Robert A. Pisciotta
Associate Director, Library Systems and Technical Services
A.R. Dykes Library
The University of Kansas Medical Center
2100 W. 39th Ave.
Kansas City, KS 66160-7180
Voice: (913) 588-7311
Fax: (913) 588-7304
bpisciot@kumc.edu
Responsibilities:
- I manage the Library's book and journal budgets. I also manage the selection process for new books and journals. If you wish to suggest a new acquisition, use this form:
- Coordinate all technical services areas in the Library, including Collection Development, Acquisitions, Bindery, Stacks Maintenance and Cataloging.
- Manage library systems, including Endeavor Voyager system, all e-journals in our collection, web functionality and other related systems.
- Directly supervise staff in Library Systems and the supervisor in Technical Services.
- Manage the production of an electronic journal: Photochemistry and Photobiology.
Professional Activities:
I am active in a variety of professional capacities, including:
Medical Library Association (MLA)
Associate Chair, National Program Committee, 1999 MLA Annual Meeting in Chicago.
Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association
Technical Services Section of the Medical Library Association
Past-Chair, TSS
Personal:
I'm married to Margaret A. Pisciotta and have four children: Nicole (b. 1981), Matthew (b. 1984), Rachel (b. 1988) and Mary (b. 1988). Here's a photo of my family. My oldest is now a student at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL. Go Foresters! I myself am a graduate of Colgate University and the University of Chicago.
Besides my family, my other primary passion is music collecting. I listen to (and collect) all sorts of music, especially rock and jazz. My pop music tastes run to power pop and 60s-style garage. On more normal days, I might listen to the Beatles or the Stones. My jazz tastes include Art Blakey, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Sonny Clark, Art Pepper, Horace Silver, Gigi Gryce and Benny Golson (Hard bop lives, but some of these links may not!).