Betsy Kruger, Associate Professor of Library Administration

Head, Digital Content Creation; Head, Oak Street Library Facility

Room 415A Main Library

University of Illinois

1408 West Gregory Drive

Urbana, IL 61801

(217) 244-2062

betsyk@illinois.edu

Coordinator of Digital Content Creation and Head, Central Circulation, Bookstacks, and Oak Street
Coordinator, Central Public Services Division and Head, Central Circulation, Bookstacks, and Oak Street
Acting Head, Central Circulation and Bookstacks
Assistant Acquisitions Librarian and Binding Librarian
Assistant Acquisitions Librarian
Writer and Editor, Department of Health Education

Gender and information technology; status of women in librarianship; access to information; project management.

"Featured Collection: Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign." D-Lib Magazine, Volume 14, Issue 1/2 (January/February 2008).
"Beyond the Blueprints: Enhancing Access to Materials in Remote Storage." Journal of Access Services, Volume 1, Issue 3 (2003).
"The Women, Information, Technology, and Scholarship (WITS) Colloquium at UIUC: Feminist Model for Education and Activism on Campus." Feminist Collections, 17:2 (1996), pp. 38-39. Co-authored with Jo Kibbee.

General Editor (with Catherine Larson, University of Arizona Library), 2006. On Account of Sex: An Annotated Bibliography on the Status of Women in Librarianship, 1998-2002, Scarecrow Press.
General Editor (with Catherine Larson, University of Arizona Library), 2000. On Account of Sex: An Annotated BIbliography on the Status of Women in Librarianship, 1993-1997. Scarecrow Press.

Michael Gorman editor, 1990. "Serialism and Acquisitions." in Technical Services Today and Tomorrow, Libraries Unlimited, pp.38-49.
Karen Schmidt editor, 1990. "Basic Acquisitions Accounting." in The Business of Acquisitions, ALA, pp.261-285.

Betsy Kruger (with Stephanie Atkins), 2005. Large Project Management in Academic Libraries. Association for Research Libraries SPEC Kit. Washington D.C.: ARL, 161 pp.

Large Scale Digitization Working Group, Chair November 2005 - present
Large Scale Digitization Collections Advisory Subcommittee of the Collection Development Committee, Chair, October 2006 - present
Content Access Policy and Technology Group (CAPT) - January 2006 - present
Digital Collections Staff Instruction Subcommittee - 2007 - present
Collection Development Committee, 2007 - present
Search Committee Member, Assistant Director, Office of LGBT Concerns, 2005 - present
Chancellor's Standing Advisory Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues, Domestic Partner Benefits Subcommittee, 2004 - present
CARLI Digital Collections User Group, Member, 2007-2009; Interface Subcommittee, 2007- ; Standards Subcommittee, 2007 -
American Library Association (ALA), Member, 1985 - present
CIC Google Project Managers Group, 2007 -
Internet Archive Advisory Board, Member, 2006 -
Open Content Alliance Director Search Committee, 2007 -
Reference and User Services Association, Member, 2000 - present
RUSA Rethinking Resource Sharing Committee, Member, 2006 -
Big Heads Working Group on Catalog Record Enhancement, Member, UIUC Representative, 2004 - present
LAMA Storage Discussion Group, Member, 2001 - present