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| 1986 MLS 1981 Paralegal Certificate 1978 BA, Psychology |
University of Michigan |
Physics-Astronomy Librarian/Liaison in the Biomedical & Physical Sciences Library. Liaison to the Department of Physics and Astronomy, the Cyclotron Library, and Abrams Planetarium. Responsible for collection development, reference, electronic resource selection and training. Provide additional reference assistance to patrons for biochemistry, chemistry, microbiology, and physiology collections.
Head of the Physics-Astronomy Branch Library and Science Reference Librarian (half-time) in the Main Library. Responsible for all areas of the administration and services of the separate Physics-Astronomy Branch library, including administration of collections budget, staff supervision, collection development, reference, provision of electronic resources, and liaison with the Department of Physics and Astronomy, the Cyclotron Library, Abrams Planetarium and the Libraries. Member of the Main Library Reference librarian team, providing reference assistance and participating in reference training. Manage assigned collections within the Main Library. Special temporary assignment (8/95 - 12/96) to the MSU Digital Information Group. Assisted MSU Units, departments, faculty and staff in the design and maintenance of WWW sites; HTML training. Developed guidelines and policy pertaining to Internet publishing issues.
9/88 - 9/90
Corporate Librarian and Manager of the Gelman Sciences Technical Information Center and its annex. Filled a broad range of information needs for corporate headquarters, domestic and international subsidiaries, and outside sales division (600+ employees) of Gelman Sciences, a world leader in microfiltration and environmental products. Provided scientific, technical, business and general information on demand and as a continuing service. Online searches; database design and development; report preparation; dissemination of corporate intelligence; patent tracking; research and reference; collection management; resource presentations to management. Consultant to corporate legal staff.
4/87 - 9/88
Senior Data Archive Specialist in the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). Performed customized data retrieval of highly specialized data collections for 300+ member academic institutions. Assisted users with technical and substantive problems. Provided time and cost estimates for data acquisition and processing. Designed and tested databases. Software sales.
11/83 - 4/87
Data Archive Specialist. Documented electronic archive files. Assisted with data servicing for 300+ ICPSR member academic institutions. Designed and developed in-house databases. Filled in-house data requests.
9/81 - 11/83
Research assistant/data manager in a unit devoted to the research and study of endogenous affective disorders. Responsible for all phases of research data management; collection, online entry, analysis and reporting. Assisted physicians and support staff with patient evaluations and execution of research protocols. Performed literature searches and prepared reports.
Principal Library Assistant in the UMTRI Library. Processed information and materials requests from research staff. Technical writing; serials management; document acquisition; database management; reference assistance with transportation/automotive topics.
Senior Library Assistant/evening staff supervisor in Serials Services and Records of the Graduate Library. Managed extensive serials and newspaper collections. Provided reference and bibliographic instruction.
Series Editor, Reference Sources in Science & Technology Series for Libraries Unlimited, Inc. Recommended acquisitions of book projects for possible publication in accordance with the publishing profile of the publisher. Recruited authors and assisted with the development of proposals for submission. Worked with authors through the development of manuscripts; reviewed sample chapters, made content suggestions, evaluated final manuscripts for publication.
Freelance Web Selector and Collection Librarian for the Science & Environment section of the Michigan eLibrary (MEL), "Best of the Internet", an information service of the Library of Michigan. Located, evaluated, organized, annotated and hyperlinked appropriate Web sites to the MeL Science pages. Updated section and weeded defunct sites. Provided electronic reference assistance to MeL patrons. Promoted the services of MeL via presentations, publications, and announcements.
Indexer of criminal justice/law periodicals for inclusion in a UMI printed index and DIALOG commercial database (CJPI - Criminal Justice Periodical Index).
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