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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

    "Paths to Open Access," with John Russell, Joint Conference of the Washington and Oregon Association of College and Research Libraries, October 29, 2009, Pack Forest, WA. (invited)

    "Open Access Policies: Panel Discussion," with J.Q. Johnson and David Marks, University of Oregon Libraries, October 22, 2009, Eugene, OR. (invited)

    "Open Access Policies: Panel Discussion," with J.Q. Johnson and David Marks, Oregon State University Libraries, October 21, 2009, Corvallis, OR. (invited)

    "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