Michael Aloi

Michael Aloi
Assistant Professor/ Technical Services Librarian
Office: RC 206D
Phone: 631.244.3219
Fax: 631.244.3374
E-mail: aloim

Education

M.L.S., Department of Library and Information Studies, University at Buffalo
M.B.A. in Accounting, Canisius College
B.S. in Accounting, Canisius College

Responsibilities

Cataloging
Circulation
Technical Services
Member of Academic Standards Committee
Business School Liaison
Faculty Athletics Representative

Honors, Awards & Recognitions

Aloi, M. & Holliday, D. (2005, November). Dowling College Library: Displays showcase library strengths. In Ebsco, Customer success case studies. http://epnet.com/successStories.php?topicID=334&marketID=20

Presentations & Papers

Aloi, M. (2008). Don’t cut it alone: A team-based approach to surviving a budget cut.  Journal of Library Administration & Management Section, 5(1), 17-29.

Aloi, M. & Gotsch, J. (2008, April 30). Empowering Managers: Implementing Projects at a Self-Managed Library. A live webcast presented for the Joint Spring Virtual Institute “Leading from the Middle: Managing in All Directions,”  a virtual conference sponsored jointly by The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA) section of the American Library Association. 

Aloi, M. & Gotsch, J. (2008). Reflections on a self-managed library team: A self-study. Library Administration & Management, 22(2), 84-91.

Pope Robbins, L., Esposito, L., Kretz, C., & Aloi, M. (In press, 2008). What user wants: Redesigning a library’s web site based on a card-sort analysis. Journal of Web Librarianship, 1(4), 3-27.

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.

Aloi, M. & Gotsch, J. (2007, March 31). Effectiveness of Self-Managed Teams. Roundtable discussion at the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) 13th National Conference. Baltimore, MD.

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.

Aloi, M., & Holliday, D. (2005, June 27). Using library displays as a marketing tool: In house, on the road, and online. Poster session presented at the annual conference of the American Library Association, Chicago, IL.

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.

Last updated October 27, 2008 by Michael Aloi