University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho 83844-2353

NAME: Wai, Lily C. DATE: April 5, 1998

RANK OR TITLE: Head, Government Documents with rank of Professor

DATE TENURED: 1988

DEPARTMENT: Library HOME PHONE: 208-882-0506 OFFICE PHONE: 208-885-6344

EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL:

B.A., History, 1960, Tunghai University, Taiwan

M.L.S., Library Science, 1965, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

M.A., History, 1978, University of Idaho, Moscow Idaho

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS HELD:

University of Idaho Library:

Assistant Social Science Librarian/General Librarian/Cataloger, 1970-1974

Assistant Social Science Librarian, 1974-1985

Social Science Librarian, July-December 1986

Documents Librarian, 1986-1991

Head, Government Documents Dept., 1991-

As Head of Government Documents Dept. and Documents Librarian: (1985-date)

• Is in charge of the operations and the servicing of the U.S. regional depository documents collection;
• Participates as a mid-management administrator in the general operation and management of the Library;
• Teaches library sessions for English freshmen courses and some upper division courses in business, environment, and government information resources;
• Participates and rotates with the other reference librarians in the reference/information service on a regular basis;
• Provides library staff training for CD-ROM products, Internet resources, and other on-line databases;
• Provides guidelines and training workshops to the other depository libraries in Idaho and the northwest region;
• Is the spokesperson for the U. S. Depository collection and represents the Library in state, regional and national meetings.

TEACHING EXPERIENCES:

• 1989-date, Team-teaches English 104's "Library skills" sessions.
• 1988, Spring, "Modern Library Skills," (a University Honors Program Course, 2 credits).
• 1970-date, Library instruction for upper division courses in various subject fields.

• Compiler-in-Chief, Idaho Statistical Abstract, 4^th edition, Moscow, Center for Business Development and Research, University of Idaho, 1996. (592p.)

• "Locating U. S. National Standards for Drinking Water," Journal of Government Information, Vol. 22, No. 2, p 101-117, 1995.
• "Idaho Depository libraries; how ready are we to become electronic depository libraries," Idaho Librarian, July 1996

• "Accessing government information on the Web," Washington Library Association/Idaho Library Association Joint Conference, Spokane, WA., April 5, 1995.

• "Making available government information on the Web: the University of Idaho experience," Documents/Serials Group, Washington Library Association, Ellensburg, WA., Oct. 5, 1995.
• "Automated check-in of documents in Regional Depositories with USDOCS, a PC-based system," Proceedings of the 5th Annual Federal Depository Library Conference, April 15-18, 1996, p. 92-94.
• "How ready are we to become electronic depository libraries?" Proceedings of the 5th Annual Federal Depository Library Conference, April 15-18, 1996, p. 107-111.
• "Producing results with little money: from partnerships to grant writing to lobbying parent institution for more support" , Federal Regional Depository Librarians Conference, August 11-13, 1997.

GRANTS: (Current three years)

• Inland Northwest Geospatial and Numeric Data Library and Training Center project, a National Leadership Grant proposal submitted to the Office of Library Services, Institute of Museum and Library Services, $234,702. April 15, 1998.
• Idaho Virtual Geospatial Data Library and Training Center project, co-investigator, $86,000 technolog grant by Idaho State Board of Education, 1997-1998.
• Idaho Statistics Update, $5,989 University of Idaho Seed Grant to make updated statistical data for Idaho on the Web, 1997-1998.
• Two GIS/Numeric Data Analysis Computer stations with jaz and zip drives, funded by the University of Idaho Student Technology Fee grant, Summer 1997.