Experience

University of Arizona

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Library Information Associate

  • Feb 2022 - Present



South Plains College

• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Public Services Librarian

  • Jul 2017 - Jun 2021

  - Worked closely as part of the public services team to provide library instruction to students in classes in-person, online (virtual), and one-on-one. - Provided public services and direct assistance to library patrons in locating, retrieving, and using information in-person, via online chat, and by email. - Created and updated subject guides on the libraries’ Libguides website in assigned subjects. - Provided customer service including assisting patrons with equipment and software including a universal microfilm/microfiche scanner. - Promoted the library through campus activities and as a liaison to faculty in assigned subjects such as nursing/allied health, creative and fine arts, communications, and agriculture. - Assisted in maintaining, developing, replacing, and withdrawing the library collections, including print, audiovisual, and electronic resources. - Attended and participated in professional activities, conferences, and committees. Also served as the representative on campus committees. - Assisted in developing general library policies designed to evaluate, develop, and promote library services and maintain statistics for assigned areas. - Assisted in the training of student employees and the Library Technical Assistant. - Sought out opportunities for grants and performed outreach, programming and social media duties. Show less



Texas Tech University Library

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Digital Services Sr. Specialist

  • Aug 2014 - Jun 2017

  - Trained and supervised digital lab student workers during the night shift, normal hours were 2pm–11pm. - Performed detailed quality control for all image files and documents. - Maintained digitization equipment in the digital lab used to scan books, maps, microfiche, microfilm, and items able to be fed through a high-speed scanner. - Maintained inventory of supplies, cleanliness of workspaces, and equipment. - Maintained and improved documentation used for training in the digital lab. - Worked to resolve issues in the digital lab relating to software, hardware, and network connections. - Reported weekly to the supervisor, and attended weekly meetings with the digital resources unit faculty and staff. Show less



Oklahoma State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visual Resources Library Technician/Curator - Department of Art, Graphic Design and Art History

  • Jul 2012 - Jul 2014

  I was the Visual Resources Librarian in the Department of Art, Graphic Design and Art History at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK. There are two major universities in Oklahoma, the old Oklahoma A&M (now OSU) and the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK. I feel blessed to have gotten a job in my area of interest (Art History) in Stillwater. It was meant to be! We are slowly building a small art library collection of traditional library materials-books, DVDs and a decent amount of art images. Most of our book materials are held in a small, but cozy reading room. I am also the printer for the art department. We have a 44" wide format Epson professional plotter printer and we'll be shopping for a new 3-D printer soon for our department! We also have a closet full of audio, video, and still photography equipment for creating both digital art and traditional art and documenting that artwork. I run a small library lab equipped with 27" iMacs including Adobe CS 5.5 premier suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Bridge) and one Windows 7 desktop for public use. We also have 4 large scanners and several small Nikon slide scanners for digitizing slides. I also set up all public presentations in the dept. and run the departmental website. The job is about 3 different jobs in 1. I have been asked several times to come and speak with art dept. classes. I do not do much classroom based instruction. Most of my instruction is one on one with students who come seeking help in the Visual Resources Library. Show less



UW Digital Collections

• Madison, Wisconsin Area

• TEI Markup student worker

  • Dec 2011 - Jun 2012

  Tried to learn TEI the best I could with one of the best, most understanding and smartest teachers I could imagine, my boss's boss, Steven Dast. Tried to learn TEI the best I could with one of the best, most understanding and smartest teachers I could imagine, my boss's boss, Steven Dast.



Merit Education Library

• Teacher Education Building 225 N Mills Street, Madison, Wisconsin

• Library Reference Assistant

  • Aug 2011 - Jun 2012

  Everything I could do, I did. I helped students with whatever they had issues with. Most questions were related to "I closed out of an application and lost my project, how do I get it back?" or "can you help me make a conference poster in Illustrator? I need it tomorrow?" Everything I could do, I did. I helped students with whatever they had issues with. Most questions were related to "I closed out of an application and lost my project, how do I get it back?" or "can you help me make a conference poster in Illustrator? I need it tomorrow?"



UW-Madison: Graduate School of Library and Information Science (SLIS)

• Graduate Student in Library and Information Science

  • Sep 2010 - Jun 2012

  I worked my butt off trying to get as much experience as I could while in Madison. Now, surprisingly, reading HTML books for fun is the norm. What did I do!!! I worked my butt off trying to get as much experience as I could while in Madison. Now, surprisingly, reading HTML books for fun is the norm. What did I do!!!



Memorial Library UW-Madison

• Metadata Student Worker

  • Aug 2010 - Jun 2012

  Input metadata and provide quality control. Input metadata and provide quality control.



Wendt Library: College of Engineering UW-Madison

• Space Reduction Student Worker: Temp.

  • Jan 2011 - Apr 2011

  This was a temporary job. This was a temporary job.



University of Missouri-Kansas City

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Dec 2009 - Aug 2010

  Everything except lecture! I gained more experience as a T.A. than I will ever gain in my life. I also made a wonderful friend in my mentor and professor, Maude Southwell Wahlman. I gained some of my most valuable experience from that job. Every moment was a pleasure for me to be a part of. Everything except lecture! I gained more experience as a T.A. than I will ever gain in my life. I also made a wonderful friend in my mentor and professor, Maude Southwell Wahlman. I gained some of my most valuable experience from that job. Every moment was a pleasure for me to be a part of.



Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

• Library Page

  • Jun 2009 - Aug 2010

  I was part of the end-processing of books, you know, after the catalogers are through with it, I would finish it and get it ready for patrons. I loved that job.

• Sales Associate - Museum Store

  • Jun 2007 - Aug 2009

  Had tons of fun and sold whatever I could, if it was interesting to me. For instance, I sold A LOT of African Masks!



Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

• Visitors Services Officer

  • Mar 2004 - Dec 2006

  I spent, sometimes up to 12 hours, in a gallery, teaching patrons how to respect and enjoy art. Telling them about the Nelson-Atkins Museum and enjoying myself where I could. I spent, sometimes up to 12 hours, in a gallery, teaching patrons how to respect and enjoy art. Telling them about the Nelson-Atkins Museum and enjoying myself where I could.