Director of Library & Research Services at Lindquist & Vennum PLLP
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Director of Library & Research Services at Lindquist & Vennum PLLP
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Over 30 years of experience as a Library & Information Services professional in various industries, particularly public accounting and legal.
Law Library management experience. Electronic product contract negotiation. Knowledge Management.
(Partnership; Law Practice industry)
November 2001 — Present (8 years 1 month)
Manage overall library & research operations for large Minneapolis law firm. Includes management of personnel, budget, information resources, technology, vendor contracts, and library services.
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)
March 1995 — August 2001 (6 years 6 months)
Founding member of the AskNetwork (Andersen Skilled Knowledge Network) Team, a firmwide resource of information professionals. As part of of the Electronic Products consulting group, developed and managed dynamic taxonomy for "Business Radar", a custom news application, on Andersen's intranet. Evaluated, juried and ranked external websites for an international web directory initiative on Andersen's intranet.
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)
March 1985 — December 1995 (10 years 10 months)
Directed the growth and transition of the Library Services department from a one-person clerical operation to a full-service business library. Provided sophisticated online research and computerized current awareness services to audit, tax and consulting personnel. Planned, prepared and monitored annual library budget. Planned physical arrangement of library and orchestrated two moves.
(Public Company; CDC; Computer Hardware industry)
1981 — 1985 (4 years )
Provided business/industry/marketing/technical researchy support for a large comptuer services company.
(Privately Held; Environmental Services industry)
1977 — 1981 (4 years )
Created a full-service technical library for a hydraulic engineering company. Managed all library operations as a one-person library.
BA; MLS , English; Masters in Library Science , 1971 — 1977
knowledge management, intranet development & design, sailing, anime
AALL American Association of Law Libraries, MALL Minnesota Association of Law Libraries, SLA Special Libraries Association, ILTA
Quality in Action award from the Minnesota Chapter of the Special Libraries Association, 1991