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Jane Plass

Information organizer, indexer, and editor at Info Grooming
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Seasoned library professional with expertise in information management and project planning.
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Location
Villa Park, Illinois, United States, US
Skills
  • Editing
  • Indexing
  • Cataloging
  • Information Management
  • Project Planning
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Jane Plass is a seasoned library professional with 37 years of experience in information management, project planning, and leadership. She has worked in various roles, including Information Organizer, Indexer, and Editor, and has expertise in Integrated Library Systems, Library Management, and Information Management. She holds a Master of Science degree in Library Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an Editing certificate from the University of Chicago.

Credentials

  • Managing To-Do Lists
    lynda.com
    Apr, 2015
    - Apr, 2026

Experience

  • Info Grooming
    • Information organizer, indexer, and editor
      • 1987 - Present

      Freelance information consulting and organizing, indexing, and editing.

  • Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS)
    • Associate Executive Director
      • Jan 2013 - Nov 2019

      Assist with leading a multitype library system providing services to nearly 1,300 member libraries. Guide planning, implementation, and evaluation of system operations, including delivery, shared online catalogs, continuing education, and resource sharing. Work collaboratively with the system's board, staff, member libraries, the Illinois State Library, and other stakeholders.

    • Interim Executive Director
      • Jul 2012 - Dec 2012

      Lead a multitype library system providing services to more than 1,500 member libraries. Guide planning, implementation, and evaluation of system operations, including delivery, shared online catalogs, and Talking Books. Work collaboratively with the system's board, staff, member libraries, the Illinois State Library, and other stakeholders.

    • Interim Associate Executive Director
      • Feb 2012 - Jun 2012

      Administration of services to over 1,500 member libraries, with an emphasis on technology and shared online catalogs

    • LLSAP Services Manager/MAGIC Director
      • Jul 2011 - Feb 2012

      Director of the Multitype Automation Group in Cooperation, a resource-sharing consortium of 20 libraries in Cook, DuPage, and Kane counties of Illinois

  • DuPage Library System
    • Geneva, Illinois
    • Director of Network Services
      • Mar 2000 - Jun 2011
      • Geneva, Illinois

      Management of interlibrary loan, library resource sharing, and technology services; leadership of the Multitype Automation Group in Cooperation (MAGIC), a library automation consortium

  • National University of Health Sciences
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Associate LRC Director
      • 1985 - 2000

      Management of an academic health science library, with emphasis on technology services

    • Technical Services Librarian
      • Jan 1985 - Aug 1987

      Managed cataloging and acquisition of books and serials in the health sciences

  • Virginia Polytechnic & State University
    • Cataloger
      • Aug 1975 - Aug 1979

      Cataloging of science and social science books and theses

Education

  • 2009 - 2010
    University of Chicago
    June 2010, Editing certificate from Graham School of General Studies
  • 1980 - 1984
    Illinois College of Optometry
    BSVS, OD, Optometry
  • 1974 - 1975
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    MS, Library science
  • 1970 - 1974
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    AB, German

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