ABOUT PAUL HOFFMAN

Paul Hoffman, Bowker’s Educational Liaison, has been an accredited librarian since 1989 when he graduated from the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin Madison. During the past year, Paul has become an indispensable part of the Bowker team, first acting as an on-site training specialist and now as Bowker’s dedicated educational liaison to the library school community. Extremely involved in the Nebraska library network, Paul brings his experience, wit, and enthusiasm to library classrooms all over the country.

What follows is Paul Hoffman's vitae ...

PAUL S. HOFFMAN
7121 South 31st Place
Lincoln, NE  68516
888.542.0282 (toll-phone/fax)
402.429.2223 (cell)
paul.hoffman@bowker.com

EXPERIENCE:

R.R. Bowker - New Providence, New Jersey
Training & Information Specialist/Bowker Educational Liaison, January 2005 - Present

Responsibilities include arranging and conducting on-site training and support for multi-type libraries and other institutional customers of Bowker's Web- and CD-based services; integrating Bowker products into customers' workflow in order to increasing institutional efficiency; increasing customer satisfaction with and skill using Bowker products; supporting current and subsequent sales activities of regional sales representatives; providing feedback and suggestions to in-house staff to aid in developing product enhancements; assist with testing of new databases and product-specific features and functionality; work collaboratively to improve/enhance training materials and other support documentation; serve as Educational Liaison between Bowker and institutions participating in the Bowler Library School Initiative; represent Bowker and provide presentations at library- and publishing-related trade shows.

Dynix - Provo, Utah
Library Systems Engineer, January 2003 - July 2004

Responsibilities included providing product reference to in-house and library clients; sales support through the demonstration of products and services in a variety of venues; participating in and helping sales staff prepare for major presentations; serving as a product liaison between the company and several third-party vendors; writing demonstration and training scripts; representing the company at trade shows; writing white papers; responding to RFPs; providing customer input back to management; customer consultation and training; database maintenance; and article writing.

University of Nebraska Lincoln/University Libraries Lincoln, Nebraska
Assistant Professor, Central Reference Services Department, August 1997 - December 2002

Responsibilities included serving as professor of record for Library 110: Introduction to Library Research course and the LI110 component of the University's NU Start program; providing service at Reference Desk; serving as a permanent member on the Library Instruction Program Group (LIPG); working collaboratively other groups in assessing learning outcomes, as well as participating in other departmental and library working groups and committees; participating in collection development activities for and serving as a faculty liaison to Teacher’s College; coordinating public training efforts in the Library, supervising of office/service staff person; acting as liaison to University Foundations Course instructors and administrators; co coordinating use of the Electronic Scholarship Center; writing course-related materials and providing technology-related presentations.

University of Nebraska Medical Center/McGoogan Library of Medicine Omaha, Nebraska
Assistant Professor, Network Coordinator, January 1996 - June 1997

Network Coordinator for the Midcontinental Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM-MR), a consortium of medical libraries covering a six state area.

Responsibilities included providing instruction and support for DOCLINE and Loansome Doc programs; coordinating the regional SERHOLD program; coordinating and developing regional resource sharing programs; supporting network members in Internet implementation and usage; providing Internet training; assisting in development of regional Interlibrary Loan policies, serving on the Regional Advisory Committee's Interlibrary Loan Subcommittee; supporting Network members' use of technology and telecommunications; providing reference services; developing and maintaining Regional Medical Library Web site; supervising support staff; and writing articles for regional newsletter. Additionally, I designed, implemented, and maintained

Nebraska Library Commission Lincoln, Nebraska
NEBASE Member Services Coordinator, May 1989 October 1995

Network Coordinator for NEBASE Nebraska's Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) consortium

Responsibilities included providing training, technical, and administrative support for member institutions; designing and conducting state wide workshops and presentations for computer based products and services; participating in interdepartmental and network planning committees; serving as "first contact" for membership questions and technical support; writing articles for regional newsletter; providing demonstrations; participating in OCLC working groups; and supervising department's support staff person.

EDUCATION:

Master of Arts Library Science, April 1989
     School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Vocational Certifications in Media Production, Commercial Art & Graphic Design, September 1983
     Minneapolis Technical Institute

Bachelor of Arts Speech Communications, December 1978
     University of Minnesota - Minneapolis

PUBLICATIONS:

Published Articles

Hoffman, P.S. (2002). Library 110: The Development and Evolution of a University-Based Online Library Instruction Course. Reference Services Review, 30 (3) Peer reviewed

Hoffman, P. & Martin, C. (2002) Do We Catalog or Not? How Research Libraries Provide Bibliographic Access to Electronic Journals in Aggregated Databases. Serials Librarian, 41 (3) Peer reviewed

Cassner, M. & Hoffman, P.S. (2001). Course-integrated library instruction for agricultural students. Journal of Agricultural and Food Education, 4 (2) Peer reviewed

Bicknell-Holmes, T. & Hoffman, P. S. (2000). Elicit, engage, experience explore: discovery learning in library instruction. Reference Services Review, 28 (4), 313-322. Peer reviewed

Hoffman, P. S. (1998, Fall). Library 110 Course Overview. The LINK, 14:1, 2

Hoffman P. S. (1995). EJO and Current Contents: An overview of the products and their implications. Nebraska Library Association Quarterly, 26 (2), 27-31.

Hoffman, P. S. (1992). Technology and the library: A trainer's perspective of the process, the challenge, and the strategies. D. Pearson (Ed.), Proceedings from the 1992 Spring Meeting of the Nebraska Library Association - College & University Section, and Special & Institutional Section (pp. 40-49)

Editing

Hoffman, P.S. (In press) Effective Researching. Part 1: At The Library. Research: Process and Presentation. Chapter for in-house textbook for Nebraska Center for Continuing Education's Independent Study High School.

PRESENTATIONS:

Collaboration: The Tie That Binds In Creating an Online, Library Instruction Course

Invited Presentation
Presented at the LOEX of the West 2002 conference "Expanded Conversations: Collaborating for Student Learning," Eugene, June 28, 2002

Web-Based Instruction: Teaching Library Research in Virtual Space

Presentation given as part of the Teaching and Learning Center's "First Tuesday" program, UNL, October 2000

Elicit, Engage, Experience, Explore: Applying Discovering Learning to Library Instruction

Invited Presentation
Co-Presented at NLA/MPLA/NEMA Tri-Conference, Omaha, October 2000

Elicit, Engage, Experience, Explore: Discovery Learning in Library Instruction

Invited Presentation
Co-Presented at LOEX of the West 2000 conference "Creativity with the Art of Instruction", Bozeman, June 2000

Designing a Multi-Media Learning Environment

Invited Presentation
Co-Presented at Mountain Plains Library Association Annual Meeting, Big Sky, June 1999
Going Online with Library Skills Instruction: A Multimedia Demonstration Invited Presentation
Co-Presented at Mountain Plains Library Association Annual Meeting, Big Sky, June 1999

Designing a Multi-Media Learning Environment

Co-Presenter at University of Nebraska-Omaha. July 1999

An Introduction to HTML

Presented to Omaha Chapter of Special Libraries Association, May 1997

A Look at the new DOCLINE System Enhancements.

Presented to the Kansas Biomedical Library Association, April 1997

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION:

Professional Memberships

Nebraska Library Association
     College and University Section
     Information Technology and Access Roundtable
     Intellectual Freedom Committee

Mountain Plains Library Association
     MPLA State Representative for Nebraska