`
FACULTY VITAE
FASHION DESIGN PROGRAM
Lifetyle Arts & Design Careers
FACULTY:Barbara Kile
Education
1968M.S. in L.S., Graduate School of Library Science, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.
1967B.A., University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.
1964 American University, Washington, D.C.
Professional Experience
THE MENIL COLLECTION, Houston Texas: Librarian/ArchivistFONDREN LIBRARY, RICE UNIVERSITY, Houston, Texas:
Special Collections Program Coordinator, Woodson Research Center.
Director of the South Central Intellectual Property Partnership at Rice.
Assistant to the University Librarian for Development and Public Relations.
Director of Division of Government Publications and Special Resources.
Head of Government Documents and Microforms Department.
Acting Head of Circulation Department.
Acting Assistant Librarian for Public Services.
Gifts and Exchanges Librarian.
PURDUE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, West Lafayette, Indiana, Gifts and Exchange Librarian.
PALMER LIBRARY, CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, New London, Connecticut. Reference and Government Documents Librarian
GROTON, CONNECTICUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Groton, Connecticut, Summer School Librarian.
• / 2004-2005
1971-2004
2001-2004
1997-2001
1992-1997
1984-1994
1972-1984
19777
1974
1971-1972
1970-1971
1968-1970
1968 & 1970
• / [Insert Dates]
• / [Insert Dates]
• / [Insert Dates]
Professional Achievements
Appointed to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Advisory Committee on Automation by the Secretary of Commerce.Artist in Residence at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Juried Exhibitions:
Fabric of Our Cultures, Victoria, Texas
September 1999, 1st and 2nd place in weaving category
September 2001, Honorable mention in wearable
category
Glassell School of Art Student Shows, many years including 2004
2006
Houston Area Fiber Artists annual juried shows:
Tradition-Soul-Art-Fiber, March 21-April 16, 2009, Award
of Merit
Compositions in Fiber, July 7-August 3, 2007
Side by Side, September 21-October 26, 2006New Works in Fiber, June 5-August 29, 2004
Poetic Prisms, September 30-November 8, 2002
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft:
CraftTexas, May 23-August 17, 2008
Felt-Up, September – November 5, 2006
Contemporary Felt, February-March 2002
Houston Metal Arts Guild
Mind Over Metal, February 10-March 4, 2006
Metacilious, September 30-October 28, 2006
Artful Metal, May 4-27, 2007
Fresh Metal, October 2007, January – February 2008
Old Vices, New Obsessions: Textures & Techniques in
Metal, March 9- April 14, 2009
Rice University, Houston, Texas
Insider/Outsider Exhibit, February 2004
Texas Federation of Fiber Artists:
Celebrating Our Creative Spirit, October 3-December 24,
2009
Conference shows, 1998, 2004
Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake, Clear Lake, Texas
Ceramic & Textile Juried Exhibition, July 2001
• / 1987-1989
2008
2002-2009
2002-2009
2006-2009
• / [Insert Dates]
• / [Insert Dates]
Research and Technical Experience / [Insert Dates]
Member of the Patent Depository Library committee that drafted a proposal for funding of Patent Depository Libraries, a portion of which has been included in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office appropriations since 1981.
Worked with Texas Library Association committee in researching and drafting a revision of the law governing the Texas State Depository System. (The 66th Texas Legislature passed this legislation.)
Researched and wrote “Special Report for University Librarian on Classification Systems for U.S. Government Documents” with a recommendation to establish a separate documents collection. (This recommendation was accepted and implemented in 1972.)
•
Teaching Experience
Millinery Class, Houston Community College, Central Branch, FashionDepartment, 2005- ,
Government Resources, LIS 382L.5 for University of Texas at Austin, Graduate School of Library & Information Science, Spring Semester 1985 and 1989 in Houston.
Conducted six week course on government publications for the staff of Fondren Library, Summer.
Lectured on government publications for Rice University Jones College reference course.
Lectured on government publications for the University of Texas at Austin, Graduate School of Library Science, reference course taught in Houston, Fall 1980, Spring 1979, and Spring 1978.
Lectured on government publications and microforms relevant to subject areas for Rice University courses: Political Science 210, Fall 1987; History Legal Studies 401, Fall 1986; English 503, Sociology 305 and 319, Fall, 1978; Political Science Seminar on International Relations, Spring, 1976; Political Science 315, Spring and Fall, 1975; Participated in planning and teaching for course in Library resources, Richardson 340, Spring, 1973.
Presented special lectures for University of Texas School of Public Health and University of Houston on the use of HRAF.
WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS
International Quilt Festival, October 12, 2009
Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 19-
October 10, 2009, Felt: Exploring an Ancient Textile
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Felt & Millinery Workshops 2008 &
2009
American Sewing Guild, Houston Chapter, September 15, 2001
Brief History of Feltmaking and Contemporary Uses plus feltmaking workshop
Contempo Wearables Group, Clear Lake, Texas
Nuno Feltmaking, March 28, 2002
American Sewing Guild, Houston Chapter, September 21, 2002
Felting Fling, workshop on feltmaking
Taos Wool Festival, Taos New Mexico
Nuno Feltmaking, September 2003
Houston Area Fiber Artists, Jewelry Techniques for Fiber Artists, August
2005
Small groups in my studio, 2002-
Led a workshop on Government Publications as Tools for Democracy at the 9th International BOBCATSSSS Symposium on Library and Information Science at Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, January 2001.
Presentation on intellectual property at the 8th International BOBCATSSS Symposium on Library and Information Science at Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, January 2000.
Presented “LANing in an Academic Library” for the 3rd Annual Federal Depository Conference, April 1994.
Organized and presented Fondren Library Weekly Patent Seminars, 1984-1994.
Presentation on CD-ROM and the Distribution of US Government Information at the 3rd International Conference on New Information Technology, November 26-28, 1990, Guadalajara, Mexico.
Presentation on the Marcive/GPO Tape Cleanup Project for the Texas Library Association Conference, April, 1989.
Presentation at the Non-Legal Research & Investigation Seminar sponsored by the Houston Legal Assistants Association, January 30, 1989.
Patent Seminar for Librarians, February 20, 1987.
Rice University Continuing Studies Course on Patents, February 21, 1987 and October 1987.
Presentation on Government Publications at RTDS Collection Management and Development Institute, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, May 1519, 1985.
Participated in National Innovation Workshop sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy, National Bureau of Standards, and University of Houston, Houston November 1112, 1983 and November 2-3, 1990.
Arranged Patent Workshop for U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Houston, February 11, 1983.
Presented Seminar, "Access to Government Information" for AJ Seminars, Houston, November 23, 1982
Presented Patent Workshop for GODORT of New Mexico Library Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico October 29, 1982.
Presented Seminar, "U.S. Government Publication and Services" for AJ Seminars, Houston, October 23, 1981.
Presented Patent Workshop for GODORT of Michigan, Detroit, May 9, 1980.
Planned and presented with other Houston depository libraries a workshop for Houston chapter of SLA on U.S. Government Publications, Houston, November 1,8,15, 1979.
Planned and presented workshop for HISD School Librarians Association on U.S. Government Publications for School Libraries, April, 1979.
Presented workshop for University of Houston Libraries on U.S. Patent System, Fall, 1978.
Organized Workshop for Librarians on Economic Statistics Available from the Bureau of the Census, Houston, July 1820, 1977.
Chaired organizing committee for Federal Documents Workshop for Region VI, Houston, January 9 and 10, 1976.
• / 2005-
•
•
•
Professional Development
Numerous short courses and workshops in the field of librarianshipPatricia McAleer, Corrugation of Metal
Charles Lewton-Brain, Fold Forming of Metal
Cynthia Eid, Fold Forming of Metal
Majorie Simmons, Torch-fired Enameling
Polly Stirling, Nuno Felting, Double Hood Hat, Strip Nuno Felting
Ewa Kuniczek, Jewelery and Small Sculpture Felt, Mixed Media and 3D Felting
Shelby Cefaratti, Beginning Felting, Hats, Purses
Sharon Costello, Vessels and Needle Felted Figures
Christine Miller, Weaving with Metal
Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn, Surface Design
Connie Crawford, Pattern Making
Gilbert Muniz, Flat Pattern Making, Draping, and Bustier
• / 1970-2004
1990-
• / [Insert Dates]
• / [Insert Dates]
Affiliations/Memberships
American Library Association, 1968-Association of College and Research Libraries, Public Relations in Academic Libraries Discussion Group Executive Committee, 1994-96
International Relations Round Table: Chair Publications Committee, 1999-01; Secretary, 1996-99; Membership Committee Chair, 1992-95
Government Documents Round Table: GODORT Awards Committee Chair, 198486; GODORT Election Committee, 198586; GODORT Immediate Past Chairperson and Executive Committee member, 198384; GODORT Chairperson, 198283; GODORT Clearinghouse chair, 198082; Secretary of Federal Documents Task Force, 1978; arranged and participated in GODORT Preconference on patents, 1979.
Member of the Chinese Library Association, 1990-00
Member of Advisory Committee for Patent Depository Libraries, 1982; Chair of Patent Depository Libraries Association, 198586.
Chairelect of Patent Depository Libraries Association, 198384;
Coordinator for Marcive/Government Printing Office Cataloging Records Cleanup Project, 19871989.
Texas Library Association, member 197181. Chair of Documents Round Table, 197677; SecretaryTreasurer of Documents Round Table, 197476; Committee to Draft Legislation for Texas State Documents Depository System, 197879; Legislative Committee for District 8, 197779.
Connecticut Library Association, member 196871.
Houston Area Fiber Artists
Contemporary Handweavers of Houston
Contemporary Handweavers of Texas
Houston Metal Arts Guild
North American Felters' Network
International Feltmakers Association
• / 1968-
1990-2000
1982-1984
1971-1981
1968-1971
1990-
1995-
2007-
2000-
1998-
2000-
•
•
Awards and Honors
Beta Phi Mu, 1968
CIS/GODORT/ALA Documents to the People Award, June 1990
ALA Library Fellow, January to June 1990. Assignment at the National Central Library, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic
of China
Awarded scholarship to attend Microsoft's 4th International CDROM Conference, March 1989.
Contemporary Handweaver’s of Texas
Biannual Conference, April 26-29, 2007, Best of Show and 1st place in Members’ Exhibit and 1st and 3rd place in Fashion Show
International Quilt Festival
IQA Stitch in Time, 2007, Judge’s Choice Award
PUBLICATIONS
“The Turkish Roll” Chit Chat, Contemporary Handweavers of Houston, August 2005.
“The Turkish Roll” North American Felters’ Network, Issue 52, pp. 2-4, Nov/Dec 2005.
Three images, Felted Jewelry. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2007.
"Historical Precedent for Intellectual Property Protection". ACCESS 2000: Intellectual Property vs. The Right to Knowledge? Proceedings of the 8th International BOBCATSSS Symposium on Library and Information Science. at Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, January 2000.
Chapter 1, Management of Government Information Resourcesin Libraries, ed. Diane H. Smith. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1993.
“CD-ROM and the Distribution of US Government Information.” New Information Technology Proceedings. ed. Ching-chih Chen. West Newton, MA: MicroUse Information, November 1990.
"Documents to the People: Access through the Automated Catalog" with Myrtle S. Bolner. Government Publications Review. v.18 no. 1, 1991.
"The Library/Book Fellow Program - a Report." International Leads, v.4 no.3, pp. 2-3, Fall 1990.
Editor, Directory of Government Document Collections and Librarians, 5th ed. Washington D.C., Congressional Information Service, Inc., 1987.
CoEditor Directory of Government Document Collections and Librarians, 4th ed. Washington, D.C. Congressional Information Service, Inc., 1984.
Edited DTTP, v.11, no.12, March 1983.
Review of Communicating Public Access to Government Information ed. by Peter Hernon, American Libraries, April 1983, p. 198.
GODORT Policies and Procedures Manual, 1982.
"Government Documents Round Table," The ALA Yearbook 1982, no. 7, pp. 134135, 1982.
"The Property of Creative Minds: A Look at Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights," The Flyleaf, v.30 no. 2, pp. 811, Summer 1980.
Thirty Years of Fondren Cooks. Houston, Texas: Fondren Library Staff Association, 1979.
"Microforms in Libraries," Fondren Library Bulletin, n.s. v.5 no., January, 1978
"Highlights of Federal Documents Workshop, "Government PublicationsReview, v.4 no.1, pp.39-42, 1977
Compiled and edited proceedings of Federal Documents Workshop for Region VI for Texas Libraries v.38 no. 2, Guide to FederalDocuments, 1978 2, Summer 1976.
Review of The Big Bend by Ronnie C. Tyler for the Journal of SouthernHistory, v.42 no.2, p.304, May 1976.
Numerous guides in Fondren Library. Articles on the various special collections of the department have appeared in Fondren Library Bulletin, Rice Thresher, and Texas Library Journal.
Community Service
Member of St. Philip’s United Methodist Church and have served/chaired most committees and councils of this church.
Women’s Home Auxiliary, member 1985-, served as Secretary, Treasurer, and President.
Houston Inventor’s Association
Project Row Houses
United Way Campaign at Rice University
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Longevity with the College: 2005-
Staff Development: See Professional Development above