Erin J. Dewitt-Miller
University of North Texas
Library - SL - Media Library
(940) 565-3956
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Education

MS, University of Kentucky, 2006.
Major: Library Science
BA, University of Louisville, 2002.
Major: Philosophy/Religion

Professional Positions

Academic - P-12
Librarian, Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy. (August 2007 – June 2014).
Academic - Post-Secondary
Head, Media & Discovery Park Libraries, University of North Texas. (September 2018 – Present).
Head, Media Library, University of North Texas. (November 2015 – August 2019).
Electronic Resources Librarian, University of North Texas. (June 2014 – October 2015).
Professional
Content Manager and Consultant, SirsiDynix Corporation. (April 2006 – August 2007).

Professional Memberships

Association of College and Research Libraries. (2014 – Present).

Texas Library Association. (2014 – Present).

American Library Association. (2007 – Present).

Development Activities Attended

Workshop,"AtKisson Training Group LLC Grantsmanship Workshop," University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (February 27, 2020).

Conference Attendance,"Equity & Diversity Conference," University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (February 20, 2020).

Teaching

Teaching at Other Institutions

Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, Research Skills & Information Literacy, Fall 2012.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter
Robson, D. S., Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (2020). Taming the Beast: Game Collection Management in an Academic Library. Games and Gamification in Academic Libraries. https://www.alastore.ala.org/content/games-and-gamification-academic-libraries
Dewitt-Miller, E. J., Parks, S. E., Robson, D. S. (2016). Building Game Collections in Academic Libraries: A Case Study at the University of North Texas. Audio Recorders to Zucchini Seeds: Building a Library of Things. Libraries Unlimited.
Conference Proceeding
Crawford, L. S., Dewitt-Miller, E. J., Henley, M. (2016). The Unknown Path—Evaluating Electronic Resources for Access-Based Collection Development. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/charleston/2015/collectiondevelopment/38/
Journal Article
DeWitt-Miller, E. J., Rodriguez, A., Smith, S. (2019). Assessing information interaction to improve library ebook collections and services. Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship. 31(2), 66-78. Taylor & Francis.
Smith, S., Rodriguez, A. E., Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (2019). The relationship between the technology acceptance model and preference for eBooks at a large research university. Library Hi Tech News. 36(3), 13-15. Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHTN-11-2018-0069
Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (2016). Alexander Street Press Platform. Against the Grain. 17(4), 8-12.
Resource Review
Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (2014). Haiku Deck. Art Libraries Society of North America. http://www.arlisna.org/publications/multimedia-technology-reviews/482-haiku-deck

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

DeWitt Miller, E. (Panelist), National Media Market, Video in Libraries Panel, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Oral Presentation

DeWitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Guerrero, S. (Author & Presenter), Duke, L. (Author & Presenter), Electronic Resources & Libraries, Captioning for a Captive Audience: Accessible Streaming Video for Library Patrons & Students, Virtual, United States of America. (2021).

DeWitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Guerrero, S. (Author & Presenter), Duke, L. (Author & Presenter), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, Copyright & the Preservation of Video Collections in Libraries , Virtual, United States of America. (2020).

DeWitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), McCleskey, S. (Author & Presenter), Libraries Copyright Conference, Academic Libraries Video Trust: Crowdsourcing Copyright, Digitization, and Access, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

DeWitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), McCleskey, S. (Author & Presenter), Libraries Copyright Conference, Do the Right Thing: Sustainability, Values, and Streaming Video, Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Robson, D. S. (Author & Presenter), Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Brannon, S. D. (Author), Annual Conference, 2018 Games in Libraries, American Library Association / Games and Gaming Round Table, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Robson, D. S. (Author), Brannon, S. D. (Author & Presenter), Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author), Games in Libraries Conference, Gaming Collection Census - A current picture of Gaming in Libraries, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire McIntyre Library, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Trantham, A. (Author & Presenter), Electronic Resources & Libraries, Best Practices for Licensing Online Video Efficiently and Effectively, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2018).

Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Smith, S. (Author), Rodriguez, A. E. (Author), Electronic Resources & Libraries, How do I Know if it's Useful if I can't Even Get it to Open?, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2017).

Smith, S. (Author & Presenter), Rodriguez, A. E. (Author), Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author), Billings, E. (Author), Decision Science Institute 2016 Annual Meeting, Is Print REALLY Dead?: Exploring the Relationship between Technology Acceptance and Use of E-books at a Large Research University, Decision Science Institute, Austin, Texas, United States of America. (2016).

Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Robson, D. S. (Author & Presenter), Kincaid, J. (Author & Presenter), Library Instruction Round Table Summit 2016, Escape to the Library: Building a Library Learning Escape Room for Incoming Students, Texas Library Association, Irving, TX, United States of America. (2016).

Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Moderator), Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Streaming Media in Libraries, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).

Crawford, L. S. (Author & Presenter), Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Henley, M. (Author), Charleston Conference, The Unknown Path: Evaluating Electronic Resources for Access-Based Collection Development, Charleston, SC, United States of America. (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).

Condrey, C. (Author & Presenter), Crawford, L. S. (Author & Presenter), Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Texas Library Association 2015 Conference, Just-in-Time: Redefining Your Collection Development Philosophy, Austin, Texas, United States of America. (2015).

Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Cool, C. (Author & Presenter), Electronic Resources & Libraries, Fake it 'til you Make it, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2015).

Paper

DeWitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), iConference, Relevance Criteria and Online Video, iConference Doctoral Colloquium, Virtual, Sweden. (2020).

Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Smith, S. (Author), Rodriguez, A. E. (Author), Evidence Based Library & Information Practice, “How do I know if it’s useful if I can’t even get it to open?”: Assessing Information Interaction to Improve Library Collections and Services, Philadelphia, United States of America. (2017).

Poster

Crawford, L. S. (Author & Presenter), Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author), Electronic Resources & Libraries, Tackling Toxicity: Predicting, Surviving and Preventing Toxic Workplaces, United States of America. (2020).

Robson, D. (Author & Presenter), Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Brannon, S. D. (Author), Annual Conference, Game Collections in Libraries: More than just Monopoly, American Library Association, Washington, DC, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

DeWitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Multi-disciplinary Information Research Symposium (MIRS), Relevance Criteria & Online Video, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Robson, D. S. (Author & Presenter), Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Annual Conference, Breakout of the Ordinary: Escape Rooms for Library Instruction, American Library Association, New Orleans, LA, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Robson, D. S. (Author & Presenter), Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Hawaii International Conference on Education, Breakout of the Ordinary: Building Educational Escape Rooms for Incoming Students, Honolulu, HI, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Crawford, L. S. (Author), International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions World Library and Information Congress, Let's Get Judgy: Rubric Based Evaluation of Electronic Resources, Columbus, OH, United States of America. (2016).

Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Crawford, L. S. (Other), International Federation of Libraries Association, Let's Get Judgy: Rubric Based Evaluation of Electronic Resources, Columbus, OH, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).

Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Crawford, L. S. (Author), American Library Association Annual Conference, Let's Get Judgy: Rubric Based Evaluation of Electronic Resources, Orlando, FL, United States of America. (2016).

Poster Presentation

Smith, S. (Author & Presenter), Rodriguez, A. E. (Author), Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author), Billings, E. (Author), Xu, L. (Author), American Library Association Annual Meeting, Is Print Really Dead?: Exploring the Relationship Between the Technology Acceptance Model and Use of E-books at a Large Research University, American Library Association, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2017).

Roundtable discussion

Robson, D. S. (Author & Presenter), Brannon, S. D. (Author & Presenter), Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author), Annual Conference, It's Your Turn -- Game Collections in Libraries, Texas Library Association, Austin, Texas, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Sharing Session

Robson, D. S. (Author & Presenter), Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), American Library Association Annual Conference 2017, Library Literacy Escape Rooms (Sharing Session), Games and Gaming Round Table, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Virtual Poster

Smith, S. (Author), Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author), Rodriguez, A. E. (Author & Presenter), Charleston Conference, Are print books REALLY dead?: Exploring the relationship between the technology acceptance model and the use of e-books at a large research university, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).

Webinar

DeWitt-Miller, E. J. (Panelist), Video Trust, Screaming for streaming, Part 2: Proactive video reserves: Ways to work with instructors, Virtual, United States of America. (2020).

DeWitt-Miller, E. J. (Moderator), Video Trust, Industry Insider: How Film Distribution Works, Virtual, United States of America. (2020).

DeWitt-Miller, E. J. (Leader), Video Trust, Academic Libraries Responses to the Pandemic, Virtual, United States of America. (2020).

DeWitt-Miller, E. J. (Moderator), Video Trust, Public Libraries Responses to the Pandemic, Virtual, United States of America. (2020).

DeWitt-Miller, E. J. (Moderator), Video Trust, K-12 Libraries Responses to the Pandemic, Virtual, United States of America. (2020).

DeWitt-Miller, E. J. (Leader), Video Trust, Library Responses to the Pandemic, Virtual, United States of America. (2020).

DeWitt-Miller, E. J. (Coordinator/Organizer), Cobine, C. (Moderator), Salvadore, P. (Panelist), Nemeth, T. (Panelist), Rodriguez, D. (Panelist), Digitizing Media at your Library, Video Trust, United States of America. (2020).

DeWitt-Miller, E. J. (Moderator), Video Trust, Digitizing Media at your Library, Virtual, United States of America. (2020).

DeWitt-Miller, E. J. (Coordinator/Organizer), Cobine, C. (Coordinator/Organizer), Russell, C. (Panelist), Cross, W. (Panelist), McCleskey, S. (Panelist), Entertainment Law & Order: Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and the Library Environment, Video Trust, United States of America. (2019).

DeWitt-Miller, E. J. (Moderator), Cobine, C. (Moderator), Whalen, W. (Panelist), Boyer, J. (Panelist), Dappen, C. (Panelist), Improving Patron Driven Acquisition, Video Trust, United States of America. (2019).

Workshop

Robson, D. S. (Author & Presenter), Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Hawaii International Conference on Education, Breakout of the Ordinary: A Case Study and Design Workshop for Building an Educational, Immersive Learning Experience (Workshop), Honolulu, HI, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Robson, D. S. (Author & Presenter), Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Author & Presenter), Mayer, B. (Author & Presenter), Dennis, D. (Author & Presenter), Toates, L. (Presenter), American Library Association Annual Conference 2017, Escape to the Library (Workshop), Games and Gaming Round Table, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Fellowship
Dewitt-Miller, E. J., "IFLA 2016 National Fellowship Grant," International, Funded. (2016 – 2016).
Grant - Research
DeWitt-Miller, E. J., "Relevance Criteria and Online Video," Sponsored by University of North Texas Libraries Dean's Innovation Grant, University of North Texas, $4000 Funded. (September 1, 2019 – August 31, 2020).
DeWitt-Miller, E. J., "iConference Doctoral Colloquium," Sponsored by iConference, International, $900 Funded. (December 2019 – March 2020).
Robson, D. S. (Principal), Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Co-Principal), "A Census of Game Collection in Libraries," Sponsored by Dean's Innovation Grant, University of North Texas, $3700 Funded. (June 1, 2018 – August 31, 2019).
Dewitt-Miller, E. J. (Principal), Robson, D. S. (Supporting), Kincaid, J. (Supporting), "Escape the Library: Building a Better Library Literacy Escape Room," Sponsored by Dean's Innovation Grant, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (June 2017 – August 31, 2018).
Smith, S., Rodriguez, A. E., Dewitt-Miller, E. J., "Are print books REALLY dead? Exploring the relationship between the technology acceptance model and the use of e-books at a large research university," Sponsored by University of North Texas Libraries Dean’s Innovation Grant, University of North Texas, $1475 Funded. (May 31, 2016 – August 31, 2017).
Billings, E., Dewitt-Miller, E. J., Smith, S., "How do I know if it’s useful if I can’t even get it to open? Assessing Information Interaction to Improve Library Collections and Services," Sponsored by University of North Texas Libraries Dean’s Innovation Grant, University of North Texas, $2430 Funded. (May 31, 2016 – August 31, 2017).

Service

University Service

Committee Member, Special Libraries Division Personnel Affairs Committee (PAC). (June 2019 – Present).

Committee Member, UNT Libraries Accessibility Committee. (January 2018 – Present).

Committee Member, UNT Libraries Assessment Committee. (August 2016 – Present).

Other, University Curriculum Committee. (2014 – 2020).

Committee Member, Faculty Senate Committee on Status of Women. (September 2016 – May 2019).

Committee Member, Search Committee, Media Arts & Digitization Librarian. (January 2019 – April 2019).

Committee Member, Special Libraries Division Personnel Affairs Committee (PAC). (June 2016 – June 2018).

Committee Member, Personal Affairs Committee Documentation Update Task Force. (September 2017 – May 2018).

Committee Member, Search Committee, Head of Learning & Research Support Services. (October 2014 – January 2015).

Professional Service

Other, Video Trust. (June 2020 – Present).

Committee Member, American Library Association Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship. (July 1, 2019 – Present).

Board of Directors, Video Trust. (October 2018 – Present).

Board of Advisors, Alexander Street Press Advisory Board. (January 1, 2018 – Present).

Committee Chair, Video Trust Professional Development Committee. (May 2019 – June 2020).

Committee Chair, American Library Association, Video Round Table. (July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2019).

Officer, President/Elect/Past, Texas Library Association, Electronic Resources & Serials Management Round Table, Texas. (April 2015 – April 2018).

Committee Member, Texas Library Association, College & Universities Division, Texas. (2015 – 2017).

Reviewer, Journal Article, The Electronic Library. (January 2016 – January 2016).

Other, Association of College and Research Libraries. (2014 – 2015).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Information and Knowledge Management. (November 2015 – November 2015).