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Head of Monographic Acquisitions and Copy
Cataloging Karen M. Ramsay has been at the University of Rhode Island since 1970, first as an undergraduate (B.A. Secondary Education, 1974), then as a graduate student (M.L.S., 1977) and employee (1974, Film Librarian). She came to the Library in 1983 and joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in January 2001 as an acquisitions librarian and is now head of the newly formed Monographic Acquisitions/Copy Cataloging Unit (MACC). As the head of the MACC Unit, Karen oversees all new monographic purchases for the University Library collections, planning and monitoring budget allocations, receipts, processing, and ultimately access to these materials. There were over 10,000 volumes added during the 2004-2005 fiscal year with an annual monographic budget of over $300,000. The MACC Unit is also responsible for database maintenance as well as inventory control of main library’s circulating stacks. Her professional duties also include serving as subject selector and Library liaison to the Department of Kinesiology and the Physical Therapy Program. Professor Ramsay has been an Adjunct Faculty member of the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies (GSLIS) since 1994. She has taught Organization of Information (LSC 505) and currently teaches the Technical Services course (LSC 506) each spring. She has also been involved in the joint GSLIS/Rhode Island Library Association (RILA) Mentor program. Each semester she conducts Library tours and orientation session for new GSLIS students with Associate Professor Mary MacDonald. Karen also represents the University on various HELIN Consortium committees concerned with acquisitions and the online catalog. These committees set policies, standards and guidelines for the HELIN member institutions. She is also a member of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association where she serves as a member of the Acquisitions Section Publications Committee. At a more local level, Karen is a long time member of ACRL/New England and RILA where she has served on the membership committee for several years. On campus, she has served on numerous committees and is currently in her second term on the Faculty Senate Executive Committee. Her scholarship and professional activities have produced several articles and a book chapter in the newly published Innovative redesign and reorganization of library technical services. She has made presentations at national conferences, including ACRL and the Charleston Conference. mv
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