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Janelle Varin, Systems & Tech Services Librarian

Service to Raritan Valley Community College

  • Council of Faculty Vice Chair
  • Co-Advisor to Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
  • CTLS Technology Fellow
  • Program Council
  • AIDL Committee
  • Council of Faculty Vice Chair
  • Co-Advisor to Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
  • CTLS Technology Fellow
  • Program Council
  • AIDL Committee
  • Council of Faculty Secretary
  • Program Council
  • Banner User Group
  • Co-Advisor to Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
  • Co-Organizer, Nota Bene Student Awards
  • Council of Faculty Secretary
  • Curriculum Committee
  • Program Council
  • Banner User Group
  • Co-Advisor to Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
  • Curriculum Committee
  • Technology Committee
  • Program Council
  • Banner User Group
  • CORE (Committee for Online and Remote Education), Student Services & Support Sub-Committee
  • Promotion and Tenure Guidelines Working Group
  • Co-Advisor to Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
  • Curriculum Committee
  • Technology Committee
  • Program Council
  • Banner User Group
  • CORE (Committee for Online and Remote Education), Student Services & Support Sub-Committee
  • Search Committee, Music Instructor
  • Co-Advisor to Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
  • Program Council
  • Banner User Group
  • PPA Working Group

Workshops and presentations given to campus community

  • Multi-modal online publishing: Engaging students with web-enhanced essay assignments. Presented at CTLS Summer Institute, May 10, 2024.
  • Artificial Intelligence panel. Presented at CTLS, April 25, 2024.
  • AI petting zoo. Presented at CTLS, March 20, 2024 (with Christine Pipitone).
  • NACHO average workshop: Canva reels with a side of fun. Presented at CTLS, Nov. 20, 2023 (with Christine Pipitone).
  • Text mining the catalog for Inclusivity: Analyzing most frequent words in bibliographic descriptions. Presented at CTLS Summer Institute, May 23, 2022.
  • Voyant Tools: Workshop and discussion. Presented at CTLS Summer Institute, May 14, 2021.
  • How RVCC students really research. Presented at CTLS Summer Institute, May 14, 2021 (with Megan Dempsey and Alyssa Valenti).
  • Digital scholarship: Tools and techniques for research and pedagogy. Presented at CTLS, Sept. 12, 2019.
  • Using library technology to showcase primary sources. Poster presented at CTLS Summer Institute, May 16. 2019. 

Service to the community

  • Chair, Technology Committee
  • Coordinator, poster session subcommittee, VALE Users'/ACRL-NJ/ NJLA CUS 2022 Conference
  • Website Liaison, 2021-present
  • Coordinator, poster session subcommittee, VALE Users'/ACRL-NJ/ NJLA CUS 2021 Conference
  • Secretary - 2019-2021
  • Member, Strategic Planning Committee - 2019-2021