Jim Kapoun, Library Director

Who I am...

• I cannot image a life on this earth without music. Of the arts music is the highest honor. Among the greatest is JS Bach who enlightens my soul.
• To work the soil is a privilege that restores balance to one's life. A steward of the earth gives us sustenance and beauty.
• No better obligation is to seek wisdom. Where better than to seek God, for there is wisdom.
• Life provides responsibility and challenge. My family is my responsibility, my challenge and by far my greatest reward and joy.

RESPONSIBILITES

• Administer the library and its service.
• Represent the library and Waldorf College for faculty, staff, students, alumni, and the greater community
• Prepare annual reports and other statistical documentation on the library
• Develop program goals and objectives in consultation with the library staff
• Prepare the libarry budget
• Prepare and update the library procedures and policies
• Examine curricular changes university wide that may affect the library operating program
• Promote all library services campus wide
• Teach library instruction to the Waldorf community
• Coordinate and assist in the preparation of and revision of most library guides, both print and web versions
• Supervise library faculty and staff
• Lead and work with Waldorf faculty to enhance the program for users at all levels when resources are available. Includes promotion of active-learning techniques and instructor collaboration
• Provide reference service to students, faculty, and outside users several hours a week
• Stay current with the library's reference collection, including traditional and electronic sources

• University of Wisconsin-Madison
  Madison, Wisconsin
  M.L.S.

• Luther Seminary
  St. Paul, Minnesota
  MDiv

• Gustavus Adolphus College
  St. Peter, Minnesota
  B.A.
  

Library Director (Associate Professor)
Luise V. Hanson Library
Waldorf College, Forest City, Iowa
2004-

Instruction Coordinator (Assistant Professor)
Memorial Library
Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota
2001-2004

Librarian (Associate Professor)
Southwest State University Library
Southwest State University, Marshall, Minnesota
1995-2001 Tenured

Reference/Instruction Librarian (Assistant Professor)
St. Mary's College of Maryland Library
St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, Maryland
1994-1995

Reference/Instruction Librarian (Senior-Assistant Librarian)
Behrend College Library
PennState - Erie, The Behrend College, Erie, Pennsylvania
1991-1994

Kapoun, Jim. “"Creating a library logo for an academic library," Library Philosophy and Practice

(http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/lppv8n2.htm) Spring 2006.

(CONTRIBUTOR)Austin,Marion,et.al. Canadian and World Politics. Emond Montegomery Publications, 2004.

Kapoun, Jim. "The Use of PowerPoint in the Library Classroom: An Experiment in Learning Outcomes." Library Philosophy and Practice. (www.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/lppv7n1.htm), Fall 2004.

(CONTRIBUTOR) Shannan, Edward. Pocket Guide to Writing about Literature. New York: Prentice-Hall,INC.,2001.

(CONTRIBUTOR) Research Committee, Library instruction round table. Publish your Article Outside the Library Field. Chicago: ALA Editions, 2000

Kapoun, Jim. "Teaching Undergrads Web Evaluation." College & Research Libraries News, V.59,N7 (JULY/AUGUST 1998).

Kapoun, Jim. "Teaching Undergrads Web Evaluation." College & Research Libraries News. www.ala.org/acrl/undebev,1998.
         voted ACRL's most hits top 10 list for 1999

(CONTRIBUTOR) Research Committee, Library instruction round table, Diane Schonrock, EDITOR. Evaluating Library Instruction. Chicago: ALA Editions,1996.

Kapoun, Jim. "Re-thinking the Library Pathfinder." College and Undergraduate Libraries, V.2 N1 (MAY 1995).

PRESENTATIONS

"After the Move" Presentation at the Iowa Library Association Annual Conference, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Ocotber 11, 2006.

"Generation X and Y meet the Baby Boomers at the Library."Presentation at The LOEX of the West Conference, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, June 2-4, 2004.

" The Changing Face of the Reference Collection. " Presentation at Academic Library Values, ARLD Days, Minnesota Library Association, Chanhassen, Minnesota, April 30, 2004.

"Adopt a Librarian: College Classes Connect with Their Personal Librarian." Presentation at Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference, Rochester, Minnesota, September, 25, 2003.

"Adopt a Librarian" Poster Session Presented at ARLD-Days, Minnesota Library Association, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, April 25, 2003.

"Instruction Dialogue: Assessment, Where We Are and Where We Are Going" - Moderator. Sponsored by the Minnesota Library Association ARLD Section. On the campus of Minnesota State University, Mankato, December 9, 2002.

"Teaching Undergraduates Web Evaluation." A presentation for the ITeach (http://www.oit.mnscu.edu/iteach2002/proceedings/AuthorIndex.html)Conference at Minneapolis Community and Technical College on April 19th, 2002

"Getting Happily Published" Presentation at ALA Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, July 2001. Moderator of the panel discussion.

"Web Evaluation" Presentation to Southwest Minnesota Area Schools of Mountain Lake, Minnesota, February 26,2000

"Web Search Engines: A Tangled Mess" SAMMIE Annual Meeting, Marshall, MN, September 25, 1999

"Variations on a Theme: Changes in Reference Services" Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference, October 9, 1996

"Patents and How to Search Them" Northwestern Pennsylvania's Inventors Association, March 5, 1994

"Navigating Through the Internet" PSU-BEHREND Council of Fellows, February 17, 1994

"Internet, LIAS and Penn State" NICOP of Pennsylvania, November 14,1992. (NORTHWESTERN-INTERLIBRARY-COOPERATION-OF-PENNSYLVANIA)

"2007 Holman Faculty Award for Professional Excellence" Waldorf College

"Carver Trust Grant of Iowa" to develop Biology, Business, and Children's curriculum materials. Award total=$50,000, January 2005.

"JSTOR promotional grant" Minnesota council of private schools, 2000.

"Systems Grant for 1998" from SAMMIE (Southwest area Multicounty Multitype Interlibrary Exchange)--training in Microsoft NT server software and CISCO systems

"Project Sailor training grant" SAILOR Internet system, 1995.

1989/1990 SCHENK SCHOLARSHIP AWARD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON.

ALA (American Library Association) Member 1991-
      ALA-LIRT Research Committee, 1992 -1999
      ALA-LIRT Research Committee, Chair, 1996-1999
      ALA-LIRT Publications Committee, Chair, 1999-2000

ACRL (American College and Research Libraries) Member, 1991-
      ACRL Publications Committee, Recorder, 1997-1999
      ACRL Publications Committee, Chair, 2000-2003
      ACRL -IS Planning and Policies Committee, Chair, 2003-2004

LAMA (Library Administration and Management Association) Member, 2004-

MLA   (Minnesota Library Association) Member 1995-2004
      MLA Public Relations Committee, 1996-2004

ILA     (Iowa Library Association) Member 2004-

UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE SERVICE

PENNSTATE ERIE, THE BEHREND COLLEGE
Student life committee, 1991-1994
Cultural diversity affairs, 1991-1992

ST. MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND
Gopher Implementation team, 1994-1995

SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY
Global studies committee, 1995-2001
Computer users group committee, 1995-2001
Student computer users group, 1995-2001
University assessment committee, 1999-2001
Membership and retention committee for Faculty Organization-Chair, 1995-1999
Vice-President of Faculty Organization, 1999-2001

MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY - MANKATO
Library Planning Committee, chair, 2001-2004
Library Budget Committee, 2003-2004
Library Web Team Committee, 2001-2004
Electronic Resources Committee, 2002-2004

Library Representative on Faculty Council, 2002-2004

WALDORF COLLGE

Faculty Senate, 2005-

Undergraduate Reseach Committee, 2005-

Convocation Planning Committee, 2005-

Webmaster for Southwest State University Library Home Page, 1995-2001

Minnesota State University Mankato-Library,

Instructional Services Home Page, 2001-2004

Waldorf College, Luise V. Hanson Library Web Administrator, 2004-

Waldorf College - Forest City, IA

LIFE INTERESTS

Luise V. Hanson Library 
Waldorf College
106 South 6th Street
Forest City, Iowa 50436
641-585-8110
September 05, 2007