Jim Duncan Email & Phone Number

Centennial, CO

Administrative leader of this 501(c)3 organization serving more than 450 member libraries (public, academic, school, special) in various capacities. Services include: management of the statewide Colorado Library Courier (serving nearly 300 libraries), the AspenCat union-catalog (based on Koha and unifying more than 150 rural libraries), and central support.

Greater Denver Area

Oversaw administration, financial management, strategic planning and direction of staff operations for several statewide services. Among those: the SWIFT interlibrary loan system, the cooperatively-run AskColorado virtual reference service, the Colorado Historic Newspaper digitization service, the Plinkit web site hosting service and the Colorado Virtual.

From its inception, directed the activities of this innovative, user-centered library service center, the premier teaching/learning facility on campus. In 1999, directed a $900,000 construction/expansion project involving newly-designed teaching and learning spaces, electronic classrooms, conference room, and service points. Expanded responsibilities.

• Managed two academic computing sites, coordinated scheduling for three electronic classrooms, and oversaw the library's audio-visual collection. Developed departmental policies and services. Trained and supervised LRC.
• Created the university’s first web presence
• Served as a key link between library and academic technology departments
• Contributed to the design of a new state-of-the-art electronic classroom

Greater Philadelphia Area

Now defunct, this museum, library & archive merged with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 2002. The Balch Institute's library catalog is fully integrated with that of the Historical Society.In 1994, the Balch operated from its own modern building just two blocks from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. The Balch was home to the largest.

Mlis, Library And Information Science

Ba, English