2026 PASCAL Member Conference

Tina Baich is the Director of Eastern Academic Scholars’ Trust (EAST), a nonprofit organization dedicated to securing the print scholarly record in support of teaching, learning, and research. Prior to joining EAST, she spent 19 years at IUPUI University Library, starting as a Graduate Assistant and ending as Senior Associate Dean for Scholarly Communication & Content Strategies. Tina is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and loves to travel and go to live comedy.

Newkirk Barnes joined Aiken Technical College as the Public Services Librarian in February 2012. In this position, Newkirk provides research assistance to students, faculty, staff and community patrons in a variety of formats, including library instruction sessions, online research guides and workshops. Through Blackboard, Newkirk has implemented the Embedded Librarian program to assist distance education students with their research assignments. She has also partnered with writing tutors in the Student Success Center to offer Open Research Labs where students can get assistance with finding appropriate... Read more

John Barnett is Dean of the Library at the University of South Carolina Upstate, a role he has held since June 2021. Prior to joining USC Upstate, from 2015 until 2021, Barnett served as executive director of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), an academic library consortium headquartered in Toronto, Canada. He has experience in management and leadership, collection development, scholarly communications, editing and publishing, systems implementation, and reference and instruction. He is currently a board member of the American Library Association’s International Relations Committee... Read more

All things related to reference, archives, data analytics, AI, and bibliographic instructions.

Elizabeth Laney, M.A., is a historian and genealogist with 20+ years experience working in state parks, historic sites and public libraries. She specializes in the history of the Reconstruction Era and the history of the State of South Carolina with a particular focus on African American communities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and South Carolina’s Black military legacy.

Laney has a Masters in History from the University of South Carolina and a Masters in Museum Studies from George Washington University. She has previously worked at Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site (Beech Island, SC), Drayton Hall Plantation (Charleston, SC), the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (Washington, DC) and the Colleton County Memorial Library (Walterboro, SC). She has been published in Ancestry Magazine, the Journal of the SC Historical Association and several other publications. She has worked for the Institute for the Study of the Reconstruction Era at USC Beaufort ... Read more

Instruction & outreach librarian at a rural 2-year campus. I have a background in special collections and academic libraries and love discussing creative programming and whole-person librarianship. If you need a break from library land, I'm always willing to talk about geeky topics like TTRPGs, video games, and anime.

Dr. Richard Moniz is the Director of Library Services at Horry-Georgetown Technical College with campuses in Conway, Georgetown, and Myrtle Beach, SC. He is currently Chair Elect for PASCAL (Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries), Board Liaison to PASCALS' Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, and serves on the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Council at HGTC. He was previously the Director of Library Services for Johnson & Wales University's North Miami campus from 1997 - 2004 and the Director of Library Services for Johnson & Wales University's Charlotte campus from 2004-2018... Read more

Master of Science Library Science, UNC Chapel Hill
Master of Arts in Educational Theatre, New York University
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Education, East Carolina University

Patricia Sinclair serves as the Electronic Resources Coordinator for the South Carolina State Library. Prior to joining the State Library, Patricia was the Library Director at South University where she gained a great deal of knowledge and experience providing library and research instruction to students and faculty.

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Tara Weekes has been the Director of Learning Resources (Libraries) at Greenville Technical College since 2022. Prior that role, she was the Education Media Center Manager at Clemson University from 2012-2021 and a Circulation Assistant Supervisor and work-study student at Western Carolina University's Hunter Library from 2004-2011. Her educational background includes a Master of Library and Information Science from Valdosta State University in 2017, a Master of Science in Human Resources from Western Carolina University in 2010, and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Sociology... Read more