PASCAL has filled the Academic Resources Coordinator position! Alisa Whitt joins the PASCAL staff with more than 15 years of experience in academic libraries.  Most recently, she was Virtual Reference Services Librarian in Addlestone Library at the College of Charleston, where she developed web-based reference services using a variety of technologies. In her 12 years at CofC, Alisa led several information technology development projects. These included introducing WebCT, and support for faculty in the integration of information technology into the classroom. In addition, she coordinated interlibrary loan for three years. Alisa received her MLS in 1990 from UNC Chapel Hill. She has also worked at Duke, Emory, and St. Lawrence University. In 2001, she was a Frye Leadership Institute fellow.

Alisa's technical, training and program development skills make her a natural to play a leading role in designing, managing, promoting and supporting PASCAL's statewide academic library portal and cooperative services. Alisa's initial focus will be to coordinate member libraries' implementation of the INNREACH system, and she will manage training for INNREACH as well as Collegiate DISCUS electronic resources. Beyond that, she will provide leadership in planning and implementing our future efforts to extend universal access to knowledge in all formats. Based on the Partnership's strategic plan, this will include further development of ILL and document delivery services, as well as user-centered services such as virtual reference, and working to strengthen member institutions through cooperative collection development and regional storage.

I am extremely pleased that Alis has joined the PASCAL team and know that you will be too as she begins to make her presence felt on these exciting projects.

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Richard H. Moul
PASCAL Executive Director
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