Education

    M.L.A., Temple University, 1998
        Liberal Arts

    M.S.L.S. Shippensburg University, 1975
        Library Science

    B.A.  Messiah College, Cum Laude, 1972
       English
 

Professional Experience

1979-present  Messiah College, Murray Library
    Reference Librarian, part-time (1979-1985)
    Reference/Cataloging Librarian, part-time (1985-1989)
    Instruction/Reference/Cataloging Librarian, part-time (1989-1993)
    Librarian/Instruction Coordinator (1993-   )
 

Publications

Mark, Beth Hostetler. "'From Your Loving Isaac': A Nineteenth-Century Courtship." Brethren in Christ History and Life, 32.3 (2009): 369-391.

Mark, Beth Hostetler. "Maggie Leah Steckley Swalm: A Teacher of Good Things." Brethren in Christ History and Life, 28.3 (2005): 413-53. (Co-authored with Lou Ann Swalm Walker.)

Mark, Beth Hostetler. Our Flesh and Blood: A Documentary History of the Jacob Hochstetler Family During the French and Indian War Period, 1757-1765. Elkhart, IN: Jacob Hochstetler Family Assoc., Inc., 2003.

Merz, Lawrie H. and Beth L. Mark, comp.  Assessment in College Library Instruction Programs (CLIP Note #32). Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, College Libraries Section, 2002.

Jacobson, Trudi E. and Beth L. Mark.  "Separating Wheat from Chaff: Helping First-Year Students Become Information Savvy."  JGE: The Journal of General Education, 49.4 (2000): 256-278.

Mark, Beth L.  "Advocacy Group Analysis Assignment." Critical Thinking and the Web. Ed. Trudi E. Jacobson.  Pittsburgh: Library Instruction Publications, 2000.  197-201.

Dempsey, Paula R. and Beth Mark.  "Human Boolean Exercise." Designs for Active Learning.  Ed. Gail Gradowski, Loanne Snavely, Paula Dempsey.  Chicago: Association of College & Research Libraries, 1998.  117-118.

Mark, Beth L.  "The Church's Caregiving Responsibility." Shalom! A Journal for the Practice of Reconciliation, 17.2 (1997): 2-3.

Mark, Beth L. and Trudi E. Jacobson. "Teaching Anxious Students Research Skills  for the Electronic Library."  College Teaching 43.1 (1995): 28-31.

Jacobson, Trudi E. and Beth L. Mark. "Teaching in the Information Age: Active  Learning Techniques to Empower Students."  Library Instruction Revisited:  Bibliographic Instruction Comes of Age. Ed. Lynne M. Martin. New York:  Haworth Press, 1995.  105-120.

Mark, Beth L. and Soo K. Lee. "Liaison Program + Information Technology = Getting Your Foot in the Door."  Working With Faculty in the New Electronic Library. Ed. Linda Shirato. Ann Arbor: Pierian Press, 1992.  107-119.
 

Papers Presented / Poster Sessions

Transue, Beth and Beth L. Mark. "Assessing Assignments: the Library as Partner in Campus-Wide Assessment," paper presented at Pennsylvania Library Association Annual Conference, 2010.

Hinchliffe, Lisa Janicke, Beth L. Mark and Lawrie H. Merz. "Bridging the Gap between Information Literacy and Campus Curricula: Using Curriculum Mapping to Achieve a Holistic Information Literacy Program," paper presented at Workshop on Instruction in Library Use (WILU), Windsor, Ont., May 14, 2003.

Lee, Soo. K. and Beth L. Mark. "Meeting Faculty at a New Place: An On-Campus Colleagues Conference," a poster session presented at the Annual Conference of the American Library Association, 1993.

Mark, Beth L. and Soo K. Lee.  "Liaison Program + Information Technology = Getting Your Foot in the Door," paper presented at the 19th National LOEX Library Instruction Conference, 1991.

Lee, Soo K., Beth L. Mark and Michael R. Brown.  "Breaking Out: A Comprehensive Liaison Program at a Small College Library," a poster session presented at the Fifth National  Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, 1989.
 

Professional Memberships

 American Library Association
 Association of College and Research Libraries
 Association of College and Research Libraries/Local Chapter
 Association of College Libraries of Central Pennsylvania
 

Professional Service: Messiah College Committees

Campus Community Committee 1994-1996
Academic Dean Search Committee (elected) 1996-1997
General Education Committee 1997-2002; 2006-2008
Murray Library Committee 1998-1999; 2007-2009
Council on Educational Technology Subcommittee 1999-2000
BIC Advisory Board to Institute for Anabaptist,  Pietist and Wesleyan Studies 1999-2007
Humanities Dean Search Committee (appointed) 2000-2002
Community of Educators Senate  2001-2004
Community of Educators Senate Steering Committee  2001-2002
Educational Program Review Task Force (appointed) 2002-2004
General Education Committee (appointed) 2005-2008
General Education Writing Committee (appointed) 2005-2010
Admissions Committee (appointed) 2005-2007
Educational Technology Committee (appointed) 2008-
First Year Experience Committee (appointed) 2009-

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