Resume of Christine Lind Hage

 

 

 

EDUCATION

           

A.M.L.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 1970—May 1971

B.A., Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, September 1967—April 1970

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Director, 1999 -    Clinton-Macomb (MI) Public Library

 

Director, 1988 – 1999, Assistant Director and Head of Adult Services, 1981 - 88

Rochester Hills (MI) Public Library

           

Director 1977—81, Shelby Township (MI) Public Library,

     

Head of Adult Services and Circulation Services 1971—77, Troy (MI) Public Library,

       

 

AWARDS

2003 Soroptimist International of the Americas Woman of Distinction Award

1997 Librarian of the Year, Michigan Library Association

Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary Foundation of Rotary International

Rose Award, American Association of University Women, Utica Chapter, 1980

 

AFFILIATIONS

American Library Association, 1971 — present

PLA Division Representative to ALA Council, 2002 –

ALA Councilor, 1999 -

Member, PLA Board of Directors 2002 –

Chair PLA Awards Committee, 2004 - 2005

Member Joseph W. Lippincott Award jury, 2004 - 2005

Member PLA Partners Committee, 2003 -

Member, Office of Information Technology Policy Advisory Committee, ALA Washington, 2002 -

Core Values Task Force II, 2001 –

Developing an Agenda for Libraries and Information Policy Issues Team, ALA Office of Information and Technology Policy (OITP), April 2001 -

ALA Bash Committee, 2001

Planning and Budget Assembly, Council Representative 2000 -2001

Chair, ALA Conference Committee, 1999 – 2000, Member 1999 - 2001

Chair, PLA Nominations Committee, 1999 - 2000

Chair, 2002 PLA National Conference Committee, 1999 - 2002

1998 - 99 President of the Public Library Association

Chair, Public Library Association Membership Committee 1996-98

Program Chair, 1996 Public Library Association National Conference, Portland, OR

Public Library Association Board, 1990—94

Chair, Public Library Association Publications Committee, 1991—93; Member 1989—93

Public Libraries Advisory Committee, 1991—93

Chair, Public Library Association Affiliates Network, 1989—90

Chair, Public Library Association Levy Campaigns Committee, 1989—91

Nominating Committee, Metropolitan Library Section, Public Library Association, 1983

 

Michigan Library Association, 1971—present

Chair, MLA Awards Committee, 2003 - 2005

Pre-Conference Coordinator, Annual Conference 2000

Secretary, Management and Administration Division, 1996-98

Vice-President for Membership Services, 1995-96

Member, Public Policy Committee, 1994 - 96

Chair, Constitution and Bylaws Committee, 1993—94

Chair, Special Events Committee, 1991 Conference Committee

Area III Coordinator, 1989—91

Chair, Task Force on MLA Publications, 1988—89

Chair, 1988 Conference Program

Member, MLA Editorial Board, 1988—89

Chair, Continuing Education and Professional Standards Committee, 1986—87

MLA Representative to the Michigan Council on Continuing Library Education, 1986—87

Chair, Public Library Division, 1985—86

Chair, Membership Committee, 1984—85

Chair, Reference Caucus, 1981—82     

Chair, 1977 MLA/MAME Joint Conference Program

Chair, Junior Members Roundtable 1973—74

 

 

Other Organizations:

 

Secretary, Clinton Township Downtown Development District, 2002 -

Secretary, Detroit Suburban Librarians Roundtable, 2003 - 2005

Member, Polaris Users Group Steering Committee, 2002 - 2003

Co-Chair, State and Local Funding Issues Committee, Public Library Funding Initiative Group, 2002 -

Member, Quality Service Advisory Committee (QSAC), Library of Michigan, 2002 –

Chair, QSAC Technology Sub-Committee, Library of Michigan, 2002 -

Michigan Library Exchange (MiLE), Steering Committee, 2000 -

Macomb County Habitat for Humanity, Chair 2003; Member 2000 - 2004

Delegation Leader, People to People Ambassadors 2000 Public Library Delegation to Beijin, Xi’an, Kunming and Hong Kong China, October 27th – November 11th, 2000

Mount Clemens Rotary, 1999 -

Literacy Coordinator, Rotary District 6380, 1998 - 99

District 6380 District Conference Committee, 1998 - 99

Chair, TLN Steering Committee, 1996, 1997-98

Member, TLN Library Board of Trustees, 1997 - 98

3M Library Systems Advisory Council, 1997 -

Libraries on the Information Superhighway Advocacy Network (LISAN), 1995 - 97

National Education Alliance for Technology, Advisory Board, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Portland, OR, 1995 - 97

Oakland Community College Library Technical Assistants’ Degree Program Advisory Board, 1995 -

Chair, Class VI Libraries Association, 1993-94; Member 1988 -

Chair, Detroit Suburban Librarians Roundtable, 1980—81, 1992—93; Member 1977 -

Trustee of the Greater Rochester Area Community Foundation, 1994 -

Member, Rochester Rotary, 1993 - 98 ; Board Member 1996 - 98; Treasurer 1998-99

Membership Chair of the League of Women Voters - Rochester Area, 1993 - 94; Member 1988 - 98

Rochester Christmas Parade Committee, Rochester Chamber of Commerce, 1993 - ; parade broadcaster, 1996 - 98

Instructor of Public Services in Libraries, Oakland Community College, Library Technical Assistant Program, 1991 - 97

Secretary of the Greater Rochester, Michigan Torch Club, 1990—91; Member 1990 -

Secretary of Council on Resource Development, 1989—90; Member 1988 -

Chair, Oakland County Union List of Serials, 1989

Church Council Member, Abiding Presence Lutheran Church, Rochester, 1988—89

Building Committee Member, Abiding Presence Lutheran Church, 1987—88

Secretary of the Oakland Wayne Interlibrary Network Board, 1986—88

Utica Community Arts Council, 1977—81, Treasurer, 1980

Utica Business and Professional Women, 1977—81

American Association of University Women, Utica Chapter, 1977—81

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

Public Library Start-Up Guide, Chicago, IL, ALA, 2004

“Customer Service, One Technology at a Time” NetConnect, NY, Summer 2003 pgs. 18-19.

 “The Future of Public Libraries…Today!” Public Libraries, Chicago, IL, Vol. 42, No 2, March/April 2003, pg. 80.

“Books, Bytes, Buildings and Bodies: Public Libraries in the 21st Century,” Singapore Journal of Library & Information Management, Journal of the Library Association of Singapore, MITA (P), Volume 31, 2002

“Should Libraries Jump on the E-Book Bandwagon?” American Libraries, Chicago, IL, Vol. 30, No.7, August 2000, pgs. 61 –65.

“Building a Nation of Readers,” Public Libraries, Chicago, IL, Vol. 27, No. 3, May/June 1999.

“Each One Reach One,” Public Libraries, Chicago, IL, Vol. 37, No. 2, March/April 1999.

“Changing Jobs is Hard to Do,” Public Libraries, Chicago, IL. Vol. 36, No. 1, January/February 1999.

“Books, Bytes, Buildings and Bodies: The Public Library Challenge,” American Libraries, Chicago, IL, Vol. 30, No. 1, pgs. 70-81.

“Public Libraries, Partners and PLA,” Public Libraries, Chicago, IL Vol. 37, No. 6, November/December 1998, pg. 345-346.

"Intellectual Freedom and the Public Library," Public Libraries, Chicago, IL, Vol. 37, No. 5, September/October 1998,

" The American Public Library: Presenting the Future and Preserving the Past," Public Libraries, Chicago, IL, Vol. 37, No. 4, July/August 1998,

"The Identity of Internet Explorers: May I Ask Who's Calling," Public Libraries, Chicago, IL, Vol. 37, No. 1, January/February 1998, pgs. 28-29.

"Building Leadership in PLA," Public Libraries, Chicago, IL, Vol. 36, No. 4, July/August 1997, pgs. 214 -215.

"The Fact is that Fiction Dominates," Public Libraries, Chicago, IL, Vol. 36, No.3, May/June 1997, pgs. 153-154.

Book reviewer for Public libraries 1997 -

“Metro Net Library Consortium: A Model of Public Libraries as Internet Providers in Michigan.”  In The Internet Initiative: Libraries Providing Internet Services & How They Plan, Pay and Manage Chicago: American Library Association, 1995), 71-80.

“Surfing the Internet in Michigan,” Public Libraries, Chicago, IL, Vol. 34, No. 3, May/June 1995, pgs. 130 - 131.

“From Michigan, a Tale of Success: A Public Library Yearns for the Internet - and Finds It,” Link-Up, Volume 12, Issue 2, March/April 1995, pg. 21

"Providing Public Access to the Internet," Michigan Librarian, Volume 61, No. 2, February 1995

"A New Library & New Challenges," Dynix Dataline, Dynix, Provo, Utah, January 1994

"ENS Saves $$$$$ and Improves Service," Global Update, Dynix, Provo, Utah, October 1993.

 

Listed or interviewed in:

 

Comcast Newsmakers, aired on local CNN Headlines News in February 2004

“Profiles: Great Success Leads to Chance to Start Over”, SI@UMICH, Issue 6, Spring 1999

Who’s Who in America 1997 -

“Checking Out Local Librarians” by Laura Avery, Metropolitan Woman, April 1995, pgs. 56 - 58.

Directory of Library and Information Professionals, c. 1988

Who’s Who in Library and Information Services, c. 1982