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Lance Utley's BioI am a professional librarian holding a Master's of Science in Library and Information Science from Drexel University's iSchool. My coursework focused on both conventional library disciplines and areas of interest more often thought of as information technology; metadata, database administration, web design, and information architecture, for instance. My professional interests, beyond providing the highest level of service to the Library's patrons, lie in that area of convergence between librarianship and IT. Collaborative science and how it impacts libraries that support such research, ethics and professionalism in social networking, the balancing act between cutting edge technology and patrons who still prefer conventional information service, and how to design systems and services to best support patron usage are some of the things that fascinate me in my work. Prior to becoming a librarian I worked in the office furniture industry in a variety of roles, spent time as a technical support representative for an international software gaming company, and served in the Active Duty US Army Field Artillery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. I earned my Bachelor's of Arts in English from Michigan State University. My interests include spending time with my boys, photography, reading, hiking, playing all manner of games, watching movies, and daydreaming about writing professionally. I also serve in active roles with the two chapters of SLA I belong to, VASLA (where I am a member of the Board of Directors and Webmaster) and PAM as the Archivist. I enjoy both opportunities for the experience with librarianship's professional realm and a broader perspective than working in a small special library grants. My Role at NRAOMy foremost role is to provide public service to NRAO Library patrons including reference assistance, information resource procurement, circulation, and periodicals management. Additionally I administer the NRAO Library's ISSTT Proceedings and its associated database, am the back up web admin for the Library's web page, and work on the team that maintains the database of papers published by NRAO authors or that used NRAO instruments, NRAOPapers. Occasionally you may even see me about NRAO putting together furniture and doing my part to clean up left overs from various meetings. What's NewNot much lately, to be honest. I have been a student again for the last year and 'new' lately has been juggling the everyday. Oh, wait. I guess I can mention the new Web site of VASLA since I am the webmaster now and I managed the transition from the old system to WordPress.
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