• Capstone portfolio
• Published paper for Current Issues in Management of Information Agencies: Preservation — taught by University of Utah preservation librarian Randy Silverman — in the Summer 2004 edition of News Library News, quarterly bulletin of the Special Libraries Association News Division.
• Received SLIM travel grant to collect qualitative data in May 2004 as a student researcher under Dr. Jim Nyce, SLIM associate professor, on the information needs of the residents in the rural Romanian village of Lunca Ilvei for a draft community-needs assessment:
To submit findings to the call for papers for the 2005 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) General Conference and Council;
Professional and peer-reviewed publication credits pending.
• Contributed update to Essential References for a News Library web page for SLA News Division webmaster Jessica Baumgart.
• SLIM 2002 Library Science Scholarship.
• Special
Librarians Association (SLA) 2003 Scholarship. Editor of The Columbine, online newsletter of the SLA Rocky Mountain chapter (RMSLA).
• Received RMSLA Horizon Award in 2003 for outstanding and lasting contribution by a new member.
• SLIM 2002 Library Science Scholarship.
• See http://slimlist.emporia.edu/~straub/activities2002.pdf
for professional development activities through February 2003
Progress Evaluation.
• Member of SLA, the American Libraries Association, and IFLA.
• Attended 2003 SLA Annual Conference in New York.
• "Conference Experiences from a Newbie" published in the Summer 2003 edition of News Library News.
• Attended 2003 Colorado Libraries Association Second Annual Conference in Keystone, Colorado.
• Received tuition reimbursement from The E.W. Scripps Co.
• Surveyed 250 Rocky Mountain News editorial employees — with a 32 percent return — on Intranet use as part of community-analysis project for Assessing Information Needs and Evaluating Information Sources, taught by SLIM associate professor Dr. Cecilia Salvatore.