EMPLOYMENT

August 2000-present

Seattle Public Library
Rainier Beach Branch

Library Associate II

Supervise 2 library associates and 1 student assistant on evenings and weekends

Charge and discharge library materials, count in-house use of materials

Register new patrons; assist patrons in locating and reserving library materials; collect fines

Answer patrons' questions about accounts, hours, meeting room schedule, events, etc.

Assist patrons with library catalog and personal computers

Assist with all other circulation and shelving functions as needed

Assist with readers' advisory and reference services and homework help

Plan and present programs, design library displays, help with special projects

Assist with opening/closing building

Reference Desk / Internet Consulting Desk
The Undergraduate Library, The University of Texas at Austin

Library Assistant I (1/2 position; full-time beginning June 1999)

Internet Education (since 1995)

Assist and instruct students, faculty and staff in the Electronic Information Center in the use of all electronic information resources, including online and CD-ROM databases, Internet resources and e-mail applications

Reference

Staff reference desk 10-13 hours per week providing in-person and telephone reference services for students, faculty and staff in all subject areas, utilizing both print and electronic resources; 9 hours per week serve as sole staff member providing this assistance

Teach electronic resources (since 1995)

Participate as an instructor for both the Library Instruction Program and the Electronic Information Classes Program

Create web guides to assist teachers in integrating the Internet in the curriculum

Design finding tools and temporary signs

Web design (since 1994)

Participate in semi-monthly meetings of the reference staff of the Undergraduate Library

Music Cataloguing
The Perry-Castañeda Library, The University of Texas at Austin

Library Assistant II (1/2 position)


• Catalogue and edit MARC serial records using Pre-AACR2 and AACR2 standards

• Perform subject, title and name authority searching on OCLC

• Assign Library of Congress call numbers

• Search library records for scores and monographs, compact discs, cassettes, phonodiscs, videocassettes, and videodiscs using local interactive OPAC and INNOPAC systems

• Create, edit and maintain local MARC records

1988-1992

Performance Library Assistant
The Performance Library, Department of Music, The University of Texas at Austin

Library Assistant I (1/2 position)


• Catalog and file all scores and music, including orchestral, concert band, marching band, choral, jazz ensemble, and chamber music

• Type and file catalog cards

• Check out and return music to/from individuals and ensembles

• Assist with overdues and billing

• Assist patrons with audio equipment and tape archive

• Assist with reference service

• Answer telephone

• Assist with FAX

• Assist with photocopying, music repair, assembling music folders

• Research music orders

• Insert bowings in string parts of orchestral music

• Assist with maintenance of active collection and archives

• Assist with special projects (such as collection restructuring and reorganization)

1984-1988

Circulation Desk Supervisor (Nights / Weekends)
The Fine Arts Library, The University of Texas at Austin

Library Assistant I (1/2 position)

Supervise 3 library clerks and clerical assistants on evenings and weekends

Charge and discharge library materials

Place holds and recalls

Search for lost books

Answer patrons' questions or refer to appropriate bibliographer

Assist with all other circulation and shelving functions as needed

Help with special projects

1985-1986

Reference Assistant (Nights / Weekends)
The Fine Arts Library, The University of Texas at Austin

Library Assistant II (1/2 position)

Staff reference desk 8 hours per week during hiring freeze

Assist music bibliographer with orders

Assist with filing cards in the public card catalog as well as in the accession catalog

1979-1981

Reserve Desk Supervisor
Ellis Library, The University of Missouri at Columbia

Library Assistant II

Hire, train, and supervise Clerk I (1/2 position) and 20 student assistants

Maintain payroll records and administer budget

Revise and rewrite training manual

Special projects as needed

Assist as needed in other areas of the Access Services department

PUBLICATIONS

It's a Vision Thing:
A Modest Proposal Concerning Library Exhibits

Paper submitted to the General Libraries Exhibits Committee regarding proposed improvements in the exhibit-producing process, including reasons for supporting more inclusive outreach efforts

Harry's Place: The Once & Future Undergraduate Library

World Wide Web exhibit

Light Beacons, Not Bonfires

World Wide Web exhibit

Origami: A Universe in a Single Sheet of Paper

World Wide Web exhibit (Reviews and Awards)

The Mythical, Mystical Sun

World Wide Web exhibit

HALEAKALA: How Maui Snared the Sun

World Wide Web site

COMMITTEES

Strategic planning committee for the Undergraduate Library, October 1998 - February 2000

Task force to design web-based multimedia internet instruction tutorial, September 1997 - September 1999

Task force to redesign Undergraduate Library Web pages, September 1997 - February 1998

General Libraries Exhibits Committee, 1993-1997

Produced ephemeral signs as needed at the Undergraduate Library, 1986-1996

Produced ephemeral signs as needed at the Fine Arts Library, 1984-1988

University of Missouri/Columbia Ellis Library Publications Committee, 1979-1981

Assisted in developing a coordinated signage system for the library; planned, wrote, designed, and produced library guides and brochures