Assistant Professor of Library Administration
Digital Initiatives Librarian & Coordinator of Digital Initiatives
419-530-2321 (Digital Initiatives)
419-530-4497 (Canaday Center)
419-530-2542 (fax)
arjun.sabharwal@utoledo.edu
COMMUNICATIONS: LIBRARY RESOURCES (NEWS & CURRENT EVENTS)
Education
- M. L. I. S., Wayne State University, Detroit, 2003
- Graduate Certificate in Archival Administration, Wayne State University, Detroit, 2003
- M. A., Music (Ethno/musicology). University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1995
- M. A., Music (Music History). California State University, Northridge, 1994
- B. A., Music California State University, Northridge, 1991
Professional Experience
Professor Sabharwal joined the University of Toledo Library faculty in January 2009 as Digital Initiatives Librarian responsible for the digital preservation of archival collections and managing the Toledo's Attic Web site, and as Coordinator of Digital Initiatives, responsible for the planning and implementation of new digital library and archival projects throughout the University of Toledo. He is also involved with the eLibrary Services Task Force, represents the University of Toledo in OhioLink's Digital Resource Management Committee, and serves as library subject liaison to Communications.
Previous positions:
- May 2004 - December 2008: Remote Services Librarian and Adjunct Faculty, Baker Online & Center for Graduate Studies.
- January 1997 - May 2004: Adjunct Faculty, Wayne State University, Music Department.
- September 1999 - May 2003: Adjunct Faculty, Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills, Humanities Department
- January - December 2000: Adjunct Faculty, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Humanities Department
- September 1997 - May 1998: Adjunct Lecturer, Oakland University, Rochester Hills, Music-Theater-Dance Department
University/Professional/Community Service:
- University of Toledo, President's Commission on the River
- University of Toledo Libraries, Digital Initiatives Task Force
- University of Toledo Libraries, eLibrary Services Task Force
- OhioLink, Digital Resources Management Committee
- Liaison Assistance Sub-committee
- User Services Liaison (Volunteer)
- Naxos Music Project (Volunteer)
- Toledo's Attic Committee: Content Administrator
- Special Library Association, Taxonomy Division (2009/2010)
- Strategic Planning Committee (Member)
- Web & Wiki Committee (Member)
- Archives (Chair)
- Listserv Committee (Chair)
- Special Library Association, Michigan Chapter: Director (2009/2010)
- Michigan Library Association, Web Advisory Committee (2006-08)
- Michigan Library Association, Library Technology Division (2004-06)
- American Society for Information Science & Technology, Michigan Chapter: Webmaster & Discussion List Administrator (2004-06)
Selected Publications & Presentations:
Library & Information Science:
- "Archival database management system underway at Canaday Center." Society of American Archivists, Archives Management Roundtable Newsletter, July 2009.
- “From Institutions to Independence” with Kimberly Brownlee. Presentation at the annual Conference of the Society of Ohio Archivists, May 21, 2009.
- “Accessing Minds through Digital Initiatives.” Featured article in the AAUP Newsletter, Issue 4. http://www.utaaup.com/accessing.html
- "Do-It-Yourself Genealogy: Start-up Techniques." Brown bag presentation. Baker Online & Center for Graduate Studies. April, 20, 2008.
- “Structured Ontologies and Content Metadata in eLearning Management Systems.” Presentation at the Michigan Blackboard User Group 2007 Annual Conference, Central Michigan University. October 19, 2007.
- “Library Space Cadets: Hanging with the RSS, MySpace, and second Life Crowd.” Michigan Libraries. Vol. 72, no. 6 (November/December 2007).
- “Serving the Virtual Client: Electronic Content, Service, and Benchmarks for Improved Performance in the Academic Virtual Library” with Michelle Allen. Presentation at the MLA Annual Conference, Lansing Center. November 8, 2007.
- “Plagiarism Detection: Tools and Techniques.” Presentation at the 2007 Online Faculty Conference. Baker Online & Center for Graduate Studies. June 15, 2007.
- “Library Partnership in Start-up Businesses.” Brown bag presentation. Baker Online & Center for Graduate Studies. May 17, 2007.
- “Virtual Liaisons: Interdepartmental Collaboration and the Virtual Classroom.” Presentation at the Michigan Blackboard User Group 2006 Annual Conference, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI. September 28, 2006.
- “Digitizing Michigan: Update on Statewide Digitization Projects” Peer/2/Peer, Vol. 5, no. 1 (February 2006). http://www.mla.lib.mi.us/files/LTDP2P_2006I1.pdf
- “Digital Diversity: Building Multicultural Digital Collections.” Peer/2/Peer, Vol. 5, no. 1 (February 2006). http://www.mla.lib.mi.us/files/LTDP2P_2006I1.pdf.
- “Vision and Strategy towards the Course-Embedded Library: New Possibilities for a ‘Virtual Carrel’ Initiative” in MLA Forum Volume IV, Issue 2 (December 15, 2005): Article 3. http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=abstract&id=256503
- “The ‘Virtual Carrel’ Initiative at Baker: Proposed Model for Course-Integrated Library Services.” Poster session presented at the MLA Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, Michigan. October 26, 2005.
- “Developing Libraries without Borders.” Peer/2/Peer, Vol. 4, no. 4 (August 2005). http://www.mla.lib.mi.us/files/LTDP2P_2005I4.pdf.
- “Ethnic Communities” section of “Michigan in Perspective.” 2004 Local History Conference. McGregor Conference Center, Wayne State University. April 2004. Served as Session Chair.
Music & Interdisciplinary Research:
- “Structural Onomastics, Geosemiology and Integrative Sciencing: Taking the Tamana Perspective” in Migration & Diffusion Volume 1, No. 7 (July-September 2001): 79-114. Electronic version re-published in 2008: http://www.migration-diffusion.info/article.php?year=2001&id=125 (abstract).
- “Renaissance in Hungary and Transylvania: Lute Music of Valentin Bakfark.” Paper presented at the Music Department, Wayne State University. Winter 2001.
- “Burial of the Bass Fiddle: Location, Semiotics, and Parodying the ‘Musical Other.’” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Niagara Chapter Conference. School of Music. Kent State University. April 1998.
- “Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Jew’s Harp.” Paper presented at the Music Department, Wayne State University. Fall 2000.
- “Legitimating Heavy Metal in the Metal-Classics Fusion Repertory of European Rock Bands (late 1960s – 1980)”. Paper presented at the Music Department. Wayne State University. Winter 1999.
- “Hungary’s Dance House Movement As Statement On Postmodern Multiculturalism In Central Europe.” Paper presented at the Music Department, Wayne State University. Fall 1998.
