Assistant Director, Collection Development

• Sep 2023 - Present

Collections Specialist

• Sep 2021 - Sep 2023

Oversee New York University Libraries’ collections operations and provide critical support in making efficient, evidence-informed collection development decisions. I develop and guide projects to collect, analyze, interpret, share, and act upon data internal to the libraries and data available from vendors and platforms. I form and contribute to work groups from across the Division of Libraries to codify, document, and improve current collection development workflows and processes, particularly regarding licensing, programmatic selection, format, and duplication within and beyond NYU. Show less

Adjunct Assistant Curator

• Jun 2019 - Sep 2023

Teach library instruction classes, including creating lesson plans, leading guided research assignments, and devising library workshops. Provide in-person, phone, and virtual reference services to NYU patrons, including use of NYU catalog and databases, citation software, troubleshooting, and technical assistance

Monographs Acquisitions Supervisor

• Dec 2017 - Sep 2021

Supervised a team of six full-time and twelve student staff to order, receive, and process all monographic material for the NYU Library.Improved user access to e-resources by liaising with vendors, librarians, and other library departments, training e-resource troubleshooters, updating and maintaining EZProxy stanzas in GitHub, creating documentation for troubleshooters, librarians, Access Services and Library ITS, and maintaining SFX e-journal holdings

Senior Processing Assistant

• Jul 2014 - Dec 2017

Supported e-book discoverability by reconciling access rights and holdings, retrieving and standardizing MARC records, conducting data analysis and quality control, creating documentation to improve workflow efficiency, and troubleshooting metadata issues, using Jira, MarcEdit, MS SQL and OCLC WorldShare. Created bibliographic records for monographs and audiovisual materials in Connexion. Supported global campus Libraries by setting up serial subscription patterns, holdings, and serial invoicing, and copy-cataloging Special Collections materials. Show less

Gardiner Fellowship Archivist

• Aug 2017 - Nov 2017

Digitized and created metadata for archival documents belonging to a number of Long Island Archival and Historical Institutions, becoming proficient in the use of the DT Atom scanner and the handling and description of fragile archival materials Digitized and created metadata for archival documents belonging to a number of Long Island Archival and Historical Institutions, becoming proficient in the use of the DT Atom scanner and the handling and description of fragile archival materials

College Leader

• Aug 2013 - May 2014

Planned and taught bi-weekly classes for a cohort of 36 NYU freshmen. Designed, budgeted, and facilitated cohort outings. Planned and taught bi-weekly classes for a cohort of 36 NYU freshmen. Designed, budgeted, and facilitated cohort outings.