Jennifer L. Rowe
University of North Texas
Library - PS - Sycamore Library
(940) 369-7815
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Education

MLS, University of North Texas, 2012.
Major: Master of Library Science
BA, University of North Texas, 2006.
Major: Art History

Professional Positions

Professional
Interim head of Sycamore Library, University of North Texas. (May 2023 – Present).
Associate Librarian, University of North Texas. (September 2019 – Present).
Assistant Librarian, University of North Texas. (2015 – August 2019).
Assistant Librarian, University of North Texas. (2014 – 2015).
Night Manager and Outreach Coordinator, University of North Texas. (2013 – 2014).
Graduate Library Assistant, University of North Texas. (2011 – 2012).

Professional Memberships

American Library Association. (2016 – Present).

Member, various committee appointments, Texas Library Association. (2013 – Present).

Development Activities Attended

Continuing Education Program,"New Supervisor Orientation," UNT System HR, Texas, United States of America. (September 2023 – December 2023).

Workshop,"Mental Health First Aid," Denton County MHMR, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (September 2020).

Awards and Honors

New Librarian Conference Stipend Recipient, Texas Library Association, New Member Round Table. (2014 – 2014).

Teaching

Directed Student Learning

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Anthropology. (April 2023 – Present).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Journal Article
Rowe, J. L., Leuzinger, J., Hargis, C., Harker, K. (2021). The Impact of Library Instruction on Undergraduate Student Success: A Four Year Study. College & Research Libraries. 82(1), . https://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/24750/32573
Holloway, L. D., Rowe, J. D., Weiller-Abels, K. H., Lain, B. A., Walker, L. D. (2020). The Chair's Role in Promoting Work-Life Balance. The Department Chair. 30(3), 4. Boston, MA: Jossey-Bass.
Leuzinger, J. A., Rowe, J. L. (2017). Succession Planning Through Mentoring in Libraries. Library Leadership & Management. 31(4), .
Leuzinger, J. A., Rowe, J. L., Brannon, S. D. (2016). “Mentoring Library Students for Career Development and Succession Planning”. Texas Library Journal. 92(2), . Austin, Texas: Texas Library Association. http://www.txla.org/sites/tla/files/TLJ/TLJ92-2.pdf
Magazine/Trade Publication
Keralis, S. D., Leuzinger, J. A., Rowe, J. L. (2017). Providing Inclusive Services to Transgender Patrons. Texas Library Journal. Fall(93:3), 82-83. Austin, Texas: Texas Library Association. http://www.txla.org/TLJ

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Leuzinger, J. (Author & Presenter), Rowe, J. L. (Author & Presenter), Webinar, Succession Planning Through Mentoring in the Library invited webinar CANCELLED, New York South Central Regional Library Council, United States of America. (2020).

Oral Presentation

Harker, K. R. (Author & Presenter), Rowe, J. L. (Author & Presenter), Hargis, C. N. (Author & Presenter), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC), Predicting Student Success with and without Library Instruction: Using Supervised Machine Learning Methods, Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC), Online, United States of America. (2023).

Harker, K. R. (Author & Presenter), Rowe, J. L. (Author), Hargis, C. N. (Author), LibPMC: The 15th International Conference on Libraries and Performance Measurement, Predicting Student Success with and without Library Instruction, Library Performance Metrics and Measurement, Oxford, UK, United Kingdom. (2023).

Rowe, J. (Presenter), Hargis, C. (Presenter), Leuzinger, J. (Presenter), Texas Library Association Annual Conference, The Impact of Library Instruction on Undergraduate Student Success: A Four Year Study, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2018).

Leuzinger, J. A. (Presenter), Rowe, J. L. (Presenter), Texas Library Association Annual Conference 2016, “Succession Planning Through Mentoring in the Academic Library”, Texas Library Association, Houston, Texas. (2016 – 2016).

Sittel, N. R. (Presenter), Rowe, J. L. (Presenter), Sears, S. (Presenter), Depository Library Council Meeting and Conference, Transforming an Academic Library to a Community Partner, Government Publishing Office (GPO), Arlington, VA, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Condrey, C. (Author & Presenter), Crawford, L. S. (Author & Presenter), Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Rowe, J. L. (Author & Presenter), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative 2015 Conference, Managing Change Through Teamwork, Texas A&M University -- Commerce, United States of America. (2015).

Panel

Leuzinger, J. A. (Panelist), Sears, S. (Panelist), Sittel, N. R. (Panelist), Rowe, J. L. (Panelist), Burns, D. (Panelist), Oklahoma Library Association Annual Conference 2015, “Transforming an Academic Library from a Traditional Service Model to a Community Partner”, Oklahoma Library Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Leuzinger, J. A. (Panelist), Sears, S. (Panelist), Sittel, N. R. (Panelist), Rowe, J. L. (Panelist), Burns, D., Texas Library Association Annual Conference 2015, “Transforming an Academic Library from a Traditional Service Model to a Community Partner”, Texas Library Association, Austin, Texas, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Panel Presentation

Rowe, J. L. (Panelist), Federal Depository Library Conference, Serving Library Patrons with Disabilities, U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, D.C., United States of America. (2018).

Rowe, J. (Panelist), Leuzinger, J. (Panelist), Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Trans-Inclusive Libraries: A Win for Our Communities, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2018).

Paper

Leuzinger, J. A. (Presenter), Rowe, J. L. (Presenter), Texas Library Association Annual Conference 2014, “Pay it Forward: Mentoring library students for career development and succession planning”, Texas Library Association, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America. (2014 – 2014).

Leuzinger, J. A. (Presenter), Rowe, J. L. (Presenter), “Pay it Forward: Mentoring library students for career development”, Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2013 – 2013).

Poster

Rowe, J. L. (Author & Presenter), American Library Association Annual Conference MODIFIED, online poster presentation, University Libraries: How do We Meet the Needs of Student with Disabilities?, American Library Association, virtual, United States of America. (2020).

Rowe, J. L. (Author & Presenter), 2019 AHEAD Equity & Excellence: Access in Higher Education, poster presentation, University Libraries: How do We Meet the Needs of Student with Disabilities?, Association on Disability in Higher Education, Boston, MA, United States of America. (2019).

Hargis, C. (Presenter), Rowe, J. (Presenter), Leuzinger, J. (Presenter), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference, The Impact of Library Instruction on Undergraduate Student Success: A Four Year Study, poster presentation, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2018).

Webinar

Rowe, J. (Presenter), Leuzinger, J. (Presenter), Shank, P. (Presenter), Succession Planning in Libraries webinar, United States Government Publishing Office, United States of America. (2018).

Rowe, J. (Presenter), Leuzinger, J. (Presenter), Sustaining Your Organization's Future: Mentoring and Succession Planning in Libraries webinar, National Libraries of Medicine, United States of America. (2018).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
Rowe, J. (Principal), "Improving Library Services for Patrons of All Abiliites," Sponsored by University Libraries, University of North Texas, $3000.00 Funded. (September 2018 – August 2019).
Sittel, N. R. (Co-Principal), Rowe, J. L. (Co-Principal), Burns, D. (Co-Principal), "Nonprofit Capacity Building," Sponsored by Texas State Library & Archives Commission, State, $38107.39 Funded. (September 1, 2016 – August 31, 2017).
Keralis, S. D. (Principal), Leuzinger, J. A. (Principal), Rowe, J. L. (Co-Principal), Hobson, K. (Supporting), Roberto, K. (Supporting), "Dean's Innovation Grant: TX-Gender Project for Libraries," Sponsored by UNT Libraries, University of North Texas, $2400 Funded. (August 1, 2016 – May 31, 2017).

Service

University Service

Chairperson, Library Scholarship and Awards Committee. (January 2023 – Present).

Faculty Mentor, Mentor to early career librarian, Emily Akers. (January 2023 – Present).

Member, Institutional Review Board. (September 2019 – Present).

Member, UNT Libraries Subject Librarian Workgroup. (2013 – Present).

Committee Member, Faculty Senate University Writing Committee. (September 2022 – August 2025).

Member, Faculty Senate University Library Committee. (September 2021 – August 2024).

Committee Chair, Science Librarian Search Committee. (March 2022 – March 2023).

Member, Library Scholarship and Awards Committee. (2020 – January 2023).

Member, Collection Management Coordinator of Electronic Resources Search Committee. (January 2020 – 2021).

Member, UNT Libraries Library Wide Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 2020 – June 2021).

Chairperson, UNT Libraries Public Services Division Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 2020 – June 2021).

Member, Public Services Division Personnel Affairs Committee. (July 2019 – June 2021).

Committee Chair, Library Scholarship and Awards Committee. (2015 – 2020).

Committee Member, Library Donor Relations Workgroup. (October 2017 – 2019).

Member, Digital Frontiers Conference Planning Committee. (2013 – 2018).

Member, UNT President's Honors Day Awards Selection Committee. (2013 – 2018).

Member, Public Services Outreach and Instruction Librarian Search Committee. (September 2018 – November 2018).

Member, Library Public Services Division Personnel Affairs Committee. (April 2016 – April 2018).

Committee Member, Subject Librarians Guidelines Taskforce. (September 2017 – 2017).

Committee Member, Library Dean Search Committee. (December 2016 – December 2017).

Member, Scholarly Communications Transformation Workgroup. (October 2016 – July 2017).

Member, Division of Student Affairs Awards Selection Committee. (2015).

Committee Member, Library Research Support Services Department Head Search Committee. (October 2014 – December 2014).

Member, Library Scholarship and Awards Committee. (2013 – 2014).

Professional Service

Member, TLA College and University Libraries Division Legislative Committee. (June 2021 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Public Services Quarterly. (March 2016 – Present).

Committee Chair, ALA GODORT Conference Committee. (June 2021 – June 2023).

Chairperson, Texas Library Association GODORT. (April 2019 – April 2021).

Chairperson, Texas Library Association District 7. (April 2018 – April 2019).

Officer, President/Elect/Past, Texas Library Association GODORT. (April 2018 – April 2019).

Other, Texas Library Association Assessment Interest Group, Texas. (April 2017 – April 2018).

Other, Texas Library Association District 7, Texas. (April 2017 – April 2018).

Other, Texas Library Association New Member Round Table, Texas. (April 2017 – April 2018).

Chairperson, Texas Library Association Assessment Interest Group. (April 2016 – April 2017).

Chairperson, Texas Library Association New Member Round Table. (April 2016 – April 2017).

Other, Texas Library Association New Member Round Table. (April 2015 – April 2016).

Member, TLA NMRT Conference Stipend Award Selection Committee. (April 2015 – April 2016).

Member, TLA NMRT Exhibit Hall Booth Committee. (2014 – 2015).

Member, TLA College and University Libraries Division Programming Committee. (2013 – 2015).