Marina Elena Morgan
Head of Technical Services and Senior Metadata Librarian
As Head of Technical Services and Senior Metadata Librarian, my focus is to provide a seamless flow from discovery of information to delivery of content in any format, to establish metadata policies and procedures for various cataloguing and digital projects, while providing expertise on data creation, curation, preservation, maintenance, and enrichment of metadata for digital and physical collections.
Biography
Marina Morgan is Head of Technical Services and Senior Metadata Librarian at Roux Library. In her role, she supervises the Technical Services operations, develops procedures for processing all library materials, serves as the ILS and ProQuest ETD administrator, manages the Institutional Repository, and co-manages the Digital Collections.
Before coming to Florida Southern College, Marina taught a wide range of metadata and cataloging courses in Canada at Seneca College - Library and Information Technician Program in Toronto, ON and at Mohawk College - Library and Information Technician Program in Hamilton, ON.
As a librarian she worked in highly collaborative environments on various special collections and digital scholarship projects, while cataloging, promoting, and helping develop several digital collections such as Children’s Literature Archive and The Real Story of Winnie the Bear.Professional Engagement
2024-2025 Chair of the FLA Professional Development Committee2023-2024 Vice-Chair of the FLA Professional Development Committee
2023-2025 Co-Chair of the Competencies and Education for a Career in Cataloging Interest Group, Core Metadata and Collections Section
2021 - 2023 Secretary of the Florida Library Association (FLA) -
2021 - 2023 Chair of the FLA Library Career Development Subcommittee
2022 - 2023 Co-Chair of the Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services Interest Group, Core Metadata and Collections Section
2020 - 2023 Member of the Core Metadata Standards Committee
2020 - 2022 Member of the Florida Digital Humanities Consortium Conference Committee
2018 - present Member of the Metadata Working Group Sunshine State Digital Network
2020-2021 Convener of the Association of College & Research Libraries Technical Services Interest Group (ACRL TSIG)
2016 - present MARCEDIT-L co-listowner
2019 - 2020 Co-Chair of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Service (ALCTS) Catalog Management Interest Group
2019 - 2020 Member of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) Web Coordinating Committee
2018 - 2020 Member of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) Program Planning Committee
2018 - 2020 LITA representative for the LITA/ALCTS Metadata Standards Committee
On the web
- Post-Master's Certificate Program Plan 10 Year Anniversary
- ACRL Insider:
- SJSU Community Profiles: Academic Librarianship:
- Prevue Meetings & Incentives:
Education
- User Experience Design Certificate, Cornell University, 2020
- Sunshine State Library Leadership Institute, 2019
- Post-Master’s Certificate in Library and Information Science, Web Programming and Information Architecture Pathway, School of Information, San José State University, 2019
- Master of Information Studies, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, 2009
- Library and Archival Science Diploma, Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest, 2002
Publications
Marina is actively involved in scholarly research and contributed to the library profession through presentations, peer reviewed posters, and papers at various national and international conferences.PUBLICATIONS
Morgan, M., Hornick, J.N., MacDonald, R.M., & Wade, S., (2022). The Virtual Graduate Research Marathon: Remote Library Instruction for Doctoral Candidates. In Chakraborty, M., Harlow, S., & Moorefield Lang, H. (Eds.), Sustainable Online Library Services and Resources: Learning from the Pandemic. (pp. 207-216). ABC-CLIO.Slutskaya, S., Morgan, M., Fry, M., Eustis, J. M., Copeland, J., & Calabrese, C. (2022). Report of the Core Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services Interest Group, American Library Association Annual Conference, June 2022. Technical Services Quarterly, 40(1), 26-31.
Morgan, M. & Slutskaya, S. (2022). Report of the Core Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services Interest Group, Core Virtual Interest Group Week, March 2022. Technical Services Quarterly, 39(3), 327-334.
Morgan, M. (2022). Report of the Association of College & Research Libraries Technical Services Interest Group Meeting, American Library Association Annual Virtual Meeting, June 2021. Technical Services Quarterly, 39(2), 152-159.
Morgan, M. (2021). Report of the ACRL Technical Services Interest Group Meeting, American Library Association Midwinter Virtual Meeting, January 2021. Technical Services Quarterly, 38(4), 406-412.
Morgan, M., & Do, D. T. (2021). Report of the ALCTS Cataloging and Metadata Management Section (CaMMS) Catalog Management Interest Group Meeting, ALCTS Virtual Interest Group Week, June 2020. Technical Services Quarterly, 38(2), 173-179.
Wade, S., Hornick, J.N., MacDonald, R.M., & Morgan, M. (2020). Laser tag in the stacks. In Kroski, E. (Ed.), 52 Ready-to-Use Gaming Programs for Libraries. ALA Editions: Chicago, IL.
Do, D. T., & Morgan, M. (2020). Report of the ALCTS Cataloging and Metadata Management Section (CaMMS) Catalog Management Interest Group Meeting, American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, Philadelphia, January 2020. Technical Services Quarterly, 37(3), 315–319.
Morgan, M., & Eichenlaub, N. (2018). ORCID iDs in the Open Knowledge Era. In Digital Libraries for Open Knowledge, TPDL 2018 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 11057). Méndez, E., Crestani, F., Ribeiro, C., David, G., & Correia Lopes, J. (Eds.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2018. 308-311.
WEBINAR PRESENTATIONS
Jul. 2023 - Tampa Bay Library Consortium2023 TBLC Catalogers’ Meeting
Apr. 2023 - Florida Library Association Career Development Subcommittee
Library Career Planning
Apr. 2023 - ACRL ULS Professional Development Committee
A Day in the Life of a Digital Scholarship Intern
Mar. 2023 - Tampa Bay Library Consortium
MarcEdit Intermediate
Mar. 2022 - Tampa Bay Library Consortium
Digital Storytelling with TimelineJS and ArcGIS StoryMaps
Feb. 2022 - Tampa Bay Library Consortium
MarcEdit for Complete Beginners
Jan. 2022 - Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures
Stacks Mapping Solution for a Better User Experience
Nov. 2021 - Florida Library Association Career Development Subcommittee
Library Career 411
Oct. 2021 - 2021 Core Forum
Stacks Mapping Solution for a Better User Experience
Oct. 2020 - Florida Digital Humanities Consortium: Digital Humanities in the Sunshine State 2020-2021 Webinar Series
Don of a New Age: A Digital Exploration of Don Quixote (with Dr. Melissa Garr)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Oct. 2022 - Symposium on Language Pedagogy in Higher EducationPresentation: Student-Centered Immersive StoryMaps to Build Language and Cultural Proficiency (with Dr. Garr)
Jun. 2022 - American Library Association Annual Conference, Washington D.C.
Emerging Technology Showcase: Find@Roux: Library Digital Mapping Tool
Role of Professional Librarians in Technical Services
May 2022 - Florida Library Association Annual Conference
Career 411, Never too Late to Jumpstart your career
What We've Learned This Year
Nov. 2020 - Core Virtual Forum
Find@Roux: Stacks Mapping to the Rescue
Oct. 2020 - Florida Library Association Virtual Conference
Technical Services: Leading Forward in a Time of Change (with Alyssa Koclanes, Eckerd College; Deirdre Lewis-Gustafson, Miami-Dade Public Library System; and Jessica O’Neil, Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach)
Aug. 2020 - Tampa Bay Library Consortium 2020 VIP Virtual Conference
Find@Roux: “Find in Stacks” Map for Your Library
Mar. 2020 - Florida Digital Humanities Consortium Conference (cancelled)
Accepted presentation: Don of a New Age: A Digital Exploration of Don Quixote. (with Dr. Melissa Garr)
May 2019 - Florida Library Association Annual Conference, Orlando, FL
Presentation: Professional or Predatory: Distinguishing Legitimate from Illegitimate in an Era of Open Access
Jan. 2019 - American Libraries Association Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits, Seattle, WA
New Take on Name Authority Control in a Digital Repository
May 2018 - Florida Library Association Annual Conference, Orlando, FL
Engaging Students with Rare Books
Feb. 2018 - American Libraries Association Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits, Denver, CO
Discovering What Works (with Julie Hornick, Steven Wade)
Feb. 2017 - Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada
Beyond MarcEditor: Intermediate and Advanced Tools for Your Metadata Automation
Jan. 2017 - American Libraries Association Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits, Atlanta, GA
Presentation: Rethinking Children’s Collections: Meeting the Unique Needs of Students with Dyslexia
Jan. 2016 - Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto, ON
Improve the Batch Cataloguing at your Library: MarcEdit to the Rescue
Jun. 2015 - Canadian Library Association National Conference, Ottawa, ON
Everything you wanted to know about (batch cataloguing with) MarcEdit but were afraid to ask
Discussion facilitator: Network Strategic Session Technical Services Network meeting
Workshop moderator: Getting ready for Linked Data: MARC to BIBFRAME
May 2014 - Canadian Library Association National Conference, Victoria, BC
Workshop moderator: Cataloguing Non-Print Materials in RDA
Session moderator: RDA Implementation in Canada
Discussion facilitator: Network Strategic Session Technical Services Network Meeting
Jan. 2014 - Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto, ON
Workshop moderator: Cataloguing Serials & Integrating Resources in RDA
Workshop moderator: Cataloguing Video & Audio With RDA
Sep. 2013 - Ontario Library Services North Conference, Sudbury, ON
What is RDA and What Does the Future of RDA Hold for Us?
MARC Training
Feb. 2013 - Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto, ON
DDC23 in the 21st Century
Jan. 2013 - Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto, ON
Session moderator: Vendors and Managers: Working Together
CONFERENCE POSTERS
Mar. 2023 - Association of College & Research Libraries Conference (ACRL 2023)A Day in the Life of a Digital Scholarship Intern
Aug. 2021 - International Federation of Library Associations World Library and Information Congress (IFLA WLIC)
New Take on Children's Collections: Engage and Connect with Students with Dyslexia (virtual)
Apr. 2021 - ACRL Distance and Online Learning Section Instruction Committee - 2021 Distance and Online Learning Virtual Poster Session
The Virtual Graduate Research Marathon: Engaging with Doctoral Candidates Remotely (with Dr. Melanie Fowler, Nora Galbraith, Dr. Victoria Giordano, Julie Hornick, Randall MacDonald, and Steven Wade)
Oct. 2020 - Florida Library Association Virtual Conference
The Graduate Research Marathon: Leading the Way Forward for Doctoral Candidates in an Academic Library (with Dr. Victoria Giordano, Nora Galbraith, Julie Hornick, Randall MacDonald, and Steven Wade)
Oct. 2020 - Florida Association of College & Research Libraries Virtual Conference
Escape to Your Campus: Designing a Virtual Escape Room for a Campus Community Separated by COVID-19 (with Julie N. Hornick, Randall M. MacDonald, Gerrianne Schaad, & Steven Wade).
Apr. 2020 - Innovative Users Group Conference (cancelled)​
Accepted poster: Find@Roux: Stacks Mapping Project at Florida Southern College
Apr. 2019 - Association of College & Research Libraries Conference, Cleveland, OH
Pop-Up Learning: Enriching the Undergraduate Experience Through Extracurricular Workshops (with Julie Hornick and Steven Wade)
Oct. 2018 - Florida Association of College & Research Libraries Conference, Fort Myers, FL
The Research Sprint: Faculty as Learners in an Academic Library
Sep. 2018 - International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Porto, Portugal
Author Identifier Analysis: Name Authority Control in Two Institutional Repositories
Sep. 2018 - International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, Porto, Portugal
ORCID iDs in the Open Knowledge Era
Aug. 2018 - 12th annual CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, Columbus, OH
Hello from the Citrus Groves: Adhering to the Sunshine State Digital Network Metadata Guidelines for DPLA
Apr. 2018 - Innovative Users Group Conference (IUG), Orlando, FL
Post Migration Data Cleanup, Improved Accuracy, and Scalability.
Feb. 2018 - Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada
Engaging Students with Rare Books at Florida Southern College
Oct. 2017 - International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Washington, D.C.
ORCID: Using API Calls to Assess Metadata Completeness
Jun. 2017 - Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of Association of College & Research Libraries, Iowa City, IA
Every Picture Tells a Story: Metadata and the Citrus Collections at Florida Southern College
Oct. 2016 - International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Copenhagen, Denmark
Digital Asset Management Systems: Open Source or Not Open Source?
Sep. 2015 - International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, São Paulo, Brazil
Bringing a Small Archival Collection to Life on the Web: Remembering the Real Winnie
Jan. 2016 - Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto, ON
Moving to Linked Data: Cataloguing Outside the (MARC) Box
Jan. 2015 - Ontario Library Association Super Conference, Toronto, ON
Remembering the Real Winnie: The World’s Most Famous Bear Turns 100
Made in Canada: Ryerson University Fashion Research Collection
Oct. 2014 - International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Austin, TX
Undressing Fashion Metadata: Ryerson University Fashion Research Collection
May 2014 - Canadian Library Association National Conference, Victoria, BC
Digital Humanities: Linking the Past to the Digital Future
Sep. 2013 - International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Lisbon, Portugal
Digital Humanities and Metadata: Linking the Past to the Digital Future
Projects
Find@RouxAs online access to library resources has become the norm, browsing habits have changed. In order to respond to users’ needs, I designed and developed Find@Roux, a custom web application that will provide a unique library service by assisting users navigate the stacks. When using this app, students, faculty, and staff will spend less time navigating the physical stacks searching for specific items. In the first implementation phase, users will browse a digital map to identify subject areas and physical spaces on each floor, and in the second implementation phase, users will identify the location of each physical library item.
GitHub:
Responsibilities
- Modern Languages
- Computer Science