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Michael Boock

Head of Digital Access Services

121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
Email: michael [dot] boock [at] oregonstate [dot] edu
Phone: 1 541-737-9155
Fax: 1 541-737-8267
Primary Duties: Manage the Digital Access Services Department at Oregon State University Libraries.
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Publications and More

  • Selected Publications

    Boock, Michael H. and Sue Kunda. 2009. Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Metadata Workflow at Oregon State University Libraries. Cataloging and Classification Quarterly 47(3/4).

    Boock, Michael H. 2008. Organizing for Digitization at Oregon State University: a Case Study and Comparison with ARL Libraries. Journal of Academic Librarianship 35(5).

    Boock, Michael H. 2007. A Faculty Led Response to the Crisis in Scholarly Communications. E-JASL: The Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship 8(3). http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/index.html.

    Boock, Michael and May Chau. 2007. The Use of Value Engineering in the Evaluation and Selection of Digitization Projects. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2(3). http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/254.

    Boock, Michael, Jane Nichols and Laurel Kristick. 2006. Continuing the Quest for the Quick Search Holy Grail. Internet Reference Services Quarterly 11(4), 139-153.

    Boock, Michael and Ruth Vondracek. 2006. Organizing for Digitization: A Survey. portal: Libraries and the Academy 6(2), 197-217.

    All Publications
    Publications and Presentations (ScholarsArchive@OSU)
    Selected Presentations

    "The Future of the Catalog: an Overview of Current Developments and Trends," Oregon Library Association Annual Conference, April 20, 2007, Corvallis, OR. (invited)

    "Scholarly Communications and Faculty: How to Encourage Change," Association of College and Research Libraries 13th National Conference, March 31, 2007, Baltimore, MD. (Roundtable Discussion)

    "Whither Technical Services?: changes to Technical Services in the next two to three years," Oregon State University/University of Oregon Library Summit, December 15, 2006, Eugene, OR. (invited)

    "The OCLC ESerials Holdings Service," ALA Annual Conference, June 25, 2006, New Orleans, LA. (invited)

    "DSpace at OSU: Strategies for a Successful IR," Greater Western Library Association Annual Board Meeting, October 3, 2005, Eugene, OR. (invited)

    All Presentations
    Publications and Presentations (ScholarsArchive@OSU)

Committees

  • Library Committees
    Library Recognition Committee
    Metadata Working Group
    ScholarsArchive Working Group
    Space Management Committee
    Professional Associations and Committees

    2007-, Member, GWLA Digital Collections Committee Steering Team
    2003-2005, 2007-, Member, GWLA Western Waters Digital Library Steering Team

    2006/2007, Chair, ALA ALCTS Technical Services Administrators of Medium-sized Research Libraries Discussion Group
    2004-, Member, ALA ALCTS Technical Services Administrators of Medium-sized Research Libraries Discussion Group Steering Committee

    2006-2008, 2008-2010, Member, ALA ALCTS Cataloging and Classification Section Policy and Planning Committee

    2005-2006, Alternate, OCLC Member's Council
    2005-2006, Alternate, OCLC Western Advisory Council

    2008-2009, Member, ORBIS/Cascade Alliance Summit Catalog Implementation Team
    2007-2008, Member, ORBIS/Cascade Alliance Summit Catalog Exploratory Team
    2007-2009, Chair, ORBIS/Cascade Alliance Summit Catalog Committee
    2005-2007, Vice Chair/Chair Elect, ORBIS/Cascade Alliance Summit Catalog Committee
    2006-2009, Member, ORBIS/Cascade Alliance Summit Catalog Committee Steering Team
    2005-2009, Member, ORBIS/Cascade Alliance Summit Catalog Committee
    2007-2008. Member, ORBIS/Cascade Alliance Exploratory Team for replacement of INN-Reach
    2008. Member, ORBIS/Cascade AllianceImplementation Team for INN-Reach migration to OCLC WorldCat.org
    2006-2007, Member, ORBIS/Cascade Alliance Summit Catalog Committee Duplicate Reduction Working Group
    2005-2006, Member, ORBIS/Cascade Alliance Summit Catalog Committee Internet Search Engines Working Group

    2004/2005, Chair, OLA Technical Services Round Table (04/05 annual report)
    2003/2004, Vice Chair/Chair Elect, OLA Technical Services Round Table
    2003-2006, Member, OLA Technical Services Round Table Steering Team

    1999-2003, Member, OhioLINK Database Maintenance & Standards Committee

    1999-2001, Chair, OHIONET Library Technology & Telecommunications Council
    1998-2003, Member, OHIONET Library Technology & Telecommunications Council

    1997-2003, Member, CAMLS Technical Services Committee

    1997-2003, Member, Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians Committee

    1996-1997, Chair, South Dakota Library Association Cataloging User's Group
    1994-1997, Member, South Dakota Library Association Cataloging User's Group
    1994-1997, Member, South Dakota Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee

    Oregon Library Association (2003-present)
    American Library Association (1993-present)
    Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (2001-present)
    Academic Library Association of Ohio (1997-2003)
    South Dakota Library Association (1994-1997)

    University Service

    2006-2008, Member Faculty Senate Library Committee

    2004-2006, Member, Faculty Senate Task Force on Scholarly Communication

    2004-2005, Member, Information Technology Coordinating Committee Digital Asset Management Work Group

    2005-2008, Member, Student Recognition and Awards Committee