Chris Kretz

Chris Kretz Assistant Professor/ Reference Librarian
Office: RC 207E
Phone: 631.244.3396
Fax: 631.244.3374
E-mail: kretzc

Education

M.A.L.S. Stony Brook University
M.L.S. Queens College
B.A. Dickinson College

Responsibilities

Electronic Resources
Standing Orders
Digital Projects
Programming
Library Omnibus podcast
Member Academic Assessment and Research Committee
Arts & Humanities Liaison
This American Library presentation

Photo from LILRC's Flickr account.

Presentations & Papers

Kretz, C. (2008, March 12). This American library. Presented as part of LILRC's Podcast@Your Library workshop. Sachem Public Library, Holbrook, NY.

Pope Robbins, L., Esposito, L., Kretz, C., & Aloi, M. (2007). What a user wants: Redesigning a library’s web site based on a card-sort analysis. Journal of Web Librarianship, 1(4), 3-27.

Holliday, D., Gotsch, J., & Kretz, C. (2007, October 20). Tour of Idle Hour Mansion and Artist Colony. An historical tour researched and presented by the Dowling College Librarians for Members of the New York Victorian Society. Oakdale, NY.

Aloi, M., Esposito, L., Gotsch, J., Holliday, D. & Kretz, C. (2007). Technology of displays: Using technical services skills to enhance library displays. Technical Services Quarterly, 24(4), 15-27.

Kretz, C. (2007). Podcasting in libraries. In Nancy Courtney (Ed.), Library 2.0 and Beyond: Innovative Technologies and Tomorrow’s User. Columbus, OH: Libraries Unlimited.

Kretz, C. (2007, May 16). Creating podcasts for libraries. Presented at the 36th Annual Continuing Education Conference of the Nassau County Libraries Association's Academic and Special Libraries Division , Woodbury, NY.

Pope Robbins, L., Esposito, L., Kretz, C., & Aloi, M. (2006, October 13). Library web page redesign: Finding out what your users want. Presented as a LILRC-sponsored program, Sachem Public Library, Holbrook, NY.

Kretz, C. (2006, April 10). Learning to speak: Creating a library podcast with a unique voice. Presented as part of HigherEd BlogCon 2006. [Links to 5.75 MB MP3 file]

Terry, S. & Kretz, C.  (2005, April 6).  Pioneers of Oakdale: Digitizing history.  Presented as part of the Dowling College Faculty Works in Progress Series.

Aloi, M., Esposito, L., Gotsch, J., Holliday, D. & Kretz, C. (2005, February 3). Displays on a dime: Quick, collaborative, and economical approaches to library outreach. A workshop sponsored by SCLA, Bellport, NY.

Kretz, C. (2004, November 5).  Historic Oakdale: The design and display of a digital project.  Presented at LILRC's 13th Annual Conference on Libraries and the Future.

Kretz, C.  (2004, June 15).  Digitization at Dowling.  Presented at LILRC's 2nd Symposium on Digitization, Farmingdale, NY.

Last updated September 15, 2008 by Chris Kretz