Member Profile

Victoria Packard

Title:: Professor/ Coordinator of Instructional Services & Distance Learning and Funding Information Network for Non-Profit Grants Supervisor

Primary Discipline:: Academic Support Services / Library and Information Services / Information Retrieval

Other Disciplines:

Primary Affiliation:: Texas A and M University System - Kingsville (Education, 4 Year/4 Year + Grad, TX, United States)

Academic Support Services / Library and Information Services / Information Retrieval (Expert)
Areas of Specialty: Information Literacy & Research, Instructional Design,Distance Learning,Foundation Center for Non-Profit Grants Collection Supervisor,Grant Research (Federal & Non-Profit), Federal Government Information,State Government Information(Tennessee & Texas),Cartography(Maps),GIS & Remote Sensing

Certification Instructional Technology (05/2014)
Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Certicifation Instructional Design (05/2014)
Texas A&M Univeristy - Kingsville
M.L.I.S. Library & Information Science (07/1995)
University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Packard, V L. (2011). Tools for Grant Searching in The Frugal Librarian: Thriving in Tough Economic Times. American Library Association Editions.
Packard, V L. (2010). AfricaMap (Database Review) in Reference Reviews International & Emerald Database. (Vol. 24, Issue 1).
Packard, V L. (2010). David Rumsey Map Collection (Database Review) in Reference Reviews International & Emerald Database. (Vol. 24, Issue 2).

ENGL 1171 Information Literacy (Current)
- Texas A&M University - Kingsville – Information Literacy
- Core Curriculum Information Literacy class begun Fall 2014
World Geography 1303-600 (Current)
- Texas A&M University - Kingsville – World Geography - Library Sources - Webpage Creation
- Since 1999. Team teach with the Geography professor on library resources for World Geography, GIS & Remote Sensing. Taught students how to create webpages using various text editors.

MERLOT Peer Reviewer Extraordinaire (06/2015)
Delta Kappa Gamma Award (04/2012)
Rotary Club presentation on Business & Grant Resources and the Foundation Center for Non-Profit Grants
Making a Difference Award (04/2012)
Texas A&M University - Kingsville Jernigan Library

Going Green for Freshman Assessment & Distance Learning, 04/25/2011
TXDLA(Texas Distance Learning Association) Conference
Shaking The Money Tree, 04/21/2011
TLA (Texas Library Association) Conference
The Embedded Librarian at the Subject Level, 09/12/2010
2nd Annual LIRT (Library Instruction Round Table)Conference

Professor/ Coordinator of Instructional Services & Distance Learning (06/2011 – Current) Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Professor/ Foundation Center for Non-Profit Grants Collectional Supervisor (06/2011 – Current) Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Associate Professor/ Gov Info/Map/Reference & Instruction Librarian (10/1995 – 06/2011) Texas A&M University - Kingsville