Grete Pasch
gpasch@ufm.edu.gt

Office: Universidad Francisco Marroquín. Academic Information Resources. 

6 Calle Final, Zona 10. Guatemala, City.
Tel. (Guatemala): 1 (502) 2338 7875

EDUCATION

PhD, Information Science (2004).  School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin).  Dissertation: Identifying, Selecting, and Organizing the Attributes of Web Resources.

MLIS (1991). Graduate School of Library and Information Science, UT Austin.  Focus on Latin American information resources and the life cycle of print and digital information products.

Master of Science, Information Systems & Socioeconomic Development (1987). The London School of Economics, England.  Final report: Computers and Information in Guatemalan Agriculture

Computer Science engineering degree with minor in economics and business administration (1984). Francisco Marroquín University (UFM), Guatemala.  Thesis: Design of a system to predict academic success.

 

LANGUAGES

Fluent English, Spanish, and German; read basic Portuguese and French.

 

HONORS

Continuing University Fellowship (1996-7), UT Austin.  Marietta Daniels Shepard Presidential Scholarship (1995, 1999), UT Austin & The Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM). Fulbright Scholarship (1994-1996). Beta Pi Mu Outstanding Student of the Year (1992), University of Texas. PRA Scholarship (1985-7), Organization of American States (OAS). Outstanding Graduation Project (1984), Asociación de Informática de Guatemala.

 

EXPERIENCE

Director, Academic Information Resources (11/2004- ): UFM, Guatemala.

- Coordinate the campuswide development of academic information resources, including New Media, websites, and libraries.

- Set down strategy for and implement institutional repository.

- Direct the Ludwig von Mises library and renew its collections and services. Our new library website, co-designed with www.glifos.com, won the "Arroba de Oro 2005" award as the best overall Guatemalan website, receiving US$50,000 in cash, software, and services. We were also one of only 10 libraries selected worldwide by Elsevier to receive 670 new medical books as part of their "Book in your Name" program.

- Responsible for leading a total of 22 full-time and 27 part-time staff members.

Director, New Media (3/2001 - 11/2005): UFM, Guatemala.

- Set down and implement departmental mission, project planning, budgeting, and evaluation.

- Design, teach, and evaluate web-based courses and f2f training programs for faculty and students.

- Build and manage media production facilities, including the technology infrastructure appropriate for digital video production and streaming delivery, video indexing using locally developed, XML based tools, applications for web-based training, and digitization and indexing efforts for archival purposes.

- Lead a team of 3 FTEs and 9 part time staff members.

Library Technology Consultant (8/1999 - 9/2000): The Texas State Library (TSL), Austin, TX

- Consult with librarians and TSL staff in area of computer applications, focusing on library automation, selecting and using integrated systems, privacy, and network security.

- Provide technical advice in the review of prior approval and technology grant application requests

- Plan, implement, teach, and evaluate training sessions and continuing education programs related to databases (e.g. OVID), networking, and website design.

- Designed and programmed (Perl cgis) a web-based workshop registration system that is still in use.

Research Associate (8/1995 - 12/1997): Latin American Network Information Center, Austin, TX

- Designed, programmed (Perl cgis) and implemented a cooperative (32 libraries), web-based data entry system for the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Latin American Resources Project.

- Maintenance of country and subject webpages, gopher files, and regional mailing list.

 

Director of Automation Projects (9/1992 - 8/1994): Ludwig von Mises Library, UFM, Guatemala.

- Procure funding (donations, rebates) for library catalog development and implementation

- Design and implement InfoLib, a client/server integrated library system running on Solaris, the Informix database and HyperScript tools on the client side, and install and support PCs and local area network.

 

Commercial Systems (1979 - 1994): - Analysis and programming of commercial systems for a variety of equipment (Wang, Hewlett Packard, PCs), languages (Basic, Cobol, Perl, etc.) and DBMSs (dbase, FoxPro, Informix, Image)

INDEPENDENT WORK

Consulting (1992 - ):

- Co-designer of commercial version of the Infolib/glifos integrated library system (NT servers, IIS, XML based, fully web-interfaced) available from glifos.com and installed at over 60 sites in Central America and México (1992- ).

- Technical metadata/OAI consultant for the Latin American Open Archives Portal for Scholars Project with (LANIC/UCLA).  See: http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~gpasch/DOCUME~1/ADMINI~1/LOCALS~1/Temp/www.lanic.utexas.edu/info/research/ticfia.html

- Educational technologies consultant for the Guatemalan Ministry of Education (2004).

- Consultant on metadata implementation and trainer for the Latin American Digital Library (UNESCO/Universidad de Colima).  See: catedras.ucol.mx/informe.html

- Consultant for the Organization of American States Infocyt REDHUCYT program. See: www.redhucyt.oas.org/webesp/Info1PS.htm

- Work with librarians and systems consultants in analyzing systems needs and establishing development priorities in a variety of settings, including educational and non-government organizations

 

Website Management (September 1994 - ):

- Developed online user surveys for Internet newspapers and magazines

- Programming and management of Central American email directories with over 60,000 users

- Implement website for Gerencia, the first Central American business journal to appear on the Web

- Concept and implementation of the Multimedia Product Reviews website for the GSLIS, UT Austin

 

WEB-BASED TEACHING EXPERIENCE

- iSchool, UT (2006): Digital Media Collections, co-taught with Quinn Stewart

- iSchool, UT (2005- ): Managing Digital Libraries

- Produce rich-media courses in Business Ethics, Everyday Logic, The Philosophy of Karl Popper, The Philosophy of Hayek, Forensic Science, and Contemporary Architecture. UFM, Guatemala, ongoing.

- Create and teach web-based course on Metadata & Information Resource Description, with Heriberto Acosta for UNESCO/Universidad de Colima's Digital Library Program. May-July 2002.

- GSLIS UT Austin (1998-2000): Information in Cyberspace: evaluate web-based DE tools (WebCT, UOL), co-develop original content (with Quinn Stewart, including roster, grading system, streaming media and text tutorials) and teach totally online for five semesters

 

INSTRUCTOR

- MBA Program, UFM Guatemala: Introduction to IT Management (in Spanish).  Guatemala, 2002.

- Universidad de Buenos Aires: Computer Networking (in Spanish).  Buenos Aires, June 2000.

- GSLIS UT Austin (1996-1998): developed and taught Introduction to Internet Resources and Information in Cyberspace.

- Graduate School of Computer Science, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (1993-1994): Human-Computer Interface Design and Computer Systems in Management.

 

RECENT WORKSHOPS

- Coordinate and teach New Media diploma courses, UFM Guatemala: Internet resources, streaming video production, and new educational technologies.  See: www.newmedia.ufm.edu.gt/cursos.  2002- .

- Web Attractions: Action Packed Library Websites. For the Texas State Library in Houston, Dallas, El Paso, San Angelo, and Harlingen. January-June, 2000.

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

- "XML saves the Day: Porting a Rich-Media Collection to a Mobile Platform in Three Weeks Flat," with Rodrigo Arias and Matthías Reichenbach, Proceedings of mLearn 2005, The 4th World Conference on Mobile Learning.
- "Information Technology in Central American Libraries," with Diana Miranda, IFLA Journal, 2004.

- "Cautious but Decisive: Ten Years of Information Services Implementation at the Universidad Francisco Marroqu?in Guatemala," Science and Technology Libraries v.23, no. 2/3 (2004): 171-179.

- "Uses of Digital Video in High Education" (in Spanish), DIDAC - Centro de Desarrollo Educativo de la Universidad Iberoamericana, México.  no. 41 (Spring 2003): 32-35.

- "Using the Internet to Teach the Internet: an Opportunistic Approach," with Quinn Stewart.  The Electronic Library v.20, no.5 (October 29, 2002): 401-412.

- "La Biblioteca Digital: Soporte de la Educación a Distancia" (in Spanish), Bibliotecas Digitales, Lourdes Feria Basurto, ed.  UNESCO/Universidad de Colima (2002): 151-158.

- Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking in World Languages, with Kent Norsworthy. Greenwood Press, 2001.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

- El Uso integrado de WebDewey, LEMB Digital y captureX y su impacto en el trabajo de catalogación y clasificación, with Nora Domínguez. In preparation for the Segundo Encuentro Internacional de Catalogación. México, September 2006.

- CCBU (University Libraries Committee), Library Day Celebration: Automatización de Bibliotecas [y Bibliotecas Digitales]. Guatemala. April, 2006.

- Guatemalan Library Association on "El Libro y sus Protagonistas": La Biblioteca: Lugar de los Libros? April, 2006.

- IV Simposio Nacional de Actualización y Proyección Bibliotecológica: Transparent Technologies (in Spanish).  Guatemala.  November, 2004.

- IFLA 2004: eLearning Libraries: Managing Rich Media Content in an Academic Institution, with Rodrigo Arias (in Spanish/English).  Buenos Aires, Argentina.  August, 2004.

- CCBU (University Libraries Committee), Library Day Celebration: Information Literacy, a videoconference with Carol Brey-Casiano.  Guatemala/Chicago.  September, 2004.

- CCBU, XXI Anniversary Conference: The New Student Ethics in the Era of Digital Libraries.  Guatemala.  May, 2004.

- X Coloquio Internacional de Bibliotecarios: Content Convergence: Controlling Rich Media Objects (in Spanish).  Guadalajara, México.  November, 2003.

- Convención de Informática ADIG 2003: E-learning: Five Challenges for IT Services and Infrastructure (in Spanish).  Guatemala.  September, 2003.

- Primer Seminario-Taller Centroamericano ABES: MARC21: Guidelines for Cooperative and Globalized Bibliographic Control.  San Salvador, El Salvador.  May, 2003.

- TCC2003: Student experience in online and hybrid courses: Examining student prejudices toward web-based instruction.  Hawaii (online).  April, 2003.

- IA Summit 2003, poster presentation: Fast, cheap, and in control: managing metadata for streaming media, with Rodrigo Arias.  Portland, Oregon.  March 2003.

- Semana del Bibliotecario 2002: Why Digitization Matters, with Rodrigo Arias. San Salvador, El Salvador. May 2002.

- Interfaces 2001, General Session: Metadata and the Challenge to Bibliographic Tradition (in Spanish).  Colima, México. November 21, 2001. 

- Technology Applications in Information Centers: Cataloging Digital Resources: A New Challenge (in Spanish). Universidad Rafael Land?r/Asociaci??ibliotecol??a, Guatemala. November 9, 2001.

- Annual Library Science Conference: Digitizing Audiovisual Material: New Experiences at the Francisco Marroqu? University.  Universidad de San Carlos, Guatemala. October 10, 2001

- ReDiseño 2001 Interactivo: "e-Learning: from the Real World to the Virtual Worlds," with Juan Carlos López.  UFM, Guatemala. April 27, 2001.

 

OTHER RECENT EVENTS ATTENDED

- JCDL. Chapel Hill, NC. June, 2006.

- IFLA. Oslo. August, 2005.

- JCDL. Denver, CO. June, 2005.

- ALA Midwinter. Boston, MA. January, 2005.

- Online Educa.  Berlin, Germany.  December, 2004.

- Institutional repositories: the next stage (SPARC).  Washington, DC.  November, 2004.

- Latindex working meeting and journal editors workshop.  San Jos?Costa Rica.  October, 2004.

- ISTE-NECC 2004 (International Society for Technology in Education-National Education Computing Conference).  New Orleans, Louisiana.  June, 2004.

- Introduction to Learning Activities using Blended Methods, World Bank's Global Learning Network/Universidad Rafael Land?r (Guatemala) via eLearning, ongoing.

- Institute for Managing and Developing eLearning, Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications (WCET).  Park City, Utah.  July, 2003.

- National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Spring Convention.  Las Vegas, Nevada.  April, 2002.

- Streaming Media East 2001.  New York, NY.  December, 2001.

- 2^nd LATAM Higher Education CIO Summit.  Microsoft Campus.  Redmond, Washington.  December, 2001.

 

Guatemala, July 5, 2006