EDUCATION:

MA in Educational Technology with an emphasis in Training Design & Development from University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006

MLIS in Library and Information Science from Brigham Young University, 1991

BA in English from Brigham Young University, 1989

AWARDS:

Adjunct Faculty Excellence Award Candidate-LEC - 2001-2002

Library Employee of the Year - 2004-2005

PACE Distinguished Employee - Fall 2006

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

Utah Academic Library Consortium Reference/Information Literacy Committee Chair - 2000-2002

Utah Library Association Academic Section Vice Chair - 2003-2004

Utah Library Association Academic Section Chair - 2004-2005 

Internet Navigator Maintenance Team - 2000-current

Internet Navigator Maintenance Team Chair - 2005

Utah Library Association  Library Administration and Management Round Table Chair - 2005-2006
Utah Library Association Business Users Round Table Vice Chair - 2006-2007
Utah Library Association Business Users Round Table Chair - 2007-2008
Utah Academic Library Consortium Public Relations Committee Co-Chair - 2011-2012
Utah Library Association, Utah Libraries News, editor - 2005 - present

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS I AM ASSOCIATED WITH:

American Library Association

ALA's Reference and User Services Association

ALA's Library Instruction Round Table

Utah Library Association

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

Le Ber, J., Lombardo, N., Baker, L., Goebel-Brown, A., & Olsen, D. (2004, May). New technologies for instruction. Utah Library Association Annual Conference, Ogden, Utah.

Baker, L. & Lombardo, N. (2005). Open to the world: The Internet Navigator as an open source, open access model for distance education. Teaching with Technology Idea Exchange, Orem, Utah.

Stevens, L. & Baker, L. (2007, May). "Image-in that": Image and iconography resources online! Utah Library Association Annual Conference, Provo, Utah.

Alarco, C., Baker, L., & Wilson, B. (2008, May). Casting a broader net: Using podcasting for marketing your library services. Utah Library Association Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

ARTICLES:

Smith, A. & Baker, L. (2011, November). Getting a clue: Creating student detectives and dragon slayers in your library. Reference Services Review 39(4):  .