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City: East Peoria, IL
Telephone:
  1-309-694-9200
Extension: 2101
FAX: 1-309-694-9230

Teaching & Professional Interests

  • Children's Services
  • Funding
  • Personnel
  • Public Libraries

Research Interests

  • Administration and Management
  • Children's / YA Literatures
  • Funding
  • Public Libraries
  • Serving the Aged
  • Young Adult Services

Kitty Pope

Lecturer

Kitty is the Director of the Alliance Library System in sunny Illinois. Her interests in libaryland include; leadership in the multi-type library environment, innovation, administration and marketing.

Courses Taught

Education

  • MLS University of Western Ontario (1976)
  • Hon. B.A. (History and English) University of Western Ontario (1975)

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Director, Alliance Library System, Illinois (2004-)
  • Assistant Director, Calgary Public Library, Alberta (2001-2003)
  • Regional Director, Wapiti Regional Library, Saskatchewan (1993-2001 and 1986-1990)
  • LRC Manager, Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE (1990-1993)
  • Library Science Instructor, Prince Albert and Yellowknife (1983-1990)
  • Library Administrator, Yellowknife Public Library, NWT (1982-1986)
  • Special Librarian, Ikaluit Research Lab, NWT (1981-1982)
  • Curator, Nunatta Sunaqutagit Museum, NWT (1980-1982)
  • Teacher/Librarian, Ikaluit, NWT (1980-1982)
  • Family Resources Librarian, Owen Sound, Ontario (1976-1980)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

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

  • Pope, K., Bell, L. & Peters, T. (2009). Find a Way to offer Playaways: a new kind of Audio Book. Searcher: the magazine for Database Professionals, 48-53.
  • Pope, K., Bell, L. & Peters, T. (2007). Get a (Second) Life! Prospecting for Gold in a 3-D World. Computers in Libraries, 10.
  • Pope, K., Bell, L. & Peters, T. (2006). Enjoying your First Life? Why Not Add a Second? Developing Library Services in Second Life. http://seriousgamessource.com/features/feature_063006_second_life_library.php link goes to non-SJSU web site.
  • Pope, K., Bersche, K. & Chenoweth, R. (2006). Starting and Running the Libraries Matter Campaign. Computers in Libraries, 6.
  • Pope, K. (2005-2009). Alliance Library System Trends Report.
  • Pope, K. On a + note, a weekly e letter about surviving these economically challenging times, which is read by over 6,200 librarians.

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