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St. Paul, MN 55105

Email: imdept-at-stkate.edu
Phone: 651-690-6802

David Lesniaski

Associate Professor

Education

DMA, music composition and theory, University of Arizona
MLS, librarianship, University of Minnesota
MM, music composition and theory, University of Kansas
BA, music, Haverford College

Courses

LIS 7030, Organization of knowledge
LIS 7370, Online systems
LIS 7480, Collection development
LIS 7030, Organization of knowledge
LIS 7310, Subject analysis
LIS 7720, Academic librarianship

Interests

Librarianship: cataloging / organization of information, especially “user-friendly” cataloging; music librarianship, collection development and collection evaluation, collegial leadership, dissemination of information and, especially, of music.  Music composition: Current projects include organ music and chamber music.

Publications

Lesniaski, David. "Evaluating collections: a discussion and extension of Brief tests of collection strength," College and Undergraduate Libraries 11:1 (2004), 11-24.

Lesniaski, David, et al., Collegial leadership in academic libraries, Crossing the divide: Proceedings of the X national conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Chicago: ACRL, 2001, p. 233-239.

Lesniaski, David."A Profile of the Music Library Association Membership" Notes, 56:4 (June 2000) p. 894-906.

Presentation

Using blogs, wikis and Blackboard to enhance the in-class experience.  (presentation, Classrooms of the Future XII: Critical reflections on technology, May, 2006, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN)

Authority control in the 21st century (workshop presented for the Minnesota Theological Library Association, March 2006, St. Paul, MN)

Retrieving and manipulating III system data (presentation, MN Innovative Users Group semi-annual meeting, May 2003, Northfield, MN)

Evaluating library collections (presentation, Minnesota Library Association annual meeting, October 2002, St. Paul, MN).

Surveying MLA (presentation, Music Library Association annual meeting, Baltimore, 1997).

If your patrons speak Greek, can you use AACR2?: issues of language, script, translation and transliteration in creating a multilingual catalog (presentation, Technical Services Roundtable, Music Library Association annual meeting, Seattle, 1996).

Professional Positions

St. Olaf  College, Northfield, MN. Librarian, Assistant Professor, 1988-2004 (awarded tenure 1994).

Friends of Music Library Lilian Voudouri, Athens, Greece. Fulbright Scholar and Consultant (1995).

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Librarian/Cataloger (1983-85).

Grants and Awards

Academic
Curriculum Development Grant, College of St. Catherine, 2006.
Faculty Research Grant, College of St. Catherine, 2005.
Lilly Foundation grant, St. Olaf College, spring 2004, for creation of new course linking spirituality to academic life.
Faculty development grant, St. Olaf College, summer 2000, for creation of new course.
Fulbright research/lecture award to serve as consultant in the creation of Greece’s first research-level music library (Athens, 1995).

Music
Prayer, commissioned by St. Michael’s Parish, Stillwater, 2005.
Fortepiano Etudes, commissioned by the Schubert Club of St. Paul, 1999.
Fantasy on three carol tunes, commissioned by the Minneapolis Vocal Consort, 1993.
Transformations, for band, written for rededication of library, St. Olaf College, 1993.
Carolan’s Concerto, commissioned by the Lyra Concert, 1992.
Hants: divertimento for clarinet, timpani, and orchestra, commissioned by the Bucks County (PA) Symphony, 1990.
Requiem for Sonora, commissioned by the Arizona Repertory Singers, Arizona Arts Commission, and the City of Tucson, 1989.
ASCAP/Hubbell Composition Award, 1986, in part for New Brighton.
Several other commissioned works.

Contact Information

Email: dalesniaski -at- stkate.edu (replace -at- with @)
Phone: 651/690 8723
Fax: 651/690-8724
Office: Coeur de Catherine, 047

Office Hours

For more about David, see his homepage.

St. Catherine University is an equal opportunity educator and employer.