Tona Henderson C.V.
Building 70-7551
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY 14526
716.865.7243
Educational Background
M.S. Library and Information Science (University of Missouri, 1992).
M.S. Health Care Administration (University of Missouri, 1988).
B.S. Recreation (Southwest Missouri State University, 1981).
Academic Experience
Teaching Faculty, Department of Information Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology (September 2000 - current).
Teach courses in multimedia design and implementation; participate in self-governance and collaborative activities of the faculty and department including Multimedia Interest Group, Friday Graduate Club, and Introduction to Multimedia Planning Group; nominated for Eisenhart Outstanding Teaching Award in Fall 2000.
Electronic Librarian, The Pennsylvania State University (August 1992-August 2000)
Designed and developed electronic library resources including the Laptop Library, Library Web anonymous ftp, and gopher, and Brainfood multimedia modules.
Taught courses and seminars in Internet access, searching, Doing Business on the Internet, reference soruces; provided leadership and expertise for electronic funds and collections; served as founding faculty of the Webmaster Certificate Course; supervised operations and staff of branch library including budget, supplies, equipment and services. Awarded University Libraries Award in 1999.
Research and/or Scholarly Publications
Henderson, Tona. "MOOving Towards A Virtual Reference Service." The Reference Librarian, 41/42, pp. 173-184 (1994).
Henderson, Tona. "Using Text-Based Multi-User Environments To Create The Virtual Library" In Proceedings of the National Online Meeting. Pp. 199-206. Learned Information, Inc., Medford, NJ (May 1994)
Henderson, Tona. "Expert Systems," "Computer Conferencing," "Automated Office Security," Microcomputers in Business," "Digital Scanning," and "Office Automation." Selected encyclopedia entries in the Encyclopedia of Business. Edited by John Maurer et al. Gale Research, Detroit, MI (1995).
Henderson, Tona. "Weaving The Web: Using The World Wide Web In Library Acquisitions." Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory. 20(3): 367-374 (1996).
Henderson, Tona (co-author) and Bonnie MacEwan. "Electronic Collections and Wired Faculty." Library Trends 45(3): 488-498 (Winter 1997).
Henderson, Tona. "Computer Network Support Services," "Information Management Systems, "Digital Imaging." Selected encyclopedia entries in the Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries. Edited by Sue Cindric. Gale Research, Detroit, MI (1998).
Henderson, Tona. Legal and Ethical Issues on the Internet. Continuing and Distance Education, The Pennsylvania State University (1999).
Papers and Presentations
"Information Leverage and Special Libraries," Special Libraries Association, Information Technologies Division. San Francisco, CA (June 1992).
"Multimedia and Implications for Reference." Provost's Lecture Series Panel on Electronic Imaging, Multimedia and the Future: Implications for Libraries and Librarians. Penn State University, Harrisburg, PA (March 1992)
"Teaching the Internet: The Internexus." Poster Session at the American Libraries Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA (1993)
"Recipes for Success: Using the Internet in Academic Libraries." Online/CD ROM Conference, San Francisco, CA (1994)
"It's Not About Cows At All." Poster Session at EDUCOM. San Antonio, TX (1994)
"Business Information Sources on the Internet." American Libraries Association Annual Conference (Business Reference and Services Section). Philadelphia, PA (1995).
"The WWW and Acquisitions Libraries." American Libraries Association (Automated Acquisitions and Cataloging Library Technical Services Section). Chicago, IL (1995).
"Weaving Your Web: The Penn State Case Study." SUNY/OCLC Network Regional Conference. New York, NY (1995).
"What A Tangled Web." SUNY/OCLC Network Regional Conference. Rochester, NY (1996).
"Enter Tomorrow Here: The Penn State Gateway Library." LITA/LAMA National Conference. Pittsburgh, PA (1996).
"Usability Testing." American Libraries Association Annual Conference (Human Machine Interface Special Interest Group - Panel Moderator). San Francisco, CA (1997).
"Future of Reference Service." American College and Research Libraries Delaware Valley Chapter. Great Valley, PA (1999).
Consulting Activities
Client: Lycoming College. "Internet Basic and Advanced Topics." Full day workshop. Williamsport, PA (1993).
Client: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. "Introduction to the Internet." Full day workshop. Harrisburg, PA (1993).
Client: University of Missouri School of Library Science. "Using a MOO Library." Columbia, MO (1994).
Client: Continuing and Distance Education. "Doing Business on the Internet." Conference developer and presenter. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (1995).
Client: Team Decision Center. Designed and developed web site to enhance business activities. (1995).
Client: Congressional Information Service, Inc. Designed, developed and presented daylong training session on Internet skills. San Antonio, TX (1996).
Client: River Bluffs Regional Library System. "Internet for Libraries." Full day workshop. St. Joseph, MO (1997).
Client: Congressional Information Service, Inc. Researched and wrote 12,000 word help text for online business product (Statistical Universe). (1997).
Client: Reed Elsevier. Researched and wrote 10,000 word help text for online database (Lexis Nexis Academic Universe). (Spring 1999).
Service and Committees
The American Libraries Association (Library and Information Technology Association) Publications Committee, member (1994-1999).
The American Libraries Association (Library and Information Technology Association) Human Machine Interface Special Interest Group, chair (1995-1996).
The Pennsylvania State University Libraries Copyright Committee, member (1995-1997).
The Pennsylvania State University Libraries Faculty Organization, chair ((1995-1996).
The Pennsylvania State University Faculty Advisory Committee on Academic Computing, member (1996-2000)
Awards and Honors
Conference Award (Student Competition), Special Libraries Association Information Technologies Division (June 1992).
Beta Phi Mu (International Library Science Honor Society), based on 4.0 GPA (April 1993).
University Libraries Award. The Pennsylvania State University Libraries. (June 1999).