Elspeth Merenda McKee
Objective: Librarian or web-related position in a creative environment.
HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS
- Extensive integrated library system experience (CARL, DRA, INNOPAC, NOTIS, STAR).
- 10+ years excellent customer service.
- Experience with UNIX, Dos, Macintosh and Windows (3.1 and 95) systems.
- Familiar with Access, AmiPro, Dbase, Excel, FileMaker Pro, SuperCalc, WordPerfect and Word programs and HTML coding.
- Bibliographic knowledge of French, Italian, and Spanish.
LIBRARY EXPERIENCE
Technical Service and Systems:
- Run a real estate contracting firm which maintains properties while they are listed for sale.
- Cataloged multimedia materials for Northern Virginia Community College.
- Edited audio books for Potomac Talking Book Services.
- Indexed Environment and Natural Resources government documents for the Congressional Research Service's CUADRA-STAR databases.
- Created original and copy cataloging records using OCLC and the INNOPAC system for Dominican College and the Mechanics' Institute.
- Determined conservation methods and began preservation of local history materials for the Mechanics' Institute.
- Diagnosed system problems and offered solutions and improvements for INNOPAC library systems worldwide for Innovative Interfaces, Inc.
- Created accession level cataloging records for sound recordings for the Library of Congress.
Public Service and Research:
- Performed reference interviews for the Congressional Research Service.
- Performed reference interviews and recommended materials to all ages for San Francisco Public Library.
- Collected references through the Internet and MELVYL and DIALOG databases for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
- Created and standardized extensive energy and industry related bibliographies for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
- Instructed patrons on the use of online catalogs and the WWW at San Francisco Public Library.
- Trained staff and customers on the uses of the INNOPAC system at Innovative Interfaces, Inc., and Dominican College.
- Served as circulation and inter-library loan expert for Innovative Interfaces' Help Desk.
- Coordinated customer service for 80 INNOPAC libraries worldwide.
RADIO EXPERIENCE
- Served as Music Director and Disc Jockey for KLA Radio, UCLA, 1992-94.
- Named "Best Specialty Show D.J." for 1992-93 at KLA Radio, UCLA.
- Served as Public Affairs Director, Public Service Director, Record Librarian and Disc Jockey for WMUC Radio, University of Maryland, 1990-1992.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
- President
(1998-),
L and K Contracting,
Silver Spring, MD
- Audiotape Editor
(1998-99),
Potomac Talking Book Services,
Bethesda, MD
- Catalog Librarian
(1998-99),
Media Processing Services,
Northern Virginia Community College,
Annandale, VA
- Public Affairs Specialist/Bibliographer
(1997-98),
Congressional Research Service,
Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
- Conservator/Cataloger (1997),
Mechanics' Institute Library,
San Francisco, CA
- Assistant Cataloger (1996-97),
Dominican College Library,
San Rafael, CA
- Librarian (1995, 1996-97),
San Francisco Public Library,
San Francisco, CA
- Researcher (1995),
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Berkeley, CA
- Systems Librarian, Help Desk Team Leader (1995-96),
Innovative Interfaces, Inc.,
Emeryville, CA
- Accessioner, Motion Pictures/Broadcasting/Recorded Sound Section;
Deck Attendant, Collections Management Division
(1991-92)
Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
EDUCATION
- Post-graduate coursework in:
* Non-book and Internet Cataloging at the University of Pittsburgh, 1997
* Automating the Small Library at the University of California, Berkeley, 1995
* Online Searching at the University of California, Berkeley, 1995.
- M.L.S., Specialization in Information Organization, University of California, Los Angeles, 1994.
- B.A., Linguistics, minors in French and Radio, Television and Film, University of Maryland, College Park, 1991.