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Randy Reichardt

Research Services Librarian (Engineering)
Science & Technology Library
1-54 Cameron Library
University of Alberta
Edmonton AB  Canada
T6G 2J8

780.492.7911; fax: 780.492.2721
randy.reichardt@ualberta.ca

Provides: collection, instruction, research consultation and reference, and other liaison services for

Chemical Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Engineering Management

Professional Affliliations:

Association of Professional Librarians of the University of Alberta (APLUA)
Special Libraries Association (SLA) - Member - Engineering Division - Board Member (2004-2007)
American Society for Engineering Education - Engineering Libraries Division

Publications:

Reichardt, Randy. 2012. "Petroleum Engineering and Refining." In: Using the Engineering Literature, 2d ed, Bonnie Osif, ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press
Reichardt, Randy. 2008. "How May I Help Thee?  Let Me Count The 2.0 Ways..."  Internet Referece Services Quarterly, v13 n2-3, pp 271-280.
Reichardt, Randy. 2006. "The Road from Paper to Digital: Are We There Yet?"  Internet Reference Services Quarterly, v11 n4, pp. 181-187. 
Reichardt, Randy. 2006. "Moore's Law and the Pace of Change."  Internet Reference Services Quarterly, v11 n3, pp. 117-124.
Reichardt, Randy. 2006. "Digital Reference Overload: Thoughts on How to Deal."  Internet Reference Services Quarterly, v11 n2, pp. 105-112.
Reichardt, Randy. 2006. "Petroleum Engineering and Refining."  In: Using the Engineering Literature, ed. Bonnie Osif.  Taylor & Francis, pp 487-515.
Reichardt, Randy. 2005. "Success Story: RSS Moves into the Mainstream at the University of Alberta Libraries."  LibraryConnect Newsletter, v3 n2, June, pp 12-13.  (Note: Reprint of article published in Ei Update.)
Reichardt, Randy.  2005. "Librarian's Corner - RSS: Moving Into The Mainstream."  Ei Update, v3 n1, March/April. Retrieved 3 August 2005 from: http://www.ei.org/eiupdate/archive/issue10/03_librarians_corner/index.html#ei_p3_01
Reichardt, Randy and Geoff Harder. 2005. "Weblogs: Their Use and Application in Science and Technology Libraries."  Science & Technology Libraries, 25(3), pp105-116.
Reichardt, Randy, "A Brief Guide To Finding Chemical and Petroleum Prices and Other Statistical Information," SLA Chemistry Division E- Newsletter, v19 issue4, Spring 2005, pp. 4-5.  Retrieved 3 August 2005 from: http://www.sla.org/division/dche/Newsletters/Spring_2005.pdf
Reichardt, Randy. 2004. "Standards Session."  Wired West, 7(4). Retrieved 3 August 2005 from: http://www.sla.org/chapter/cwcn/wwest/v7n4/rreichardt.shtml
Reichardt, Randy and Jerry Kowalyk. 2004. "Librarian On-Site Service at the University of Alberta: How the Science and Technology Library Took Its Information and Reference Service From the library to the faculty."  Sci-Tech News, 58(3), pp 7-11.
Law, Margaret and Randy Reichardt. 2003. "Ketchup Has Always Been A Vegetable".  In:  Musings, Meanderings, and Monsters, Too: Essays on Academic Librarianship, ed. Martin Raish, pp 51-57.  Lanham MD: Scarecrow Press.
Harder, Geoff and Randy Reichardt.  2003.  "Weblogging on Campus and Beyond."  Dispatch, March/April 2003: 13-16
Harder, Geoff and Randy Reichardt.  2003.  "Throw Another Blog on the Wire: Libraries and the Weblogging Phenomena."  Feliciter, 49 (2): 35-38.
Reichardt, Randy and Sandy Campbell. 2001. "Mass Instruction That Works – Teaching 900 Biology Students in Five Days." In: Library User Education: Powerful Learning, Powerful Partnerships, ed. Barbara Dewey, pp 144-149. Lanham MD: Scarecrow Press, 2001. (NOTE: Expansion of article below)
Reichardt, Randy and Sandy Campbell. 1999. "Mass Instruction That Works – Teaching 900 Biology Students in Five Days." Letter of the LAA 119 (June): 8-9.
McBain, Louise, Randy Reichardt and Donna Wakeford. 1999. "An Introduction to the University Library System or, ‘How many original references do we have to use?’" In Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching: Proceedings of the 20th Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE), June 9-13 1998, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, pp 392-396.
Reichardt, Randy. 1985.  An Annotated bibliography of indexes and abstracts in the reference section of the Science and Technology Library of the University of Alberta. University of Alberta Bibliography Series 1. Edmonton, University of Alberta Library.

Presentations:

IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, February 2011. "Liaison Around the Corner: Embedded Librarianship At The Next Level."
INDEST-AICTE Workshop and 8th Annual Meeting, Chennai, India, February 2011. "Science & Engineering Libraries: Challenges of Technology - A Canadian Perspective."
Canadian Library Association Annual Conference. Edmonton, June 2010. "Liaison Around the Corner: Embedded Librarianship At The Next Level."

Power Your Teaching With Technology, Edmonton, August 2008: "Exploring the Power of Social Learning and Web 2.0."
Alberta Association of College Librarians Workshop, November 2007.""Librarians-in-Residence @ the University of Alberta, Faculty of Engineering." Joint presentation with Jerry Kowalyk.
5th Annual Canadian E-Learning Conference, Edmonton, June 2007: ""Library Access & E-Learning: The Changing Library." Joint presentation with Kenton Good and Diane Clark
American Chemical Society Meeting & Exposition, Atlanta, 26 March 2006: "Blog Applications in the Classroom and Beyond."
Ontario Library Association Superconference, Toronto, 14 February, 2006: "Guerrila Marketing of the Academic Library: Strategies and Suggestions from an Engineering Perspective"
Canadian Library Association Annual Conference, Calgary, 14 June, 2005. "Blogging and RSS: Applications and Technology - Examples From An Academic Library."
Alberta Library Conference, Jasper AB, April 2004. "Throw Another Blog On The Wire: Weblogs in the Library World." Co-presented with Geoff Harder.
Special Libraries Association Annual Conference, New York, 10 June 2003. "Guerilla Marketing: Strategy Sharing for Agile Action - In The Academic Library."
Session: "eduBlogging: Growing Weblogs and Online Communities." Academic Technologies for Learning, University of Alberta, 22 May 2003. Co-presented with Geoff Harder.
Powerful Learning, Powerful Partnerships (Conference).  University of Iowa, 11-12 November 1999.  Presented paper on library instruction to undergraduate biology students.

Education
  • Master of Library Science (MLS)
    University of Alberta, 1978
  • Bachelor of Science (BSc)
    University of Manitoba, 1975
Committees
Advisory Boards

Begell House Librarians' Advisory Group (2008-)
CRC Press Library Advisory Board (2008-)
Engineering Information Scope and Coverage Committee (1993-1998, 2004-2006)
Knovel Library Advisory Board (2008-)
Materials Research Society Library Advisory Board (2007-2010)
SPIE Librarian Advisory Panel (2008-)

 

 

 Last updated: 24 May 2011