{"id":260,"date":"2012-12-17T12:10:40","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T18:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forms.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/?page_id=260"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:34:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:34:05","slug":"kozak","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/staff\/kozak\/","title":{"rendered":"Kari A. Kozak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-365 alignleft\" style=\"text-align: -webkit-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/Kari-and-Koala3-Small.jpg\" alt=\"Kari and Koala3 Small\" width=\"154\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-region\">Director, Engineering &amp; Sciences Library<br \/>\n2001 Seamans Center<br \/>\n103 S. Capitol St, Iowa City, IA 52245<br \/>\nph: (319) 335-6046<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:kari-kozak@uiowa.edu\">kari-kozak@uiowa.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, May 2007\n<ul>\n<li>Master of Science in Library Science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Iowa State University, Ames, IA, May 2005\n<ul>\n<li>Bachelor of Science in Meteorology<\/li>\n<li>Secondary Major in Environmental Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Awards\/Grants\/Fellowships:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.asee.org\/eld\/about-the-eld\/awards\/homer-i-bernhardt-distinguished-service-award\/\">Homer I. Bernhardt Distinguished Service Award<\/a>, American Society of Engineering Education &#8211; Engineering Libraries Division, 2023<\/li>\n<li>Best Poster Award, American Society of Engineering Education &#8211; Engineering Libraries Division, 2019 &amp; 2024<\/li>\n<li>Mary Jo Small Staff Fellowship Award, 2015<\/li>\n<li>Author Benton University Librarians\u2019 Award for Excellence, 2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Certificates\/Continuing Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent and Trademark Resource Center Program Training Seminar, Alexandra, VA, annually, 2019 &#8211; present<\/li>\n<li>Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA, July 28 &#8211; August 2, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Immersion Program: Teaching with Technology, Baltimore, MD, March 21-April 28, 2017<\/li>\n<li>Patent Searching for Librarians, Online Course, Library Juice Academy, Oct 1 \u2013 31, 2013<\/li>\n<li>Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Immersion Program \u2013 Teacher Track, Seattle, WA, July 27 \u2013 August 2, 2013<\/li>\n<li>University of Iowa Supervising @ Iowa Certificate, Iowa City, IA, April 4 \u2013 October 23, 2012<\/li>\n<li>Data Curation Profiles Workshop, West Lafayette, IN, September 8 \u2013 10, 2011<\/li>\n<li>American Library Association Emerging Leader Program, Washington, DC and Boston, MA, January \u2013 July 2010<\/li>\n<li>Dean\u2019s International Leadership Salzburg Seminar: \u201cOn Becoming a Global Citizen\u201d in Salzburg, Austria,\u00a0 January 1-10, 2004<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Active Professional Society Memberships:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>American Society of Engineering Education &#8211; Engineering Library Division<\/li>\n<li>Technical Reports Archive and Imaging Library<\/li>\n<li>American Library Association &#8211; CORE and ACRL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cChapter 6: Creating Ideas into Reality: Spaces and Programs that Open Up the Imagination\u201d 2020. <em>Makerspace and Collaborative Technologies: A LITA Guide <\/em>edited by Beth Thomsett-Scott. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman &amp; Littefield Publishers, 51-66.<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.istl.org\/17-spring\/apps.html\">Design, Create, Tinker, Explore, oh my! Creating a Tool Library<\/a>.&#8221; Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship. 86 (Spring 2017)<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. and Leo Cloughtery. &#8220;Chapter 13: Managing Mayhem: Wrestling with Academic Library Reference and Outreach Challenges.&#8221; 2011. <a href=\"http:\/\/smartsearch.uiowa.edu\/uiowa:uilibraries:uiowa_aleph006985652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leading the Reference Renaissance: Today&#8217;s Ideas for Tomorrow&#8217;s Cutting Edge<\/a>, edited by Marie L. Radford. New York: Neal-Schuman, 195-210.<\/li>\n<li>Phillips, Jean, Anita Colby, Steve Ackerman, Matthew Sitkowski, Stephanie Wright, and Kari Kozak. &#8220;What is Weather Quest?&#8221; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 92(5, 2011): 649-651.<\/li>\n<li>Sare, Laura and Kari A. Kozak. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.istl.org\/09-fall\/refereed4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Researching Climate Change: Tends in US Government Publications<\/a>.&#8221; Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship 59 (Fall 2009)<\/li>\n<li>Gutowski, W., K. Kozak, R. Arritt, J. Christensen, J. Patton, and E. Takle. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1175\/2007JHM817.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Possible Constraint on Regional Precipitation Intensity Changes under Global Warming.<\/a>&#8221; Journal of Hydrometeorology 8(Dec, 2007): 1382-1396.<\/li>\n<li>Master\u2019s Paper: The Usage of Databases and Electronic Journals by Atmospheric Scientists<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor\u2019s Thesis: Comparison of NEXRAD Stage IV Precipitation Analysis to Observed Precipitation using ArcGIS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (Peer-Reviewed)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cox, James, Kari A. Kozak. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/iro.uiowa.edu\/esploro\/outputs\/9984586035502771\">Developing a User Experience Study (Work in Progress)<\/a>&#8220;. Conference Proceedings\/Poster. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Portland, OR, June 24, 2024. &#8211; Winner: Best Poster for the Engineering Library Division<\/li>\n<li>Zhang, Qianjin, Wendy Robertson, Kari Kozak, Sara Scheib, James M. Cox, and Amanda Bartel. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iro.uiowa.edu\/esploro\/outputs\/9984572836602771\">Using Esploro to Increase Visibility of Engineering Faculty Research Work.<\/a>\u201d Conference Proceedings\/Presentation. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 26, 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/peer.asee.org\/board-76-the-great-coffee-hunt-an-augmented-reality-scavenger-hunt\">The Great Coffee Hunt: An Augmented Reality Scavenger Hunt<\/a>.\u201d Conference Proceedings\/Poster. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, June 18, 2019. &#8211; Winner: Best Poster for the Engineering Library Division<\/li>\n<li>Zhang, Qianjin and Kozak, Kari A. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/peer.asee.org\/quick-understanding-our-engineering-faculty-research-needs-using-topic-modeling\">Quick Understanding Our Engineering Faculty Research Needs Using Topic Modeling<\/a>\u201d Conference Proceedings\/Presentation. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, June 16, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A., Szeszyci, Claire M., and Snyder, David. &#8220;D<a href=\"https:\/\/peer.asee.org\/detecting-information-literacy-choose-your-own-adventure-video-series\">etecting Information Literacy: Choose Your Own Adventure Video Series<\/a>&#8221; Conference Proceedings\/Presentation. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, June 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/peer.asee.org\/creating-ideas-into-reality-spaces-and-programs-that-open-up-the-imagination\">Creating Ideas into Reality: Spaces and Programs that Open Up the Imagination<\/a>.\u201d Conference Proceedings\/Presentation.\u00a0 T421A: Technical Session: The History &amp; Future of Engineering Librarianship. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Columbus, OH, June 2017<\/li>\n<li>Zhang, Qianjin and Kozak, Kari A. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/peer.asee.org\/watch-it-or-read-it-understanding-undergraduate-engineering-students-learning-effectiveness-and-preference-for-video-tutorials-versus-guide-on-the-side-tutorials\">Watch it or Read it: Understanding Undergraduate Engineering Students&#8217; Learning Effectiveness and Preference for Video Tutorials Versus Guide-on-the-Side Tutorials<\/a>.\u201d Conference Proceedings\/Presentation. M521: Technical Session: Improving Information Literacy Programs. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Columbus, OH, June 2017<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cStandards, Standards, Where might you be?\u201d Conference Proceedings\/Presentation. American Society of Engineering Education North Midwest Section Conference, Iowa City, IA, October 2014<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. and Darlene Kaskie. \u201cSpeed Training: Library Instruction in 30 Minutes or Less\u201d Conference Proceedings\/Presentation. American Society of Engineering Education North Midwest Section Conference, Iowa City, IA, October 2014<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. and Darlene Kaskie. \u201cSpeed Training: Library Instruction in 30 Minutes or Less\u201d Conference Proceedings\/Poster. American Society of Engineering Education\/Engineering Library Division Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, June 2014<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cMarketing and Outreach on a Shoestring Budget\u201d 15th Annual Meeting of the Annual Meeting of the Atmospheric Science Librarians International Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2012<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cRead It Later\u201d 15th Annual Meeting of the Annual Meeting of the Atmospheric Science Librarians International Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2012<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cEBooks and EReaders\u201d 14th Annual Meeting of the Annual Meeting of the Atmospheric Science Librarians International Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, January 2011<\/li>\n<li>Clougherty, Leo and Kari A. Kozak. \u201cManaging Mayhem: Wrestling with Academic Library Reference and Outreach Challenges.\u201d Presentation. Reference Renaissance. Aurora, CO, August 2010<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. and Laura Sare. \u201cResearching Climate Change: Trends in U.S. Government Publications\u201d Poster Session. American Library Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA. June 29, 2008<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cThe Usage of Article Databases and Electronic Journals by Academic Atmospheric Scientists\u201d. Presentation. 11th Atmospheric Science Librarians International Annual Meeting, 88th Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 23, 2008<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cFrom the Warehouse to the Information Super-highway: Digitizing NOAA Documents\u201d. Presentation. 10th Atmospheric Science Librarians International Annual Meeting. 87th Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Jan. 17, 2007<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PRESENTATIONS, POSTERS, AND PANELS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gunnink, Amanda, Kari A. Kozak, Qing Xu, James Cox, Marina Zhang \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iro.uiowa.edu\/esploro\/outputs\/eventposter\/Maker-Breaks-a-new-spin-on\/9984797674602771?institution=01IOWA_INST\">Maker Breaks: a new spin on creative workshops<\/a>\u201d Poster. Association of College &amp; Research Libraries, 04\/04\/2025, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A., Qing Xu, Amanda Gunnink, Marina Zhang, Danielle Land, and Kath Shaughnessy.\u00a0 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iro.uiowa.edu\/esploro\/outputs\/9984797674702771\">Empowering Graduate Students Through a Summer Thesis Writing<\/a>\u201d Poster. Association of College &amp; Research Libraries, 04\/04\/2025, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cCapture the Creature: Gaming library instruction with a digital escape room\u201d Presentation. Play Make Learn Conference. Madison, WI August 2022<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cELD Lightning Talk: Hands-on Classroom Searching Activities with Patents\u201d Presentation. American Society of Engineering Education\/Engineering Library Division Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 2022<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cManaging Yourself and Others\u201d Presentation. HawkiLead \u2013 Student Leadership Institute. University of Iowa College of Engineering. Iowa City, IA, April 2022<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cHands-on Classroom Searching Activities with Patents\u201d Presentation. Patent and Trademarks Resource Center Association Best Practices Round Table, Virtual, March 2022<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cCapture the Creature: Gaming Library Instruction with a Digital Escape Room\u201d Presentation. Iowa\/American College and Research Libraries Annual Meeting, Virtual, May 2021<\/li>\n<li>Christie, Daniel, Sally Fell, Kari A. Kozak, and Anne Rauh. \u201cConnecting to Our Users: Tools &amp; Success Stories\u201d Panel. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, June 18, 2019<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cCreating Ideas into Reality: Spaces and Programs that Open Up the Imagination,\u201d Presentation. American College and Research Libraries (ACRL), Cleveland, OH on April 12, 2019<\/li>\n<li>Drees, Kevin P, Mel DeSart, Kari A. Kozak, and Tom Volkening. \u201cSunday Workshop: The Fundamentals of Engineering Librarianship\u201d Panel. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, June 2018<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cELD Lightning Talks: Graduate Thesis Boot Camp\u201d Presentation. American Society of Engineering Education\/Engineering Library Division Annual Conference, Columbus, OH, June 2017<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cELD Lightning Talks: EBooks in the Collection with NFC Tags\u201d Presentation. American Society of Engineering Education\/Engineering Library Division Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 2016<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cELD Lightning Talks: Geeking out in the Library\u201d Presentation. American Society of Engineering Education\/Engineering Library Division Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 2016<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cELD Lightning Talks: Tool Library\u201d Presentation. American Society of Engineering Education\/Engineering Library Division Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 2013<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cTips and Tricks: Mendeley &amp; Zotero\u201d Presentation. 16th Annual Meeting of the Atmospheric Science Librarians International Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, January 2013<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A, Eric Resnis, Meggan Smith, and Nicole Stroud. \u201cMarketing Plan for Maps and Geography Round Table (MAGERT)\u201d Poster Session. American Library Association Annual Conference: Emerging Leader Program. July 2011<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A, Eric Resnis, Meggan Smith, and Nicole Stroud. \u201cMarketing Plan for Maps and Geography Round Table (MAGERT)\u201d Presentation. American Library Association Annual Conference: MAGERT Board. July 2011<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cMaps and Imagery Sources\u201d Atmospheric Sciences 101 Workshop, Atlanta, GA, January 2010: Sponsored by the Atmospheric Science Librarians International<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cScience and Weather\u201d Presentation. Iowa Book Festival. University of Iowa. July 18, 2009<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cStar Charts\u201d Presentation. Hour of Astronomy At the University of Iowa Libraries. April 3, 2009<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cReference Books\u201d Atmospheric Sciences 101 Workshop. Presentation. 12th Atmospheric Science Librarians International Annual Meeting, 89th Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 13, 2009<\/li>\n<li>Kozak, Kari A. \u201cThe Usage of Article Databases and Electronic Journals by Academic Atmospheric Scientists\u201d. Presentation. Texas A&amp;M University Libraries: Research Forum 2007, College Station, TX, Nov. 2, 2007<\/li>\n<li>Burk, William R., Kari A. Kozak, Tim Shearer, Mary Katherine Barnes, and Gregory P. Copenhaver. \u201cArchiving Scientific Literature through the Digitization of the Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science\u201d. Poster session. LANC-CH Annual Research Forum 2007, Chapel Hill, NC, May 23, 2007<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UI Libraries Bindings: \u201cLichtenberger Engineering Library named Patent and Trademark Resource Center\u201d Summer 2023<\/li>\n<li>Interviewed and quoted in \u201cHow Libraries Can Leverage the Learning Potential of AR\u201d Computers in Libraries. April 2022, pg. 19-23.<\/li>\n<li>UI Libraries Bindings:\u00a0Learn &amp; Create: \u201cWorkshop series at the Lichtenberger Engineering Library\u201d Winter 2020<\/li>\n<li>Iowa Engineering Magazine: Restoring Vision in the Engineering Library. 2019, no. 1, pg 14<\/li>\n<li>Iowa Engineering Magazine: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pageturnpro.com\/University-of-Iowa-College-of-Engineering\/79401-Iowa-Engineer-2017,-No-2\/default.html#page\/14\">Tools for Tinkering.<\/a> 2017 n.2<\/li>\n<li>Daily Iowan:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu\/DI\/2016\/di2016-09-29.pdf\">Lichtenberger Library Stretches Imagination.<\/a>\u00a0Thursday, September 29, 2016<\/li>\n<li>UI Libraries Bindings:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ir.uiowa.edu\/lib_bindings\/29\">Lichtenberger Engineering Library Opens the New Creative Space<\/a>, Winter 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1413,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"pagetpl-engineering.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","","eng","wp-json","wp","v2","pages","260"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260"}],"version-history":[{"count":72,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8586,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/260\/revisions\/8586"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}