Experience

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  Information International Associates

  • Knoxville, Tennessee Area

  • Tech Info Specialist I

    • Mar 2008 - Present
    • Knoxville, Tennessee Area

    Part time contractor; taxonomy construction; experience using Synaptica software system.

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  Eli Lilly

  • Technical Information Specialist

    • Jul 2000 - Jan 2008

    Built taxonomies for an automatic classification and search software used by the enterprise portal system. Built taxonomies for an experimental text-mining project. Created a faceted glossary from company glossaries and used the Synaptica software system to make it available as a web page. The final version contained over 4000 terms and acronyms. Compiled a company thesaurus within the Synaptica software system from existing taxonomies, glossaries, and acronym lists.

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  University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services

  • Knoxville, Tennessee Area

  • Information Specialist

    • Mar 1996 - Jul 2000
    • Knoxville, Tennessee Area

    Provided reference services to small businesses. Promoted the transfer of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) technologies to Tennessee small businesses. (This was a NASA contract.)

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  DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information

  • Oak Ridge, Tennessee

  • Technical Information Specialist

    • Mar 1985 - Mar 1996
    • Oak Ridge, Tennessee

    Managed the on-site library and information center. Supervised the contractor staff used to the build an environmental thesaurus. Edited an energy thesaurus. Supervised the contractor staff members that cataloged DOE reports and journal articles and input the resulting records into the Energy, Science, and Technology database.

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  IAEA

  • Vienna, Austria

  • INIS Life Scientist

    • Mar 1994 - Mar 1995
    • Vienna, Austria

    Acting Life Scientist for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Nuclear Information System (INIS) database. Indexed and created short summaries or abstracts of IAEA research reports and journal articles, which were then used in the creation of INIS database records. Provided training sessions for international organizations that supplied bibliographic records for life science research reports to the INIS database.

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  Tennessee Valley Authority Legal Department

  • Indexer

    • Oct 1983 - Mar 1985

    Indexed and summarized legal documents and input this information into an electronic records management system.

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  The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) Laboratory Services

  • Knoxville, Tennessee Area

  • Clinical Microbiologist

    • Oct 1971 - Oct 1983
    • Knoxville, Tennessee Area

    Supervised the rabies testing laboratory and ran tests on specimens. Performed diagnostic tests for bacterial diseases, fungal diseases, parasites, dairy product contamination, water contamination, and food poisoning.

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  St Mary’s Hospital, Microbiologist

  • Knoxville, Tennessee Area

  • Clinical Microbiologist

    • Jan 1968 - Oct 1971
    • Knoxville, Tennessee Area

    Performed diagnostic tests on clinical specimens.