NITLE Summit

Special thanks to these community leaders, who planned the 2010 NITLE Summit.

Kevin Creamer is the Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology at the University of Richmond. The Center is a resource for faculty, students, and staff. Its mission is to advance teaching and learning at the University through the innovative use of technology. The Center supports more than 1,000 computers in classrooms and labs across campus, and provides direct support to faculty through liaison outreach and collaborative projects. Recent Center projects include a VDI pilot, a digital storytelling initiative involving almost 200 students and 15 faculty across the disciplines, and iPod projects with more than 100 iPod Touches and Classics used in learning, research, and design. Mr. Creamer serves on the Classroom Committee (COCIC), and the Program to Enhance Teaching Effectiveness Committee, which he coordinates. He is a member of the MISO Survey team, and the list owner of the Milton-L discussion list, which he founded in 1991.

Chip German is Vice President for Information Technology at Millersville University. Previously, he served as Vice President for Information Resources and Chief Information Officer at the University of Mary Washington, and as Director of Policy and Strategic Planning at the University of Virginia’s Department of Information Technology and Communication (with CIOs Polley McClure and Robert Reynolds). At U.Va., he also served as Chief of Staff to the President, Director of the University News Office and Director of University Publications. In each of those posts, he led major projects to bring new computer-based technologies into daily use for the first time. Mr. German holds a master’s degree in English language and literature and a bachelor’s degrees in English and biology, both from the University of Virginia.

Scott Hamlin is the Director of Technology for Research and Instruction at Wheaton College. He leads a group of academic technologists who work with faculty, staff, and students to create and sustain effective learning experiences, support the goals of the college curriculum, and increase information fluency through the use of technology. He has worked with faculty, students, and librarians at Wheaton to digitize and encode texts for class projects on early Spanish exploration of the “New World” and from Wheaton’s Archives and Special Collections. He has also trained faculty, staff, and students at and outside of Wheaton on web-based projects, social software, digital repositories using DSpace, and learning management systems (Blackboard and Moodle). Mr. Hamlin is a Frye Institute Fellow (2007) and NITLE Technology Fellow (2007). He holds master’s degrees in fine arts and theater history from the Yale School of Drama and University of California at Davis, respectively, and a bachelor’s degree in English and theater from St. Lawrence University.

Pam McQuesten is the Vice President for Information Resources and Chief Information Officer at Occidental College. She is responsible for the new Academic Commons, the Library, the Center for Digital Learning, and Research and Information Technology Services. Prior to arriving at Occidental in 2006, she was a Senior Director in the Chancellor’s Office at the California State University and provided leadership for strategic information and technology planning for the 23 campuses of the CSU. Dr. McQuesten has also served as Associate Vice President for Instruction and Information Technology at California State Polytechnic University. Over the past 30 years, she has held senior positions in information, technology, and marketing leadership in both higher education and private industry, including at the University of Texas at Austin, St. Edward’s University, the University of North Carolina, Apple Computer, and McGraw- Hill. Dr. McQuesten is a Frye Institute Fellow (2000) and has spoken, taught, and published on a variety of topics related to information, computing, communications, and technology. She holds a B.J., M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Texas-Austin, and an MBA from St. Mary’s College of California.

Joe Murphy is the Director for Information Resources at Kenyon College, where he heads up faculty support for library and computing issues. He previously served as a librarian and technology consultant at Kenyon, and as reference librarian for MERIC Services at the Catholic University of America. Mr. Murphy has been professionally involved with the American Library Association, Academic Library Association of Ohio, and the Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services (SIGUCCS) of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). He has also been active in the development of the Collaborative Liberal Arts Moodle Project (CLAMP). Mr. Murphy holds a master’s degree in library science and bachelor’s degree in English, both from the Catholic University of America.

Michael Spalti is the Head of Library Systems at Willamette University, where he leads the planning and development of digital library services and contributes to digital asset management initiatives within the library and across campus. His recent projects include leading a LibQUAL library assessment initiative, directing the planning and implementation of a DSpace repository service, guiding a Web site redesign process within the library, an NEH Digital Humanities Start-up Grant, and coordinating the convergence of library services into the campus IT infrastructure. He is co-author, with Mark Dahl and Kyle Banerjee of Digital Libraries: Integrating Content and Systems (Chandos Publishing). Mr. Spalti holds an MLIS degree from Syracuse University.