Charles Pennell
1409 Bloomingdale Drive
Cary, North Carolina 27511-5953

Phone (work): (919) 515-2743
Phone (home): (919) 469-2826
Email (work): cpennell@ncsu.edu
Email (home): charley.pennell@gmail.com
Web: http://www.ibiblio.org/hillwilliam/chuckhome.html


  Education

M.L.S. (1975) : University of Toronto, Faculty of Library Science
A.B. (1971) : Earlham College, Richmond, Ind. Major: geology


  Honors

    North Carolina State University Chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi


  Experience

NCSU Libraries
North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NC 27695-7111

February 2006-present
Position: Principal Cataloger for Metadata
Duties: Reports to Head, Metadata & Cataloging Department. Manages 3FTE in Metadata & Database Quality Section. Responsible for ongoing non-MARC metadata creation within the department, including for NCSU Library's institutional repository, electronic theses & dissertations (ETD), and archival materials held in the Special Collections Research Center. Also manages catalog maintenance operations, including global edits, authority control, thesaurus maintenance, and transfers/withdrawals within the system. Has served on Digital Repository Management Committee, Digital Collections Technical Operations Committee, Endeca Implementation Committee, Endeca Product Team, Information Technology Advisory Council, Integrated Library System Management Committee, University Physical Environment Committee.

December 1997-February 2006
Position: Head, Cataloging Department
Duties: Reported to Associate Director for Collection Management, Organization and Preservation. Managed cataloging operation involving 25.5 permanent and several contractual staff. Served on Collections and Technical Services Heads, Management Council, Government Information Services Committee, Information Technology Advisory Council, ILS Management Committee, Web Redesign Team, University Housing Committee.

Queen Elizabeth II Library
Memorial University of Newfoundland

St. John's, NF A1B 3Y1

July 1997-November 1997
Position: Head, Acquisitions/Cataloguing Division
Duties: Reporting to Associate University Librarian, managed monograph processing stream from ordering through Cataloguing to labeling. Division consisted of 27 full-time staff, plus student assistants. Served on Unicorn Working Group, Division Heads Group, Library Administrative Council, Library Web Team.

November 1991-June 1997
Position: Head, Cataloguing Division
Duties: Managed day-to-day operations of Cataloguing Division consisting of 16-23 full-time staff, plus student assistants and contractual employees. Developed Cataloguer's Toolbox, the first library technical services website in Canada. Served on Systems Committee, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Circulation Working Group, Integrated/Open System Task Force (Chair), Sirsi Unicorn Working Group, Division Heads Group, Library Administrative Council, WebCat Committee, Library Web Team, Senate Bookstore Committee.

May 1991-November 1991
Position: Cataloguer
Duties: Original cataloguing of monographs and scores.

Helene Fuld Nursing Library
St. Boniface General Hospital

Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A7

March 1989-April 1991
Position: Librarian
Duties: Reporting to Administrative Manager, Nursing Education Resources, performed both public and technical services roles in small special library. Supervise staff of three library technicians, one volunteer. Responsible for retrospective conversion of collection and for implementation of Unisys PALS within Nursing Library. Public service function included bibliographic instruction, database searching via Dialog and Silver Platter.

Training Division, Winnipeg Police Dept.
Winnipeg, MB

December 1988-February 1989
Position: Consultant
Duties: Set up, weeded, and catalogued small law enforcement library for staff of city police department teaching facility.

Red River Community College
Library Training Programme
Winnipeg, MB R3H 0J9

November 1988-January 1989
Position: Teleconference Instructor (sessional)
Duties: Using teleconference equipment, taught introductory course to rural librarians throughout province interested in upgrading their library skills through certificate programme.

Villanova University
Falvey Library
Villanova, PA 19085

March 1986-July 1988
Position: Head, Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control
Duties: Reporting to Director, managed department made up of 3.5 FTE professionals, 5 FTE paraprofessionals, and 13 student assistants. Implemented and oversaw bibliographic integrity of Geac database of approximately 500,000 records. Performed original and complex copy cataloguing of monographs, serials, A-V and theses using LCC, LCSH, OCLC, Geac and Bibliofile. Served on Systems Council and Evaluation Committee.

University of Delaware
Morris Library
Newark, DE 19711-5267

October 1984-March 1986
Position: Wing STC Project Manager
Duties: In charge of planning and local operations for Higher Education Act Title 2c project to recatalogue some 5842 titles from University Microfilm's set, Early English books, 1641-1700 (Wing) into OCLC. Responsible for training and evaluating staff, on-going cataloguing, revision of the work of 1 professional and 2 paraprofessionals, liaison with 3 other universities and with NACO feeder.

Memorial University of Newfoundland
Queen Elizabeth II Library
St. John's, NF A1B 3Y1

November 1981-August 1984
Position: Head, Cataloguing Division
Duties: Supervised department consisting of 5 professionals, 17 clerical and paraprofessional staff members. Memorial performed original and copy cataloguing of some 30,000 titles per year via UTLAS. Members of SHARAF, a cooperatively maintained automated authority file, linked to bibliographic records. Served on Committee on Catalogue Access (Chair), Systems Committee, and Terms and Conditions Review Committee.

March 1976-November 1981
Position: Cataloguer, Cataloguing Division
Duties: original cataloguing of monographs and serials, microforms, government documents, A-V, and rare books having to do with Newfoundland. Collections development responsibility for Geology materials.

Univ. of Toronto/York University Joint Program in Transportation

May 1975-August 1975
Position: Research Assistant, Information Services
Duties: Helped organize technical report collection; conducted TRIS searches via Dialog for research faculty.

University of Toronto
Faculty of Library Science

January 1974-April 1975
Position: Cataloguing Assistant (part-time)
Duties: performed routine LC NUC searches, some original cataloguing using Dewey and LCSH.


  Professional affiliations

  • Newfoundland Library Association (1976-1984; 1991-1997)
  • Atlantic Provinces Library Association (1976-1984)
  • Manitoba Library Association (1988-1991)
  • Canadian Library Association (1982-1987)
  • American Library Association (1983-present)
    • Association of College and Research Libraries (1983-2006)
    • Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (1983-present)
    • Library and Information Technology Association (1983-present)

  Professional service

2009. Synchronizing catalog externalities: an introduction. Presentation at ALA Midwinter, Denver, CO, 24 January 2009.

2008. NCSU Endeca 2 1/2 years on: From NextGen to normalcy. Presentation at ALA Annual, Anaheim, CA, 28 June 2008.

2007. Substitute or supplement?: Alternate search mechanisms & changing expectations in the creation of library metatdata. Keynote presentation, Wisconsin Library Services (WILS) Peer Council Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, 24 May 2007.

2007. Library 1.1. Co-presentation (with Kristin Antelman) at ALCTS/CCS Cataloging Norms Discussion Group, ALA Annual, Washington, DC, 23 June 2007.

2007. Forward to the past: Resurrecting faceted search @ NCSU Libraries. Presentation to ALCTS Authority Control Interest Group at ALA Annual, Washington, DC, 24 June 2007.

2007. The catalog is dead! Long live cataloging!: Changing expectations in the creation of library metadata. Presentation to the North Carolina Library Association Annual Conference, Hickory, NC, 19 October 2007.

2007. A new kind of catalog. Presentation to the North Carolina Library Association Annual Conference, Hickory, NC, 17 October 2007.

2006. Out of chaos: Building a real catalog out of loosely-organized data. Presentation at Sirsi SuperConference, Nashville, TN, 6 March 2006.

2005. Uncovering hidden collections. Co-presentation (with Deborah Currie & Eleanor Smith) at LAUNC-CH, UNC, 25 May 2005.

2001. NCSU Design Slides Database Project. Presentation for Library Association of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (LAUNCH) Research Forum, 16 May 2001.

2001. Developing a controlled subject vocabulary for library Web content. Presentation for Digital Library Federation Fall Forum, Pittsburgh, PA, 17 November 2001.

2000. Coping skills for cataloguers. Presentation made at Access Y2K, St. John's, Newfoundland, 22 September 2000.

2000. Role of the technical services professional in non-library digital projects/electronic research management. Presentation made at Role of the Professional in Academic Library Technical Services Discussion Group, ALA Midwinter, 16 Jan. 2000.

1997. Cataloguing beyond the walls. A presentation made to the Atlantic Provinces Library Association, 25 May 1997. URL: http://staff.library.mun.ca/staff/toolbox/catnet/

1996-1997. St. John's InfoNET (FreeNet)- Chair of the Information Provider's Committee. Involves liaison with non-profit community groups, training staff in HTML, finding volunteers to design and maintain home pages, creating websites for some agencies.

1994-1995. Newfoundland Provincial Wildlife Division- implemented networked version of InMagic to control small library collection (6000 books and technical reports + 15,000 periodical articles).

1993. Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archivists- all day workshop on use of microcomputers in archives and small libraries.

1991-1993. Cataloguing session, Memorial University of Newfoundland Extension Service, Library Technician teleconference course.

1987. Tri-State College Library Consortium Annual Conference, St. Charles Boromeo Seminary, Philadelphia, PA.- organized one-day conference with theme of professional development and networking for Library Assistants.


  Publications

Pennell, C. (2008). The role of the online catalog as an e-resource access and management tool. In M. D. D. Collins & P. L. Carr (Eds.), Managing the transition from print to electronic journals and resources: A guide for library and information professionals. (pp. 167-179) New York: Routledge.

Pennell, C. R. (2007). Endeca Information Access Platform. Serials Review, 32(4), 259.

Collins, M., Samples, J., Pennell, C., & Goldsmith, D. (2007). Magnifying the ILS with Endeca. Serials Librarian, 51(3/4), 75-100.

Letarte, K. M., Pennell, C., & Hamlett, S. (2004). Creating career paths for cataloging support staff. In B. Eden (Ed.), Innovative redesign and reorganization of library technical services: Case studies and paths for the future. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.

Pennell, C. (2001). Electronic reserves operations in ARL libraries [review]. Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services, 28(1), 118-119.

Pennell, C., & Roper, J. (2001). The Cataloger's Desktop suite. OCLC Systems & Services, 17(2), 121-132.

Pennell, C. (2000). Issues and innovations in electronic theses and dissertations [Review]. Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services 24(4), 514-515.

Pennell, C. (1999). ArtMARC sourcebook: Cataloging art architecture and their visual images [Review] Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services 23(3), 378-379.

Pennell, C. (1995). The last frontier: Cataloguing the 'net' and implications for cataloguing operations. University of Windsor Leddy Library Electronic Newsletter. July 1995.

Editor of MHLA news (ISSN 0848-9009), 1989-1991.

Pennell, C. (1991). Union list of selected serials of the Manitoba Health Libraries Association (ISSN 0843-2864). Winnipeg: Manitoba Health Libraries Association.

Pennell, C. (1990). Union list of videorecordings in MHLA libraries. Winnipeg: Manitoba Health Libraries Association.

Pennell, C. (1981). Map production in Newfoundland and Labrador. ACML Bulletin, 41, 42-46.

Shipman, J., Pennell, C. & Poole, A. (1976). JPTRS: the Joint Program in Transportation Retrieval System. Research report ; no. 35. Toronto : University of Toronto/York University Joint Program in Transportation.

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