WORKSHOP SPEAKERS

Deborah Fritz has been teaching TMQ workshops since 1992. She has cataloged in libraries, managed retrospective conversion projects for a large vendor, had her own contract cataloging business, and worked for a regional consortium in Florida--first as a training coordinator, followed by an 18-month stint as executive director. She is the author of "Cataloging with AACR2R and MARC21" (now in its second edition), and "MARC21 for Everyone", both published by ALA Editions, and has been teaching cataloging workshops since 1988. She owns her own cataloging training, consulting and software company, The MARC of Quality, in partnership with her husband, Richard Fritz.

Lynn Fields has been teaching TMQ workshops since 2001. She is currently a Catalog and Metadata Librarian/Assistant Professor at the Lovejoy Library at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where she is responsible for cataloging serials, electronic resources, and federal and state documents. From 2006-2008, she developed and taught courses for TMQ on a full-time basis, and before that, taught part-time for us--while she was the Database Consultant at the Lewis & Clark Library System in Illinois, where she was responsible for original cataloging, authority control, the maintenance of the bibliographic database, and developing and providing bibliographic services training and support. She is an SCCTP trainer and has taught "Principles of Cataloging & Classification" for the University of Missouri, School of Information Science & Learning Technologies.

Karen Anspach has been teaching TMQ workshops since 2003. She is a consultant to library systems, system vendors, and other information techology companies. She has an MLS from Columbia University and began her library career working in technical services and reference services in a public library setting for 7 years. She then moved to the library automation systems industry where she worked as a systems analyst and System Design Manager for 15 years, focusing on the design and development of technical service modules and searching tools for catalogs, writing technical documentation, and creating and presenting training materials for clients and in-house staff. Karen has been actively involved in information industry standards development and currently works as an independent consultant to libraries and other institutions in the information industry, including MuseGlobal, Inc., a leading federated search technology provider.

Kathy Nystrom has been teaching TMQ workshops since 2001. She recently retired as the Head of Technical Services at Eden-Webster Library, a joint library of Eden Theological Seminary and Webster University in St. Louis, MO.  She spent 8 years there and 17 years in comparable positions at St. Louis Public Library and the Missouri Botanical Garden, where her responsibilities included managing a technical services or cataloging department, cataloging materials in all formats, and maintaining quality control through training, authority control processes, and database maintenance.  She was an SCCTP trainer, and taught "Principles of Cataloging & Classification" and "Advanced Cataloging & Classification" for the University of Missouri, School of Information Science & Learning Technologies, for 18 years.

Bruce Rennie has been teaching TMQ workshops since 2006. He is currently Catalog Librarian for the Kansas City Library Consortium, a bi-state regional consortium including public, academic, school, seminary, and special libraries. He is responsible for bibliographic database maintenance, authority control, and catalog training and support for KCLC member sites. He has over twenty years experience in cataloging, plus substantial experience in public service. He’s conducted various workshops and training sessions, designed both for technical and public service staff.  From 2002-2006 he served as a Reference and User Services Association representative to the ALA Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee (MARBI).

Jane Costanza has been teaching TMQ workshops since 2007. She is the Head of Cataloging at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.  Her responsibilities there include managing the cataloging department, as well as original cataloging, authority control, and database maintenance. She has substantial experience in cataloging video and music materials. Jane also has experience cataloging for digital initiatives. She manages her library’s digital collections, and is responsible for cataloging images and electronic texts.