Library - Joan Roca

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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)

Librarians at Memorial Library can provide:

• Appointments for individual assistance
  • orientation to the library's resources
  • tours of the library
  • database searching instruction
  • internet instruction
  • research consultation
• Technical assistance for class presentations
• Collaboration on creating Library assignments for classes
• Handouts/Guides on information resources
• Many other resources to support academic needs

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.
• EDUCAUSE Institute Leadership Program. Participant, 2004.
• Library Information and Technology Association (LITA). Member, 1988 to present.
• MINITEX Policy Advisory Council. Terms 2001-2003, 2003-2006, 2006-2008. 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:

• 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

OTHER INTERESTS AND FAVORITE BOOKMARKS

• My favorite Search Engines are
  • Google
  • Google Scholar
  • AllTheWeb
  • Del.icio.us

• A big favorite to search older web pages is the Internet Archive
  
• I use Vilaweb Avui, and La Vanguardia to get updates on my native Catalunya
  
• I love motorcycling and ride a 2006 HD Electra Glide Classic

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