the MnLINK Gateway. OCLC
Systems & Services, 17 (1), 26-33.
- Roca, J., (1997). Escollint els nostres futurs, treballant en el nostre
present: (perspectiva des d'una biblioteca nord-americana). Item,
20, 79-86.
- Ammentorp, B., Morgan, T., Roca, J., (1996). Perspectives
on the Learning Process. Department
of Educational Policy and Administration, University
of Minnesota. URL: http://lib.mnsu.edu/about/staff/roca/articles/lpros.html
- Roca, J., Ammentorp, B., Morgan, T. (1995). The Global Electronic Community:
Modeling the Sociology of Self-Organization. Systems Dynamics '95: Proceedings
of the 1995 International System Dynamics Conference. Tokyo, Japan, July 30
through August 4, 1995. Volume II, 806-812.
- Roca, J. (1994). Scholarship in the electronic community. Proceedings
of the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) annual conference.
Philadelphia, October 29, 1994.
- Barnett, M. S., Bruce, R. C., Carrison, D. K., DeMars, J., Flaherty, P.,
Richter, L. L., Roca, J., & Webb, D. R. (1994). MSUS/PALS: Building a
regional information infrastructure. Library Hi Tech, 12 (1), 7-34.
- Richter, L & Roca, J. (1994). An X12 implementation in serials: MSUS/PALS
and Faxon. Serials Review, 20 (1), 13-24.
- Roca, J. (December 1993-January 1994). Recorriendo Internet. Information
World en Español, 20, 12-14.
- Roca, J. (1992). MacPALS: A Macintosh Front-end to the PALS Library
System. Cupertino, CA. Apple Library Users Group Newsletter. October
1992.
- Roca, J. (1991). MacPALS. A HyperCard front-end to the PALS library
system. Mankato, MN. Software program developed under a grant from Apple
Computer, Inc.
- Roca, J. (1984). Development of the Manual for the Minnesota State University
Automated Library Circulation Control System. Mankato, MN: Research Paper
for Master Thesis at Mankato State University
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