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Joan Roca, Ph. D.

Dean of Library Services
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Mankato, MN 56002-8419

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E-mail: roca@mnsu.edu
Home Page: http://lib.mnsu.edu/about/staff/roca
Voice: (507) 389-5953 -- FAX: (507) 389-5155


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:

Memberships and Affiliations:

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