Résumé

Work Experience

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Reference Librarian
Woodburn Public Library , January 2011 – Present
Woodburn, OR

  • Provide reference services including reservations of equipment and cultural passes, material renewals, computer assistance and instruction, and reader’s advisory.
  • Create monthly library displays and posters.
  • Maintain teen in-house multimedia publicity and Facebook account.
  • Implement Teen programming: Gaming in the library, Teen Advisory Board, Teen Anime, Teen Tech Week, and the 2012 Summer Reading Program.
  • Collection development.

Reference Librarian/Instructor
Pacific University Library , February – May 2010
Forest Grove, OR

  • Write LSTA grant proposal for collaborative digital library with Washington County historical societies, museum, and library collections.
  • Supervise Archives student workers in providing reference services for patrons and on digitization projects.
  • Provide reference services in library and in archives.
  • Establish the Campus Life digital collection for the archives and provide advise on creating finding aids.

Project Manager
Pacific University Library, July – October 2009
Forest Grove, OR

  • Inventory existing artwork and create a comprehensive acquisitions database.
  • Create processing system for accessioning new artwork into the collection.
  • Digitize, catalog, and create digital collections in CONTENTdm.
  • Supervise photographer in shooting, readying images, and cataloging procedures for acquisitions database and CONTENTdm.
  • Make recommendations on preservation and conservation needs, art donation forms, and future collections to add into the digital library.

Reference Librarian/Instructor
Pacific University Library, January – May 2009
Forest Grove, OR

  • Provide reference service: answering reference e-mails, phone and reference desk inquiries, and resolve electronic databases issues.
  • Provide information literacy instruction including creating online subject guides.
  • Collect and maintain reference statistics.
  • Collection development.
  • Supervise student employees in reference, special projects, and digital projects.
  • Recommend standards for implementing future digital collections in CONTENTdm.
  • Created library displays, bibliography, and special subject guides.
  • Establish annual Asian Day library/art display.

Archives Volunteer
Pacific University Library, October 2008 – January 2009
Forest Grove, OR

  • Assessing and processing the Sidney H. Marsh papers including creation of the finding aid using DACS standard.

Visual Resources Librarian*
Savannah College of Art and Design, 1998 – 2008
Savannah, GA

  • Develop and implement standards and procedures for the digital collections.
    Provide reference services including online guides, tutorials, and pathfinders to visual resources.
  • Provide instruction in using visual resources, ARTstor software, and incorporating resources into Blackboard, course management system.
  • Establish and maintain the departmental intranet site and blog.
  • Supervise production quality and deadlines for slide and digital projects.
  • Maintain project documentation.
  • Collection development.
  • Supervise and train VRC staff.
  • IT liaison.
  • Maintain collection statistics.
  • Maintain budgets of office supplies and student employees.

Note: During the ten years working my title changed as my job responsibilities shifted from slides to a digital format, from 1998 my title was Assistant Slide Curator, in 2002 it changed to Associate Visual Resources Curator, and after I received my MLIS degree in 2008 it changed to Visual Resources Librarian.

Programs

  • Teen Tech Week 2012 Program at Woodburn Public Library – Iron-on t-shirt design workshop, designed custom 10 Ways to be involved in Teen Tech Week poster and pamphlet.
  • First Friday Teen Gaming at Woodburn Public Library, established in 2012.
  • Teen Advisory Group at Woodburn Public Library, established in 2012.
  • Adult Summer Reading Program 2011 – created four quiz handouts.

Projects

  • Established the following digital collections: Pacific University Library Digital Collections, including Campus Life, Permanent Art @ Pacific University, Asian Art Collection, and Latin American Folk Art. (http://pacificu.edu/library/digitalcollections/menu.htm)
  • Established the Visual Resources Center blog at the Savannah College of Art and Design (http://blog.scad.edu/vrc/)
  • Helped develop the Digital Image Database for the Visual Resources Center. Access limited to the Savannah College of Art and Design community.

Education

Technical Skills

  • Tools: ARTstor, Adobe Creative Suite Software (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver), Adobe Acrobat Pro, Quark Express, Microsoft Word and Publisher, Access, Excel, FileMaker Pro, Blackboard and Millennium ILS, WordPress, and Blogger.
  • Digital Asset Management Systems: CONTENTdm, Greenstone, Digital Commons, and OMEKA.
  • Vocabularies: CCO, AAT, ULAN, TNG, LCSH, and TGM.
  • Metadata Standards: Dublin Core, VRA, CDWA–lite, EAD, TEI, METS, and MODS.
  • Programming: HTML, CSS, XML, PHP
  • Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
  • Social Media: Facebook, Flickr, Goodreads, LibraryThing, Twitter, Yelp, Google Places