Shane Nackerud



Shane Nackerud
E-mail: snackeru@tc.umn.edu
Web Services Coordinator
499 Wilson Library
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 625-7880
Fax: (612) 625-5525
URL: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~snackeru/


EDUCATION
  • MLS, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1996
  • BA (History), Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, 1995
RESPONSIBILITIES
Leads the Libraries' web initiatives and implements the design and development of the Libraries' public and staff Web pages, under the guidance and direction of all the library teams and their governing bodies. Duties include planning, budgeting, and staff supervision, as well as coordinating content, design, programming, and overall quality control of the University Libraries Web sites. Coordinates and ensures a process for user assessment of interface design and use of Web resources and services. Programs CGI, PHP, JavaScript, MySQL, and other languages to aid in resource discovery, resource delivery, and provide for a more interactive, user friendly, and efficient library Web site. Provides technical advice for library-wide Web development and ensures coordination between the RCS, CDM, IADS, and the ITS teams. Coordinates Library Web efforts both within the University of Minnesota and beyond by representing the Libraries on local, regional or national Web groups and seeking partnerships where appropriate. Provides the Libraries with expertise on technology development and trends, and the applications of new Web technologies, keeping current on Web development tools, Web authoring software, new Web browsers and indexing tools.

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND PROJECTS
  • Web site usability and usability testing
  • Database construction and maintenance
  • Open source software use and development (get LibData)
  • Blogging and libraries
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS

Selected Presentations

"Usability from Start to Finish: A 30 Minute Demo." Minnesota Library Association. 22 September, 2005. Minneapolis, MN.

"UThink: Blogs at the University of Minnesota Libraries." Coaltion for Networked Information, Spring 2005 Task Force Meeting. 4 April 2005, Washington, D.C.

"UThink: Blogs at the University of Minnesota Libraries." American Library Association Mid-winter Meetings. 15 January 2005, Boston, MA.

"UThink: Blogs at the University of Minnesota Libraries." Internet Librarian 2004 Conference. 16 November 2004, Monterrey, CA.

"LibData: A Library Web Management System." Digital Library Federation Forum 2003. 17 November 2003, Albuquerque, NM.

"Database Driven Design." Training Institute for Early Career Librarians From Traditionally Underrepresented Groups. 2 October 2002, Minneapolis, MN.

"Usability Testing." Minnesota Library Association Conference 2002. 27 September 2002, St. Paul, MN.

"Usability Testing of a Web Site: Redesigning LUMINA." South Dakota Library Association Convention 2001. 5 October 2001, Aberdeen, SD.

"Usability Testing." From Anecdotes to Evidence: Collecting and Using Data to Improve Reference Services: Second Reference Services Symposium. 16 October 2000, St. Paul, MN.

"Redesigning the University Libraries Web Site." EQS in Changing Times, April 23, 2000, Minneapolis, MN.

"E-Reserves in 20 Minutes or Less." Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference, 29 September 1999, Duluth, MN.

"E-Reserves: Home Grown vs. Turnkey." 9th National ACRL Conference, 9 April 1999, Detroit, MI.

"Electronic Reserves: Home Grown vs. Turnkey." Cooperating Libraries in Consortium (CLIC), 22 January 1999, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN.

"Distance Learning: Roles and Innovations," Poster Session. 1998 ALA Annual Conference. 29 June 1998, Washington, DC.

Selected Publications

"Do Librarians Use Libraries?" American Libraries. September 2002: 47-49.

"Do You Have the Right Stuff? Seven Areas of Expertise for Successful Web Site Design in Libraries." With Jerilyn Veldof. Internet Reference Services Quarterly. 6:1 (2001): 13-38.

"E-Reserves: Home Grown vs. Turnkey." In Proceedings of the 9th National ACRL Conference, edited by Hugh Thompson. Chicago: ALA, 1999.

"The Potential of CGI: Using Pre-Built CGI Scripts to Make Interactive Web Pages," Information Technology and Libraries 17 (1998): 222-229.

"The Library Web (book review)," Library Software Review 17:1 (1998): 62-63

"WW I Diaries of Peder Phillips." In Papers of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Dakota History Conference, edited by Arthur Huseboe. Sioux Falls, SD: Center for Western Studies, 1995.