Sylvia Rortvedt

 

I am the Associate Dean of Learning and Technology Resources and manage the Alexandria Campus Library. 

 

 

The Library provides

  • Responsive instructional, reference and access services
  • A strong collection of print, media and virtual resources which support the college curriculum, faculty teaching and student learning
  • A welcoming atmostphere conducive to individual and group study and intellectual discovery

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About me

I am the library liaison to the Alexandria Campus Science, Business and Technology Division.  I serve on NOVA’s Library Working Group and the Resources for Users Committee of VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia.

I have a B.A. in music history from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, and an MLS in Library Science from the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.

Publications and presentations

  • Destroying books, creating visions with Rebecca Kamen, Virginia Library Association 2011
  • Succession planning for everyone, starting now with Carol Sinwell, Virginia Library Association 2009
  • Text, image and form: the altered book project,” Virginia Libraries 53:3 (2007) 27-28.
  • Boomers, genXers and millennials: use their differences to power your library with Matt Todd and Brandee Worsham, Virginia Library Association 2006
  • My college freshman is your high school senior with Debbie Gaspar, Patt Moser and Jennifer Nutefall, Virginia Library Association 2005
  • Plagiarism, the digital plague with Anne Anderson, Virginia Library Association 2003
  • Evaluating information from the Web with Maggie Zarnosky, VCCS New Horizons 1999

 

 

 

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