User:Michael Lorenzen

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Hi, my name is Michael Lorenzen. I am the Head of Reference Services at the Charles V. Park Library of Central Michigan University. I live in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.

My bachelor's degree is in philosophy from Bowling Green State University. I have a Master of Library Science degree from Kent State University, a Master of Education degree from Ohio University, and an Educational Specialist Degree from Michigan State University. I am currently working on a Doctoral degree in educational leadership from Central Michigan University. I just passed the comprehensive exam and will be officially ABD at the end of 2006. My full CV here.

Selected Publications

“Collegiality and the Academic Library.” E-JASL: The Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship 7, no. 2 (Summer 2006), online at http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/content/v07n02/lorenzen_m01.htm.

“Strategic Planning for Academic Library Instructional Programming.” Illinois Libraries 86, no. 2 (Summer 2006): 22-29.

“Conflict Resolution and Academic Library Instruction.” LOEX Quarterly 33, no. ½, (Spring/Summer 2006): 6-9, 11.

“The Ideal Academic Library as Envisioned through Nietzsche’s Vision of the Eternal Return.” MLA Forum 5, no. 1 (2006), online at http://www.mlaforum.org/volumeV/issue1/article3.html.

With Nancy Lucas. “Introducing First-Year Student-Athletes to the Library: The Michigan State University Experience.” In First Impressions, Lasting Impact: Introducing the First-Year Student to the Academic Library. Edited by Julia K. Nims and Ann Andrew. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Pierian Press. (2002): 95-100.

“Using Tattooing to Teach Boolean Searching.” In Teaching Information Literacy Concepts: Activities and Frameworks from the Field. Edited by Trudi E. Jacobson and Timothy H. Gatti. Pittsburgh: Library Instruction Publications. (2001): 195-199.

“The Land of Confusion? High School Students and Their Use of the Web for Research.” Research Strategies 18, no. 2 (2001): 151-163.

“Deconstructing the Carnegie Libraries: The Sociological Reasons Behind Carnegie's Millions to Public Libraries.” Illinois Libraries 81, no. 2 (Spring 1999): 75-78.

“Using Outcome-Based Education in the Planning and Teaching of New Information Technologies.” Journal of Library Administration 26, no. 3/4 (1999): 141-152.

“Distance Education: Delivering Instruction in Cyberspace.” College & Research Libraries News 59, no. 5 (May 1998): 342-345.

“Security Issues in the Public Libraries of Three Midwestern States.” Public Libraries 37, no. 2 (March/April 1998): 134-136.

Selected Conference Presentations

“The Heart of Change: Julius Caesar and the End of the Roman Republic.” Michigan Association of Middle School Educators, March 9, 2006, Petoskey, MI.

“(Panel) Growing the Next Generation of Library Leaders.” Michigan Library Association Annual Conference, October 26, 2005, Grand Rapids, MI.

“Academic Blogs.” Blogs, the Internet, and Libraries: Michigan Library Consortium Annual Meeting, September 30, 2005, Lansing, MI.

“Putting a Plagiarism Module Online.” Lilly North Conference, September 16, 2005, Traverse City, MI.

“(Pre-conference)Getting Published: An Overview for Librarians.” Panel Discussion, Michigan Library Association Annual Conference, Oct. 27, 2004, Traverse City, MI.

“Understanding and Identifying Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism.” Lilly North Conference, September 24, 2004, Traverse City, MI.

“Reaching New Students before They Arrive on Campus: The Big Time Library Show Experience at Michigan State University.” LOEX-of-the-West Annual Conference, June 9, 2000, Bozeman, MT.

“Introducing First-Year Student-Athletes to the Library.” LOEX Annual Conference, May 19, 2000, Ypsilanti, MI.

“(Poster Session) Lights, Camera, Action! Developing a Video Introduction to the University Library.” American Library Association Annual Conference, June 28, 1999, New Orleans, LA.

“Preparing High School Students for the Wired University Library: The Big Time Library Show Experience at Michigan State University.” Michigan Association for Computer-Related Technology Users in Learning Annual Conference, March 12, 1999, Detroit MI.

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