Library - Jessica J. Schomberg

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Responsibilities:

Primary responsibility: Catalog special formats items including audio and video recordings, curriculum materials, kits, printed music, cartographic materials, theses and electronic resources.
Serve on Library’s College of Business team, helping to provide reference, bibliographic instruction, and collection development services to faculty and students in that college.

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Education:

Minnesota State University, Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota
MA (English: Teaching English as a Second Language)

University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
MLIS (Library & Information Science)

University of Minnesota, Morris
Morris, Minnesota
  BA (French)

EMPLOYMENT:

• Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato MN
  Cataloging Librarian, 2003-
• Hunterdon County Library, Flemington NJ
  Cataloger, 2001-2003
• Baker & Taylor, Bridgewater NJ
  Cataloging Librarian/System Administrator, 2001-2003
  Book Cataloging Librarian 2000-2001

Scholarly Activities

• Bergman, B., Peters, V. and Schomberg, J. (2007). Video collecting for the sometimes media librarian. College & Undergraduate Libraries.
• Drescher, N. and Schomberg, J. (2007). Increasing critical thinking among future ESL teachers. Presented at the Fifth International Conference on Language Teacher Education, Minneapolis, Minn.
• Weber, L. and Schomberg, J. (2006) Access plus security: Compact disc classification and packaging at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Music Reference Services Quarterly 9(2), 49-54.
  
• Weber, L. and Schomberg, J. (24 Feb. 2006 and 28 Apr. 2006) “Access plus security: Compact disc classification and packaging at Minnesota State University, Mankato.” Presented at the Music Library Association national conference (Memphis, Tenn.) and at the Minnesota Library Association’s Association of Research Libraries Division Day (Chaska, Minn.).
• Schomberg, J. and Grace, M. (2005) Expanding a collection to reflect diverse user populations. Collection Building, 24(4), 124-126.
• Schomberg, J. and Ahmed, L. (22 Sept. 2005) “Somali students and the library.” Presented at the Minnesota Library Association conference (Minneapolis, MN).
• Review documentaries for Educational Media Reviews Online (2004- )

Professional Memberships:

• American Library Association
  
• Association for Library and Technical Services
• American Society for Information Science & Technology
  
• Online Audiovisual Catalogers
• Western Association of Map Libraries

MnPals: Aleph Validation Work Group (2005-2007)

MSU Library Committees:

• ADA/Diversity Committee
• Graduate Faculty Status Committe, chair
  
• Personnel Committee

MSU FA Committees

Undergraduate Curriculum and Policy Committee

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