Megan Fox's Profile
About Me
Megan Fox
Associate Director, Technology/Special Projects
Description
Megan Fox is the Associate Director for Technology and Special projects. Megan received her MA in Literature from Boston College in 1994 and her MLS in Library and Information Science from Simmons in 1998. At Simmons, Megan also teaches graduate and continuing education courses for the Graduate School of Library & Information Science. Her specialties include online resources, searching the Web, business information, and mobile technologies.
EDUCATION
MLS Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science Boston MA 1998 (Beta Phi Mu member)
MA Literature Boston College Boston MA 1994
BA History and Literature Trinity College, Hartford CT 1992
Montrose High School 1988
Teaching
Simmons College, Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Instructor, LIS 430: Business Information Services: Fall ’02, Fall ’01.
Instructor, LIS 454: Online Information Sources and Services: Spring ’03, Summer ’02, Spring ’02, Summer ’00, Spring ’00.
Instructor: special session of Online Information Sources and Services for GSLIS graduates from Vietnam attending IFLA in Boston, August ’01.
Instructor: Online Legal Information Trends for GSLIS for grant funded Locally Employed Staff/Foreign Service National Employees of US Embassy Resource Centers, June ‘04
Simmons College, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Continuing Education
Intro to Business Information - online course: March ’06.
New Technologies You Need to Know - online course: November ’05.
A Taste of New Technologies - online course: November ’04.
Working the Web: Search Tips and Tricks – traditional course: March ’01, November ’01, March ’02.
Working the Web: Search Tips and Tricks - online course: March ’02, January ’03.
Basic Business Resources Online: March ’02.
Trends in Electronic Reference Resources and Delivery: October ’00, March’01.
Boston College, College of Arts & Sciences, Chestnut Hill, MA
- Teaching Fellow, Fall 1993 and Spring 1994. Taught Freshman Writing Seminars.
Publications
Product Pipeline: Ebooks. Library Journal Net Connect (Spring 2006 supp) p. 18-20, 22
"A Library in Your Palm" in Library Journal's netConnect April 15, 2003
Presentation and Lectures
To download any presentation, see: http://web.simmons.edu/~fox/
Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for Libraries, Central Massachusetts Regional Library System, Shrewsbury MA, June 11, 2007, slides (pdf)
New Frontiers: New and Emerging Technologies for Libraries, Rhode Island Library Association, Providence RI, June 7, 2007 Handout || Presentation || Printable 6 to a page slides
Getting A Second Life, Massachusetts Library Association, Sturbridge MA, May 4, 2007, slides
Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for Libraries, Computers in Libraries, Washington DC, April 18, 2007, full slides (pdf)
Mobile Search (with Gary Price), Computers in Libraries, Washington DC, April 18, 2007, full slides (pdf)
Libraries on the Go: Handheld and Mobile Access to Information, TCLC, Rosemont College, PA, April 12, 2007 full slides (pdf)
Libraries on the Go: Handheld and Mobile Access to Information, Phoenix Public Library, Phoenix AZ, November 6, 2006 full slides (pdf) | links (pdf)
Trends in Mobile Tools and Applications for Libraries, Internet Librarian, Monterey CA, October 25, 2006, full slides (pdf)
Mobile Technologies in Libraries, North Atlantic Health Science Libraries, Hartford CT, Oct 16, 2006 full slides (pdf)
Mobile Handheld Trends in Libraries, New York Public Library, New York NY, Sept 12, 2006 full slides (pdf) | Printable 6 to a page slides (pdf)
Eresource Management for GSLIS @ Mt Holyoke, July 29 1006 slides (pdf)
New Technologies, Canadian Library Association, Ottawa June 15, 2006 Slides
New Technologies, Rhode Island OLIS Continuing Education, April 25, 2006 Handout || Printable 6 to a page slides
Computers in Libraries 2006, Washington DC, March 26, 2006 "Planning for a Handheld Mobile Future" Full-sized slides version || Printable 6 to a page slides
ACRL/NEC ITIG "New Technologies for Libraries" Smithfield RI December 9, 2005: presentation | handout
Massachusetts Library Association "Handheld and Mobile: Libraries on the Go" Lowell MA November 18, 2005
Internet Librarian, Monterey CA October 25, 2005, "Planning for a Handheld Mobile Future"
A Taste of New Technologies SLA@Simmons October 5, 2005 - includes pseudo-podcast
A Taste of New Technologies SLA August 25, 2005
Tools in Personal Environments: A Taste of New Technologies NEASIST May 3, 2005
Syndicate, Aggregate, Communicate: New Web Tools in Real Applications for Libraries, Companies and Regular Folk
Computer in Libraries 2005, "Building Communities in the “Palm” of Your Hand" Washington DC March 17, 2005 Full version | short version (6 slides per page)
Computer in Libraries 2005, "Dead and Emerging Technologies" panel participation, Washington DC March 16, 2005
"eBook Reading Devices", eBooks in Illinois Academic Libraries Conference, March 2005
Massachusetts Conference of Chief Librarians of Public Higher Educational Institutions (MCCLPHEI) “Wireless Technologies in Libraries: A Public Services Perspective” Falmouth, MA July 6, 2004
Computer in Libraries 2004, "PDA's in Libraries" Washington DC March 12, 2004
Proquest University: ALA Midwinter Preconference "Wireless in Libraries"San Diego January 9, 2004
Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority (INCOLSA) Technology Briefing, "You Can Take It with You: PDA Solutions for Libraries" Keynote Speaker November 11, 2003 (conference overview)
"Wireless Update: A Public Services Perspective" New England Library Association (NELA) Annual Conference October 27, 2003 (conference overview)
State University of New York Librarians Association (SUNYLA) 35th Annual Conference "PDAs in Academic Libraries: We've got the Whole World in Our Palms" June 4, 2003, Stony Brook, NY (conference overview)
ACRL Western NY/Ontario "PDAs in Academic Libraries: We've got the Whole World in Our Palms" May 2, 2003, Buffalo NY (conference overview)
"A Library in Your Palm" in Library Journal's netConnect April 15, 2003 NERCOMP: We've Got the Whole World in Our Palms, Jan 15, 2003