Summary of Qualifications
- Eight years of library management and supervisory experience
- Strong commitment to library service
- Program planning for children, young adults, adults, and students
- Knowledge of technology applications in libraries
Work Experience
Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Information Core Director, 2001–present
- Developed and maintained interdisciplinary library collection and data archive
- Worked with a team of library and IT staff to develop online resources, including a library catalog, OPAC, and circulation system; a web-searchable database of research funding opportunities; a current awareness application; and a web-based data archive
- Provided consultation on copyright, technology, and scholarly communication issues to faculty, students, and staff
- Provided research assistance and performed literature searches
- Taught workshops on citation management software, literature searching, and research poster design
- Supervised library assistant, data archivist, data archivist assistant, and webmaster
- Managed department budget and planning
- Collected data and wrote text for federal grant proposals
- Associate member of University Libraries Faculty Organization
- Served on Social Science Research Institute Diversity Committee, 2007-present
Carnegie Library of Homestead, Munhall, PA
Library Director, 2000–2001
- Trained and supervised library staff and volunteers
- Managed the library’s budget, collection (including local history documents), and technological resources
- Represented the library in the Allegheny County Library Association
- Provided reference services and trained reference staff
- Taught staff and patrons to use library computers
- Designed and maintained the library web site
- Worked with children’s librarian to organize and promote summer reading programs
Gumberg Library, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
Reference Librarian (part-time), 2000–2001
- Responded to queries at the reference desk and via e-mail and telephone
- Taught library instruction sessions and developed resource guides for education, environment and ecology, and language and linguistics
- Developed guides and bibliographies
- Resolved technical problems with library computers
PALINET (library consortium), Pittsburgh, PA
Intern, 2000
- Intern working in electronic resources for three months
Chester Engineers, Moon Township, PA
Librarian, 1998-2000
- Maintained library collection for process engineering department
- Provided reference assistance to engineers and geologists
Education
MLIS, August 2000
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
B.A., German Studies, May 1998
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Mastering Supervision (certificate), May 2007
Penn State, University Park, Pennsylvania
Languages
German and Spanish (limited written and spoken)
Technical Skills
- Microsoft Office: Access (database development), Word, PowerPoint, Excel
- Graphics: Adobe PhotoShop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Gimp
- Web: HTML/XHTML, CSS, RSS
- Content management: Plone
- Blogs: WordPress
- Wiki: PB Wiki
- Operating systems: Windows, UNIX
- Citation management: EndNote, RefWorks
- Screen capture: Camtasia
- Social networking applications: Facebook, Ning, LibraryThing, Flickr, delicious, YouTube
- Familiarity with PHP, ColdFusion, JavaScript, XML
Professional Associations
SLA, 2001–present
- Central Pennsylvania Chapter (Webmaster, 2002–8; Board of Directors, 2008; Past-President, 2006; President, 2004–5; President-Elect and Program Planner, 2003–4; Discussion List Owner, 2002–4)
- Social Science Division (Program Planning Chair, 2007–9; Program Planning Chair-Elect, 2006–7; Discussion List Owner, 2005–7)
Association for Population/Family Planning Libraries and Information Centers–International, 2001–present
- Webmaster, 2007–; Past-President, 2007–8; President, 2006–7; Vice President and conference planning coordinator, 2005–6; Board of Directors, 2002–5, 2008–
Publications & Presentations
Librarians Vital to Data Preservation and Access. APLIC-International Communicator (Winter/Spring 2008).
Library 2.0 - Practical Uses for Blogging, Social Networking and Online Virtual Worlds (with Andrew Calvin and Beth Transue). SLA Central Pennsylvania Chapter meeting, University Park, PA, November 8, 2007.
Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students. Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology graduate seminar, Penn State, November 7, 2007.
Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students. Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology graduate seminar, Penn State, November 29, 2006.
Library @ Your User: A Case Study Using New Technologies to Extend the Reach of the Library (with Jennifer Darragh and Kiet Bang). APLIC-I Annual Conference, Los Angeles, March 28, 2006.
Searching for Dissertation Grants. Demography Colloquium, Population Research Institute, Penn State, September 15, 2005.
APLIC-I Librarians Respond to Change (panel session). Association for Population/Family Planning Libraries and Information Centers-International Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, March 30, 2005.
Open Access: A Report from the APLIC-I Annual Conference. KeyNotes, the newsletter of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the Special Libraries Association, Spring/Summer 2005.
A day in the life of an Information Core Director. The Young Librarian, 2004.
Special Libraries Association 94th Annual Conference: A report from the Big Apple. APLIC-International Communicator (Summer/Fall 2003).
Blogs & Other Writing
DIY Librarian, an informal blog focused on do-it-yourself aspects of libraries
SLA 2005, 2006, and 2007 Conference Blogs (contributor)
SLA Central Pennsylvania Chapter News
News from the PRI Library & Data Archive, Population Research Institute, Penn State
Sports correspondent, Centre Daily Times, State College, PA
The Runaround (running blog for the Centre Daily Times, with Marty Mazur and Mike Casper)
Workshops Taught
For the Population Research Institute workshop series:
- Locating Demographic Literature
- Advanced Literature Searching
- EndNote
- Poster Design
Last updated December 16, 2008