LIBRARY EXPERIENCE:

• Project Management
Directed and managed the project startup of www.NYSafety.org.
Organized a collection of worker safety materials.
Managed design and furnishing of the library space.
Contracted the cataloging of the collection.
• Systems Administration
Configure and maintain the library system software.
Managed the LAN installation, and maintenance.
Maintain systems; performing uploads, upgrades, trouble shooting and backups.
Coordinated the Metropolitan Area Network MAN/WAN connection to my servers.
Arranged for the hosting of the servers and domain name.
Manage the website that provides the web catalog of the collection to the public.

• Planned and provided electronic services, resources, and support.
• Provided reference service and user instruction.
• Assisted staff, faculty and students with print and electronic resources; provide general reference and personalized research assistance.
• Presented Bibliographic Instruction and electronic resources researching classes.
• Covering information literacy, the World Wide Web, CD-Roms, electronic databases and indices, the OPAC, and searching techniques and strategies
• Maintained the library's website
• Neil Hellman Library http://www.strose.edu/Library/li_hp.htm.
• Systems Administrator for Dynix, integrated library system

• Reference -- Provide public service, assist users with research, teach research techniques, instruct and assist patrons in the use of all library resources; print and electronic.
• Instruction -- Teach library technology class for Sage required course, “Computer Literacy”; covering information evaluation, the internet, CD-Roms, electronic databases and indices, the OPAC, and searching fundamentals

• Reference -- Assisted patrons at the reference desk and performed telephone reference services;
• Collection Development -- Developed the collection for classic works and authors; weeded collection; established collection of surplus items for future replacement requirements or outreach donations.

• Database Management -- Implemented new “Alpha 5” software. Designing tables, menus, and forms for the music "OPAC". Migrating records from existing “Professional File” software.
• Librarian -- Assisted staff with print and electronic resources; provided general reference and research assistance to news department and staff. Researched and provided materials and music for programming, including obtaining broadcast rights.

• Competitive Intelligence Project -- Gathering relocation and tax incentives offered to businesses by other states.

• Pilot project to provide Internet access to NYS permits, applications, and information online.  Successfully coordinated the inclusion of this project into a similar program at the Governor's Office on Regulatory Reform. Saved 200 budgeted hours by avoiding a duplication of efforts.

• Reference -- Processed interlibrary loans, Assisted patrons at the reference desk.
• Collection Development -- Revised collection development practices for lease books, reducing collection by 55%; established weeding program; implemented peer review process for withdrawal items.

EDUCATION:

• MLS, School of Information Science and Policy;  University at Albany, State University of New York
• MBA, School of Business; University at Albany, State University of New York
• BA, Political Science; The University of Georgia, Athens

COMPUTING SKILLS:

• Platforms -- Windows 3.1/95/NT MS-DOS
• Electronic resources -- Internet browsers and search engines, web based searching, bibliographic databases, Dialog, Westmate, Lexis, ProQuest, ABI-Inform, OCLC, EbscoHost, Moody's, and Silver Platter software.
• Bibliographic applications -- Library systems (DRA, Dynix, GEAC, Sirsi, and Follett)
• Presentation -- Powerpoint
• Spreadsheets and Databases -- Excel, Access, LOTUS, Enable, MultiPlan
• Web -- HTML. FrontPage, Composer

PUBLICATIONS:

• "Patron Assistance at the OPAC," The Reference Librarian 1999 #65, ed. William Katz.

PRESENTATIONS:

• "Situations at the Reference Desk, (a David Tyckoson Player)," New York Library Association, 1997
• "OPAC's and Interlibrary Loans, A Service Multiplier," Annual NYS Legislators and Librarians Breakfast, 1995

LANGUAGES:

• German, reading knowledge

OTHER LIBRARY TRAINING:

• Searching OCLC -- Introductory searching techniques for accessing bibliographic records in WorldCat (the OCLC Online Union Catalog).
• Searching OCLC, Beyond the Basics -- Uncommon searches and special characters, complex corporate and conference names, the new phrase indexes, and combined key searches.
• Ready Reference Resources on the Internet -- General reference materials such as dictionaries and encyclopedias and more specialized sources dealing with specific subject areas and types of material. An overview of the types of materials available, and guidelines for using online ready references.
• MARC Essentials -- History and structure of MARC records, general MARC structure, standards for input, fixed field coding, variable field tagging, and quality control issues.