Experience

Brazoria County Library System

• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Reference Librarian/Assistant Branch Manager

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  ● Provides daily in-person and electronic reference services to a community of 19,000 residents and a broader community of 388,000 residents. ● Develops monthly programming geared toward adult patrons to meet community interests and needs. ● Handles initial patron purchase suggestions using Baker & Taylor’s Title Source 360 ordering system. ● Manages preservation of the library branch’s newspaper microfilm collection. ● Supervises 3 staff members in collection workflow projects… Show more ● Provides daily in-person and electronic reference services to a community of 19,000 residents and a broader community of 388,000 residents. ● Develops monthly programming geared toward adult patrons to meet community interests and needs. ● Handles initial patron purchase suggestions using Baker & Taylor’s Title Source 360 ordering system. ● Manages preservation of the library branch’s newspaper microfilm collection. ● Supervises 3 staff members in collection workflow projects to manage a 20,000-item library collection every month. ● Assists Branch Librarian with backup supervision of 6 additional staff, providing technical and reference training daily. ● Attends monthly outreach events to collaborate with community partners and provide library services to the community. ● Collaborates daily with the Library Support Services department to implement procedural changes to the management of non-monograph items from the library collection. ● Participates in quarterly interdepartmental committee work to develop mission statements and committee objectives to support staff and patron needs.

• Library Clerk

  • Dec 2017 - Aug 2022

  ●Assisted 3-4 patrons with digitization and quality control of multi-page documents and photos into PDF and JPEG or PNG formats daily. ●Instructed patrons in digital literacy and technical support of Windows/Mac OS, Android/iOS and their applications, Microsoft Office Software, and library databases. ● Placed patron purchase suggestions on a monthly basis through the Baker and Taylor ordering system. ● Utilized the CollectionHQ toolkit to manage a 20,000-item library collection to weed… Show more ●Assisted 3-4 patrons with digitization and quality control of multi-page documents and photos into PDF and JPEG or PNG formats daily. ●Instructed patrons in digital literacy and technical support of Windows/Mac OS, Android/iOS and their applications, Microsoft Office Software, and library databases. ● Placed patron purchase suggestions on a monthly basis through the Baker and Taylor ordering system. ● Utilized the CollectionHQ toolkit to manage a 20,000-item library collection to weed out damaged, grubby, and out-of-date materials on a monthly basis. ● Provided graphic novel/manga suggestions to Collection Development Librarians to serve patron needs. ●Planned educational and cultural panels for the annual Brazcon event to reach an audience of 1000-2000 attendees. ●Provided daily Spanish-English interpretation of library services to Spanish speakers in the community.

• Library Clerk (Floater)

  • Mar 2016 - Dec 2017

  ● Applied daily circulation procedures: issuing library cards, checking library materials in and out, collecting overdue fines and maintaining related files. ● Assisted library patrons with locating library materials, taking requests, answering reference questions, and scheduling organizations'​ meetings through LibCal. ● Maintained order in the library's collections using BCLS classification system for fiction items and Dewey Decimal for non-fiction collections.



The Printing Museum

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos

• Summer Intern

  • Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  ● Organized metadata spreadsheet information of 155 objects following Google Arts & Culture category guidelines. ● Utilized the CatalogIt Collection Management System to update cataloging records of 155 museum objects to match metadata entries. ● Created 25 cataloging records of exhibition posters in the CatalogIt Collection Management System. ● Developed an Educator Resource titled “Early Communication Lesson Plan” containing 2 vocabulary exercises and 3 activities applying knowledge… Show more ● Organized metadata spreadsheet information of 155 objects following Google Arts & Culture category guidelines. ● Utilized the CatalogIt Collection Management System to update cataloging records of 155 museum objects to match metadata entries. ● Created 25 cataloging records of exhibition posters in the CatalogIt Collection Management System. ● Developed an Educator Resource titled “Early Communication Lesson Plan” containing 2 vocabulary exercises and 3 activities applying knowledge about early writing technologies. ● Wrote a Teaching Guide to accompany the Early Communication Lesson Plan containing an overview of early communication and writing technologies and an additional student activity. Show less ● Organized metadata spreadsheet information of 155 objects following Google Arts & Culture category guidelines. ● Utilized the CatalogIt Collection Management System to update cataloging records of 155 museum objects to match metadata entries. ● Created 25 cataloging records of exhibition posters in the CatalogIt Collection Management System. ● Developed an Educator Resource titled “Early Communication Lesson Plan” containing 2 vocabulary exercises and 3 activities applying knowledge… Show more ● Organized metadata spreadsheet information of 155 objects following Google Arts & Culture category guidelines. ● Utilized the CatalogIt Collection Management System to update cataloging records of 155 museum objects to match metadata entries. ● Created 25 cataloging records of exhibition posters in the CatalogIt Collection Management System. ● Developed an Educator Resource titled “Early Communication Lesson Plan” containing 2 vocabulary exercises and 3 activities applying knowledge about early writing technologies. ● Wrote a Teaching Guide to accompany the Early Communication Lesson Plan containing an overview of early communication and writing technologies and an additional student activity. Show less



The University of Texas at Austin

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Library Assistant

  • May 2014 - Jul 2015

  ● Provided daily basic reference services to university students and Spanish-speaking visiting scholars to find requested academic material. ● Answered basic informational, directional and library policy questions. ● Provided daily basic reference services to university students and Spanish-speaking visiting scholars to find requested academic material. ● Answered basic informational, directional and library policy questions.



SXSW, Inc

• Austin

• Japanese-English Interpreter

  • Mar 2015 - Mar 2015

  • Interpreted for DMM.make AKIBA Japanese employees at the annual SXSW Tradeshow, a 4 day business exhibition attended by over 30,000 people • Assisted the employees by promoting their developed products, both prototype and on-sale, to Tradeshow attendants • Provided basic information to attendants about the products on display and fundraising means • Exchanged contact information between both interested attendant/sponsors and exhibitor parties • Interpreted for DMM.make AKIBA Japanese employees at the annual SXSW Tradeshow, a 4 day business exhibition attended by over 30,000 people • Assisted the employees by promoting their developed products, both prototype and on-sale, to Tradeshow attendants • Provided basic information to attendants about the products on display and fundraising means • Exchanged contact information between both interested attendant/sponsors and exhibitor parties



Ruffalo Noel Levitz

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PT Student Caller

  • May 2014 - Jun 2014

  Utilized an automated calling system to contact University of Texas alumni, providing institutional updates, stewarding fundraising efforts and updating contact information. Utilized an automated calling system to contact University of Texas alumni, providing institutional updates, stewarding fundraising efforts and updating contact information.