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Curriculum Vitae

City: Sedalia, CO
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Teaching & Professional Interests

• Academic Libraries
• Administration and Management
• LIS as a Profession
• Serving Multicultural Populations
• Strategic Planning / Marketing / Lobbying

Research Interests

• Academic Libraries
• Administration and Management
• LIS as a Profession
• Serving Multicultural Populations
• Strategic Planning / Marketing / Lobbying

Dr. Camila A. Alire

Lecturer

Camila Alire is dean emerita of two ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries — University of New Mexico and Colorado State University. Her professional experience includes dean of the Library at the University of Colorado at Denver; assistant to the dean at the Graduate School of Library and Information Management at the University of Denver; director of two community colleges; information specialist; and a school library director. She holds an MLS from the University of Denver and a doctorate from the University of Northern Colorado.

Camila has been involved in professional service at the local, state, and national levels having served on the ALA Executive Board, ALA Council, ACRL committess and Board, and REFORMA national president. She served as the 2006 ACRL president.

She has co-authored a book on library services to Latino populations, edited a book on disaster recovery, and is co-authoring a book on emotional intelligence and academic library leadership.

Courses Taught

• > [204] Information Organizations & Management

Education

• Ed.D. (Higher Education Administration) University of Northern Colorado (1984)
• MLS University of Denver (1974)
• B.A. (History, Secondary Ed) Adams State College (1970)

Academic & Professional Experience

• Dean of Libraries, University of New Mexcio (2002-2006)
• Dean of Libraries, Colorado State University (1997-2001)
• Dean of Library, University of Colorado at Denver (1991-1997)
• Asst. Dean of Library, University of Colorado at Denver (1989-1991)
• Library Director, El Paso Community College (1984-1989)
• Asst.to Dean, Graduate School of Library and Information Management, University of Denver (1980-1984)
• Information Specialist, Mathematica Policy Research (1978-1980)
• Library Director, McCook Community College (1974-1976)
• School Library Director, Jicarilla Apache Independent Schools (1971-1972)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

For other publications and presentations, see Curriculum Vitae PDF above.

• Alire, C. A., & Ayala, J. (IN PRESS 2007). Serving Latino Communities. NY, NY: Neal-Schuman Publishing Co.
• Alire, C. A. (September 2005). Charting our future: Advocating to advance academic libraries. College and Research Library News. 55.
• Alire, C. A. (2007). "The Library Professional" in Perspectives, Insights & Priorities: 17 Leaders Speak Freely of Librarianship. (Norman Horrocks, ed.) Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, Inc.
• Alire, C. A. (2004). Two intriguing practices to library management theory: Common sense and humanistic applications. Library Administration and Management. 18.
• Alire, C. A. (2003). The silver lining: Recovering from the shambles of a disaster. Journal of Library Administration. 33.
• Alire, C. A. (2001). The new beginnings program: A retention program for junior faculty of color. Journal of Library Administration. 33.
• Alire, C. A. (2001). Diversity and leadership: The color of leadership. Journal of Library Administration. 32.
• Alire, C. A (Ed.). (2000). Library disaster planning and recovery handbook. NY, NY: Neal-Schuman Publishing Co,.

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