Detail

First Name

Stephen

Last name

Spohn

Full Name

Stephen Spohn

Title

Senior Consultant for Library Planning and Assessment

Organization Name

NELINET

Organization URL

http://www.nelinet.net

E-mail

spohn@nelinet.net

Phone

508.597.1937

Fax

508.597.1987

Address

153 Cordaville Rd Ste 200
Southborough MA 01772

Description

My Areas

• Accreditation - Preparing for accreditation self study and review.
• Assessment - Measuring and evaluating library services and programs. Analyzing and acting on results.
• Information Literacy - Planning and assessing information literacy programs and learning outcomes. Integrating information literacy into the curriculum.
• Library 2.0 - Creating and modifying services, enabled by technology, to engage users and create a customer-driven library.
• Space Planning - Creating engaging and collaborative academic library spaces.
• Strategic Planning - Facilitating a thoughtful process of articulating vision and strategic objectives with measurable outcomes.
• Surveys - Using online survey tools to prepare and deliver high impact surveys. Analyzing and acting on results.
• Web Development - Implementing open source applications. Building interactive Web applications and sites using PHP/mySQL. Designing Web interfaces.

 

My Bioblurb

Stephen Spohn (Senior Consultant for Library Planning and Assessment) joined NELINET in April 2008 to lead NELINET’s initiatives to meet member-identified needs for assessment and accreditation. He is a member of NELINET’s team of expert consultants and trainers and is a perfect complement to their collective expertise with his background and interests. His library management background includes solid experience in strategic planning, project management, assessment and data analysis including overall library strategic planning, library moves and space planning, and information literacy assessment. In addition, Spohn has extensive experience evaluating, implementing and managing technologies including Web design, Web application development, databases, learning technologies and Web 2.0 with a focus on leveraging those technologies for information literacy and library service delivery.

Spohn served in various positions at the University of Maryland, George Mason University, the Atlanta University Center and Northern Essex Community College. His most recent position was as University Librarian at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, where he was charged with establishing a new library and library services at a brand new university. He holds an M.L.S. and a B.S. in microbiology from the University of Maryland.

History

Member for

24 weeks 6 hours