Jodee KudenJodee Kuden is a Professor and Head of Collection Development at UAA. Professor Kuden has worked in a variety of libraries, with the past 24+ years spent in an academic setting at three universities. Prior to her MLS, she was a school librarian, a diector of a small public library, and worked a few brief stints in special, solo libraries. Over the years, Professor Kuden has had many responsibilities in the university library setting, beginning as a reference and instruction librarian, serving as library liaison to agriculture, economics, and business, and working in interlibrary loan, and in special collections, archive, and indexing departments. She has spent the last 12 years as the Head of Collection Development, managing all formats of the collection especially electronic resources, managing library liaisons and staff, and overseeing multi-million dollar library budgets. Professor Kuden also holds a second Master's degree in agricultural education, which aligns with her research emphasis in agricultural information as well as the mentoring of library science graduate students and new librarians. Read More Read Less