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City: San José, CA
Telephone:
  1-408-833-4242

Teaching & Professional Interests

  • Administration and Management
  • Buildings / Facilities
  • Public Libraries
  • Reading and Literacy

Research Interests

  • Public Libraries

Lisa G. Rosenblum

Lecturer

Lisa is Director of Library and Community Services for the City of Sunnyvale. Lisa attended St John's College in Annapolis Maryland for her BA in Liberal Arts and San José State University for her Masters Degree in Library Science. She was nominated to Beta Phi Mu, the International Library and Information Studies Honor Society, and in 2009 was chosen by Library Journal as one of 51 "Movers and Shakers" in the library profession for her work as an innovative director. In 2005, she served on a nationwide task force sponsored by IMLS to study the future of librarians in the workforce. In 2004 Lisa completed a yearlong fellowship at the Urban Libraries Council Executive Leadership Institute and attended the Stanford Institute on 21st Century Librarianship in Summer 2000. She is past President of the Public Libraries Section for the California Library Association and served as a member of the CLA Executive Assembly from 2008-2010.

Courses Taught

Education

  • MLS (Masters of Library Science) San José State University (1994)
  • BA (Liberal Arts) St John's College, Annapolis MD (1980)

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Director of Library and Community Services, Sunnyvale, CA (2009-)
  • Lecturer, School of Library & Information Science, San José State University (2008-)
  • Director of Library and Neighborhood Services, City of Hayward (2005-2009)
  • Division Manager, Martin Luther King Main Library, San José Public Library (2003-2005)
  • Senior Librarian, San José Public Library (1999-2003)
  • Librarian, San José Public Library (1986-1999)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

  • Rosenblum, L (2010, November) Sunnyvale's investment increases efficiency and improves library services. Western Cities, 86(11), 7-8.
  • Rosenblum, L. (2010, January/February). How to thrive by design in tough times. American Libraries, 41(1-2), 40-43.
  • Meserve, H., Belanger, S., Bowlby, J., & Rosenblum, L. (2009, Summer). Developing a model for reference research statistics. Reference & User Services Quarterly (RUSQ) 48(4). [Selected for the Reference Research Review for 2009 as an item of importance in the field of study]
  • Fisher, W. & Rosenblum, L. (2008, Winter). Now what do I do? Some reflections on becoming a first time library director. Library Administration and Management, 22(1), 15-23.
  • Kaupilla, P., Belanger, S., & Rosenblum, L. (2008). Merge everything it makes sense to merge: The history and philosophy of the merged reference collection at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in San José California. Collection Management, 31(3), 33-57.

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