About

Martha Clare Neth­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

EDUCATION

Doctoral Program in Progress, University of New York, Buffalo

Department of Information Science

Master’s Degree, Indiana University

School of Library and Information Science and School of Fine Arts Graduate School – 

EXPERIENCE

Director of Learning Commons, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (RMCAD),  October 2018 to present

Librarian, Art Institute of Colorado                                                       October 2012 to September 2018

Adjunct Professor, Community College of Aurora                              August 2010 to April 2013

Taught wide range of curriculum to diverse group of students in post-secondary setting, including Art Appreciation, Art History I, Prehistory to Gothic and Art History II, Renaissance to 1900

Instruction Librarian, Johnson & Wales University            August to  December, 2009

(Temporary position) Johnson and Wales Library provides academic support for staff, faculty and students.  

Acting Head of Reader Services, Art Institute of Chicago  January to May 2006

Performed as the head of the reference department of the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries, a major art and architecture research collection serving The Art Institute of Chicago, scholars in the fields of art and architectural history, and the general public.

Reader Services Librarian, School of the Art Institute of Chicago    July 2001 to December 2003

Head of the reference department of the Flaxman Library in support of the curriculum of the SAIC. 

Senior Reference Librarian, Art Institute of Chicago          March 1998 to June 2001

Senior librarian of the reference department of the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries, a major art and architecture research collection serving The Art Institute of Chicago,  scholars in the fields of art and architectural history and the general public.

PUBLICATIONS

“Library instruction for students in design disciplines: scenarios, exercises and techniques” [book review]. Art Libraries Journal v. 27, no. 4 (2002), p.34-36.

“Citation Analysis and the Web.” Art Documentation v.17, no. 1 (Spring 1998),    p.29-33.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

RMCAD

• Co-chair, plagiarism committee
• Program Review and Assessment Committee

Art Institute of Colorado

• Co-chair, Retention Committee
• Assessment Committee

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Best Practices for Embedding Tutors, LSAC annual conference, May 2021

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

ASIS&T, 2020-

Art Libraries Society of North America

               RISS Moderator, April 2001 – 2002

               RISS Co-Moderator, April 2000 – 2001

               RISS Recorder and Update Editor, April 1999 – 2000

               Professional Development Committee, 1999-2002

               Professional Development Committee, 2021-

American Library Association

Secretary ALA Student Chapter, Indiana University, Bloomington, August 1996-December 1997