Experience

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  Legislative Assembly of Ontario

  • Legislative Assembly of Ontario

  • Metadata Services Technician, Content Management, Information Services Branch

    • Jul 1990 - Mar 2016
    • Legislative Assembly of Ontario

    I retired on March 24, 2016, after 25 years with the Legislative Assembly, and a total of 40 years in the working world. As a member of the Content Management group, I harvest Ontario government documents from ministry websites, for inclusion in the Legislative Library's collection. These days, many of these documents are electronic versions, but I still love to see print versions! I describe these documents in the Library's online catalogue, so that my Legislative Assembly colleagues can access them for their research. By coding selected publications to appear in the monthly Ontario Checklist, I promote new and significant Ontario documents to Publications Ontario, the public and to libraries.I train my colleagues in various duties related to serials, such as preparing serials for binding, claiming serials and archiving online serials.I assign ISBNs to Ontario government documents, and act as a liaison to obtain ISSNs from ISN Canada for Ontario government serials.I have also participated in the Library's Promotions Team, working as part of the Events Team and the Design and Display Team. Publications:Built to Last : The Legislative Library : Celebrating 100 Years in the North Wing of the Legislative Building, 1912-2012Worked as part of the team that compiled this book, in honour of the Library's 100th anniversary in the North Wing.Legislative Assembly Book Club:Facilitated this lunch time book club, which welcomed all Legislative Assembly booklovers.

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  Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library

  • Toronto

  • Library Technician, Technical Services Dept., Business Dept. and General Reference Dept.

    • Jul 1978 - Jul 1990
    • Toronto

    Serials Unit, Technical Services Dept. (1988-1990): Launched the Library's new automated serials acquisitions module, created and maintained records for the Library's serials. Prior to joining this new unit, participated in the work group that selected the new acquisitions module.Business Dept. (1981-1987) : Supervised and trained library assistants who maintained the Business Dept's periodicals collection. Instructed library visitors in the use of the Dept's business directories and periodical indexes. Retrieved corporate information for use by library visitors.General Reference Dept. (1978-1981): Maintained the department's periodicals collection. Provided quick reference service to the Library's users who visited in person, or phoned in their questions. Retrieved older books and periodicals from closed stacks areas, for use by library visitors.