Resume
Profile
I'm interested in innovative library systems management, and in using technology to enhance the learning, teaching, and research processes.
Skills
Standards-based web design, web application development (PHP, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, MySQL), ILS and library software management, knowledge of information literacy concepts, goals, and outcomes, reference experience, instruction experience.
Experience
- Systems/Metadata Librarian, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA—July 2009 to present
- Manage the Innovative Millennium ILS and other library hardware and software, including ILLiad, OCLC Navigator, walk-up scanners, and general staff workstations. Manage library website and access to online resources. Responsible for introducing new and innovative technology tools to library staff and patrons.
- Systems Library Assistant, Simmons College, Boston, MA—January 2008 to June 2009
- Assisted in all areas of library technology, including developing a new OPAC with innovative search functions. Work with Instruction and Research services staff to build a wiki-based repository for Blended Learning training materials. Implemented user-oriented web applications to assist library staff, faculty, and students with work, research, and coursework. Troubleshoot problems with software, plug-ins, and networking.
- Reference Assistant, Simmons College, Boston, MA—June 2008 to present
- Provide reference services to all members of the Simmons community. Create and edit online research guides on a variety of topics. Lead library tours for incoming students. Teach technology workshops to graduate students on HTML, XHTML, CSS, and PHP.
- Public Services Assistant, Schlesinger Library, Harvard—August 2007 to January 2008
- Assisted researchers finding and using archival materials. Completed projects for manuscript and cataloging departments including shelf reading, processing incoming materials, and labeling new books.
- Marketing Sales Associate, Pearson Education, Boston, MA—February 2006 to August 2007
- Used creative marketing and outreach methods to increase sales of monograph and scholarly titles to faculty throughout the United States. Worked closely with professors to introduce new technologies into courses in the humanities and social sciences.
Education
Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Boston, MA—MS expected May 2009
UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA—BA, Literature and Women's Studies, June 2001