Liaison to:

• Biomedical Engineering
• Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Patents
• Standards

Awards/Grants/Fellowships:

• Homer I. Bernhardt Distinguished Service Award, American Society of Engineering Education – Engineering Libraries Division, 2023
• Best Poster Award, American Society of Engineering Education – Engineering Libraries Division, 2019
• Mary Jo Small Staff Fellowship Award, 2015
• Author Benton University Librarians’ Award for Excellence, 2014

Certificates/Continuing Education:

• Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA, July 28 – August 2, 2019.
• Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Immersion Program: Teaching with Technology, Baltimore, MD, March 21 – April 28, 2017
• Patent Searching for Librarians, Online Course, Library Juice Academy, October 1–31, 2013
• Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Immersion Program – Teacher Track, Seattle, WA, July 27 – August 2, 2013
• University of Iowa Supervising @ Iowa Certificate, Iowa City, IA, April 4 – October 23, 2012
• Data Curation Profiles Workshop, West Lafayette, IN, September 8–10, 2011
• American Library Association Emerging Leader Program, Washington, DC and Boston, MA, January–July 2010
• Dean’s International Leadership Salzburg Seminar: “On Becoming a Global Citizen” in Salzburg, Austria, January 1–10, 2004

Publications

• Kozak, Kari A. “Chapter 6: Creating Ideas into Reality: Spaces and Programs that Open Up the Imagination” 2020. Makerspace and Collaborative Technologies: A LITA Guide edited by Beth Thomsett-Scott. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littefield Publishers, 51–66.
• Kozak, Kari A. “Design, Create, Tinker, Explore, oh my! Creating a Tool Library.” Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship. 86 (Spring 2017)
• Kozak, Kari A. and Leo Cloughtery. “Chapter 13: Managing Mayhem: Wrestling with Academic Library Reference and Outreach Challenges.” 2011. Leading the Reference Renaissance: Today’s Ideas for Tomorrow’s Cutting Edge, edited by Marie L. Radford. New York: Neal-Schuman, 195–210.
• Phillips, Jean, Anita Colby, Steve Ackerman, Matthew Sitkowski, Stephanie Wright, and Kari Kozak. “What is Weather Quest?” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 92(5, 2011): 649–651.
• Sare, Laura and Kari A. Kozak. “Researching Climate Change: Tends in US Government Publications.” Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship 59 (Fall 2009)
• Gutowski, W., K. Kozak, R. Arritt, J. Christensen, J. Patton, and E. Takle. “A Possible Constraint on Regional Precipitation Intensity Changes under Global Warming.” Journal of Hydrometeorology 8(Dec, 2007): 1382–1396.
• Master’s Paper: The Usage of Databases and Electronic Journals by Atmospheric Scientists
• Bachelor’s Thesis: Comparison of NEXRAD Stage IV Precipitation Analysis to Observed Precipitation using ArcGIS

Conference Proceedings (Peer-Reviewed)

• Zhang, Qianjin, Wendy Robertson, Kari Kozak, Sara Scheib, James M. Cox, and Amanda Bartel. “Using Esploro to Increase Visibility of Engineering Faculty Research Work.” Conference Proceedings/Presentation. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 26, 2022.
• Kozak, Kari A. “The Great Coffee Hunt: An Augmented Reality Scavenger Hunt.” Conference Proceedings/Poster. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, June 18, 2019. – Winner: Best Poster for the Engineering Library Division
• Zhang, Qianjin and Kozak, Kari A. “Quick Understanding Our Engineering Faculty Research Needs Using Topic Modeling” Conference Proceedings/Presentation. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, June 16, 2019.
• Kozak, Kari A., Szeszyci, Claire M., and Snyder, David. “Detecting Information Literacy: Choose Your Own Adventure Video Series” Conference Proceedings/Presentation. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, June 2018.
• Kozak, Kari A. “Creating Ideas into Reality: Spaces and Programs that Open Up the Imagination.” Conference Proceedings/Presentation. T421A: Technical Session: The History & Future of Engineering Librarianship. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Columbus, OH, June 2017
• Zhang, Qianjin and Kozak, Kari A. “Watch it or Read it: Understanding Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Learning Effectiveness and Preference for Video Tutorials Versus Guide-on-the-Side Tutorials.” Conference Proceedings/Presentation. M521: Technical Session: Improving Information Literacy Programs. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Columbus, OH, June 2017
• Kozak, Kari A. “Standards, Standards, Where might you be?” Conference Proceedings/Presentation. American Society of Engineering Education North Midwest Section Conference, Iowa City, IA, October 2014
• Kozak, Kari A. and Darlene Kaskie. “Speed Training: Library Instruction in 30 Minutes or Less” Conference Proceedings/Presentation. American Society of Engineering Education North Midwest Section Conference, Iowa City, IA, October 2014
• Kozak, Kari A. and Darlene Kaskie. “Speed Training: Library Instruction in 30 Minutes or Less” Conference Proceedings/Poster. American Society of Engineering Education/Engineering Library Division Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN, June 2014
• Kozak, Kari A. “Marketing and Outreach on a Shoestring Budget” 15th Annual Meeting of the Annual Meeting of the Atmospheric Science Librarians International Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2012
• Kozak, Kari A. “Read It Later” 15th Annual Meeting of the Annual Meeting of the Atmospheric Science Librarians International Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 2012
• Kozak, Kari A. “EBooks and EReaders” 14th Annual Meeting of the Annual Meeting of the Atmospheric Science Librarians International Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, January 2011
• Clougherty, Leo and Kari A. Kozak. “Managing Mayhem: Wrestling with Academic Library Reference and Outreach Challenges.” Presentation. Reference Renaissance. Aurora, CO, August 2010
• Kozak, Kari A. and Laura Sare. “Researching Climate Change: Trends in U.S. Government Publications” Poster Session. American Library Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA. June 29, 2008
• Kozak, Kari A. “The Usage of Article Databases and Electronic Journals by Academic Atmospheric Scientists”. Presentation. 11th Atmospheric Science Librarians International Annual Meeting, 88th Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan. 23, 2008
• Kozak, Kari A. “From the Warehouse to the Information Super-highway: Digitizing NOAA Documents”. Presentation. 10th Atmospheric Science Librarians International Annual Meeting. 87th Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Jan. 17, 2007

Presentations, Posters, and Panels

• Kozak, Kari A. “Capture the Creature: Gaming library instruction with a digital escape room” Presentation. Play Make Learn Conference. Madison, WI August 2022
• Kozak, Kari A. “ELD Lightning Talk: Hands-on Classroom Searching Activities with Patents” Presentation. American Society of Engineering Education/Engineering Library Division Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 2022
• Kozak, Kari A. “Managing Yourself and Others” Presentation. HawkiLead – Student Leadership Institute. University of Iowa College of Engineering. Iowa City, IA, April 2022
• Kozak, Kari A. “Hands-on Classroom Searching Activities with Patents” Presentation. Patent and Trademarks Resource Center Association Best Practices Round Table, Virtual, March 2022
• Kozak, Kari A. “Capture the Creature: Gaming Library Instruction with a Digital Escape Room” Presentation. Iowa/American College and Research Libraries Annual Meeting, Virtual, May 2021
• Christie, Daniel, Sally Fell, Kari A. Kozak, and Anne Rauh. “Connecting to Our Users: Tools & Success Stories” Panel. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Tampa, FL, June 18, 2019
• Kozak, Kari A. “Creating Ideas into Reality: Spaces and Programs that Open Up the Imagination,” Presentation. American College and Research Libraries (ACRL), Cleveland, OH on April 12, 2019
• Drees, Kevin P, Mel DeSart, Kari A. Kozak, and Tom Volkening. “Sunday Workshop: The Fundamentals of Engineering Librarianship” Panel. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, June 2018
• Kozak, Kari A. “ELD Lightning Talks: Graduate Thesis Boot Camp” Presentation. American Society of Engineering Education/Engineering Library Division Annual Conference, Columbus, OH, June 2017
• Kozak, Kari A. “ELD Lightning Talks: EBooks in the Collection with NFC Tags” Presentation. American Society of Engineering Education/Engineering Library Division Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 2016
• Kozak, Kari A. “ELD Lightning Talks: Geeking out in the Library” Presentation. American Society of Engineering Education/Engineering Library Division Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 2016
• Kozak, Kari A. “ELD Lightning Talks: Tool Library” Presentation. American Society of Engineering Education/Engineering Library Division Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 2013
• Kozak, Kari A. “Tips and Tricks: Mendeley & Zotero” Presentation. 16th Annual Meeting of the Atmospheric Science Librarians International Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, January 2013
• Kozak, Kari A, Eric Resnis, Meggan Smith, and Nicole Stroud. “Marketing Plan for Maps and Geography Round Table (MAGERT)” Poster Session. American Library Association Annual Conference: Emerging Leader Program. July 2011
• Kozak, Kari A, Eric Resnis, Meggan Smith, and Nicole Stroud. “Marketing Plan for Maps and Geography Round Table (MAGERT)” Presentation. American Library Association Annual Conference: MAGERT Board. July 2011
• Kozak, Kari A. “Maps and Imagery Sources” Atmospheric Sciences 101 Workshop, Atlanta, GA, January 2010: Sponsored by the Atmospheric Science Librarians International
• Kozak, Kari A. “Science and Weather” Presentation. Iowa Book Festival. University of Iowa. July 18, 2009 Bibliography
• Kozak, Kari A. “Star Charts” Presentation. Hour of Astronomy At the University of Iowa Libraries. April 3, 2009
• Kozak, Kari A. “Reference Books” Atmospheric Sciences 101 Workshop. Presentation. 12th Atmospheric Science Librarians International Annual Meeting, 89th Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 13, 2009
• Kozak, Kari A. “The Usage of Article Databases and Electronic Journals by Academic Atmospheric Scientists”. Presentation. Texas A&M University Libraries: Research Forum 2007, College Station, TX, Nov. 2, 2007
• Burk, William R., Kari A. Kozak, Tim Shearer, Mary Katherine Barnes, and Gregory P. Copenhaver. “Archiving Scientific Literature through the Digitization of the Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science”. Poster session. LANC-CH Annual Research Forum 2007, Chapel Hill, NC, May 23, 2007

In the News:

• Interviewed and quoted in “How Libraries Can Leverage the Learning Potential of AR” Computers in Libraries. April 2022, pg. 19–23.
• UI Libraries Bindings: Learn & Create: “Workshop series at the Lichtenberger Engineering Library” Winter 2020
• Iowa Engineering Magazine: Restored Vision in the Engineering Library. 2019, no. 1, pg 14
• Iowa Engineering Magazine: Tools for Tinkering. 2017 n.2, pg 12–14
• Daily Iowan: Lichtenberger Library Stretches Imagination. Thursday, September 29, 2016
• UI Libraries Bindings: Lichtenberger Engineering Library Opens the New Creative Space, Winter 2017