CEO's
Paul R. Cope
President
Auto-Graphics, Inc.
Mr. Cope has been with A-G for almost thirty years. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Production/Operations Systems with a minor in Computer Science, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from California Polytechnic University, Pomona. Mr. Cope has worked in operations and product development for most of his career at Auto-Graphics, Inc., serving as Chief Technology Officer from 2000 until becoming President in May of 2005.
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Andrew S. Rosen
President & Chief Operating Officer, Kaplan, Inc.
Chief Executive Officer, Kaplan Higher Education
President, Kaplan University
http://www.kaplan.com/
Abstract: http://symposium.uah.edu/presentations.htm#andrewr
Andrew S. Rosen is President and Chief Operating Officer of Kaplan, Inc., a leading international provider of educational services including test preparation, K12 services for students and schools, post-secondary education and professional training. He also serves as CEO of Kaplan Higher Education and President of Kaplan University, divisions that offer post-secondary education to more than 58,000 campus-based and online students. Kaplan University has grown from 34 students in 2001 to more than 26,000 online students today.
Rosen holds an A.B. degree from Duke University and a J.D. from Yale Law School. He came to The Washington Post Company in 1986 as a staff attorney for The Washington Post newspaper. He moved to Newsweek as Assistant Counsel in 1988 before coming to Kaplan in 1992. At Kaplan, Rosen served as Center Administrator, Regional Director, and Vice President, Field Management prior to assuming the role of Chief Operating Officer in early 1997.
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Patrick Sommers
CEO
SirsiDynix., Inc.
Patrick Sommers has more than 30 years of experience in building and growing successful companies that specialize in electronic information, services, software, and other knowledge management solutions. Prior to joining Sirsi in January 2001, he served as president and CEO of the Dialog Corporation. From 1996-1998, Pat was chairman and CEO of Medicus Systems Corporation, a NASDAQ-listed healthcare technology software company. From 1992 to 1996, he served as president of Ceridian Employer Services, a Fortune 500 human resource and payroll company. He served from 1990 to 1992 as president of GTE Information Services, an outsourcing and information company. From 1969 to 1990, Sommers was with Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, where he gained considerable experience in knowledge management and online information industries. At D&B, he worked in both the international division and in the corporate headquarters until his appointment in 1986 as president of D&B Information Resources Inc.
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Speakers
Stephen Abram
Vice President Innovation
SirsiDynix., Inc.
Abstract: http://symposium.uah.edu/presentations.htm#stephen
Stephen Abram, MLS, is incoming president-elect of SLA and the past-President of the Canadian Library Association and Vice President Innovation of SirsiDynix. He has been VP of Corporate Development for Micromedia ProQuest and Publisher Electronic Information for Thomson. He ran libraries for Coopers & Lybrand and Hay Group. Stephen has been listed by Library Journal as one of the top 50 people influencing the future of libraries and librarianship. He has been awarded SLA's John Cotton Dana Award as well as being a Fellow of the SLA. He was Canadian Special Librarian of the Year and Alumni of the Year for the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto where he is adjunct professor teaching management of libraries. He gives over 100 international keynote talks annually to library and information industry conferences as well as writing several columns for library and information professional periodicals.
Check out Stephen's blog -- http://stephenslighthouse.sirsi.com
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Andrew Dillon
Dean & Professor
School of Information
The University of Texas at Austin
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/
Abstract: http://symposium.uah.edu/presentations.htm#andrewd
Andrew has been an active researcher of the human response to information technology for the last 15 years, graduating from University College Cork and Loughborough University of Technology before being appointed Research Fellow at the Human Sciences and Advanced Technology Research Institute in the UK. He moved to Indiana University in 1994 where, amongst other duties, he developed and served as Director of the Masters in Human-Computer Interaction at the School of Informatics. He joined the University of Texas at Austin in January 2002 as Dean and Professor of the School of Information. Defying professional categorization, he has held appointments in departments or schools of cognitive science, computer science, instructional systems technology, psychology, management information system, curriculum and instruction, library and information science, and informatics. Having published more than 80 articles and books on various aspects of human information behavior, Andrew serves or has served on the editorial boards of many leading journals such as the International Journal of Human-Com
puter Studies, Interacting with Computers, the Journal of Digital Information, and the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. He has contributed invited entries for the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, the International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics & Human Factors and the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. He strongly advocates designing information resources and systems that work for people to augment and enhance their lives.
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Chris Jasek
Manager, User Centered Design Team
Elsevier, Inc.
Abstract: http://symposium.uah.edu/presentations.htm#chris
Chris has a Master’s degree in Human Factors Engineering & a Bachelors of Science degree from the University of Illinois. He has worked for 10 years in the field of user- centered design for LexisNexis & Elsevier. In his present position as User Centered Design Manager he helped form the Elsevier User Centered Design Group and integrate the UCD process into the organization. He has researched user needs & worked on the user interface design for many products such as nexis.com, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Meridian & ENCompass. In the past few years, Chris has spoken at library conferences & workshops about the usability & design of library workshops.
Check out Chris’ guide for library web sites! http://www.elsevier.com/framework_librarians/LibraryConnect/lcpamphlet5.pdf
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Sue O. Medina
Director
Network of Alabama Academic Libraries
Sue O. Medina, director of the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries, works with outstanding academic librarians to ensure that Alabama students and faculty members have the highest quality library resources and services they may need for their instruction and research. Since its creation in 1984, NAAL has been considered an exemplary model for library cooperation. Its participants include all of Alabama’s public and private non-profit four-year colleges and universities. Together, they have significantly improved the delivery of library services and resources statewide. Of particular note is NAAL’s leadership to conceive a statewide virtual library and build the effective statewide coalition that successfully advocated state support for the Alabama Virtual Library.
Dr. Medina earned her Ph.D. in Library Science from Florida State University. Her advanced studies focused on organizational role and change. She also has an M.S. in Library Science and a B.A. in History. Her personal reading interest is the role of the Mongols in the transfer of culture between the east and west, a topic she finds hard to work into any conversation!
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