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Lori Purser

Georgetown,TX

Summary

Academic librarian for 14 years, including 9 years in administration and leadership in higher education. Focused on student success driven by high end user satisfaction and completion rates.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience

Work History

Dean, Library Services

Oveta Culp Hobby Memorial Library
09.2016 - Current
  • Company Overview: Central Texas College
  • Ensures library users needs are met all at campuses and sites, world wide, via numerous methods 365 days a year.
  • Serves as advocate for library, ensures library materials, resources, information literacy, and library instruction are relevant, inclusive and accessible.
  • Maintaining and updating the library’s policies and procedures that enable efficient library operation, library budget, ensuring staff professional development opportunities are utilized.
  • Supervising staff, annual performance reviews, address employee behavior.
  • Administering and maintaining library management system and other technologies, as needed to fulfill the library’s mission.
  • Maintaining data records, demonstrating compliance with current library-related best practices and any required reporting.
  • Promotion of library resources and services through outreach/marketing strategies and collegial engagement.
  • Create/implement/maintain service-oriented environment conducive to student success and working directly with academic departments and faculty.
  • Overall leadership of library staff in performing any professional or non-professional duty essential to the achievement of efficient library operations.
  • Develop and implement annual Institutional Effectiveness Planning and Assessment Plan.
  • Maintains admin oversight of Library Services on college website.
  • Serve on numerous college committees to ensure college wide success of library student and faculty support services.
  • Prepare and administer budget of $1.1 M for campus with an FTE of 6,012 students.
  • 2025 SACSCOC reaffirmation successful

Academic Librarian, Technical Services and Acquisitions Supervisor

Hobby Memorial Library
11.2013 - 08.2016
  • Company Overview: Central Texas College
  • Manage daily operations of Technical Services and staff; including hiring, training, scheduling, supervising staff, annual performance reviews, address employee misconduct.
  • Cataloging, physical processing, and collection management.
  • Conduct library staff meetings and training sessions.
  • Supervise collection development: evaluate collection, deselection process, obtain purchasing approval, and place orders.
  • Trial and implement new electronic databases.
  • Assist with maintenance of Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) to include statistical reports and quality control.
  • Responsible for Interlibrary Loan (ILL) program.
  • Supervise practicum students and interns and coordinate with their instructor.
  • Coordinate with CTC’s webmaster to ensure electronic databases are accessible via EZProxy.
  • Maintain content on library’s website.
  • Write and enforce library policies and procedures.
  • Collect and prepare annual Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Academic Library Trends and Statistics survey and annual library portion of Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) survey.
  • Establish and maintain necessary library statistics to ensure compliance with Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges standards (SACSCOC).
  • Assist Dean of Libraries to develop annual budget and preparing Institutional Effectiveness Plan.

Reference Librarian

Hobby Memorial Library
03.2011 - 11.2013
  • Company Overview: Central Texas College
  • Create and conduct inclusive in-person and virtual instruction seminars for students, faculty outreach, conduct reference interviews online, in person, on the phone, via e-mail and online chat, seminar programming, supervise library staff and student workers, create and write library’s newsletter, contribute to ongoing collection development and weeding process.
  • Proficient in the use of numerous online databases, Internet searching, study student learning styles, conduct New Student Orientation library seminars, conduct Faculty Pre-Service sessions.
  • Circulation Duties: reserves, checkout items, discharge items, phone, money handling, in-process patrons.
  • Developed and conducted informative workshops on various topics, improving student research skills and resource utilization.

Kinesiology Senior Office Assistant

The University of Texas at Arlington
01.2003 - 01.2008
  • Office Manager: Provide faculty and student assistance, undergraduate academic advising, set appointments, answer phones, typing, filing, maintain and enter employee payroll and faculty absences into computer system, process paperwork for new employees, train new employees, compiling agreement contracts for off-campus internship sites, use of University credit card/phone card, department deposits, order Kinesiology equipment and office supplies, order all textbooks for department, coordinate meetings and luncheons.

Librarian Internship

The University of Texas at Arlington
04.2005 - 08.2005
  • Assist students with database searches, assist faculty with special research, general computer help, computer and printer maintenance, conduct phone reference interviews, conduct online reference interviews, check out and discharge books, shelving, laptop rentals, assisted patrons in locating books and periodicals.

Certified Pharmacy Tech

HEB Pharmacy
06.1993 - 02.1997
  • Input prescription in computer system, count, fill and label prescriptions, file insurance, verify insurance, contact doctor offices, order all office supplies and prescription drugs for the pharmacy, invoices, inventory audits, update patient files, customer service, checked out customers, handled returns, phone communication with patients and doctors offices.
  • Coordinated verification and filling of more than 300 daily prescriptions in high-volume retail pharmacy environment.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - English, History, Secondary Education

University of Texas At Arlington
Arlington, TX
01.2001

Master of Science - Library and Information Science

University of North Texas
Denton, TX
01.2006

Skills

  • Academic administration knowledge
  • Accreditation compliance
  • Performance assessment
  • Learning outcome evaluation
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Effective communication
  • Student retention
  • Policy development
  • Budget management
  • Community outreach
  • Event planning

Memberships And Committees

  • American Library Association, 2006-01-01, present
  • Texas Library Association, 2006-01-01, present
  • Association of College & Research Libraries, 2011-01-01, present
  • Central Texas College Faculty Senate, 2011-01-01, 2016-01-01
  • Human Resources Grievance Committee, 2016-01-01, current
  • Strategic Plan Task Force Committee, 2018
  • Byways Journal of Arts and Literature Committee Chair, 2017-01-01, present
  • Central Texas College Nursing Department Committee, 2014-01-01, 2016-01-01
  • SACSCOC 5th Year Interim Report Committee, 2019-01-01, 2020-01-01
  • Eagle Aid Emergency Fund Committee, 2020-01-01, current
  • Central Texas College Curriculum Review Committee, 2016-01-01, present
  • Institutional Action Committee, 2017-01-01, present
  • Chancellor’s Relevancy Task Force (OER and CBE subgroups), 2018
  • Employee Pension Plan Trustee Committee, 2021-01-01, present
  • EagleBot Chat Committee (Ivy AI), 2022
  • Strategic Plan Task Force Committee, 2023
  • Prison Education Program Committee, 2023
  • SACSCOC Team Lead Reaffirmation Committee, 2023-01-01, 2024-01-01
  • Student Onboarding Experience Review Committee, 2024-01-01, current
  • Council of Deans, 2025

Timeline

Dean, Library Services

Oveta Culp Hobby Memorial Library
09.2016 - Current

Academic Librarian, Technical Services and Acquisitions Supervisor

Hobby Memorial Library
11.2013 - 08.2016

Reference Librarian

Hobby Memorial Library
03.2011 - 11.2013

Librarian Internship

The University of Texas at Arlington
04.2005 - 08.2005

Kinesiology Senior Office Assistant

The University of Texas at Arlington
01.2003 - 01.2008

Certified Pharmacy Tech

HEB Pharmacy
06.1993 - 02.1997

Bachelor of Arts - English, History, Secondary Education

University of Texas At Arlington

Master of Science - Library and Information Science

University of North Texas

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