Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs
Associate Professor/Instruction Librarian
University of West Georgia
Carrollton, GA 30118
678.841.7910
maldrich@westga.edu
| Master of Public Administration | December, 2000 | State University of West Georgia Carrollton, GA |
| Master of Library and Information Science | December, 1997 | Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA |
| Bachelor of Science Elementary Education, Psychology (Double Major) |
April, 1996 | Brigham Young University Provo, UT |
| July 2008 to Present |
Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs | University of West Georgia |
| July 2007 to Present |
Associate Professor/Instruction Librarian | Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library University of West Georgia |
| June 2006 to June 2008 |
Special Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs | University of West Georgia |
| July 2006 July 2007 |
Associate Professor/Government Documents Librarian | Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library University of West Georgia |
| July 2001 to June 2006 |
Assistant Professor/Government Documents Librarian | Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library University of West Georgia |
| December 1997 to June 2001 |
Instructor/Government Documents Librarian | Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library State University of West Georgia |
| Current Committee/Board Memberships | |
| 2006- | Institutional Review Board, Chair (University) Approves human subject research for the university. |
| 2006- | Strategic Planning Committee (University) Update Unviersity's strategic plan. |
| 2006- | Technology Planning Committee (University) Assesses and recommends policy and procedures that contribute to the fulfillment of UWG's technology vision. |
| 2006- | Executive Enrollment Committee (University) Directs Retention, Progression, & Graduation (RPG) efforts on campus. |
| 2006- | Pandemic Flu Planning Committee (University) Develop University's response plan to a pandemic flu. |
| 2006- | Library Systems Usability Committee, Chair (Library) Examine and evaluate the usability & design of the Library web presence. |
| Past Committee/Board Memberships | |
| 2005 | Search Committee, Instructional Services Librarians (Library) Recommend candidate for Instructional Services position. |
| 2005 | Search Committee, Circulation Assistant (Library) Recommend candidate for part-time Circulation position. |
| 2004-2006 | Faculty Senator (University) Elected Library representative on the Faculty Senate. |
| 2004-2006 | Faculty and Adminsitrative Staff Personnel Committee (University) Chair, 2005-2006 Recommends policy concerning appointments, promotions, tenure, salaries, benefits, grievances, discipline and dismissals; hears and makes recommendations in grievance, discipline and dismissal cases. |
| 2004-2006 | Webpage Usability Assessment Committee (Library) Examine and evaluate the assessability & design of the Library homepage. |
| 2004-2006 | OPAC Committee (Library) Chair, 2005-2006 Make recommendations for configuration, and implementation of the public interface of the online public access catalog. |
| 2004- | TEACH ACT/Copyright Committee (Library) Make recommendations regarding the Library's implementation of the Teach Act and other related copyright issues. |
| 2004 | Promotion & Tenure Departmental Committee (Library) Review candidates' portfolios and make recommendations regarding promotion & tenure. |
| 2002-2003 | Search Committee, Instructional Services Librarian (Library) Recommend candidate for Instructional Services position. |
| 2002-2003 | Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Integrity (University) Develop an honor code for the university. |
| 2002-2004 | Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (University) Recommends policy and procedures concerning athletic admission standards, athletic budgets, program expansion or reduction, and membership in associations; and to oversee the enforcement of conference, association and accreditation rules and regulations. |
| 2002-2003 | Database Evaluation Committee (Library) Establishes criteria for database evaluation and recommends databases for purchase. |
| 2002 | IS Committee on Virtual Reference (Library) Fully investigate virtual reference as a method of information delivery to Library patrons. |
| 2001-2002 | Search Committee, Instructional Services Librarian (Library) Recommend candidate for Instructional Services position. |
| 2001 | Promotion & Tenure Departmental Committee (Library) Review candidates' portfolios and make recommendations regarding promotion & tenure. |
| 2001 | Open House Committee (Library) Organize & carry out Ingram Library's inaugral open house. |
| 2001 | Holiday Party Committee (Library) Organize Library's annual Holiday Party. |
| 2001 | Search Committee, Circulation Manager (Library) Recommend candidate for Circulation Manager position. |
| 2001 | Regent's Awards Committee (University) Recommend University's candidate to receive Regent's Award. |
| 2000-2002 | Academic Policies and Procedures Committee (University) Recommends policy concerning advisement, undergraduate admissions, and retention. |
| 2000-2002 | Grade Appeals Subcommittee (University) Hear student appeals regarding grades. |
| 2000-? | Search Procedures Committee, Chair (Library) Revise faculty and staff search procedures, staff promotion procedures and Library Human Resources Handbook. (http://www.westga.edu/~library/depts/comms/searchcom/) |
| 1999-? | Serials Collection Development Committee (Library) Develop a Serials Collection Development Policy, including a plan for retrospective binding and evaluating short run titles. |
| 1999 | Space Committee, Chair (Library) Design and recommend a new arrangement of the main floor of the Library. (http://www.westga.edu/~library/depts/comms/spacecom/) |
| 1998- | Web Committee (Library) Investigate and recommend methods by which Ingram Library should proceed to increase the use and usefulness of its web site. (http://www.westga.edu/~library/depts/comms/webcom/) |
| 1998-2000 | University Student Services Committee (University) Recommends policy concerning financial aid, housing, health and food services, counseling services, student security and safety. |
| 1998 | Search Committee, Instructional Services Librarian (Library) Recommend candidate for new Instructional Services position. |
| 2005-2006 | Mentor, Instructional Services Librarian |
| 2004-2005 | CSI Advisor |
| 2004-2006 | Central Elementary School Council |
| 2004- | Deputy Voter Registrar, Carroll County |
| 2004- | Cub Scout Committee Member, Pack 33 |
| 2003-2004 | Mentor, Instructional Services Librarian |
| 1999- | Project Vote Smart Library Liaison Program Coordinator |
| 2000 | Pi Alpha Alpha National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration |
| 1998 | Beta Phi Mu Beta Zeta Chapter Library and Information Science Honor Society |
| 2003- | Atlanta Area Bibliographic Instruction Group
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| 1998- | Georgia Library Association
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| 1997-2000 | American Library Association |
| 21 Sep 2006 | McJenkin-Rheay Award Georgia Library Association Given to a young librarian who has made outstanding contributions to the Georgia Library Association. |
| 2000- | Committee for the Georgia State Plan for Federal Depository Libraries |
| 2000- | Web Page Design Committee for Georgia Federal Depository Libraries |
| 21 Sep 2006 | Falling in Line: Curricular Alignment in a Library Credit Course Georgia COMO Conference Athens, GA |
| 28 Jul 2006 | Government Documents: Collaborative Efforts to Enrich the Community's Knowledge Base Atlanta Area Bibliographic Instruction Group (BIG) Emory University Atlanta, GA |
| 11 Apr 2006 | Through a Glass Darkly: Gaining an Understanding of Government
Information North Georgia Associated Libraries Toccoa, GA |
| 14 Oct 2005 | Accessing CRS Reports: How to Get the Information Congress
Doesn't Want You to Have Georgia COMO Conference Columbus, GA |
| 13 Oct 2005 | Picking the Correct Answer: Assessing Multiple Choice Final
Exams in a Library Research Course Georgia COMO Conference Columbus, GA |
| 15 Dec 2004 | Marciving State-wide Meeting of Depository Librarians Mercer University Macon, GA |
| 14 Oct 2004 | Recovering from Marcive: A Discussion of Problems & Solutions Georgia COMO Conference Athens, GA |
| 15 Dec 2003 | Online Websites for Public Libraries State-wide Meeting of Depository Librarians Mercer University Macon, GA |
| 23 Oct 2003 | U.S. Government Online for Public Libraries Georgia COMO Conference Jekyll Island, GA Available online: http://www.westga.edu/~library/depts/govdoc/como03.shtml |
| 13 Dec 2002 | Promoting Government Documents: What We Can Do State-wide Meeting of Depository Librarians Georgia College & State University Milledgeville, GA |
| 1 Nov 2001 | Becoming Post-Modern Organizations: What Can Academic Libraries Do? Georgia COMO Conference Jekyll Island, GA |
| 3 March 2000 | What is a Disability? The Americans with Disabilities Act and Defining "Disability" Georgia Public Administration Academic Conference Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA |
| 21 October 1999 | Federal Information Online Georgia COMO Conference Jekyll Island, GA Available online: http://www.westga.edu/~library/depts/govdoc/como99.shtml |
| 2006 | Assessment Institute |
| 2003- | Atlanta Area Bibiographic Instruction Group Annual Meeting |
| 2001 | GIL Users Conference |
| 2000 | Georgia Public Administration Academic Conference |
| 2000-2006 | Georgia Library Association Winter Planning Meeting (formally GLA Leadership Conference) |
| 1999 | ALA Annual Conference |
| 1999- | Georgia COMO Conference |
| 1998- | Depository Library Council Meeting/Federal Depository Library Conference |
| August 2005 | Corporate Time Training |
| August 2005 | Amercian State Papers/Serial Set Training |
| April 2003 | Government Documents Training for Public Librarians |
| May 2001 | Census 2000 Training for Public Librarians |
| April/May 2001 | Census 2000 Training |
| August 2000 | HTML/Web Page Training |
| August 1999 | Personnel Issues in Libraries |