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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. Educational Policy and Administration

Mankato State University
Thesis topic: Development of a Library Circulation System.
MBA - Graduate coursework in Library Science

Mankato State University
B.S. Interdisciplinary Computer Science and Business Administration.

Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain,
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: University Planning Committee (1997-2000).
• Library -- Minnesota State University, Mankato: University Budget Committee (1997-2000).
• Minnesota State University, Mankato: Chair of the University's Diversity Task Force. (2003-2004).
• Minnesota State University, Mankato: 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, (2006-2010).
• ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2003 & 2008.
• EDUCAUSE Institute Leadership Program, 2004.
• Library Information and Technology Association (LITA), 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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