Carole Thompson
Professional Responsibilities
Director, TAMU-Qatar Library
- Plan, implement and manage all aspects of library operations, including public and technical services, staffing, collections, budget, interlibrary loan and document delivery to the campus
- Advocate and deploy library and information services to undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, researchers and community users
- Represent library and information services to Qatar administration and main campus library leadership
- Represent TAMUQ and library in Education City Library Directors Group
Academic Associate Professor
- Subject Specialist Science & Engineering
Biography
Working primarily in library automation and technology, information technology and business administration at public and private academic institutions in California and Qatar.
Research Interests & Projects
Deployment of emerging technologies in academic information environment. Current projects include
- Creation of screen- and videocasts for instruction and access to electronic resources
- Evaluation of eReaders (Sony, iRex iLiad, Kindle)
- Evaluation of eBooks
- TAMUQ Campus History
- TAMUQ instance of TxSpace repository
Selected Papers
Wood, Michael, Carole Thompson, Kris Alpi. “Extending electronic resource licenses to a newly established overseas medical campus.” Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries. 4.1 (2007): 25-40.Joc, Karen, Carole Thompson. “PDAs @ The Library. Application and Usage of Wireless PDAs in a First-Year Medical Curriculum.” Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries. 3.1 (2005): 89-94.
Presentations
Structuring the Basics: : Building a systematic program of literacy training in liberal arts and other introductory courses in an Engineering Program. Information Literacy Network of the Gulf Region. November 2008 (paper accepted)
Datatel
and WebCT deliver an integrated Web-based e-Education Solution. WebCT Impact Conference. July 16, 2003
Implementing
Webadvisor. Datatel Regional User Group Meeting. June 24, 2003
From
High Water to High Ground: Transforming the Campus Administrative System. CUMREC.
May 13, 2003 & Datatel
Regional User Group Meeting. June 24,
2003
Describing
images and information. California Lutheran
University Center
for Teaching and Learning. December 5,
2002
Emergence
of Convergence. University
of Southern California
Colloquium. June 23, 1998.
DRA
Classic to NT. Data Research Associates User Group
Conference. March 1, 1998.
Electronic
Reserves: California Lutheran University.
Southern California Electronic Library
Consortium. April 18, 1997.
Untangling
the Web: Cooperative Development and
Maintenance.
Untangling the Web Conference. University
of California, Santa Barbara. April 26, 1996.
ISMS
and the Net. Women’s Resource Center, California Lutheran
University. October 10, 1995.
Service
University
Faculty Advisory Council Bylaws Revision Task Force, Chair Fall 2009.
Building Environment Committee, Texas A&M University at Qatar, 2009-present.
Faculty Grievance Procedure Task Force. Spring 2009.
Intranet Steering Committee. Texas A&M University at Qatar, 2008-present.
Faculty Advisory Committee. Texas A&M University at Qatar, 2007-present.
Staff Advisory Council Exploratory Committee. Texas A&M University at Qatar, 2008.
Information Technology Advisory Group. Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, 2003-2004.
Datatel Administrators Leadership Group. California Lutheran University, 2000-2003.Community
Education City Library Director’s Group. Qatar Foundation, 2006-present.
Chair, 2009-2010.
Education City Central Library Director Recruitment Committee. Qatar Foundation, 2007.
Education City Central Library Building Design Advisory Group. Qatar Foundation 2007.
