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Oregon State University

Michael Boock

Head, Center for Digital Scholarship and Services

The Valley Library

121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
Phone: (541) 737-9155
Fax: (541) 737-8267
Primary Duties: Provide leadership to the Center for Digital Scholarship and Services at Oregon State University Libraries.
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Brief CV

  • scholarly communication, digital library organization, digital library workflow, library/press partnership, open access, technical services reorganization

Publications and More

  • Johnson, Thomas and Michael Boock. 2012. Linked Data Services for Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 15th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Lima, Peru. Sowell, Steven L., Michael Boock, Lawrence A. Landis & Jennifer E. Nutefall. 2012. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Managing Government Document Collections in a Digital World. Collection Management 37(2). Boock, Michael H. and Sue Kunda. 2009. Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Metadata Workflow at Oregon State University Libraries. Cataloging and Classification Quarterly 47(3/4). Boock, Michael H. 2008. Organizing for Digitization at Oregon State University: a Case Study and Comparison with ARL Libraries. Journal of Academic Librarianship 35(5). Boock, Michael H. 2007. A Faculty Led Response to the Crisis in Scholarly Communications. E-JASL: The Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship 8(3). http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/index.html. Boock, Michael and May Chau. 2007. The Use of Value Engineering in the Evaluation and Selection of Digitization Projects. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2(3). http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/254. Boock, Michael, Jane Nichols and Laurel Kristick. 2006. Continuing the Quest for the Quick Search Holy Grail. Internet Reference Services Quarterly 11(4), 139-153. Boock, Michael and Ruth Vondracek. 2006. Organizing for Digitization: A Survey. portal: Libraries and the Academy 6(2), 197-217.

Committees

  • Library Recognition Committee
    Metadata Working Group
    ScholarsArchive Working Group
    Space Management Committee
    2007-, Member, GWLA Digital Collections Committee Steering Team 2003-2005, 2007-, Member, GWLA Western Waters Digital Library Steering Team 2006/2007, Chair, ALA ALCTS Technical Services Administrators of Medium-sized Research Libraries Discussion Group 2004-, Member, ALA ALCTS Technical Services Administrators of Medium-sized Research Libraries Discussion Group Steering Committee 2006-2008, 2008-2010, Member, ALA ALCTS Cataloging and Classification Section Policy and Planning Committee 2005-2006, Alternate, OCLC Member's Council 2005-2006, Alternate, OCLC Western Advisory Council 2008-2009, Member, ORBIS/Cascade Alliance Summit Catalog Implementation Team 2007-2008, Member, ORBIS/Cascade Alliance Summit Catalog Exploratory Team 2007-2009, Chair, ORBIS/Cascade Alliance Summit Catalog Committee 2005-2007, Vice Chair/Chair Elect, ORBIS/Cascade Alliance Summit Catalog Committee 2006-2009, Member, ORBIS/Cascade Alliance Summit Catalog Committee Steering Team 2005-2009, Member, ORBIS/Cascade Alliance Summit Catalog Committee 2007-2008. Member, ORBIS/Cascade Alliance Exploratory Team for replacement of INN-Reach 2008. Member, ORBIS/Cascade AllianceImplementation Team for INN-Reach migration to OCLC WorldCat.org 2006-2007, Member, ORBIS/Cascade Alliance Summit Catalog Committee Duplicate Reduction Working Group 2005-2006, Member, ORBIS/Cascade Alliance Summit Catalog Committee Internet Search Engines Working Group 2004/2005, Chair, OLA Technical Services Round Table (04/05 annual report) 2003/2004, Vice Chair/Chair Elect, OLA Technical Services Round Table 2003-2006, Member, OLA Technical Services Round Table Steering Team 1999-2003, Member, OhioLINK Database Maintenance & Standards Committee 1999-2001, Chair, OHIONET Library Technology & Telecommunications Council 1998-2003, Member, OHIONET Library Technology & Telecommunications Council 1997-2003, Member, CAMLS Technical Services Committee 1997-2003, Member, Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians Committee 1996-1997, Chair, South Dakota Library Association Cataloging User's Group 1994-1997, Member, South Dakota Library Association Cataloging User's Group 1994-1997, Member, South Dakota Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee Oregon Library Association (2003-present) American Library Association (1993-present) Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (2001-present) Academic Library Association of Ohio (1997-2003) South Dakota Library Association (1994-1997)
    2006-2008, Member Faculty Senate Library Committee 2004-2006, Member, Faculty Senate Task Force on Scholarly Communication 2004-2005, Member, Information Technology Coordinating Committee Digital Asset Management Work Group 2005-2008, Member, Student Recognition and Awards Committee