Professor

Professor Oyler's background is broad and varied but her major interests are in international librarianship and management, automation, preservation and technical services, especially in public libraries. Nationally, she is Chair of the Orientation and Mentoring Committee of the International Relations Roundtable of the American Library Association where she has also served on the Council of the Association. Internationally, she is active in the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) where she has served as Chair of the Committee on Continuing Professional and Workplace Learning. Under the direction of Oyler, Simmons College has received several grants from Atlantic Philanthropies, the Henry Luce Foundation and the Starr Foundation to provide master-level training for librarians from Vietnam as the country works to build its academic libraries and information technology infrastructure in a rapidly growing global economy. During the 1990's, Professor Oyler coordinated the Simmons College/Harvard Yenching Institute Scholar Librarian Program where the first 18 of a total of 30 Vietnamese librarians attended Simmons for their master's degree in library and information science. She remains active in assisting these librarians in developing a library infrastructure for Vietnam and continues to travel to Vietnam regularly to teach continuing education classes for librarians.

Teaching Areas

LIS 404: Principles of Management
LIS 418: Technical Services
LIS 439: Preservation Management for Libraries & Archives
LIS 448: Preservation Technologies
LIS 490: International and Comparative Librarianship

Speeches and Conference Presentations

• "Seminar on Digital Libraries", General Sciences Library of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, November 13-18, 2000.

• "Seminar on Digital Libraries", National Center for Scientific and Technical Information and Documentation, Hanoi, Vietnam, November 20-November 25, 2000.

• "Seminar on MARC 21", National Center for Scientific and Technical Information and Documentation, Hanoi, Vietnam, November 27-28, 2000.

• "Seminar on MARC 21", General Sciences Library of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, November 30-December 1, 2000.

• ADigital Libraries@, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam, December 2, 2000.

• "Technical Services' Activities at the IFLA 2001 Boston Conference" New England Technical Services Librarians, Worcester, MA, April 20, 2001.

• "Planning Distance Education Library Services@, Association of College and Research Libraries National Conference, Denver, March 18, 2001.

• "Access to Information through Education of Professional Librarians in Vietnam", American Library Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, June 18, 2001.

Professional Service

• Council Member, American Library Association

• Education Committee, Association for Library Collections and Technical Services,Collection Development and Management Section

• Continuing Professional Education Roundtable Executive Board, International Federation of Library and Information Science Associations

• On Site Registration, Co-Chair, IFLA Boston 2001 Local Planning Committee

Committee Service to GSLIS and the College

GSLIS Western Campus Committee, member and chair
Faculty Advisor and Field Study Advisor to Doctoral Student
Project Advisor, Vietnam Education Project
Graduation Marshall

Academic Background

A.B., Chestnut Hill College
M.B.A., Simmons College
M.L.S., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

 

Contact Information

Room P-212H
Phone: 617-521-2850
Fax: 617-521-3192
Email: oyler@
simmons.edu

See also:

Preservation Management Program

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