Rachel Applegate, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Science-Indianapolis
Indiana University
on the campus of Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Education

Ph.D., 1995, University of Wisconsin at Madison; Library and Information Studies
            Dissertation:  User Satisfaction with Information Services:  A Test of the Disconfirmation Model with an OPAC, Dr. Charles Bunge, chair.
M.S.L.S., 1986, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Library and Information Science. 
            Honors:  Beta Phi Mu
            Thesis:  Political Science Fiction:  An Annotated Bibliography.
M.A., 1983, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Medieval History
            Thesis:  Criminal and Personal Injury Cases from the Yearbooks of Henry VIII.
B.A., 1980, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia; History, Classical Studies
            Honors:  Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Theta (history); Eta Sigma Phi (classics); departmental honors, History; magna cum laude. 
Frye Institute [academic library and information technology leadership seminar], 2002

Academic Positions: 
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Assistant Professor, 2004-

Indiana University, School of Library and Information Science

Coordinator of advising for academic librarianship  

Graduate Advisory Council, SLIS representative

Budget Advisory Committee, SLIS representative; committee secretary

Program Review and Assessment Committee, SLIS representative; subcommittee on Indicators

Courses:

L651 Evaluation of Library Resources and Services

L550x Management of Libraries and Information Centers—Academic

L623 Information in the Humanities

College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota
Associate Professor, 1997-2004

Elected or appointed faculty roles (ex officio appear under the relevant administrative positions):

Chair, College Promotion and Tenure Committee; elected at-large representative, 2002-2004.

Chair, Faculty Assembly, 1994-1995; Vice-Chair, 1993-1994. 

Plenary Planning Commission, 1994-1999 (appointed).

Graduate Council, 1995-2001 (appointed).

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Behavioral Arts and Sciences elected divisional representative, 1988-1994.

Faculty Welfare Committee, elected at-large representative, 1998-1999.

Academic Computer Advisory Committee, 1987-1991 (appointed).

Director of the Library, 1996-1999 full time; 1999-2004 half time

Responsible for a) staffing at both clerical and faculty levels; b) planning for present and future information needs of College constituents, including materials and technology considerations; c) representing the College and Library at state-wide library and academic activities; d) providing professional librarian services in general including reference and bibliographic instruction, and e) serving as liaison to the Health Sciences Division.

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1996-2002

Graduate Curriculum Committee, 1995-2004

Extended Studies Council, 2000-2004

Director of Institutional Research, 2002-2004 half-time

Responsible for analyzing and providing data for internal and external use in benchmarking, accountability, and strategic planning. 

Undergraduate Assessment Review Committee (UGART), member ex officio

Director of Graduate Studies, 1999-2001  half time

Responsible for providing overall organization, direction, and evaluation to eight master's level graduate programs.  Oversaw reorganization of marketing and recruitment, implementation of assessment, and transition to an elected Graduate Council. 

Chair ex officio:  Graduate Council, Graduate Program Directors', and Graduate Curriculum Committees; Member, Dean's Council, Institutional Review Board.

Data Team Co-Chair, Self-Study Board, 2000-2002

Higher Learning Commission decennial continuing accreditation process.  Responsible for locating, creating, supplying and organizing data to support the self-study process, including both basic and analytical studies. 

Reference Librarian, 1986-1996

Responsible for a) reference collection development, budgeting and purchasing; b) reference services including reference desk scheduling among all librarians, classroom lectures, and continuous reference service provision to faculty, staff and students; c) Library Lab program (instructor, 1986-present, coordinator, 1993-1998) for ENG 232/ENG 1110/ENG 1105 and the First Year Program:  cooperatively design and present instruction in the use of library resources, evaluate student achievement, coordinate scheduling and content with library and classroom faculty; d) serve as liaison to the Behavioral Arts and Sciences Division.

Adjunct Instructor, 1986-1994, intermittent;: 
            EDM 437/537, 3 quarter credits:  Online Searching
            LLE 275, 4 quarter credits:  Science Fiction
            Emeritus College, 9 contact hours each--religious themes in science fiction, political themes in science fiction, women's issues in science fiction. 

External service

Higher Learning Commission, North Central Association:  Corps of Peer Reviewers, probationary member,  2004-present

Minnesota PALS consortium, Deans/Directors/Coordinators Executive Committee.  Elected representative for private (non-MnSCU) college libraries, 1997-2000, 2003-2004; alternate, 2000-2003.

Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant reviewer, 2000, 2002, 2003.

EDUCAUSE annual meeting, presentation proposal reviewer, 2004.

Journal and Book Articles

"Models of Satisfaction," Vol. 60, pp. 199-227 in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Ed. Allan Kent.  New York:  Marcel Dekker, 1997.

"Vatican Library," pp. 653-655, "Malta," p. 411, in Encyclopedia of Library History, Ed. Wayne Wiegand and Donald G. Davis.  New York:  Garland, 1994.

"Deconstructing Faculty Status:  Research and Assumptions."  Journal of Academic Librarianship 19(3, July 1993):158-64 (refereed).

"Models of User Satisfaction:  Understanding False Positives."  RQ 32(4, Summer 1993):525-39 (refereed).

Magazine Articles

“Review of The Market Value Process:  Bridging Customer and Shareholder Value.”  Journal of Academic Librarianship 23(January 1997):58.

“Append From:  A Powerful dBase Command.”  Computers in Libraries 11(Feb. 1991):35-7.

“Stretching Database Management Software.”  Computers in Libraries 9(Feb. 1989):31-2.

“WordStar and the Vertical File.”  Small Computers in Libraries 7(July 1987):41-42. 

Conference Papers and Presentations

 “When You’re Small, Doing it All:  Data, Self-Study, Planning”  Accepted for presentation at the Self Study Pre-Conference, Higher Learning Commission Annual Meeting, April 9-12, 2005, Chicago. 

“When the Theme is Variation [measures of faculty-driven library use].”  Poster session at:  Academic Library Values:  ARLD Day.  Minnesota Library Association, Academic and Research Libraries Division.  Chanhassen, Minnesota:  April 30, 2004.

“Evaluating Libraries and Other Support Areas:  Accomplishing Your Institution’s Purposes.”  A Collection of Papers on Self-Study and Institutional Improvement, 2003:  Volume 2:  Organizational Effectiveness and Future Directions.  Chicago:  The Higher Learning Commission; 108^th Annual Meeting, April 13-16, 2003. 

Memberships

American Library Association

Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA division

Library Administration and Management Association, ALA division

Association for Institutional Research

Indiana Library Federation