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Marina Elena Morgan

Head of Technical Services and Senior Metadata Librarian

Morgan

As Head of Technical Services and Senior Metadata Librarian, my focus is to provide a seamless flow from discovery of information to delivery of content in any format, to establish metadata policies and procedures for various cataloguing and digital projects, while providing expertise on data creation, curation, preservation, maintenance, and enrichment of metadata for digital and physical collections.

-Marina Elena Morgan

Roux Library

 863.616.6450

Biography

Marina Morgan is Head of Technical Services and Senior Metadata Librarian at Roux Library. In her role, she supervises the Technical Services operations, develops procedures for processing all library materials, serves as the ILS and ProQuest ETD administrator, manages the Institutional Repository, and co-manages the Digital Collections.

Before coming to Florida Southern College, Marina taught a wide range of metadata and cataloging courses in Canada at Seneca College - Library and Information Technician Program in Toronto, ON and at Mohawk College - Library and Information Technician Program in Hamilton, ON.

As a librarian she worked in highly collaborative environments on various special collections and digital scholarship projects, while cataloging, promoting, and helping develop several digital collections such as Children’s Literature Archive and The Real Story of Winnie the Bear.
 

Professional Engagement

2024-2025          Chair of the FLA Professional Development Committee
2023-2024          Vice-Chair of the FLA Professional Development Committee
2023-2025          Co-Chair of the Competencies and Education for a Career in Cataloging Interest Group, Core Metadata and Collections Section
2021 - 2023         Secretary of the Florida Library Association (FLA) - 
2021 - 2023         Chair of the FLA Library Career Development Subcommittee
2022 - 2023         Co-Chair of the Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services Interest Group, Core Metadata and Collections Section
2020 - 2023         Member of the Core Metadata Standards Committee 
2020 - 2022         Member of the Florida Digital Humanities Consortium Conference Committee 
2018 - present   Member of the Metadata Working Group Sunshine State Digital Network
2020-2021           Convener of the Association of College & Research Libraries Technical Services Interest Group (ACRL TSIG)
2016 - present   MARCEDIT-L co-listowner
2019 - 2020         Co-Chair of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Service (ALCTS) Catalog Management Interest Group 
2019 - 2020         Member of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) Web Coordinating Committee 
2018 - 2020         Member of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) Program Planning Committee 
2018 - 2020         LITA representative for the LITA/ALCTS Metadata Standards Committee
 

On the web

Education

  • User Experience Design Certificate, Cornell University, 2020
  • Sunshine State Library Leadership Institute, 2019
  • Post-Master’s Certificate in Library and Information Science, Web Programming and Information Architecture Pathway, School of Information, San José State University, 2019
  • Master of Information Studies, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, 2009
  • Library and Archival Science Diploma, Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest, 2002

Publications

Marina is actively involved in scholarly research and contributed to the library profession through presentations, peer reviewed posters, and papers at various national and international conferences.
Google Scholar profile
 

PUBLICATIONS

Morgan, M., Hornick, J.N., MacDonald, R.M., & Wade, S., (2022). The Virtual Graduate Research Marathon: Remote Library Instruction for Doctoral Candidates. In Chakraborty, M., Harlow, S., & Moorefield Lang, H. (Eds.), Sustainable Online Library Services and Resources: Learning from the Pandemic. (pp. 207-216). ABC-CLIO.

Slutskaya, S., Morgan, M., Fry, M., Eustis, J. M., Copeland, J., & Calabrese, C. (2022). Report of the Core Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services Interest Group, American Library Association Annual Conference, June 2022. Technical Services Quarterly, 40(1), 26-31.  10.1080/07317131.2022.2148935

Morgan, M. & Slutskaya, S. (2022). Report of the Core Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services Interest Group, Core Virtual Interest Group Week, March 2022. Technical Services Quarterly, 39(3), 327-334. 10.1080/07317131.2022.2082663

Morgan, M. (2022). Report of the Association of College & Research Libraries Technical Services Interest Group Meeting, American Library Association Annual Virtual Meeting, June 2021. Technical Services Quarterly, 39(2), 152-159. 10.1080/07317131.2022.2045433

Morgan, M. (2021). Report of the ACRL Technical Services Interest Group Meeting, American Library Association Midwinter Virtual Meeting, January 2021. Technical Services Quarterly, 38(4), 406-412. 10.1080/07317131.2021.1973798

Morgan, M., & Do, D. T. (2021). Report of the ALCTS Cataloging and Metadata Management Section (CaMMS) Catalog Management Interest Group Meeting, ALCTS Virtual Interest Group Week, June 2020. Technical Services Quarterly, 38(2), 173-179. 10.1080/07317131.2021.1892347

Wade, S., Hornick, J.N., MacDonald, R.M., & Morgan, M. (2020). Laser tag in the stacks. In Kroski, E. (Ed.), 52 Ready-to-Use Gaming Programs for Libraries. ALA Editions: Chicago, IL.

Do, D. T., & Morgan, M. (2020). Report of the ALCTS Cataloging and Metadata Management Section (CaMMS) Catalog Management Interest Group Meeting, American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, Philadelphia, January 2020. Technical Services Quarterly, 37(3), 315–319. 10.1080/07317131.2020.1768705

Morgan, M., & Eichenlaub, N. (2018). ORCID iDs in the Open Knowledge Era. In Digital Libraries for Open Knowledge, TPDL 2018 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 11057). Méndez, E., Crestani, F., Ribeiro, C., David, G., & Correia Lopes, J. (Eds.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2018. 308-311. 10.1007/978-3-030-00066-0_29
 

WEBINAR PRESENTATIONS

Jul. 2023 - Tampa Bay Library Consortium
2023 TBLC Catalogers’ Meeting

Apr. 2023 - Florida Library Association Career Development Subcommittee
Library Career Planning

Apr. 2023 - ACRL ULS Professional Development Committee
A Day in the Life of a Digital Scholarship Intern

Mar. 2023 - Tampa Bay Library Consortium
MarcEdit Intermediate

Mar. 2022 - Tampa Bay Library Consortium 
Digital Storytelling with TimelineJS and ArcGIS StoryMaps

Feb. 2022 - Tampa Bay Library Consortium
MarcEdit for Complete Beginners

Jan. 2022 - Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures
Stacks Mapping Solution for a Better User Experience

Nov. 2021 - Florida Library Association Career Development Subcommittee
Library Career 411

Oct. 2021 - 2021 Core Forum
Stacks Mapping Solution for a Better User Experience

Oct. 2020 - Florida Digital Humanities Consortium: Digital Humanities in the Sunshine State 2020-2021 Webinar Series
Don of a New Age: A Digital Exploration of Don Quixote (with Dr. Melissa Garr)
 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Oct. 2022 - Symposium on Language Pedagogy in Higher Education
Presentation: Student-Centered Immersive StoryMaps to Build Language and Cultural Proficiency (with Dr. Garr)

Jun. 2022 - American Library Association Annual Conference, Washington D.C.
Emerging Technology Showcase: Find@Roux: Library Digital Mapping Tool
Role of Professional Librarians in Technical Services

May 2022 - Florida Library Association Annual Conference
Career 411, Never too Late to Jumpstart your career
What We've Learned This Year

Nov. 2020 - Core Virtual Forum
Find@Roux: Stacks Mapping to the Rescue

Oct. 2020 - Florida Library Association Virtual Conference 
Technical Services: Leading Forward in a Time of Change (with Alyssa Koclanes, Eckerd College; Deirdre Lewis-Gustafson, Miami-Dade Public Library System; and Jessica O’Neil, Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach)

Aug. 2020 - Tampa Bay Library Consortium 2020 VIP Virtual Conference
Find@Roux: “Find in Stacks” Map for Your Library

Mar. 2020 - Florida Digital Humanities Consortium Conference (cancelled)
Accepted presentation: Don of a New Age: A Digital Exploration of Don Quixote. (with Dr. Melissa Garr)

May 2019 -  Florida Library Association Annual Conference, Orlando, FL
Presentation: Professional or Predatory: Distinguishing Legitimate from Illegitimate in an Era of Open Access

Jan. 2019 - American Libraries Association Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits, Seattle, WA
New Take on Name Authority Control in a Digital Repository

May 2018 - Florida Library Association Annual Conference, Orlando, FL
Engaging Students with Rare Books

Feb. 2018 - American Libraries Association Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits, Denver, CO
Discovering What Works (with Julie Hornick, Steven Wade)

Feb. 2017 - Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada
Beyond MarcEditor: Intermediate and Advanced Tools for Your Metadata Automation

Jan. 2017 - American Libraries Association Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits, Atlanta, GA
Presentation: Rethinking Children’s Collections: Meeting the Unique Needs of Students with Dyslexia

Jan. 2016 - Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto, ON
Improve the Batch Cataloguing at your Library: MarcEdit to the Rescue

Jun. 2015 - Canadian Library Association National Conference, Ottawa, ON
Everything you wanted to know about (batch cataloguing with) MarcEdit but were afraid to ask
Discussion facilitator: Network Strategic Session Technical Services Network meeting
Workshop moderator: Getting ready for Linked Data: MARC to BIBFRAME

May 2014 - Canadian Library Association National Conference, Victoria, BC
Workshop moderator: Cataloguing Non-Print Materials in RDA
Session moderator: RDA Implementation in Canada
Discussion facilitator: Network Strategic Session Technical Services Network Meeting

Jan. 2014 - Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto, ON
Workshop moderator: Cataloguing Serials & Integrating Resources in RDA
Workshop moderator: Cataloguing Video & Audio With RDA

Sep. 2013 - Ontario Library Services North Conference, Sudbury, ON
What is RDA and What Does the Future of RDA Hold for Us?
MARC Training

Feb. 2013 - Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto, ON
DDC23 in the 21st Century

Jan. 2013 - Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto, ON
Session moderator: Vendors and Managers: Working Together


CONFERENCE POSTERS

Mar. 2023 - Association of College & Research Libraries Conference (ACRL 2023)
A Day in the Life of a Digital Scholarship Intern

Aug. 2021 - International Federation of Library Associations World Library and Information Congress (IFLA WLIC)
New Take on Children's Collections: Engage and Connect with Students with Dyslexia (virtual)

Apr. 2021 - ACRL Distance and Online Learning Section Instruction Committee - 2021 Distance and Online Learning Virtual Poster Session
The Virtual Graduate Research Marathon: Engaging with Doctoral Candidates Remotely (with Dr. Melanie Fowler, Nora Galbraith, Dr. Victoria Giordano, Julie Hornick, Randall MacDonald, and Steven Wade)

Oct. 2020 - Florida Library Association Virtual Conference 
The Graduate Research Marathon: Leading the Way Forward for Doctoral Candidates in an Academic Library (with Dr. Victoria Giordano, Nora Galbraith, Julie Hornick, Randall MacDonald, and Steven Wade)

Oct. 2020 - Florida Association of College & Research Libraries Virtual Conference
Escape to Your Campus: Designing a Virtual Escape Room for a Campus Community Separated by COVID-19 (with Julie N. Hornick, Randall M. MacDonald, Gerrianne Schaad, & Steven Wade).

Apr. 2020 - Innovative Users Group Conference (cancelled)​
Accepted poster: Find@Roux: Stacks Mapping Project at Florida Southern College 

Apr. 2019 -  Association of College & Research Libraries Conference, Cleveland, OH
Pop-Up Learning: Enriching the Undergraduate Experience Through Extracurricular Workshops (with Julie Hornick and Steven Wade)

Oct. 2018 - Florida Association of College & Research Libraries Conference, Fort Myers, FL
The Research Sprint: Faculty as Learners in an Academic Library

Sep. 2018 - International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Porto, Portugal
Author Identifier Analysis: Name Authority Control in Two Institutional Repositories

Sep. 2018 - International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, Porto, Portugal
ORCID iDs in the Open Knowledge Era

Aug. 2018 - 12th annual CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, Columbus, OH
Hello from the Citrus Groves: Adhering to the Sunshine State Digital Network Metadata Guidelines for DPLA

Apr. 2018 - Innovative Users Group Conference (IUG), Orlando, FL
Post Migration Data Cleanup, Improved Accuracy, and Scalability.

Feb. 2018 - Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada
Engaging Students with Rare Books at Florida Southern College

Oct. 2017 - International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Washington, D.C.
ORCID: Using API Calls to Assess Metadata Completeness

Jun. 2017 - Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of Association of College & Research Libraries, Iowa City, IA
Every Picture Tells a Story: Metadata and the Citrus Collections at Florida Southern College

Oct. 2016 - International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Copenhagen, Denmark
Digital Asset Management Systems: Open Source or Not Open Source?

Sep. 2015 - International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, São Paulo, Brazil
Bringing a Small Archival Collection to Life on the Web: Remembering the Real Winnie

Jan. 2016 - Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto, ON
Moving to Linked Data: Cataloguing Outside the (MARC) Box

Jan. 2015 - Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto, ON
Remembering the Real Winnie: The World’s Most Famous Bear Turns 100
Made in Canada: Ryerson University Fashion Research Collection

Oct. 2014 - International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Austin, TX
Undressing Fashion Metadata: Ryerson University Fashion Research Collection

May 2014 - Canadian Library Association National Conference, Victoria, BC
Digital Humanities: Linking the Past to the Digital Future

Sep. 2013 - International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Lisbon, Portugal
Digital Humanities and Metadata: Linking the Past to the Digital Future
 

Projects

Find@Roux
As online access to library resources has become the norm, browsing habits have changed. In order to respond to users’ needs, I designed and developed Find@Roux, a custom web application that will provide a unique library service by assisting users navigate the stacks. When using this app, students, faculty, and staff will spend less time navigating the physical stacks searching for specific items. In the first implementation phase, users will browse a digital map to identify subject areas and physical spaces on each floor, and in the second implementation phase, users will identify the location of each physical library item.

GitHub: https://github.com/mmorgan-alef0/findAtRoux
 

Responsibilities

  • Modern Languages
  • Computer Science