Toni Olivas

Toni Olivas
Education Librarian

Responsibilities

My responsibilities include research help, collection development and instruction for the students and faculty of the College of Education.  I also provide instruction for the Information Literacy Program.

Subject areas

Education and Liberal Studies

Research interests

Mentoring programs and how to establish healthy mentoring relationships in a professional environment

Diversity in libraries, most specifically recruitment and retention of minority faculty in higher education

Teacher/librarian relationship: How and why teachers gravitate to positions of librarianship

Memberships

• American Library Association
• Association of College and Research Libraries
• American Indian Library Association
• California Faculty Association
• National Education Association
• REFORMA

Publications

Olivas, A., & McCurley, H. (2006). Working Across Divisional Lines. Library Administration & Management, 20(2), 81-84.

Olivas, T. (2006, January/February). Breaking out of the Box. Versed: Bulletin for the Office for Diversity American Library Association.  Available online: http://www.ala.org/ala/diversity/versed/versedbackissues/january2006abc/breakingout.htm

Olivas, A.P. (2008). Mentoring New Librarians. In Donovan, G. & Figueroa, M. (Eds.), Staff Development Strategies that Work: Developing New Library Leaders and Managers. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.