Simmons College

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. Oyler became Associate Dean in January 2008. In July 2009, Oyler will receive the John Ames Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award from the International Relations Committee of ALA.

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

• National Endowment for the Humanities; "Educating and Updating Iraqi Librarians Taught Cataloging and Classification," Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, July 4 - July 21, 2006
• National Library of Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam; Lecture on the Strategies for Training for the Use of the Dewey Decimal Classification, Edition 14 in Vietnamese, August 16, 2006
• International Library Conference, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; "Standards and Best Practices: The Route to Vietnamese Library Globalization," August 28, 2006
• National Library of Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam; Train the Trainer Workshop on Using the Dewey Decimal Classification, October 9 -14, 2006
• National Center for Scientific and Technological Information, Hanoi, Vietnam; Train the Trainer Workshop on Using the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, October 21 - 26, 2006
• General Sciences Library, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Train the Trainer Workshop on Using the Dewey Decimal Classification, October 30 - November 4, 2006
• Can Tho University, Learning Resource Center, Can Tho, Vietnam; Workshop on Using the Ango-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd Edition, May 26 - 27, 2007
• National Library of Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam; Chair, Dewey Decimal Classification Translation Project Advisory Meeting, June 8, 2007
• American Library Association, Orientation for International Visitors, Washington, D.C. Moderate Program, June 22, 2007

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

Project Coordinator, Vietnam Scholar Librarian Program
Academic Technology Committee
Preservation Committee
Field Study Advisor to Doctoral Student
Graduation Marshal

Academic Background

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