Professional Information
Current Projects
IUScholarWorks
- Kokomo implementation
Gather IR information from Faculty Annual Report (FAR)
Development of Institutional Research Office and administration of
Survey Policy
Records Management, and Archives of Institutional Memory
Consortia Purchasing and Negotiations for Library Resources
Usability of 360 Search
Assessment of library tools and services
LibX toolbar
Research Interests
Usability of Library Tools (OpenURL Resolvers, Journal Finders, Federated Search products)
Federated searching optimization
Digital Archives Management for Institutional Strategic Planning Use
SERU and electronic resource licensing
Access verification methodology for verifying access to information through complex and
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Electronic Resources/
Government Documents Librarian
Assistant Dir of Institutional Research
2300 South Washington St.
KA 140B
Post Office Box 9003 Kokomo, Indiana
46904-9003 (765)963-3943
kaleonar@iuk.edu
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Publications and Major White Papers
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Truesdell, C. & Leonard, K. (2008). An Informed Citizenry in the Present and the Future: Permanent Public Access to Government Information for Indiana Citizens. Indiana Libraries , 27(2), 16-20.
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Leonard, K. (2008). From Predictability to Managed Chaos: Managing the Change from Print Serials to Electronic Resource Management – Indiana University, Kokomo Campus Library. In J. Hurlbert (Eds.), Defining Relevancy: Managing the New Academic Library (pp. 200-212). Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
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Byrd, J., Charbonneau, G., Charbonneau, M., Courtney, A., Johnson, E. & Leonard, K., et al. (2006).
A White Paper on the Future of Cataloging at Indiana University [White paper]. Indiana University Libraries, Indiana University
Presentations
- Bringing the
Library to the User: The LibX Open Source Toolbar, presentation
delivered at Librarian's Day, May 30, 2008, Indianapolis, IN.
- March Forth with Your Research: Quick and Easy Search and Management Tools, Lecture sponsored by the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment and the Center for Research and Creative Activity, March 4, 2008, Kokomo, IN.
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I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends: Create a Local Government
Documents Networking Group, presentation delivered at the
Federal Depository Library Program Conference, October 15, 2007,
Washington, D.C.
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Testing
Federated Search Activated Resources in a Multi-Campus Installation: What
Can Go Wrong, presentation delivered at the Ohio Valley Group of
Technical Services Librarians 2006 Conference, May 11, 2006, Bloomington,
IN.
- Beyond Full-Text
Linking: Creative Uses For Link Resolvers,
presentation delivered at the Indiana Library Federation
Annual Conference, April 12, 2006, Indianapolis, IN.
- SIRSI SingleSearch
Installation in a Multi-campus Environment: The Indiana University
Experience, presentation delivered at the
SirsiDynix SuperConference, March 8, 2006, Nashville, TN.
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Using RSS Feeds to Automatically Generate Content for Your Library’s Government Information Web
Pages, presentation delivered at the INDIGO Fall Conference, November 11, 2005,
Greencastle,
IN.
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Beyond Full-Text Linking: Creative Uses
for IU-Link Data,
presentation delivered at Librarian’s Day April 22, 2005, New Albany,
Indiana.
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