Deb Raftus: Education & Background

Education

• Master of Library & Information Science
  Information School, University of Washington, Seattle, WA   
• Master of Arts in French
  Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT and Paris, France   
  Integrated program with the Sorbonne (University of Paris I and III)
• Bachelor of Arts in French
  University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
  Junior year abroad at the Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier, France  

Prior Experience

• Psychology Librarian/Reference & Instruction Librarian
  University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GA  
• Student Graduate Assistant
  Odegaard Undergraduate Library, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
• Reference Assistant
  Olin/Uris Libraries, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
• TEFL certified English Teacher (ESL & EFL), Boston, MA and Paris, France

Professional memberships

• American Library Association (ALA)
• Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)
  • European Studies Section (ESS)
  • Instruction Section (IS)
• Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM)
• Collaborative Initiative for French Language Collections (CIFNAL), Center for Research Libraries
• German-North American Resources Partnership (GNARP), Center for Research Libraries

Current Leadership Positions

• Co-chair, Librarian Personnel Committee
• Web Administrator, ACRL ESS
• GNARP Secretary

Awards

• CIFNAL Travel Stipend for the 2020 CRL conference: New Shape of Sharing: Networks, Expertise, Information
• The ACRL-Washington Excellence Award, 2016
• CIFNAL Travel Stipend for the 2014 AIFBD  (Association internationale francophone des bibliothécaires et documentalistes) conference
• UW Libraries’ Peer-to-Peer Recognition (14 recognitions)
• Faculty Newcomer of the Year, University of Georgia Libraries ASSET Awards, 2007
• Best Committee/Group Collaboration, University of Georgia Libraries ASSET Awards,  2007
• ALA Emerging Leader, 2007
• ACRL 12th National Conference Library School Student Scholarship, 2005

Languages

• French (Fluent)
• Spanish (Intermediate)
• Italian (Reading Knowledge)
• Portuguese (Reading Knowledge)