Refereed Publications (in reverse chronological order)

Ochoa, Marilyn, Rae Jesano, John Nemmers, Carrie Newsom, Maryellen O’Brien, and Paul Victor. “Testing the Federated Searching Waters: A Usability Study of MetaLib.” Journal of Web Librarianship. 1.3 (Fall 2007): 47-66.

Reakes, Patrick and Marilyn Ochoa. “A Grassroots Initiative to Facilitate Historical Research: The Florida Journalism History Project.” Technical Services Quarterly. 25.2 (Spring 2007): 57-72.

Freund, LeiLani, Marilyn Ochoa and John Nemmers. “Federated Searching: An Annotated Bibliography.” Special issue, Internet Reference Services Quarterly. 12.3/4 (2007): 411 - 430. Also published as “Metasearching: An Annotated Bibliography.” In Federated Search: Solution or Setback for Online Library Services, edited by Christopher N. Cox. New York: Haworth Information Press, 2007.

Cataldo, Tara, LeiLani Freund, Marilyn Ochoa and Marina Salcedo. “Assessing the Information Commons.” Public Services Quarterly. 2.4 (Winter 2007): 23-46.

Ronan, Jana, Patrick Reakes and Marilyn Ochoa. “Application of the Behavioral Guidelines: A Study of Online Reference Skills.” Special issue, College and Undergraduate Libraries. 13.4 (November 2006): 3-30.

Malanchuk, Iona and Marilyn Ochoa. “Academic Librarians And Outreach Beyond The College Campus.” The Southeastern Librarian. 53.3 (Fall 2005): 23-29.

Ochoa, Marilyn, Trudi DiTrolio, and Erika Nelson. “Gone FISHin’: Maintaining Good Customer Service and Job Satisfaction during Times of Change and Transition.” Journal of Access Services. 2.1 (2004): 3-10.

Other Publications (in reverse chronological order)

ALA / Reference and User Services Association / Machine Assisted Reference Section / User Access to Services Committee. “An Exploration of the Working Relationship Between Systems/IT and Reference/Information Services Staff in an Academic Library Setting.” Reference & User Services Quarterly. 46.4 (Summer 2007): 37-48.

Ochoa, Marilyn. “Passport to Success: Library Orientation and the First Year Florida Program.” Library Instruction Round Table News. 26.1 (September 2003): 7, 15.

Ochoa, Marilyn and Toni Carbo. “Foreword to a Special Issue of IILR.” International Information and Library Review. 33.2/3 (2001): 127-128.

United States. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. “Appendix 32. A Bibliography of National Information Policies.” Bibliography updated by Marilyn Ochoa in 2001 in Volume 3-Supplementary Reference Materials (Appendices 13-34) of the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Report and Appendices Comprehensive Assessment of Public Information Dissemination (in PDF format), June 2000-March 2001. http://www.nclis.gov/govt/assess/assess.appen32.pdf (2 August 2001).

As a board member for the Smathers Libraries-produced faculty publication, Library News: average of 4 articles/year (2003-present)

As Membership Director of New Members Round Table and Footnotes board member: 3 articles (2003-2004)

Poster Sessions and Presentations

Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries, XXXVIII Conference, Montego Bay, Jamaica, Workshop: “Usability Testing: A User-Centered Approach to Improve Electronic Resource Design.” June 2, 2008, jointly with Brooke Wooldrige.

Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries, XXXVIII Conference, Montego Bay, Jamaica, IT-SIG: “Strategy to Increase Effectiveness of Library Electronic Resources: Designing Usability Testing.” June 4, 2008.

Arlen, Shelley, Carol Kem, and Marilyn Ochoa. “Computer Attitudes of a University Community: Directing Library Instruction and Services.” Panel session, 2005 ACRL National Conference, Minneapolis, MN. April 9, 2005.

American Library Association, Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, Poster Session: “A Usability Study of MetaLib: Process, Issues and Possible Solutions.” June 25, 2006, jointly with MetaLib Implementation Task Force.

American Library Association, Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, Poster Session: “Finding the "Fourth Estate": New Ways of Facilitating Historical Research.” June 25, 2006, jointly with Patrick Reakes.

American Library Association, Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, Poster Session: “Comparison of Use and Usability of Digital Library Management Systems: dSpace, Fedora, and Greenstone.” June 25, 2006, jointly with Mark Sullivan.

Grants

National Digital Newspapers Program, Florida Newspapers 1900-1910, 2005-present

Newspapers digitized by this project will be made available to the public as part of the Library of Congress digital collections. As the Assessment Team Leader, I will work with a librarian at the University of Florida to design and conduct surveys of user attitudes and research methods, and assess interface behaviors facilitating use and research in particular.

Digital Library of the Carribean, 2007-present

This joint project of the University of Florida, University of Virgin Islands and Florida International University (FIU) in partnership with institutions in the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean serves as the access point for Caribbean and circum-Caribbean cultural, historical and research materials originally held in archives, libraries and private collections. As the Content Usability Consultant, I will work with the dLOC Project Coordinator at FIU and the UF Digital Library Center to design tools and a program for partners to assess attitudes and research methods of scholars, students and citizens of this interdisciplinary research. Data collected will assist with identifying interface changes needed to facilitate use of these digital materials.

Professional Awards

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication "Best of the Web" Competition. 2nd Place in the Creative category for Florida Journalism History Project.<http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/jour/fljhist/>. Sponsored by the Visual Communication and Communication Technology Divisions, Spring 2006.