Liaison to the Orfalea College of Business and the College of Agriculture’s Agribusiness Department; create and implement value-added curriculum-driven digital learning environments; deliver high-level business research support to faculty, students and the Cal Poly community; support business programs through teaching; provide subject specialization in all areas of business and agribusiness including accounting, economics, finance, industrial technology, international business, law, management, and marketing; build curriculum-aligned collections that support college learning outcomes; provide leadership in the Library’s Web presence and digital branding strategies; serve on committees as needed; secure grants and other external funds; integrate and embed information competence and technology-driven educational tools into curricula; and initiate, develop, and maintain collaborative relationships with teaching faculty.
Before coming to Cal Poly, Mr. Vuotto was Business Librarian at Emory University's Goizueta Business Library in Atlanta, Georgia. The Goizueta Business School was recently ranked among the top-20 business schools in the United States.
Areas of Specialization: Competitive intelligence; marketing research; international trade data; government publications and resources; technology industries; Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy; and instructional design.
- Tenured Faculty - California State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
- Seasoned professional with more than 18 years work experience
- Accomplished business information specialist including service as library faculty at a top-20 business school (Emory University’s Goizueta Business School)
- Web site developer and instructional designer with extensive experience in a wide-range of sophisticated Web tools including: Blackboard Academic Suite; Adobe Dreamweaver MX, Dreamweaver 8, Flash 8, Fireworks, Captivate2, Photoshop, In Design and Acrobat; Camtasia Studio; Podcast Factory; M-Audio; Audacity; HTML; JavaScript; and UNIX.
Experience with MacBook Pro/OS X and Windows XP.
- Polished speaker, presenter and instructor
- Expert in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy
| Committees and University Service |
University Activities & Committees: Academic Senate, Vice Chair, 2006- ; Academic Senate Budget and Long-Range Planning Committee, Chair, 2007- ; University Planning and Budget Advisory Committee, 2007- ; Academic Senate, Task Force on Text Book Pricing, Chair, 2006-2007 ; Academic Senate, Executive Committee and Caucus Chair, 2004-2006; Consultative Search Committee for Library Dean, 2006; Consultative Committee for the Selection of Vice Provost of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, 2005; Week of Welcome, 2002- ; First-Year Experience Program, 2002- ; Academic Excellence Program, 2002- ; and Student Academic Services, 2002- .
Library Activities & Committees: Library Faculty Council, Chair, 2005- ; Library Faculty Council Personnel Committee, Chair, 2007- ; Library Peer Review Committee for Retention, Promotion & Tenure, Chair, 2007- ; Search Committee for Library Associate Dean, 2007- ; Search Committee for Architecture Librarian, 2007; Search Committee for Engineering, Physical Sciences, and Mathematics Librarian, 2004; Search Committee for Science Librarian, 2004; Search Committee for Head of Digital Services, 2003; and Web Redesign Group, 2002-2003.
Master of Library and Information Science. Dominican University,
IL (1990)
Master of Arts. Northern Illinois University, IL (1987)
Vuotto, F. (2007). The New Face of Digital Learning Environments in Academe: Innovative Technologies That Engage Students and Faculty, Conference Paper for the 11th Annual Internet Librarian Conference, October 28th, 2007.
Vuotto, F. (2006). Securing Consumer Behavior-Related Information: Part 1: A Guide to Secondary Data – Commercial Resources. Part 2: A Guide to Secondary Data – Government Resources. Psychology & Marketing (Forthcoming).
Vuotto, F. (June 2005). A Year End Report to the California State University Chancellor's Office. The 2004 Information Competence Grant: Development Strategies for Integration of Information Competence within the Marketing Area at Cal Poly's Orfalea College of Business. Available online at: http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/staff/fvuotto/grants/csu_report2005.pdf
Vuotto, F. Development Strategies For Integration of Information Competence Within the Marketing Area at Cal Poly's Orfalea College of Business , Proceedings of the LOEX 2005 Conference, May 13th, 2005 Louisville, KY.
Somerville, M.M., & Vuotto, F. (2005). If You Build It With Them, They Will Come: Digital Research Portal Design and Development, Internet Reference Services Quarterly , 1 0 (1), 77-94.
Vuotto, F. (2004). A Value-Added Constructivist Approach for Internet-Based Business and Information Competence Instruction, Presented at MERLOT ( Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) 2004 Conference ( www.merlot.org ).
Vuotto, F. (2004). Information Competence as Value-Added Product: Applying the Business Model to Academe, Reference Services Review , 32 (3), 234-248.
Vuotto, F. Tales of a Mad Librarian (featured column). Peach State Update: The Newsletter of the SLA Georgia Chapter, (1999-2002).
Vuotto, F. (2000). Dialog's Market Guide: File 100 , E-Content , 23 (3), 39-45.
Vuotto, F. (1999). Got an Hour? Get the Job, Campus Career Center ( http://www.campuscareercenter.com ) A global recruiting site for MBAs ( Guest Lecturer series).
Vuotto, F (1998). Got an Hour? Get the Job. Wet Feet Press ( http://www.wetfeet.com ) ( Guest Lecturer ).
| Conference Papers and Presentations |
Internet Librarian 2007, Monterey, CA October 2007
Emerging eLearning Environments in Academe
Internet Librarian is the only conference for information professionals who are using, developing, and embracing Internet, Intranet, and Web-based strategies in their roles as information architects and navigators, Webmasters and Web managers, content evaluators and developers, and information providers.
LOEX 2005 33rd Annual Conference, Louisville, K
May 2005
Development Strategies for Vertical Integration of Information Competence Within the Marketing Area at Cal Poly's College of Business: A Case Study
The idea of information competence as product - created to meet specific needs, distributed effectively, marketed, and assessed utilizing several measurement rubrics - sets the backdrop for this case study. This presentation details the business, collaborative and instructional design models utilized in creating one of the most comprehensive, subject-driven information literacy Web site in the United States.
LOEX conference explores ways that innovative librarians and their
institutions are working to integrate Information Literacy and
academic programs, to help each member of their community discover,
connect, and engage with the world of ideas.
MERLOT International Conference, Costa Mesa, CA
August 2004
Subject-Driven Information Literacy: The Emerging Digital Model in Business-Related Competencies
The focus of this presentation focused on raising awareness within the academic community of the new emerging models of digital teaching - as illustrated with business information literacy content - and strategic learning objectives. Learning theory and instructional design principles including learning outcomes, measurement-assessment tools, and scalable models that can be replicated in a variety of subject areas.
MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online
Teaching) is a community of people who are involved in education.
North American Colleges & Teachers of Agriculture,
Gainesville, FL June 2004
Beyond Google: Integrating Information Literacy Into The Curriculum
(Poster Session with Lynn Hamilton, Professor, Agribusiness, Cal Poly)
This session illustrated the teaching partnerships between the Kennedy Library and the Agribusiness Department with an emphasis on team teaching, subject-specific information literacy, and value-added research guides.
The purpose of the annual conference is to provide for the professional
advancement of faculty engaged in classroom teaching.
Computers in Libraries (Information Today,
Inc.), Washington, D.C., March 2004
Information Competence as Product: Applying the Business Model to Academe
The presentation examines current issues within instructional design and information competence as they relate to subject-driven content.
Technology Conference for Information Age Librarians
Computers in Libraries is the leading conference for librarians
and information professionals who need to know about the latest
technologies and services available.
SLA South Atlantic Regional Conference (SARC),
Asheville, NC, September 2002.
Back to School, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying about Business
Research and Love Academia.
This presentation examined a variety of techniques and resources
focusing on how to utilize and search academic Web sites to secure
authoritative business intelligence. Presented with Terrence Bennett, Emory University.
| Web Site Development & Digital Authoring |
Cal Poly Business Research Portal
The Business Research Portal was developed to provide students and faculty easy access to a wide range of business-related resources available through the Robert E. Kennedy Library. The Portal offers in-depth research help on a variety of business topics including marketing, finance, company information, market shares, industry ratios & analysis, economic indicators, and other related topics.
Cal Poly Agribusiness Research Portal
The Agribusiness Research Portal was created to provide students and faculty easy access to a wide range of agricultural-, economic-, and business-related resources available through the Robert E. Kennedy Library. The Portal offers in-depth research help on a variety of agribusiness topics including marketing, food systems, category management, international development and trade, geospatial data, government information, and related topics.
Cal Poly Industrial Technology Research Portal
The IT Portal was developed to provide students and faculty access to a wide range of business, engineering, management and technology resources available through the Robert E. Kennedy Library. The Portal provides research help on a variety of industrial technology topics including industrial sales, quality assurance, product evaluation, packaging, manufacturing, technology transfer, and other related topics.
Kennedy Library Wine, Viticulture and Enology Online Research Center
The Wine, Viticulture and Enology Research Center, created to support the research needs of the Wine and Viticulture program, provides access to a wide range of wine-related resources including viticulture and enology, market and industry data, legal and regulatory information, government data, trade journals, and other wine-related topics.
Instructional eLearning Resources for Business
A variety of eLearning technologies such as Adobe/Macromedia Captivate were utilized to develop interactive tutorials that deliver step-by-step guidance through the complex landscape of business research.
Podcast Depot
Podcast Depot delivers authoritative business information on a variety of topics delivered in .MP3 format. Each Podcast is bundled with a printer friendly text version (PDF).
Information Competence in Marketing
This massive Web-based learning environment
provides an inside look at marketing research. It offers a comprehensive listing of marketing resources, information types, competitive intelligence databases, government data sources, and information competence frameworks.
| Professional Associations |
AERO (Agricultural Economics Reference Organization), 2002-
American Library Association & ACRL, 1990-
California Faculty Association, 2002-
California Teachers Association, 2002-
Dun & Bradstreet Advisory Board Member, 2000-
EDUCAUSE, 2002-
IFLA UNESCO (International Information Literacy Resources Directory Project), 2005-
MERLOT , 2002-
Special Libraries Association (SLA), 1998-
