Dr. L. K. Curda
Associate Professor (& Head Librarian)
Office Address: 77/115
Telephone Number: (850) 474-2295
Email: lcurda@uwf.edu
Office Hours: Monday 9AM - 3 PM (online), Tuesday 9 AM - 2 PM (online),
On campus by appointment.
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Personal Information
- Married to Dr. Steve Curda
- Five Children - Riley (11
years), Piper (10 years), Major (8 years) and Glory (4 years),
and Saylor (3 years)
- One Dog - Shakespeare (16
years)
Education
Professional and Life Experiences
- Kindergarten Teacher
- 1st Grade Teacher
- 2nd Grade Teacher
- Pre-K Handicapped Teacher
- Peace Corps Volunteer -
Haiti - Early Childhood Teacher Trainer
- Wife and Mother
- Professor at Florida State
University
- Professor and Program
Chair at University of Toledo
- Professor at University
of West Florida
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| Assistant Librarian and Media Specialist
Tasks
Melissa's
main responsibilities at the Library are helping anyone with
technical problems and general guidance for library patrons.
If you have any questions related to downloading, accessing,
sending attachments, etc., she is the first one you should
email. Melissa provides technical assistance to ALL students
enrolled in numerous online classes in our Masters program.
As you can imagine she stays pretty busy. Like the rest of
us, Melissa also has a busy life with a full-time job, her
own courses, and gets paid only a small amount to work as a
mentor, so please do not expect her to drop everything the
second you send her an email. She will do her best to respond
to you as quickly as possible and assist you with your problem.
If you have questions related to the course content and assignments,
you should not send these to Melissa, but to the Head Librarian..
Melissa
is also be available for general guidance through the course
and is responsible for tracking all your assignments. She will
be keeping track of your weekly assignments in the class gradebook
(circulation desk). So, if you have any questions related to
the gradebook she is the first one you should email. Also,
if you turn in an assignment late, you should be sure to email
her so she will know to backtrack, check, and give you partial
credit. Melissa is human just like the rest of us and is likely
to make errors here and there when trying to keep track of
everyone's assignments. If you find an error, please email
her to request respectfully that she review your assignments,
giving as much detail as possible to help her identify the
problem. The gradebook will be updated once each week. If the
error is not corrected the following week, then feel free to
send her a friendly reminder. As a mentor, Melissa is here
to help the Head Librarian with the extra time it takes to
run a Research Library (teach an online course) and to help
you with any and all questions you may have. Melissa
is well aware of my expectations related to assignments, participation,
and anything else you may want to know but be hesitant to ask.
Melissa is a student of several of our online course. Feel
free to ask her any questions you may have. At times, if she
is not confident she can provide the answer she may ask you
to send an email to the Head Librarian also. As the instructor,
I (Dr. Curda) grade all assignments and provide all feedback
so if you have any questions related to this you should always
communicate with me.
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Ms. Melissa Kelly
Assistant Librarian AND Media Specialist
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