LearningTimes Library Online Conference: Innovations by Information Professionals

	Dane Ward
	Associate Dean of Public Services Illinois State University’s Milner Library Co-editor and co-author of the popular ACRL publication, The Collaborative Imperative: Librarians and Faculty Working Together in the Information Universe. Dane is an LTLOC2003 Pre-Conference Workshop Leader Dane Ward is Associate Dean of Public Services at Illinois State University’ s Milner Library where he is responsible for facilitating the development and enhancement of user services. Prior to his current position (which began in March 2002), he worked in academic libraries for ten years, most notably as Coordinator of Information Literacy at Wayne State University, and as Coordinator of Library Instruction at Central Michigan University. He is a frequent workshop presenter and author of articles on information literacy and collaboration. In 2000, he co-edited and co-authored the popular ACRL publication, The Collaborative Imperative: Librarians and Faculty Working Together in the Information Universe. More recently, he has been interested in the relationship between organizational culture and the development of information literacy programs. Among his professional activities, he has been active in ACRL’s Education and Behavioral Sciences Section and the Michigan Library Association’s (MLA) Information Literacy Roundtable. He is recipient of the MLA Information Literacy Award 2000), and a participant in the Snowbird Leadership Institute (1996). He is a graduate of Indiana University (twice) and Florida State University, with an undergraduate degree in Anthropology (IU), and graduate degrees in Education (FSU), and Library and Information Science (IU). Prior to his library career, Dane worked for the Peace Corps as an English Teacher Trainer in the West African country of Senegal. He subsequently taught social science courses at several small colleges before turning to librarianship. [ back ]